Aston Villa condemned themselves to a third season in the Championship on Saturday evening thanks to a 1-0 defeat to Fulham in the Play-Off Final. The game, as expected, got off to a nervy start as neither side wanted to make an error that could end up costing their side £170 million. Bruce, to no […]
A place in the Premier League (and an awful lot of money) is what’s at stake when Villa take on Fulham in the play-off final on Saturday evening. Bruce’s team, who finished 5 points behind Fulham in the league table, made it to the play-off finally courtesy of two defensive masterpieces against Middlesbrough. Fulham, on […]
Aston Villa are off to Wembley thanks to a 0-0 draw against Middlesbrough on Tuesday evening. Villa went into the second-leg knowing that a draw was all that they required to book themselves a place in the play-off final against Fulham, and they achieved this with yet another fine defensive display. It was tense and […]
Aston Villa go into the second-leg of their play-off with Middlesbrough on Tuesday evening knowing that even a draw will be enough to send them to Wembley on Saturday the 26th May. Fulham defeated Derby 2-0 on Monday evening, to win 2-1 on aggregate, so they will be Villa’s opponents should they manage to make […]
Aston Villa drew first blood in the first leg of their play-off semi-final against Middlesbrough thanks to a 1-0 win at The Riverside. Before this clash, Bruce said that he’d be content if Villa were still in the tie come the end of the match, so he must be extremely happy with the fact that […]
Villa’s last game of the league ended in a 1-0 defeat to Millwall, but it mattered not as they knew that they were already assured of a 4th place finish and a coveted play-off place – which will be the first Championship play-off that the club has ever been involved in. In fact, since this […]
Another long and arduous Championship season is coming to a close, and Villa’s last league match is an away trip to The Den to face Millwall. With this game being a dead rubber and the little issue of a play-off semi-final next weekend (probably against Middlesbrough), we expect Steve Bruce to rest a number of […]
Aston Villa’s 1-1 draw at home to Derby, coupled with Cardiff City’s win against Hull, means that Villa’s slim chances of automatic promotion are over. The home side started off the brighter of the two sides, but they found themselves a goal down in the 14th minute, when ex-Villa player Weimann stole the ball off […]
The long and arduous Championship season is drawing to a close and Villa still have a slim outside chance of earning automatic promotion to the Premier League thanks to their 4-0 demolition of Ipswich last Saturday. With just two games remaining, Villa sit 4th in the table, 3 points behind Fulham in 3rd and 4 […]
Villa got back to winning ways on the road thanks to a 4-0 drubbing of Ipswich Town at Portman Road. This was an important victory for Villa, not because it keeps a tiny bit of pressure on Cardiff and Fulham, but because it has reminded them that they can win away from home after three […]
Aston Villa guaranteed themselves a at least a play-off place thanks to their 1-0 win over Leeds last Friday. There’s still a very slim chance that they could sneak automatic promotion, but this would require them to win their remaining three matches and hope that Cardiff and Fulham somehow mess up drastically. However, with the […]
Aston Villa kept their hopes of automatic promotion alive on Tuesday night thanks to a 1-0 win over Cardiff City at Villa Park. However, even the most optimistic of Villa fans will readily admit that the only realistic way they will make it back into the Premier League next season is by winning the play-offs. […]