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 messages. Here's hoping for a more settled preparation and a positive start to the next campaign. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 that deal, and with a tribute to Villa's European Cup winners before kick-off, the performance against Palace, and the crowd, were strangely flat. What explains the muted atmosphere at Villa Park of late? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 crowd saw off Anita Asante in style and there's hope that the Villans can add goals to their strong passing game next season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 City. Spoiler alert, we don't think so. Carla Ward has provided stability and drive to Aston Villa Women this season, but how high are they aiming next season, and can we expect significant reinforcements? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 Aaron scored the first goal of his professional career (and there's a third Ramsey on the way in the shape of academy prospect Cole!). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 attacking third as well, and as the WSL season reaches its own endpoint, are Carla Ward's charges in a good position to improve next term? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 shortage of leadership in the team, and what can Steven Gerrard and the club's backroom staff do to fix that? Will it be a significant factor in the club's transfer strategy this Summer? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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, and then putting the progress of the last few years into some perspective. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 had some interesting things to say about his time at Villa. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 line to tell us why he thinks Steven Gerrard could have thought twice before advising Bukayo Saka on toughness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dan Bardell hosts The Athletic's podcast all about Aston Villa with Junior Editor Holly Percival and North-East football journalist Dan Wales. Losing is never a good thing but the podcast team are in good spirits after Villa showed there isn't much difference in quality between themselves and Champions League hopefuls West Ham. Hannah Hampton almost earned the women's side a point against Chelsea, will she be courted by the league's bigger teams in the Summer? And with 18 year-old Filip Marschall doing well on loan at Gateshead, we speak to local journalist Dan Wales. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dan Bardell hosts The Athletic's podcast all about Aston Villa with club correspondent Gregg Evans and tactics writer Mark Carey. Philippe Coutinho has really hit his stride with Villa now and he pulled the strings as Southampton were put to the sword. We talk about a potential permanent deal for the Brazilian and consider how his performance compares to some of Villa's greatest individual displays. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dan Bardell hosts The Athletic's podcast all about Aston Villa with regular contributors, club correspondent Gregg Evans and Junior Editor Holly Percival. Everyone's feeling much better about things after a win away on the south coast. It may not have been the most fluent performance, but Steven Gerrard's decision to refresh the squad this week looks to have had the desired effect. Southampton are next and, while we are having nightmares about James Ward-Prowse, at least Danny Ings won't be trying to put the ball in the Villa net. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dan Bardell hosts The Athletic's podcast all about Aston Villa with club correspondent Gregg Evans. Holly Percival couldn't make it this week, but don't worry she's not feeling ruff... Boos echoed around Villa Park at the final whistle on Saturday, but how badly are the team doing now that Steven Gerrard's honeymoon period has well and truly come to a close, and what's to be done to right the ship? We take a closer look at some of the bigger problems using your questions and comments, and try to cheer ourselves up with more positive news courtesy of Hannah Hampton and Cameron Archer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dan Bardell hosts The Athletic's podcast all about Aston Villa with club correspondent Gregg Evans and Junior Editor Holly Percival. Villa's dismal run in Newcastle continued and Steven Gerrard looked at a loss for the first time since taking charge. We're expecting changes to the line-up for the Watford match, but we have very little idea of where they can come from. Carla Ward spoke to Flo Lloyd-Hughes about the stresses of a hectic life as a football manager and we get a quick update on the fall-out from the abandoned FIFA World Cup qualifier between Brazil and Argentina. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dan Bardell hosts The Athletic's podcast all about Aston Villa with club correspondent Gregg Evans and Newcastle writer Chris Waugh. There's no getting away from the disappointment of last night's draw with Leeds, but it was a great game to watch and Jacob Ramsey is now being talked about as a potential player of the season. Of course, he'll have some competition from Philippe Coutinho for that title, but they will both be a handful for Newcastle this Sunday, and they'll need to be if Villa are to put an end to an awful streak at St. James's Park. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dan Bardell hosts The Athletic's podcast all about Aston Villa with regular contributors, club correspondent Gregg Evans and Junior Editor Holly Percival. With Emi Martinez extending his contract and Callum Chambers added to the signings of Philippe Coutinho, Lucas Digne, and Robin Olsen, we're feeling pretty chirpy about the club's business in January. We also take a closer look at Matt Targett's departure and the future of Douglas Luiz; will it be in claret and blue? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dan Bardell hosts The Athletic's podcast all about Aston Villa with regular contributors, club correspondent Gregg Evans and Junior Editor Holly Percival. Steven Gerrard and Carla Ward led their teams to crucial victories this weekend as Villa's men and women both effectively ended any relegation fears. We look at the form of the match-winners, Lucas Digne and Alisha Lehmann. The women were also celebrating a transfer coup in the shape of midfielder Jill Scott, could the men repeat the trick with Juventus's Rodrigo Betancur? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dan Bardell hosts The Athletic's podcast all about Aston Villa with regular contributors, club correspondent Gregg Evans and Junior Editor Holly Percival. Debutants with links to both halves of Merseyside played significant roles in the club's creditable draw with Manchester Utd at the weekend. With a trip to Goodison Park next, we welcome Greg O'Keeffe to the show to give us the inside track on the turmoil at Everton. Both clubs should be OK with regards to relegation from the Premier League, although nerves are jangling a bit more when it comes to Villa's Women who face a crucial trip to Leicester in the WSL, and there's a quick update on the U23s and what might happen next in the transfer market. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dan Bardell hosts The Athletic's podcast all about Aston Villa with regular contributors, club correspondent Gregg Evans and Junior Editor Holly Percival. We're still celebrating the signing of Philippe Coutinho from Barcelona, with Lucas Digne poised to follow him through the door, as Steven Gerrard looks to bring in high-calibre players. It hasn't totally taken the edge off things, but VAR did spoil our weekend (especially Dan). The FA Cup defeat at Old Trafford was in spite of a very positive performance and Villa could well be favourites going into the reverse fixture in the league this Saturday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices