The half-time entertainment at Villa Park is simple. A few fans kick a ball towards the halfway line and hope it stays within a circle offering out all manner of prizes.
Chelsea want to pinch that game, “Prize Where It Lies”. They are also in talks with one of Aston Villa’s pitchside presenters after triggering her release clause, and who knows, by next week maybe the catering staff will have swapped Bodymoor Heath for Cobham as well.
This is all in jest, a new social media gag for Villa fans to mask the pain given Chelsea are not finished with them yet after signing Morgan Rogers for a British record £117m.
49 – In the last three Premier League seasons, only Arsenal (64) have scored more set piece goals (excluding penalties) than Aston Villa (49).MacPhee. pic.twitter.com/BDRNJk787Z— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) July 27, 2026
Now the Blues are coming for Austin MacPhee, the set-piece coach who was instrumental in Villa trailing only Arsenal for such goals in the past three Premier League campaigns.
