Aston Villa are back in the Premier League after a three-year absence, as goals from Anwar El Ghazi and John McGinn gave them a 2-0 win over Derby County in the Championship Play-Off Final. Here’s our Player Ratings from the game. Aston Villa Jed Steer – the goalkeeper finally seems to be getting his big… Read more →
Aston Villa are back in the Premier League after a three-year absence, as goals from Anwar El Ghazi and John McGinn gave them a 2-0 win over Derby County in the Championship Play-Off Final. Here’s our Six Things from the game. Smith’s side start strongly Aston Villa assumed the territorial advantages from the off with… Read more →
Tammy Abraham’s brace gave Aston Villa renewed hope in their play-off push in a 2-1 win over Ipswich Town. Here’s our Six Things from the game. Villa’s bright start Unsurprisingly, Aston Villa dominated possession early on, targeting the left flank via the lively Anwar El Ghazi. That proved the source of their sixth minute opener,… Read more →
With the 2018-19 Championship season coming up, The Football Lab spoke to Aston Villa fan Richard Dalton (@ContactCounts). It has been a challenging summer for Villa, starting with that play-off final defeat to Fulham which led way to various financial and ownership issues. Do you think Tony Xia’s hunger for success hindered his preparation for… Read more →
In a division in which strikers are being sold for eight figure fees, Huddersfield Town have never had a financial advantage over their competitors. Instead, they must progress through other means – unity, energy and battling spirit. In David Wagner – a close former colleague of Jurgen Klopp – they might just have found the man… Read more →
New division. New owner. New manager… maybe, just maybe, a new start. Indeed, anything new after the kind of season Aston Villa had last year cannot necessarily be a bad thing. Second tier football for the first time in 28 years is an alien prospect, but will relegation lead to a Leeds-esque decline? Or will the club… Read more →
The Football Lab interviewed Aston Villa fan Richard Dalton on the recent events at Villa Park. Richard reflects on a poor transfer window for his club, he says why Tim Sherwood had lost the respect of the fans and discusses whether Remi Garde is the right man to keep the Villans up. Tim Sherwood was sacked by… Read more →