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Loan Watch w/e 1 February
Triston Rowe's star of the show once again for our loanees
🕒 24 Games ✅ 12 Starts 🔁 4 Substitutes 🇺 6 Unused 🚑 2 Injury
🕒 16 Appearances 🟩 7 Wins 🟨 4 Draws 🟥 5 Defeats
⚽ 0 Goals 🔥 0 Assists ⛔ 1 Clean Sheet
Feb 29 min read


It's just not meant to be for Villa
We can talk about Premier League corruption, VAR being unfit for purpose, the vile, negative tactics of opponents being hailed as progression, and all of that can be true. Still at the end of the day, it's not meant to be for Villa and probably never will be again. So we just have to enjoy the journey, even if it ultimately leads nowhere.
Feb 15 min read


Five defeats in seven for Natalia Arroyo
Villa take the lead after a slack Everton defensive pass is smashed into the back of the net by Ebony Salmon, but concede the equaliser just four minutes later, before conceding the winner in the final minute of the 90’ to leave Natalia Arroyo with five defeats in seven WSL games.
Feb 11 min read


Transfer & Contracts Round Up
Featuring Evann Guessand's 🇨🇮 Palace 🏴 loan, Yasin Özcan 🇹🇷 swapping Belgium 🇧🇪 for Besiktas 🇹🇷 and Lydia Sallaway 🏴 & joining Soffia Kelly 🏴 Glasgow City & Rangers 🏴 respectively to the end of the season, whilst Chasity Grant 🇳🇱 signs a new deal.
Jan 313 min read


Villans mauled by seagulls
Villa concede two first-half goals, including their second deep into injury time, before falling 0-4 behind just after the hour.
Jan 311 min read


Villa held by strugglers at the last
Villa suffered the disappointment of conceding in the last minute of their PL2 fixture at Stratford Town to rob them of a deserved second successive win.
Jan 311 min read


Hanging by a second string thread... and then... enter Jama
A comeback of all comebacks, since the last one, Rogers inspires, Mings amends and Jamaldeen and Kadan bring our youth talent to the attention of the masses
Jan 307 min read


Villa's Prodigal Sons
Before this week, only seven players in 152 years had made the return journey to Villa Park.
How did Villa's original Prodigal Sons fare? And what does it tell us about Tammy and Dougie's emotional returns to VP?
Jan 286 min read


Kevin Oghenetega Tamaraebi Bakumo-Abraham 🏴 The Return
Tammy's Home 💜💙
Jan 271 min read


Opponent: #179 Red Bull Salzburg 🇦🇹
What is it about Villa drawing unpopular teams? First, RB Leipzig 🇩🇪, then Maccabi Tel Aviv 🇮🇱 and now the bete noire of Austrian football, Red Bull Salzburg 🇦🇹.
Despite Red Bull's billions, the real Salzburg (pictured) still hold the high-water mark for the club: runners-up to Inter Milan 🇮🇹 in the 1994 UEFA Cup final.
Jan 272 min read


Pavey joins Hereford
Villa's u21 attacking midfielder Charlie Pavey has joined Hereford on loan.
Charlie follows the steps that teammate I-Lani Edwards took earlier in the season and is scheduled to be with the National League North outfit for the rest of the season.
Jan 271 min read


FA Youth Cup winner Alfie Lynskey signs new contract
Villa's 18-year-old double-winning centre-midfielder Alfie Lynskey has signed a new contract with the club.
Jan 271 min read


Perfection
🟩 25 Jan 2026 Villa 2-0 Newcastle, St James’
Perfection 2 to 27 and all along the touchline.
Jan 256 min read


Villa Crushed
🟥 25 Jan 2026 Villa 1-4 United
Scorer(s): Kirsty Hanson | 37’ |
Villa equalise within two minutes of the visitors taking the lead, but a three-goal burst halfway through the second half crushes Villa and leaves them defeated for the second successive weekend.
Jan 251 min read


Villa Loan Watch w/e 25 January
Slim pickings so far this weekend for the Villa boys out on loan
🕒 16 Games
✅ 8 Starts
🔁 5 Substitutes
🇺 3 Unused
⚽ 0 Goals
🔥 0 Assists
🟩 4 Wins
🟨 1 Draw
🟥 11 Defeats
❌ 1 FA Cup Exit
'Keepers
🥅 3 Goals Conceded
⛔ 0 Clean Sheets
But Triston Rowe celebrates in his inimitable fashion as FC Annecy 🇫🇷 win again in Ligue 2
Jan 248 min read


A genuine thriller down the Villa
🟩 24 Jan 2025 Villa 5-4 Ipswich. A Kadan Young hat-trick helps Villa secure a thrilling 5-4 victory over third-placed Ipswich at Bodymoor Heath to climb to 11th in the PL2 table after 11 games.
Jan 241 min read


Team News: Newcastle (a)
Leon Bailey “His adaptation is not necessary. He knows us and he is coming here fit. For Sunday, he is going to be available.”
Jan 235 min read


Villa's Turkish Delight tastes delish
Villa put in the archetypal European performance to win in Istanbul, top the table, and qualify directly for the Last 16 of the Europa League in Unai Emery's record 35th European game for the club.
Jan 227 min read


Team News: Fenerbahçe S.K. (a)
Villa have 17 Available First Team Players as Amadou Onana travels with the squad to play Fenerbahçe after four games out with injury
Jan 215 min read


Holders Villa make it through
Holders Villa make it through to the FA Youth Cup fifth round and a tie with Southend or Wrexham after surviving a late scare at Fleetwood.
Jan 201 min read
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