This season’s grand total of seven league wins is our lowest since 1890-91, when there were only twelve teams in the top flight. We’ve also equalled the record for the highest number of draws in a thirty-eight game Premier League campaign.

We’re all, I’m sure, glad to be able to put an abysmal season to bed and tonight the future looks brighter now that it’s no longer orange. Night, night, Alex…

In the 1990-91 season, we finished seventeenth – in what was then the First Division.

Exit the ‘visionary’ Jozef Venglos, a man arguably ahead of his time.

Enter the one and only Big Ron, after his unexpected departure from Sheffield Wednesday.

The wheel of chance was spun and the draw saw Villa, and Big Ron, head to Hillsborough for the first game of the 1991-92 season.

Ron wasn’t exactly welcomed back and, three minutes in, the home side took the lead, much to the delight of their fans, who chanted “Judas” at Atkinson with even greater venom than before.

Their cheers grew louder still when Wilson made it 2-0 after thirty-six minutes.

However, a Villa team that had been transformed over the summer quickly saw a chance and Regis grabbed it.

After the break, Villa were firing on all cylinders. It was no surprise to the Villa faithful when Dalian Atkinson’s equaliser came six minutes into the second half.

Suddenly, Hillsborough was silent.

There was more misery to come: with five minutes left on the clock Steve Staunton scored and there was much leaping from the Villa fans, myself included, in the Leppings Lane End of the ground.

The sleeping lion was reawakened that day and Villa improved on the dire seventeenth place of the previous campaign to finish a respectable seventh.

Insanity, according to Einstein, is “doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results”. The board has recognised now, just as it did at the end of the 90-91 season, that change is needed. We live in hope that, as the winds of change blow, the bells can ring loudly and proudly once more for the claret and blue on the opening day of the 2012-13 season – and beyond.

Article by Anne Mc

Just a day after we published our story on McLeish looking set to leave Aston Villa, the club have now confirmed that McLeish’s contract has been terminated with immediate effect.

Tomorrow is the well publicised day that a selection of Aston Villa fans will make their feelings well known to both Alex McLeish and, of course, Randy Lerner.

The group has put in a lot of work organising events, banners, newspaper advertisements and flyers and whether you agree with them or not, you cant fault them for all that they have put into this day.

Yesterday I received an email from Chris – the man behind McLeishout.co.uk, giving me a run down on their plans for tomorrow so I thought I would share it with you.

Outline for the day:

• Flyers will be available from all around the ground from 11.00am onwards.
• Protest will be begin at 1pm. Trinity Road, near the McGregor Statue.
• As part of the organised McLeish Out Day protest we suggest to hold your flyers up when McLeish emerges from the tunnel and also at full time.
• We propose that fans remain for the “lap of honour” and make their feelings known about McLeish remaining as manager.
• This is our last chance to make ourselves heard, we cannot endure another season like this.
• For 90 minutes we will be behind the lads 100% as always and will do our best to roar them on to victory. These protests are aimed solely at one man.

We all want what is best for Aston Villa, and one thing most of us can agree on is Alex Mcleish is not the man to take this club forward

I recieved this email earlier on today, and as always we are happy to publish articles for and against McLeish.

Remember this is a fan site for the fans so we try show the opinions of all Aston Villa fans weather we personally agree with them or not.

McLeish Out Day, 6th May 2012 – Aston Villa v Tottenham Hotspur

The aim of the day is simple, to get Alex McLeish removed from his position as Aston Villa manager.

We do not need to bore you with the facts and go on about McLeish’s awful record as Villa boss, as it is common knowledge by now.

This will not just be a “normal” protest, the idea of this is to generate as much publicity as possible which will increase the pressure on our board to act, or for McLeish to do the honourable thing and walk away.

We intend to meet before the game at 13.00 to begin the demonstration against him by the William McGregor Statue; we will have 30,000 A4 flyers to distribute which will contain a simple message to both Randy Lerner and Paul Faulkner.

We ask all fans to hold their flyer high above their head when the teams come out and also to keep them for the lap of honour at the end of the game.

If you have had enough of the direction the club is taking under McLeish, now is the time to make a stand. There will also be other things planned for the day and we will keep you posted leading up to the game.

We need to get the next 2 home games out of the way and hopefully we will have picked up enough points to ensure our safety by the time the Spurs game arrives.

If we can get as many fans involved in this as possible surely they can’t ignore us, especially with the expected abysmal Season Ticket sales.

For more details or to donate to the flyer fund please visit www.McLeishOut.co.uk (we need your help!)
Up the Villa!

Chris

Aston Villa have this afternoon announced some extremely sad news to come out of the club about captain Stiliyan Petrov.

The Bulgarian international has been diagnosed with acute leukaemia following tests after the midfielder developed a fever after the defeat at Arsenal last weekend.

A club statement read:

The Villa Board received news today that our long-standing captain Stiliyan Petrov has been diagnosed with Acute Leukaemia.

Stiliyan is cherished by many and he will get from Villa every ounce of love and support that we have to help bring this to a positive conclusion.

Many did question the captains fitness following his below average performance against the North London side last weekend and now the news has broke.

I would personally along with every other Villa fan I am sure, like to send our best wishes to both Stan and his family and wish him a speedy recovery. Get well soon Stan!