PLAYER RATINGS | Chelsea 3-0 Aston Villa

Romelu Lukaku and Mateo Kovacic ruthlessly punish Aston Villa’s defensive mistakes as the European Cup holders claim the three points with a flattering 3-0 scoreline. Villa impressed immensely in this game, particularly the first half, we played with a high tempo, good energy, excellent on the press and attacked with intent in a change of […]

THE OPPOSITION | CHELSEA FC

Premier League football returns this weekend as Aston Villa make the trip to Stamford Bridge to take on in-form Chelsea. After a shock opening day defeat, Aston Villa have recovered well in their back-to-back home games, a 2-0 win over Newcastle United was followed up with a good point against Brentford when you consider the […]

PLAYER RATINGS | PLAYER OF THE MONTH | AUGUST 2021

DANNY INGS One of the highlights of the season so far is the acquisition of Danny Ings from Southampton. The 29 year-old striker has registered 2 goals and 1 assist in his opening 3 games. Off the ball, he’s averaging 16.07 pressures a game filling the void vacated by the injured Ollie Watkins, who set […]

BRENTFORD (H) | Content Round-Up

Your complete round-up of all our fan-produced content. Again, a massive thank you to all who have given up their time to contribute to our platforms. Up next, Chelsea away. MATCH PREVIEW | YOUTUBE UTV PODCAST | YOUTUBE Help us grow and subscribe for free to our YouTube channel. PLAYER RATINGS | UTVPODCAST.CO.UK MATCH REACTION […]

FAN REPORT | Aston Villa 1-1 Brentford | Adam Holt

Dean Smith’s Aston Villa went into this home match against the newly promoted Bees hoping to gather further momentum following their two-nil win over Newcastle United last time out. There was plenty of mutual respect between the two teams before kick-off as a result of Smith and Thomas Frank’s relationship from when they were both […]

5 THINGS WE LEARNT | Aston Villa 1-1 Brentford

It was the battle of the apprentice versus his mentor. Thomas Frank had been appointed Dean Smith’s assistant head coach in December 2016 and when the latter was offered the opportunity to coach his boyhood club in October 2018, Frank took the mantle from Smith and 2 and a half years later, they battled it […]

PLAYER RATINGS | Aston Villa 1-1 Brentford

Aston Villa failed to record back-to-back home wins as they were held to a 1-1 draw with Brentford. Emi Buendia opened his Villa account with a stunning finish to draw Villa level following Ivan Toney’s first Premier League goal. Here’s how the fans rated our boys in claret and blue. Joining me today is Joey […]

NEWCASTLE (H) | Content Round-Up

Your complete round-up of all our fan-produced content. Again, a massive thank you to all who have given up their time to contribute to our platform! MATCH PREVIEW FAN CAM MATCH REACTION UTV PODCAST | YOUTUBE Help us grow and subscribe for free to our YouTube channel. PLAYER RATINGS FAN REPORT https://utvpodcast.co.uk/2021/08/23/fan-report-aston-villa-2-0-newcastle-hannah-gowen/ 5 THINGS WE […]

PLAYER RATINGS | Aston Villa 2-0 Newcastle

The heartbeat of this fantastic club was well and truly pumping as the Villa faithful were reunited in a packed out Villa Park! Goals from Danny Ings and Anwar El Ghazi sealed a 2-0 victory against Steve Bruce’s Newcastle United! STARTING LINE-UP Formation 4-2-3-1 PLAYER RATINGS Emi Martinez – 7 Strange one this was, Martinez […]

FAN REPORT | Aston Villa 2-0 Newcastle | Hannah Gowen

As fans returned to Villa Park for the first full capacity game since February 2020, Villa hoped to get off the mark with three points at home to Newcastle United. Steve Bruce’s return to B6 was once again filled with disappointment as his former club came out on top with a 2-0 victory. Here’s how […]

5 THINGS WE LEARNT | Watford 3-2 Aston Villa

A poor performance and a poor result made for an unsatisfactory opening day for those of a claret and blue persuasion, although our two second-half goals did give us some positives to talk about it! The 3-2 defeat played out with Villa going three down following some very poor defending, before pulling two goals back […]

WATFORD (A) | Content Round-Up

Your complete round-up of all our fan-produced content. Again, a massive thank you to all who have given up their time to contribute to our platform! Roll on Newcastle at home! MATCH PREVIEW | YOUTUBE UTV PODCAST | YOUTUBE Help us grow and subscribe for free to our YouTube channel. THE OPPOSITION FAN REACTION UTV […]

FAN REPORT | Watford 3-2 Aston Villa | Hannah Gowen

The 2021/22 campaign started on a sour note for Villa with a lethargic loss against newly promoted Watford. The Hornets stung Smith and his team’s hopes of a winning start with a high-tempo, counter-attacking performance. This is how we lined up… Emi Buendia, Danny Ings and returning Ashley Young made their debuts in front of […]

THE OPPOSITION | Watford FC

Aston Villa travel to Vicarage Road on the opening weekend of the new Premier League season. The Hornets achieved an instant return to top-flight football and welcome back spectators for the first time since dismantling Liverpool 3-0 in the 2019/2020 season – yes, that long ago! A new era awaits for Aston Villa as we […]

PLAYER FOCUS | Bertrand Traore

We need to talk about Bertie He made the right hand side his own last year, don’t expect him to give it up. Humour me for a second and cast your minds back to Friday, September 25th. Cast your minds back to our Carabao Cup fixture against Bristol City, where Traore made his debut. Many […]

