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The Villa Podcast

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Home of the 'You Let Glenn Whelan Take a 90th Minute Penalty Award'. An Aston Villa and general football show coming in scolding hot after every game. The Villa Podcast is labelled "funny, informative and a breath of fresh air". Brought to you by Conán Doherty and Liam Doherty.#AVFC

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Episodes

Aston Villa and the war on XG

Nine wins in a row for Aston Villa and the noise is loud. They're talking about the title race in one room and they're scratching their heads in the numbers room, needing to believe that this won't keep going. We talk about the West Ham game, the mistakes, the goals and, yes, the EXPECTED goals - and how Villa are actually USING the data in their favour. If you'd like to support us in any way, you can - but only for Christmas! - right here: buymeacoffee.com/thevillapodcast Hosted on Acast. See a...

Dec 17, 202537 min

Spirit of Sherwood, cooking Rogers, fearless Ollie & ego van Hecke

Is Maatsen good? Do Villa have any respect for Brighton? Is the seagull the most annoying of all the animals? We have a lot to talk about after Aston Villa make it 8 from 9 and beat Brighton again. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dec 04, 202549 min

McGinn the legend, Chris Kavanagh and Emery's mean

Maybe teams should start doing something about Villa's outside of the box goals? Rob Edwards and Wolves taken care of at Villa Park but it wasn't for the want of Chris Kavanagh's whistle and lack thereof. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dec 01, 202535 min

Malen mania, Cup Champion Sancho and Rogers revival

What a win after a great turnaround after a terrible first half - podcasting wise, this is nearly a perfect game! Is there a more likeable player than John McGinn during our time watching? What has happened to Ollie Watkins? Emery, with a fresh haircut, is gaslighting Liam about Morgan Rogers too. McGinn trigger Morgan Rogers loves MacPhee Cup Champion Sancho Watkins leverage Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Nov 24, 202547 min

Matrix Martinez, scrappy Buendia and The Legs Explorer

Aston Villa destroy Bournemouth - not on your little XG sheet, in reality. Unai Emery dishes out a timely reminder of the Basque Country hierarchy to Iraola and a lot of people are moving on the Weimann Meter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 09, 202542 min

Erling Balaban, honest Malen & Pep's respect

Villa beat Man City again. Matt Cash stars again and this time he's only the bloody match-winner. We discuss Emery waiting on Guardiola, Onana's defensive nous and Jadon Sancho's reaction to being brought off. And of course, again, who will take the next penalty? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oct 27, 202549 min

The anti-Targett, Gerrard's moments and Pau's inspiration

We're back and Villa are well and truly back now as Unai Emery fixes the mini crisis. A lot of players going up on the Weimann Meter after that Spurs performance. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oct 21, 202535 min

Brave Bizot, bullish Buendia and Bravearse's battlecry

It's a process but Aston Villa are finding the man they use to be. They're finding their way home. Their fans are helping. Their write-offs are stepping up. And suddenly we have three wins in one week. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oct 03, 202532 min

Fulham Grace, Buendia character and United obsession

Three goals in one game and our first three points of the season. Say thank you, Fulham. So much content outside of SO MANY goals. WTF award is back. Say thank you, Martinez. Rogers goes back to back on the Leon Bailey award. And Elmo is back to win one too. All that, and Liam takes us on a brief tour of Irish history and song. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sep 29, 202545 min

Pau Lines, MacPhee steps up, Rogers liability

Who will take Aston Villa's next penalty? I'm actually asking. We don't know. But we go through the thin options. A good win to finally get our season started and get the European campaign up and running nicely. And some competition is emergine. We discuss Malen or Watkins. Maatsen or Digne. Elliott or Rogers. And Monchi leaving. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sep 26, 202542 min

Emery leaves early, Watkins howler(s), Elliott and 'identity'

Unai Emery leaves his Aston Villa team to fend for themselves in Sunderland as he heads off the pitch before full time. Ollie Watkins sitters are back but whilst Jadon Sancho should've had an assist, Emery was critical of Harvey Elliott and we're not sure he's right to be. A terrible start to the season so some broader questions being discussed tonight, including the exit in the League Cup to Brentford. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Sep 21, 202554 min

