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 M...

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...

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 B...

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 inte...

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, b...

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 ...

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 attac...

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 complem...

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 Rams...

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 fai...

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 ...

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 pull...

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 a...

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 aro...

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...

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 dra...

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 ...

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 team...

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 Mersey...

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 Philip...

Dan Bardell hosts The Athletic's podcast all about Aston Villa with regular contributors, club correspondent Gregg Evans and Junior Editor Holly Percival, plus special guest Andy Mitten.
We've all had...

In this special episode of The Athletic's podcast all about Aston Villa, Dan Bardell and Gregg Evans sit down with Conor Hourihane for a full and frank breakdown of his time at Aston Villa.
Learn more...

Dan Bardell hosts The Athletic's podcast all about Aston Villa with regular contributors, club correspondent Gregg Evans and Junior Editor Holly Percival.
After the Burnley game fell foul of Covid at ...

Dan Bardell hosts The Athletic's podcast all about Aston Villa with regular contributors, club correspondent Gregg Evans and Junior Editor Holly Percival.
The team have been short on Zs recently, but ...

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.
Vil...

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 wa...

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-...

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...

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 ch...

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 t...

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 ...

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 ...

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...

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 T...

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 ...

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 migh...

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 w...

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 mista...

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. Brazil...

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 fo...

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 comfortabl...

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 a...

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...

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 fin...

This summer The Athletic is bringing you the ultimate guide to the past eight European Championships. 
So as the continent gears up for Euro 2020, you can head back in time to the tournaments of yeste...

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 wi...

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 de...

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 discu...

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 Ben...

Mega-Villan and social media buzz-generator Dan Bardell hosts the latest edition of The Athletic's Aston Villa podcast with club correspondent Gregg Evans.
Keinan Davis got his first Premier League go...

Aston Villa's most dedicated purchaser of merchandise, Dan Bardell, nurses a delicate Gregg Evans through the latest edition of The Athletic's weekly word on all things Villa.
The European Super Leagu...

Aston Villa die-hard Dan Bardell isn't a happy man as he sits down to dissect the club's week on this Athletic podcast with writer Gregg Evans.
In his humble opinion, the side showed too much respect ...

Megafan and international brand Dan Bardell quizzes club correspodent Gregg Evans on the Athletic's Aston Villa podcast.
The bench did the business for Villa at the weekend, so we asked Dan to pick hi...

The Athletic's Aston Villa correspondent Gregg Evans joins Dan Bardell to dig through another week of club-specific news and analysis.
It's round two of listener questions and we address the Jack Grea...

Arch-Villan Dan Bardell and The Athletic's Gregg Evans look back at a great week for Ollie Watkins who scored on his England debut against San Marino.
It's reasonable to look at that moment as the vin...

Are Villa lost without Jack Grealish? Dan Bardell considers the importance of the figurehead on The Athletic's Aston Villa podcast with club correspondent Gregg Evans.
A disappointing performance away...

The form's not great but, with Spring approaching, Villa are safe in mid-table and Dan Bardell is a happy fan as he sits down with The Athletic's Gregg Evans.
Perhaps more than any other Premier Leagu...

Dan Bardells hosts The Athletic's Aston Villa podcast with correspondent Gregg Evans.
Another midweek defeat, this time to the Premier League's basement dwellers Sheffield United. Are Villa doomed to ...

Superfan Dan Bardell grills The Athletic's Aston Villa correspondent Gregg Evans after another disappointing result against Leicester City.
Will Dean Smith respond to that defeat by rotating the squad...

The Athletic's Gregg Evans reports on the weekend's South Coast stalemate in conversation with Dan Bardell.
Has Ross Barkley been unfairly singled out in what was an uninspiring performance from the w...

The Athletic's Gregg Evans joins Dan Bardell to debate with Ollie Watkins is ready for an England call-up.
They also look back on another victory over Arsenal and Gregg discusses his interview with Em...

The Athletic's Gregg Evans joins Dan Bardell to reflect on Aston Villa's defeat to West Ham.
They debate where Ross Barkley and Jack Grealish should be lining up in the Villa midfield. And they encour...

The Athletic's Gregg Evans joins Dan Bardell to reflect on Aston Villa's 3-2 defeat to Burnley. They look for the positives from a game which proves Villa are fast-becoming one of the Premier League's...

The Athletic's Gregg Evans joins Dan Bardell to reflect on another controversial defeat for the Villa, as Dean Smith's side found themselves, yet again, on the receiving end of some questionable offic...

