1874 - A show about Aston Villa

Dan Bardell hosts a review of the season with club correspondent Gregg Evans on The Athletic's podcast all about Aston Villa. A remarkable match on the final day of the Premier League saw Villa lead Manchester City by two goals only to concede three times inside six minutes. The frustration of that collapse mirrored the sense of disappointment that ran through most of our listener

Dan Bardell celebrates the permanent signing of Philippe Coutinho with club correspondent Gregg Evans on The Athletic's podcast all about Aston Villa. At a reduced fee, and with a significant wage cut for the player, it looks like Villa's administrators have played a blinder, but is Barcelona's 50% share of a future transfer fee significant? Considering the ink was still fresh on t

Dan Bardell hosts The Athletic's podcast all about Aston Villa with a special appearance from The Athletic's Senior Football Writer Oli Kay. It was a good week for Villa's men who won comfortably at Burnley before giving quadruple-chasing Liverpool a run for their money at Villa Park. And, while it was a disappointing result for the women's team in the second city derby, a record c

Dan Bardell hosts a special edition of The Athletic's podcast all about Aston Villa FC with regular contributors, club correspondent Gregg Evans and Junior Editor Holly Percival, and an exclusive interview with the manager of Aston Villa Women, Carla Ward. Can Villa fans really justify disappointment with a 2-0 win, even if it was against the bottom side, and now relegated, Norwich

Dan Bardell hosts The Athletic's podcast all about Aston Villa with club correspondent Gregg Evans and Junior Editor Holly Percival. Villa's Men's and Women's teams both drew nil-nil at the weekend, but both results represented a step in the right direction. Jacob Ramsey signed a new contract with the club, a fair reward at the end of his breakthrough season. Meanwhile, his brother

Dan Bardell hosts The Athletic's podcast all about Aston Villa with club correspondent Gregg Evans and Junior Editor Holly Percival. Villa's men had a weekend off so we took the opportunity to have a little think about what we want to see from them for the rest of the season with help from Athletic subscribers. There are plenty of questions, primarily in midfield, but in the attack

Dan Bardell hosts The Athletic's podcast all about Aston Villa with club correspondent Gregg Evans and Junior Editor Holly Percival. Spurs' strikers put us to the sword at the weekend, while our attackers (especially the strikers) continued to misfire. As Villa Park emptied halfway through the second half, it felt like the end of the season couldn't come soon enough. Is there a sho

Dan Bardell hosts The Athletic's podcast all about Aston Villa with club correspondent Gregg Evans. Yes, Global Gregg is back after three weeks away but, just when you thought we'd have a full complement, Holly Percival's entire neighbourhood suffered a catastrophic internet breakdown. On the agenda, cutting out the individual errors that are undermining the team's performances, an

Dan Bardell hosts The Athletic's podcast all about Aston Villa with Junior Editor Holly Percival. It's been a good week for our international contingent with England goals for Mings, Watkins, and Ramsey, World Cup qualification for Matty Cash, and plenty more besides. And Gregg Evans has been conspicuous by his absence on recent podcasts but he did catch up with Shaun Maloney, who

Dan Bardell hosts The Athletic's podcast all about Aston Villa with Junior Editor Holly Percival and football writer Nick Miller. It was a beautiful day on Saturday, but the football at Villa Park failed to match the backdrop, certainly as far as the home side were concerned anyway. Dan and Holly reluctantly go over the ins and outs of defeat to Arsenal, and Nick Miller is on the l