Dan Bardell hosts The Athletic's podcast all about Aston Villa with regular contributors, club correspondent Gregg Evans and Junior Editor Holly Percival, as well as Liverpool writer Simon Hughes. Villa hosted Leicester on Rainbow Laces weekend and, despite a slow start, it was a convincing win. That makes it three wins from four for Gerrard as he takes the team to his old stomping ground this weekend. We round up the latest news with the hilarious FA Cup draw, a tough week for the youth...

Dan Bardell hosts The Athletic's podcast all about Aston Villa with club correspondent Gregg Evans and Junior Editor Holly Percival. Steven Gerrard suffered his first defeat as Villa manager but it was an encouraging second-half performance against Manchester City and, while only one member of the team spotted the incident, they could have taken a point with a late penalty. Dan loved his luxurious trip to Palace, Gregg tells us what the younger players will be up to now they're out of the...

Dan Bardell hosts The Athletic's podcast all about Aston Villa with Junior Editor Holly Percival and Crystal Palace writer Matt Woosnam. No fireworks at Villa Park, but Steven Gerrard described the 2-0 win against Brighton as the perfect start, and it's difficult to disagree. It's a trip to Selhurst Park next as the fixtures pile up and we talk about Christian Benteke's recent upturn in form with Palace writer Matt Woosnam.

Dan Bardell hosts The Athletic's podcast all about Aston Villa with club correspondent Gregg Evans and Junior Editor Holly Percival. Steven Gerrard has been in charge at Aston Villa for a few days now, although he won't have seen most of the players yet with the international window taking centre stage. We hear from the man himself, as well as Rangers reporter Jordan Campbell, as we consider "Gerrard's Villa" and the impact he'll have in his first game against Brighton at Villa Park.

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. We've barely had a chance to draw breath since the departure of Dean Smith and Steven Gerrard has already been appointed as the new manager. He's expected to bring his highly regarded support staff with him from Rangers and we're all excited to see what he can do starting with Brighton at Villa Park a week on Saturday.

Dan Bardell hosts The Athletic's podcast all about Aston Villa with club correspondent Gregg Evans and Junior Editor Holly Percival. Dean Smith has presided over a remarkable spell of improvement at the Villa, but five consecutive Premier League defeats after a dismal end to the previous season forced the ownership's hand and he was dismissed with the team just two points above the relegation zone. Steven Gerrard is the favourite to take over, but can he be lured away from Rangers half way...

Dan Bardell brings you the latest episode of The Athletic's podcast all about Aston Villa with club correspondent Gregg Evans and data specialist Mark Carey. A strong West Ham side came to Villa Park and made it four defeats in a row for the Villans; Dean Smith's future as manager will come into question if they can't get a result at Southampton on Friday. Mark joins us to look at the Ings Watkins strike partnership, one that's struggling to take shape, and to talk about how Smith can best...

Dan Bardell hosts The Athletic's weekly podcast all about Aston Villa Football Club with club correspondent Gregg Evans and Junior Editor Holly Percival. The disastrous collapse at Wolves rolled over into a miserable first half performance at the Emirates on Friday night, and Morgan Sanson was among the Villa contingent showing obvious signs of frustration. It'll be difficult to avoid a fourth consecutive defeat with Declan Rice-driven West Ham up next. Is Leon Bailey a must-start for that...

Dan Bardell is back in the hotseat for The Athletic's podcast all about Aston Villa football club, joined this week by the new team of regulars Gregg Evans and Holly Percival. First on the agenda, the disastrous collapse against Wolves at Villa Park on Saturday. In total control, two-nil up after eighty minutes, defeat seemed impossible. But, that was what happened, and Gregg is trying his best not to be too smug about set-pieces... Villa face Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium on Friday night,...

The Athletic's Holly Percival takes the reins of our podcast all about Aston Villa Football Club. She is joined by podcast-regular, club correspondent Gregg Evans, and Wolverhampton Wanderers writer Tim Spiers. Dean Smith celebrated his third anniversary as Villa manager this week and the overwhelming sentiment is so-far-so-brilliant. Here's to another year of progress in the offing. Next up for Smith's side is the visit of Wolves, which could feature our player-in-focus, red-hot young...

Dan Bardell hosts The Athletic's podcast all about Aston Villa football club. He's joined this week by Junior News Editor Holly Percival and London-based football journalist Flo Lloyd-Hughes. After a disappointing defeat at Tottenham on Sunday, we think about why Villa's midfield misfired and how the nascent strike partnership between Ings and Watkins is developing. We also catch up with the progress being made by new Aston Villa Women's manager Carla Ward. After a tough first season in the...

A jubilant Dan Bardell hosts The Athletic's podcast all about Aston Villa with club correspondent Gregg Evans. Saturday's win at Old Trafford may be Dean Smith's best single result as manager, it might even make our top three away wins from the Premier League era. Courtney Hause was the hero for the Villans, dominating at the near post to head home. But, he brought more than just the winning goal; will he start the next game against Spurs? And, after Bruno Fernandez launched his late penalty...

