The Aston Villa Courier
Match8 Dec 2027
Markie Meade sends Aston Villa through
Cup ties wait for somebody to seize them, and Markie Meade obliged against Southampton. 2‑1 on the night, and the name in the next round’s hat is Aston Villa.
Match8 Dec 2027
Aston Villa win it in stoppage time
The board had gone up, the arguing had started, and then the ball was in the net in the 104th minute. Southampton will replay every second of the added time for a week.
The dugout13 Dec 2027
Mathis Servais: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Aston Villa have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Market13 Dec 2027
Nicolas Jackson raises the bar for Aston Villa
“I want to be playing for trophies while my legs still let me.” Nothing in that sentence is a transfer request, and nobody at Aston Villa heard it as anything else.
Squad13 Dec 2027
John McGinn in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Aston Villa this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad13 Dec 2027
Evann Guessand falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Market13 Dec 2027
Aston Villa promote Simon White from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Simon White has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market13 Dec 2027
James Ward steps up from the Aston Villa academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. James Ward has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market13 Dec 2027
One of our own: Alexander Cunningham joins the Aston Villa first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Alexander Cunningham is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Player ratings Rory Wilson runs at them all day
- Player ratings Kasey McAteer takes the honours
- Player ratings The afternoon belonged to Tyrone Mings