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A nail-biting penalty shootout was required to separate Aston Villa and West Brom, as the Villains booked their place in the playoff final in the most dramatic of circumstances. Villa went into this game full of confidence having come from behind against the Baggies in the first leg to win 2-1 thanks to goals from Conor Hourihane and Tammy Abraham. …

Last weekend represented the final day of the season across the English Football League with the Championship, League One and League Two all wrapping up their 46 game campaigns. In the Championship, Daniel Farke’s N0rwich were confirmed as champions as they beat Aston Villa and will return to the Premier League alongside a Sheffield United side containing a host of …

Leeds United striker Patrick Bamford has been charged with ‘successful deception of a match official’ following his involvement in an altercation during their game with Aston Villa. The incident occurred between the striker and Aston Villa’s Anwar El-Ghazi with the midfielder receiving a straight red card from referee Stuart Attwell despite video footage showing the Villa man barely touching his …

Leeds United and Aston Villa played out a controversial 1-1 draw at Elland Road on Sunday in one of the most chaotic games the Championship has ever seen. After a scoreless and relatively even first half, Leeds took the lead after Mateusz Klich fired the ball past Jed Steer in the Villa goal despite the opposition appearing to stop, assuming …

Leeds United scored one of the most controversial goals of all time as Mateusz Klich put the ball in the Aston Villa net despite the whole team stopping play for an injury to Jonathan Kodjia. The Villa striker went down while everyone appeared to believe Leeds would put the ball out of play and allow Kodjia to get some treatment. …

Over the last two international qualifying campaigns, a talisman in green has stepped up for Ireland when they have required one most. In 2014/2015 as Martin O’Neill’s side clamoured towards Euro 2016 it was striker Jon Walters whose goals, endeavour and work rate helped Ireland reach the tournament finals in France. In 2016/2017, although Ireland didn’t reach the World Cup …

The Birmingham City fan who ran on to the field to assault Aston Villa’s Jack Grealish has been sentenced to 14 weeks in prison following the incident. Grealish was assaulted from behind by Paul Mitchell, who evaded stewards to run on to the pitch during the Second City derby at St Andrew’s on Sunday. The 27-year old pleaded guilty to …

Jack Grealish scored the winner in a fiery Second City derby between Birmingham and Aston Villa, despite the 23-year old being attacked on the pitch by a fan in the first half. The game had started off as a typically edgy derby game, with challenges flying in as both sides looked to gain an edge over each other in the …

It was a busy January transfer window across England for a whole host of Irish players. Here Pundit Arena takes a look at all the moves involving Boys in Green across the water. _____ Premier League No Irish players arrived in the Premier League this window but a couple of promising young prospects left on loan. Burnley’s Jimmy Dunne was recalled …

Ireland striker Scott Hogan looks set to leave Aston Villa on loan after passing a medical with fellow Championship side Sheffield United. Hogan moved to Villa Park in January of 2017 from Brentford for a fee of £9m – potentially rising to £12m, but the striker has failed to live up to expectations in recent seasons. The Irish frontman has scored …

Kemar Roofe struck in the fifth minute of stoppage time to complete a dramatic comeback and send Leeds back to the top of the Championship with a 3-2 win at Aston Villa on Sunday. Roofe’s goal crowned a second-half fightback from two goals down by the visitors, who moved a point ahead of Norwich at the top of the table. …

Republic of Ireland international midfielder Conor Hourihane has been in excellent form for Aston Villa this season and scored a tremendous goal to put his side 2-0 up against Leeds United at Villa Park. Hourihane received the ball after some excellent work from striker Johnathan Kodjia and 20 yards from goal the midfielder unleashed a curling effort which evaded the reach …

Nottingham Forest were denied a chance to move into the Championship play-off spots by a rampant Aston Villa. The two sides remain unbeaten in November after an instant classic that saw them score five goals apiece at Villa Park. Forest were two up within six minutes, with Lewis Grabban and Joao Carvalho getting on the scoresheet, both assisted by Joe …

Aston Villa’s start to the season was a dreadful one. After three straight wins, just one more would follow in the next eleven games, as they were knocked out of the Carabao Cup by Burton Albion and fell dramatically off the pace in the Championship table. Steve Bruce was sacked as manager of the side, and was replaced last month …

Republic of Ireland international, Scott Hogan has accused former Aston Villa manager, Steve Bruce of making false promises in order to keep him at Villa Park for longer.  Bruce signed the 26-year-old from Brentford in January of last year for £12 million and while he featured heavily for Villa in the second half of last season, Hogan is yet to make …

Former Republic of Ireland international, Stephen Ireland has signed a short-term deal with Championship side, Bolton Wanderers after being released by Stoke at the end of last season.  The 32-year-old made five appearances last year for the Potters but was plagued by injury during his time at the club and missed the entire 2016-17 season with a broken leg. He …

Former England captain John Terry announced his retirement from football on Sunday with the 37-year-old central defender now set to pursue a career in management. Terry, who spent the bulk of his career with Chelsea, captained second-tier Aston Villa last season. Now the Birmingham club reportedly now want him to join their coaching staff as part of a new-look set-up, …