Dan Bardell hosts The Athletic's podcast all about Aston Villa Football Club, in conversation with correspondent Gregg Evans. Leon Bailey had an enormous impact in the weekend's win over Everton but was forced off with a thigh injury scoring the third goal. We look at the potential line-ups for the cup game against Chelsea and this Saturday's trip to Old Trafford. Matty Cash is in the news as well; not just because of his first Villa goal, but also the imminent passport switch that could...

Dan Bardell hosts The Athletic's Aston Villa podcast in conversation with club correspondent "Global" Gregg Evans. A frustrating trip to Stamford Bridge saw a ruthless Romelu Lukaku punish Villa mistakes while chances were squandered at the other end. The resulting 3-0 scoreline didn't tell the full story, but the Everton game now looks pivotal. The points aren't coming as quickly as we'd like but there are plenty of positives in the squad, not least the emergence of the Ramsey brothers as...

Arch Villan Dan Bardell hosts The Athletic's podcast all about Aston Villa with club correspondent Gregg Evans. Inevitably, the show is dominated by the huge story that broke on Sunday evening. Brazilian health authorities intervened during the Copa America clash with Argentina in Sao Paulo and Villa's two Emis were at the centre of it all, so what next for them? But, we opened the lines on Twitter and got loads of interesting subjects to dig into. So, from stadium expansion to young Ashley...

Dan Bardell hosts The Athletic's Aston Villa podcast in conversation, and occasional conflict, with club correspondent Gregg Evans. It was, in typical fashion, a fairly uneventful transfer deadline for the Villans. We're viewing it as a positive that Villa managed to get all their incoming transfers done and dusted with plenty of time to spare, but there were one or two departures to report. Plus, there was the small matter of a one-all draw with newly promoted Brentford and Dan scraping the...

Dan Bardell hosts The Athletic's weekly podcast all about Aston Villa FC, joined by brother-in-arms and club correspondent Gregg Evans. It's a much happier camp this week after a reasonably comfortable home win against Newcastle to get us off the mark in the Premier League, and a resounding Carabo cup defeat of Barrow from a youthful looking side. With a full breakdown of both games, as well as a quick look at any potential pre-deadline transfer business, and Dan's top three Villa cup...

Dan Bardell is joined by The Athletic's Aston Villa writer Gregg Evans for the definitive weekly round up of club news. This week, the podcast teams up with our sister-outfit Tifo for a look at life after Grealish. It wasn't the start Dean Smith wanted, already three goals down at Watford before his team got going, but we're fairly optimistic about the future thanks to the tactical analysis of Gregg and Tifo's JJ Bull. Meanwhile, the Top 3 returns with a musical theme and Dan (revelling in...

Athletic podcast omni-host Dan Bardell brings you this weekly update on Aston Villa FC with club correspondent Gregg Evans. It was another busy week for the Villans. No sooner had Jack Grealish signed his contract with Manchester City than Danny Ings was announced as the last of a trio of attacking recruits designed to compensate for Grealish's absence. CEO Christian Purslow addressed the Villa nation on live TV to explain the events of last week and outline the club's strategy. Next up, some...

Welcome back to a new season of The Athletic's definitive weekly podcast on Aston Villa FC, hosted by Dan Bardell with our Villa writer Gregg Evans. It's the news we've all been dreading, but it's finally happened. The club are understood to have accepted a bid of 100m pounds for talismanic midfielder Jack Grealish. There's anger amongst fans but is that justified and was the move inevitable for a player who sees himself challenging for Champions League glory? The other side of the coin,...

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The Euros are almost here and the domestic season is done and dusted. Dan "people say a lot of nice things about me on social media" Bardell hosts The Athletic's last Aston Villa podcast of 2020/21 with our industrious club correspondent Gregg Evans. Thanks to a slightly surprising final day win over Chelsea, and an entirely expected victory over Liverpool in the FA Youth Cup, the Villans finished the season on a real high. Dan picks out his Top 3 moments from an enormously satisfying...

The Athletic's club correspondent Gregg Evans provides a grounding influence on our Aston Villa podcast with host Dan Bardell in rather giddy mood. No, it's not because he's got a truckload of free designer clobber for being a massive influencer, although that is probably true. Dan is cockahoop because Villa took all three points at Spurs, will probably beat Chelsea in front of their own fans too, and the kids are gonna win the cup! We've got a full breakdown of the great performance at...

Dan Bardell hosts the Athletic's Aston Villa podcast, featuring a special episode-long interview with former player and academy graduate Stefan Moore. Stefan sat down with Dan and Gregg Evans to discuss his career, from FA Youth Cup glory, a goalscoring Premier League debut, to a journeyman existence taking in every tier of professional football. Speaking with great candour about the mistakes he made early on and the reasons why he couldn't sustain his early success, this is a fascinating...

Dan Bardell, still recovering from a weekend without social media, hosts The Athletic's weekly Aston Villa podcast with club correspondent Gregg Evans. Gregg provides an update from court where PC Benjamin Monk is facing a charge of murder after the death of Dalian Atkinson in 2016. On the pitch, goals from Ollie Watkins and Anwar El Ghazi delivered an excellent win at Goodison Park; arguably the best away result of the season. We look a bit closer at Ross Barkley, who played really well...