 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - 200708 yakaona Villa ichifambira mberi, ichipedza yechitanhatu kuti ikwanise kuenda kuIntertoto Cup. Kukunda kurwisa Danish Odense BK, pamusoro pemakumbo maviri mumakwikwi ekupedzisira muzhizha ra2008, akaisa Villa mumakwikwi eEuropean emwaka wa2008-09 kekutanga mumakore manomwe. Vakasvika muchikamu cheboka cheEFAFA Cup mwaka iwoyo nekureruka, uye vakatamba mutambo wavo wekutanga vachipesana nekirabhu yeDutch Ajax kuVilla Park, kuhwina 2-1. Mugumo mukuru wekutanga wenguva yaLerner yaive 2010 Football League Cup Final; Villa yakarasikirwa neManchester United 21 paWembley Stadium. Mazuva mashanu zuva rokutanga 2010-11 mwaka, ONeill akasiya basa sezvo maneja pamwe pakarepo kushanda. Murairidzi wechikwata chekuchengetedza, Kevin MacDonald, akatora basa semutungamiri wekutarisira kwemitambo yekutanga yemwaka. Randy Lerner akadzokera kuEngland achibva kuUnited States kunobvunzurudza vanhu vangangobvuma basa racho. Musi wa 8 Gunyana 2010, kirabhu yakazivisa Gérard Houllier aizove maneja weAston Villa, wekutanga maneja wekugadzwa kwehutongi hwaLerner. Musi wa 20 Kubvumbi 2011, Houllier akaendeswa kuchipatara achirwadziwa nechipfuva. Kumwe kuongorora kwakaratidza kuti akanga arwara nechirwere chemwoyo chakanga chadzoka. Mitambo yokupedzisira yomwaka yakaona mubatsiri wake, Gary McAllister, achitora nzvimbo somuchengeti. Musi wa 1 Chikumi 2011, kirabhu yakapa chirevo chekuti Houllier akasiya kirabhu nekubvumirana pamwe chete achisiya ichitsvaga maneja wavo wechishanu, kusanganisira vachengeti, wegore. Houllier yakatsiviwa neyaimbova maneja weBirmingham City Alex McLeish musi wa17 Chikumi 2011, kunyangwe paine kuratidzira kwakawanda kubva kuvateveri vachipokana nekugadzwa kwake. Kugadzwa kwake kwakaratidza nguva yokutanga munhau kuti maneja akanga aenda zvakananga kubva kuBirmingham kuenda kuVilla. 