Jonty Banks Archives: 12/2022

Aston Villa can strike hot against an undercooked Liverpool team on Boxing Day as Unai Emery looks to carry on how he left off prior…

Despite a promising start to the WSL season for Aston Villa, there are a few areas of the squad that Carla Ward could tidy up…

For many of the brightest prospects in the Aston Villa academy, the World Cup break was a coming-of-age moment after Unai Emery displayed his faith…

Aston Villa Women will play AFC Fylde in a highly-winnable fourth-round tie in the FA Cup, and Carla Ward will surely want to go deep…

Since their foundation in 1874, Aston Villa Football Club have had their fair share of successful managers. From English League titles to FA Cup wins,…

Aston Villa must resist the urge to sell academy prospect Tim Iroegbunam as several elite clubs continue to keep tabs on the 19-year-old’s progress, according…

Aston Villa’s successful start to the 2022/23 WSL season has been underpinned by a number of young academy stars including Laura Blindkilde Brown breaking into…

Aston Villa have sent 17 players out on loan in the football league this season, with the aim of giving minutes to many of their…

Unai Emery’s Aston Villa midfield is now surely locked off for the Boxing Day clash against Liverpool, with Douglas Luiz and Boubacar Kamara oozing class…

Finn Azaz is the Aston Villa loanee that not too many supporters are talking about. The 22-year-old attacking midfielder is entering the last six months…

After joining Aston Villa from Celtic in 2006, Stiliyan Petrov enjoyed seven fruitful years at Villa Park and three successful seasons as club captain. Brought…

Just one piece of the Ollie Watkins puzzle remains to be found so he can become the complete centre-forward at Aston Villa. He’s got the…

Aston Villa have had their fair share of transfer flops over the years, as failure to adjust to Brummie life, fan fallouts or a lack…

Aston Villa defender Kaine Kesler-Hayden could see his loan spell at Huddersfield Town cut short in January as Unai Emery looks for defensive reinforcements in…

Aston Villa and their treatment of defender Frederic Guilbert will go down as one of the biggest letdowns in an otherwise successful few seasons at…

After consecutive heavy defeats at the hands of Manchester United and Arsenal, the WSL mid-season break has come at the perfect time for Carla Ward…

Aston Villa fell to a disappointing 4-1 defeat to Arsenal in the Women’s Super League at Villa Park on Sunday afternoon (11 December), making it…

Aston Villa starlet Kadan Young was rewarded for his impressive start to the Dubai training camp with a further 45 minutes of first-team football against…

Aston Villa have had some almighty players at their disposal since the introduction of the Premier League in 1992 with the west midlands club a…

Penalty shootouts are known to be a game of luck and chance, but Aston Villa goalkeeper Emi Martinez is clearly an outlier to this convention.…