TEN VILLANS | Who Came Home

The first time that Ashley Young donned the famous claret and blue, he was a wide-eyed, ambitious young man with the world at his feet. Now, 14 years on, Villa have re-signed ‘Youngy’, who has grown into a wise, assured veteran of the game with an enviable trophy cabinet. This signing makes sense for a […]

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FAN REPORT | Tottenham 1 – 2 Aston Villa | Adam Holt

After the disappointing performance, last time out, Dean Smith and his team will have been looking to respond at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. And respond, they did. The match did not get off to the best of starts for the boys in claret and blue when Steven Bergwijn took advantage of a mistake from Nakamba […]

PLAYER RATINGS | Tottenham Hotspur 1-2 Aston Villa

What a fantastic night for Aston Villa Football Club, coming from behind at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium to record a 1-2 win and handing Premier League debuts to academy stars Carney Chukwuemeka and Jadon Philogene-Bidace. Goals from, Reguilon (OG) and Watkins cancelled out Bergwijn opener, in front of 10,000 (upset) Spurs fans! LOVE IT!! Villa […]

PLAYER RATINGS | Crystal Palace 3-2 Aston Villa

Aston Villa failed to address Crystal Palace’s second-half onslaught and fell to a 3-2 defeat at Selhurst Park, despite twice leading through goals from stand-in skipper John McGinn and Anwar El Ghazi. Today we have an all-female cast in support of the campaign #HerGameToo which is raising awareness of sexist abuse in the game! We […]

FAN REPORT | Aston Villa 0-0 Everton | Adam Holt

The second ‘Cazoo Derby’ in 12 days was played on Thursday night when Aston Villa once again played Everton, this time at Villa Park. Dean Smith’s Villans went into this game hoping to not only surpass the fifty goal mark last achieved in the Martin O’Neil days but also to climb back into the top […]

PLAYER RATINGS | Aston Villa 0-0 Everton

Aston Villa stretched their unbeaten run to 4 games against Everton following their return to the Premier League. This fixture had a real end of season feel about it, but the 0-0 draw will be remembered as the night we welcomed back Captain Jack Grealish from a 12 game injury absence, and Emi Martinez equalling […]

PLAYER RATINGS | Aston Villa 1-3 Manchester United

Same old, same old!! Aston Villa’s win-less home run against Manchester United continues – a run that stretches back to 1995!! UTV Podcast team members Ryan Mckeown and Justin Hawthorne are joined by Adam Holt, Georgia Homer and Gary Plaza. If you’d like to join us for a game on this super chilled platform, please […]

FAN REPORT | Everton 1-2 Aston Villa | Hannah Gowen

On a weekend where football went into a social media blackout, and protests continued in Manchester following Super League tensions, Aston Villa went back to basics with 90 minutes of entertaining football. In the 205th meeting between these two sides, the most played fixture in league history, Villa were determined to make amends following several […]

PLAYER RATINGS | Everton 1-2 Aston Villa

Normally, a team who’s only won 1 in the last 9 at home require a visit from the charitable Aston Villa! Well – NOT THIS TIME!! Smith-ball was back! Aston Villa landed at Goodison Park with a high tempo swagger and confidence in their play. We were fully deserving of the 3 points we took […]

FAN REPORT | Aston Villa 2-2 West Bromwich Albion

Dean Smith’s Villa came into this game hoping to put an extra nail in West Brom’s coffin to consign their Midlands rivals to an immediate return to the Championship, but also in an attempt to rise above the likes of Arsenal and Leeds in the table with all three points. It started well for the […]

PLAYER RATINGS | Aston Villa 2-2 West Bromwich Albion

“Good things come to those who wait” – finally the big man nets in the Premier League, and what a time to do it – deep into injury time, to dent any hope of a great escape for West Bromwich Albion. 2-2. GET IN KEINAN DAVIS! Before Davis’s equaliser, El Ghazi cooly slotted home from […]

PLAYER RATINGS | Aston Villa 1-2 Manchester City

Aston Villa fall to a 1-2 home defeat against Super League U-turners Manchester City. John McGinn opened the scoring within the opening minute, but ball-hungry Manchester City fired back with goals from England’s Wonderkid – Phil Foden and Rodri. UTV Podcast team members Ryan Mckeown (RM), Luke Robinson (LR) and Justin Hawthorne (JH) are joined […]

FAN REPORT | Liverpool 2-1 Aston Villa | Adam Holt

Villa find themselves unlucky in their loss at Anfield, but individual errors helped the Reds to victory. Aston Villa were hoping to prolong Liverpool’s misery at Anfield following their impressive comeback victory against Fulham last week. Villa initially put themselves ahead through Ollie Watkins, the ex-Brentford man scoring the twelfth goal of this maiden Premier […]

PLAYER RATINGS | Liverpool 2-1 Aston Villa

The wait for a league double over Liverpool goes on! Ollie Watkins gave us hope with the opener but goals from Mo Salah and Trent Alexander-Arnold seal the win for Liverpool. UTV Podcast team members Ryan Mckeown (RM) and website editor Hannah Gowen (HG) are joined by two Player Ratings debutantes – Luke O’Dell (LO’D) […]

PLAYER RATINGS | Aston Villa 3-1 Fulham

Aston Villa finally found their mojo! Some inspired substitutions and a tactical formation tweak saw Villa turn around a poor opening 70 minutes to score 3 goals in 9 minutes and record a 3-1 home victory! UTV Podcast team members Ryan Mckeown (RM) and Justin Hawthorne (JH) are joined by Dani Casey – creator of […]