The Athletic's Gregg Evans joins Dan Bardell to look back on the performance of Villa's youngsters against Liverpool in the FA Cup. Which members of that team are most likely to break into the senior ...

The Athletic's Gregg Evans joins Dan Bardell to reflect on Villa's performances over Christmas. Have they shown that they can compete with anyone?
They also discuss the recent criticism of Tyrone Ming...

The Athletic's Gregg Evans joins Dan Bardell to react to Villa's impressive victory over West Brom. Are Villa genuine contenders for European football this season?
They also discuss the lack of goals ...

Host Dan Bardell is joined by The Athletic's Wolves writer Tim Spiers to look ahead to this weekend's Midlands derby. Saturday's game is also Villa's Rainbow laces so Dan speak to Sam Timms, founder o...

The Athletic's Gregg Evans joins Dan Bardell to discuss Aston Villa's 2-1 defeat to West Ham on Monday night.
They reflect on a positive display, and praise the performances of Douglas Luiz and Jack G...

The Athletic's Gregg Evans joins Dan Bardell to reflect on the Villa's latest home defeat to Brighton.
Why do the team continue to struggle at Villa Park? Were there simply too many players suffering ...

The Athletic's Gregg Evans and Dan Bardell reflect on another fantastic performance from Jack Grealish, but this time for England.
They debate where he should play in Gareth Southgate's starting 11 an...

The Athletic's Gregg Evans joins Dan Bardell to look back on Villa's brilliant 3-0 win at Arsenal. 
They reflect on another 'world class' performance from Jack Grealish, and his attacking midfield par...

The Athletic's Gregg Evans joins Dan Bardell to react to Villa's 4-3 defeat to Southampton.

They discuss how Dean Smith's side have become so open in recent weeks. Should Villa fans be concerned? Or ...

This is a special podcast originally broadcast as part of a brand new series from The Athletic, entitled "Next Big Thing'
This episode is a profile of Aston Villa's 19-year-old midfielder Jacob Ramsey...

The Athletic's Gregg Evans joins Dan Bardell to reflect on Villa's defeat to Leeds.
Why did they find it so hard to deal with Leeds attack? Is Watkins form a cause for concern? And is there a signific...

The Athletic's Gregg Evans joins Dan Bardell to reflect on another win for Aston Villa, this time a 1-0 victory away at Leicester.
They discuss what's changed this season to make the team so solid and...

The Athletic's Gregg Evans joins Dan Bardell to bring you an exclusive interview with Howard Hodgson, the Villa fan who nearly bought the club.
Howard shares his story on how close he came to a takeov...

The Athletic's Gregg Evans joins Dan Bardell to reflect on the Villa's historic 7-2 victory over Liverpool.
They ask whether it could be considered the greatest Aston Villa performance of all time. Is...

The Athletic's Gregg Evans joins Dan Bardell to reflect on Villa's 3-0 win at Fulham.
How excited should the fans be now after the team made it two wins out of two in the Premier League? 
They discuss...

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Host Dan Bardell and The Athletic's Gregg Evans, debate how Dean Smith should best utilise this uncomfortably short pre-season... In which key areas must the club invest, to capitalise on their unlike...

Host Dan Bardell is joined by The Athletic's Gregg Evans to discuss the Villa squad - Who should stay and who should go?
Is there an growing chance that Jack Grealish might stay another season after a...

The Athletic's Gregg Evans joins Dan Bardell to look back on a dramatic final day as Villa secured their place in the Premier League for another season at least! Praise is heaped on manager Dean Smith...

The Athletic's Gregg Evans joins host Dan Bardell, following Wednesday's shock win over Arsenal at Villa Park... And with their Premier League survival now firmly in their own hands, heading into the ...

The Athletic's Gregg Evans joins Dan Bardell, still reeling from Everton's late equaliser, to reflect on a "broken" Dean Smith and how Villa will have been made to pay for their lack of investment upf...

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The Athletic's Gregg Evans joins an exasperated Dan Bardell to dissect Villa's 3-0 loss to Manchester United at Villa Park... Gregg defends Tyrone Mings, following staunch criticism from Sky Sports Pu...

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Dan & Gregg are joined by the former Aston Villa Chairman, Steve Hollis, to discuss a brief yet turbulent stint at the club back in 2016... 

Steve talks about the difficulties in adjusting to the 'un...

This week, Dan Bardell and The Athletic's Gregg Evans catch up with Mile Jedinak, to mark the one-year anniversary of Villa's promotion back to the Premier League! 

Mile talks about *that* stare, key...

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