Grealish v Cash, Lindelof the midfielder and Michael Owen the anorak

Aston Villa still can't score and don't look like they can create a chance. Emery has been looking for signings but the players were the same and it was even more narrow and more slow. Michael Keane cements his place in the top 5 of our favourite non Villa entities. Jack Grealish asks for a second yellow for Cash again and Damian Vidagany takes to the social media pages. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Sep 14, 202548 min

Martinez letdown, old man Rogers, and Cash drying the ball

An embarrassing 24 hours all told and we have a lot of things to talk about. Emi Martinez is a no show whilst Marc Guehi gives a man of the match display for his team. Matt Cash features in two opposition goals and Guessand or Malen don't make much difference to this stale team right now. Happy international break. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 31, 202545 min

Tyrone's clock, new corner routine and Emery's excuse

A terrible result, horrific performance. Aston Villa firing a warning shot at their own fans who were thinking they might enjoy this season. What happened at Brentford was sobering. Some players are playing well below the standard and some of the coaching ideas aren't working right now. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 24, 202547 min

Rogers tumbles, Cash's fist, JJ leaves and Drury's Corner

An underwhelming start to the season but it's a start and we're podcasting! Liam got overexcited at a wedding last week, Konsa got overexcited at the sight of Gordon and Marco Bizot impresses. Jacob Ramsey bids his farewells to join Newcastle. We debut a new segment called Drury's Corner. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 17, 202547 min

Things we need to bin for the new season | Set piece coaches taking over and Tom Brady

Hello! Sorry we went dark on you but that United game did things to us that required a lot of healing - but we're OVER IT. We're back! 2025/26 Aston Villa, hello. We have plenty to talk about, plenty to put in the BIN and we need you to join our Fantasy Football league: https://fantasy.premierleague.com/leagues/auto-join/y2iar8 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Aug 12, 202533 min

Master Bramall, Maatsen balloon, Martinez buffoon

Arguments, regrets, and Europa League. Fitting to have an explosive last game of the season podcast. There was too much to talk about to make this our final pod of the season so there'll be a season review separately. Right now, it's all Man United v Aston Villa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 26, 20251 hr 5 min

Europe, Watkins does it and Scott's foul on Mings

Three qualifications for Europe in three seasons. Emery keeps doing it. The only question is, which European competition will it be? Fulham couldn't do it again for us... could they? We have the Rosenthal winner of the season and we have to stop and celebrate the club record Premier League goalscorer, Ollie Watkins. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 11, 202538 min

Carragher's consistency, Vidagany's tweet and Watkins' cup finals

Villa beat Fulham of course but there's a lot happening. The Spurs fixture has been rescheduled, Jamie Carragher has been contradicting himself over Trent Alexander Arnold coverage and Watkins has been missing chances whilst Tielemans does everything. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 08, 202533 min

Murder mystery special - who is to blame?

I know what you did last April. Crystal Palace toy with Aston Villa again. Ismaila Sarr proves he's the best player on earth again. Fingers are being pointed and we've narrowed it down to TEN prime suspects. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 27, 202549 min

Disasi's throw, MacPhee's media tour and the Watkins/Rashford conundrum

A gut punch in the 94th minute brings Villa's winning streak and unbeaten run to an end and puts Man City in a great spot for Champions League - and us in a tough spot. We talk about another Emi Martinez mistake, leaving ourselves with too much to do and some of the tired decisions that cost us in this game. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 22, 202549 min

Emiliano Pirlo, Chesire Tindall and above-the-law Youri

Aston Villa dismantle Suadi Arabia to make it five Premier League wins in a row. Like Rory McIlroy, we're better when we're hunting and by God we're hunting. Modern Villa do clutch run-ins well. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 20, 202557 min

This is what football is all about

Proud. Sad. Hurt. Content. Aston Villa are out of the Champions League after beating PSG 3-2 under the magic of Villa Park. You can win while losing. We won. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 15, 20251 hr 2 min

Pool cue Marco, penalty argument, and Malen numbers

Villa overcome Southampton but Ollie Watkins passes up two penalties that would've tied him as the club all-time Premier League top scorer... if he scored, which not everyone on the podcast thinks he would have. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 13, 202537 min

Emi's portal, Kamara's position, Enrique's celebrations

Is this tie over? PSG celebrations would make you think so. Unai Emery doesn't think that. A gut-punch of a late goal gives Paris a 3-1 win after Morgan Rogers put Aston Villa ahead briefly. A big game and outplayed, we're going to have plenty of podcast material. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 09, 202556 min
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