 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - maneja weLeicester City Brian Little akarambidzwa kutaura neAston Villa nedare rake, mushure mekunge runyerekupe rwakatanga kutenderera kuti Ellis aida kumubhadhara. Kunyange zvazvo achiramba kuti haana kutaura naEllis pamusoro pekugona kutora kuVilla, Little akasiya basa rake kuLeicester kunyange zvazvo akanga aine chibvumirano nekambani kusvikira pakuguma kwegore ra1997-98. Mazuva matatu pashure pokurega kwake basa, Ellis akamushandira somutarisiri mutsva weVilla. Little Villa akachengeta muPremier League, uye akazoumbazve boka racho mugore ra1995 rakapera nekutengesa vatambi vakwegura vekirabhu nekutenga vamwe vadiki. Villa yakakunda 1996 League Cupnekukunda Leeds United, vakasvika kumasemi-fainari eFA Cup, uye vakapedza chechina muPremier League mumwaka wa1995-96. MunaFebruary 1998, neVilla akamira pa15th muPremier League, uye fungidziro yakapararira yekuti aizodzingwa, Little akasiya basa, achiti, Paive nezvimwe zvinhu zvaiitika kuseri kwezviitiko izvo zvaikanganisa chinzvimbo changu chemaneja. Ellis akabudisa chirevo chaipikisa zvakananga kuti zvakanga zvine chokuita nokutarisira paVilla Park. Panzvimbo pezvo, akataura kuti kwakanga kuri nemhaka yekumanikidzirwa kwakasiyana-siyana kubatanidza kushungurudzwa kwakanangidzirwa kuna Little nemhuri yake navateveri vakatsamwa. 