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Aston Villa face Newcastle United this weekend, in what will be Villa’s last home game in the Premier League, for the time being, ending a 28-year spell in the top flight of English football. It’s fair to say that Villa do not have the best record against Saturday’s opponents, having only won once against the […]
Since the Premier League began in 1992, Aston Villa had been one of the clubs to have never been relegated from the top division. However, that 24-year record ended at Manchester United two weeks ago, with relegation to the Championship confirmed after a frankly awful season. With Villa’s time in the Premier League coming to […]
Aston Villa are interested in signing Fulham striker Ross McCormack, according to the Daily Mail. McCormack, who joined Fulham for £11M in the summer of 2014 after Fulham’s relegation to the Championship, has scored 43 goals since joining the West London side from Leeds, including 23 goals in all competitions so far this season. The […]
Villa were denied their fourth league win of the season, after Troy Deeney scored twice in injury time to five Watford an underserved 3-2 victory. Eric Black’s side twice took the lead at Vicarage Road, first through Ciaran Clark and then after Jordan Ayew slotted past Gomes at the start of the second half, either […]
Two goals from Troy Deeney in injury time ensured that Villa lost their 11th consecutive game, despite outplaying Watford for a majority of the game. Villa caretaker manager, Eric Black, made a number of changes from the side that lost to Southampton last weekend, as well as switching formation to play five defenders and also […]
Eric Black insists Saturday’s game against Watford will be very difficult, as he looks to end Villa’s run of 10 consecutive defeats, as the season draws to a close and Villa begin to look at next season in the Championship. Black, who has lost his four matches in charge since he replaced Remi Garde at […]
Aston Villa travel south to face Watford at Vicarage Road on Saturday, hoping to a halt a run of 10 straight defeats. The reserve fixture between the two sides occurred at the end of November, with Watford winning 3-2 at Villa Park in Remi Garde’s third match in charge. However, since then Watford have secured […]
Gabby Agbonlahor has relinquished his role as club captain, the club has confirmed. Agbonlahor, who was suspended for the second time in a month after images surfaced of him partying hours after Villa’s relegation to the Championship was confirmed, was given the role of club captain at the beginning of the season, whilst Micah Richards […]
Former Blackpool manager, Ian Holloway, has had his say on who he believes should be the next manager of Aston Villa. Speaking to Sky Sports, Holloway said that McCarthy should be on the shortlist for the manager’s job at Villa Park. Mick McCarthy should be on the shortlist for the next Aston Villa job, without […]
Former Villa captain Stiliyan Petrov has stated his desire to return to professional football, after successfully recovering from leukaemia. Petrov, who was diagnosed with acute leukaemia in March 2012, has indicated that he is getting closer to full fitness, as he looks to make a sensational comeback. Since retiring in 2013, Petrov has been sporadically […]
Jores Okore has refuted claims by Villa’s caretaker manager Eric Black that he refused to be on the bench against Bournemouth earlier this month. Black claimed before Saturday’s clash against Southampton that Okore had refused to be considered for the bench for the game against Bournemouth and had consequently been demoted to train with the […]
David Bernstein wanted Roy Hodgson to become Villa manager, according to the Birmingham Mail. Hodgson, who has been England manager since 2012, was pinpointed by David Bernstein as the man to lead Villa back into the Premier League next season. However, due to Bernstein’s shock resignation last Monday, along with the resignation of fellow director […]