Jacob Tanswell - Profile and Journalist Details

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Biography

Aston Villa correspondent for The Athletic. Student Football Writer of the Year 2021.

Content

Total articles 1682

• Marcus Rashford started Aston Villa's transformation. Against PSG he almost finished it

  By Jacob Tanswell Verified| The Athletic Verified Nine years ago today, the world in which Aston Villa lived was different. It was monochrome and miserable. The club was being excavated, directionless on the pitch, and in flux in the boardroom. On April 9, 2016, Villa were relegated from the Premier League. The cold hard facts were atrocious. A 1-0 defeat at Old Trafford meant a ninth straight loss, with more managers (four) than total wins (three) and still four matches to play.

  By Jacob Tanswell Verified · The Athletic

  Apr. 16, 2025

• Aston Villa 3 PSG 2 (4-5 agg)

  By Jacob Tanswell Verified, Oliver Kay Verified| The Athletic Verified Aston Villa are out of the Champions League after a 3-2 win against Paris Saint-Germain saw them lose 5-4 on aggregate to the Ligue 1 leaders. The home side's energetic start mirrored the heady atmosphere inside Villa Park, but PSG absorbed it and used Villa's understandable need to attack against them, scoring twice from typically rapid counter-attacks. The first came from Achraf Hakimi after Emi Martinez had spilled a cut-back, the second from his fellow full-back Nuno Mendes.

  By Jacob Tanswell Verified, Oliver Kay Verified · The Athletic

  Apr. 15, 2025

• Morgan Rogers plays and plays and plays

  By Jacob Tanswell Verified| The Athletic Verified As Unai Emery reeled through a list of possible absentees, it was hardly surprising that Morgan Rogers' name was not mentioned. The day before this weekend's Premier League trip to already-relegated Southampton, Emery responded to a question regarding Aston Villa's depth and why competition for places invariably means greater rotation. "To have (John) McGinn on the bench now is a possibility," he began. "To have Jacob Ramsey on the bench now is a possibility.

  By Jacob Tanswell Verified · The Athletic

  Apr. 14, 2025

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