Reserves and Academy 2025-26

[SaddVillan]

Crawley is at Horsham ground.

Orient at Whitbread Sports Ground.

Peterborough at Nene Park Academy.

(assuming no moves to main ground for any reason).

Whaaaat?

I was hoping to knock off 3  new away grounds.

Bugger.

[SaddVillan]

I think these grounds are where the respective clubs play their Academy games.

In last season's EFL Trophy Posh played at London Road and Orient at Broadfield Stadium.

Crawley don't seem to have entered the competition.

You'd imagine they'd all want to play at home to maximise home advantage - after all, it is their first team we"ll be playing.

[ADVILLAFAN]

2 of those sides beat our 1st team fairly recently.

[SaddVillan]

EFL Cup
27 Aug 2014
Villa 0-1 Orient

FA Cup
6 Jan 2018
Villa 1-3 Posh

11yrs and 7 yrs ago.

Hardly recent?

[cdbearsfan]

I still think of 1957 as recent.

[Mellin]

There's no way either of those games actually happened. Zero recollection.

[Brazilian Villain]

The latest intake of scholars to join the U18s. https://www.heroesandvillains.info/forumv3/index.php?topic=66003.30

Jahmi Kellyman, Omari's younger brother is one of them. I wasn't aware that he was at the club.

We'll have to see if there's any correlation between wearing a flash watch and/or trainers with a suit, and making it.

[paul_e]

I'm guessing linking back to this thread wasn't the intention there.

https://www.avfc.co.uk/news/2025/july/04/villa-welcome-new-scholars-to-under-18s/

I assume this was what you were meaning to post.

[VILLA MOLE]

I'm guessing linking back to this thread wasn't the intention there.

https://www.avfc.co.uk/news/2025/july/04/villa-welcome-new-scholars-to-under-18s/

I assume this was what you were meaning to post.

straight from their prom , good luck boys

[Brazilian Villain]

I'm guessing linking back to this thread wasn't the intention there.

https://www.avfc.co.uk/news/2025/july/04/villa-welcome-new-scholars-to-under-18s/

Cheers, was heading out the door and copied the wrong tab.

[Brazilian Villain]

straight from their prom , good luck boys

Markie Meade's tux made me smile, as did the fact that Harry Pinnell looks like he's just signed for KPMG.

[nrg72]

I play sport with Theo Houston’s Dad. Top family, I hope he does brilliantly.

[cdbearsfan]

Not for me, get him sold. Can't be arsed with people saying "we have a problem" every time he has a bad game.

[jwarry]

Can’t see this has been mentioned anywhere.  Are we non-plussed or is it because he doesn’t physically arrive until next season?

https://www.avfc.co.uk/news/2025/july/19/villa-announce-cisse-signing/

[OCD]

There's the fact that he's gone straight back on loan but also there wasn't much said about it in the lead-up to it. I don't think much was said about Ozcan either...not sure whether he has his own thread yet.