All Villa No Filler - An Aston Villa Podcast

Two lifelong Aston Villa fans take a light-hearted look at the highs & lows of supporting the world's best football team. The new Villa manager Steven Gerrard continued his impressive start to life at his new club with a second win a row. Villa were well organised and creative going forward in a highly impressive 2-1 victory at Crystal Palace. The Eagles, who were unbeaten at home this season,...

Two lifelong Aston Villa fans take a light-hearted look at the highs & lows of supporting the world's best football team. Villa manager Steven Gerrard made a strong start at his new club with a 2-0 victory over Brighton. George & Frankie discuss what impressed them about Gerrard's first match in charge and areas that still need improvement. There is also major praise for goalscorer Tyrone...

Two lifelong Aston Villa fans take a light-hearted look at the highs & lows of supporting the world's best football team. Over the last week, Villa right-back Matty Cash has made his debut for Poland. Qualifying to represent the country through his mother, Cash played against Hungary and Andorra during the most recent international break. To find out more about how Cash performed for Poland, G...

Two lifelong Aston Villa fans take a light-hearted look at the highs & lows of supporting the world's best football team. George and Frankie react to the appointment of Steven Gerrard as Aston Villa's manager and express their cautious optimism about the future under the former Rangers head coach. They also hope Gerrard's arrival at Villa could be an opportunity for the likes of Jacob Ramsey a...

This week, Steven Gerrard was appointed as the new Aston Villa manager to replace the departed and much loved Dean Smith. Gerrard joined from current Scottish Champions Rangers, where he spent three years and guided the club to their first title in a decade. Whilst winning the league, Rangers conceded just 13 goals all season and went unbeaten. The Glasgow side were also impressive in Europe, pick...

Two lifelong Aston Villa fans take a light-hearted look at the highs & lows of supporting the world's best football team. The day few of us wanted to see has arrived as Dean Smith was relieved of his duties as Aston Villa manager. Frankie & George discuss Smith's sacking and whether the board made the right decision. We celebrate Smith's time at Villa and relive some of our best memories f...

Two lifelong Aston Villa fans take a light-hearted look at the highs & lows of supporting the world's best football team. West Ham visited Villa Park on Halloween and delivered a hammer horror with a comfortable 4-1 win. Seemingly everything went wrong for Villa on Sunday as injuries, Covid and a dubious red card all conspired to make life hard for Dean Smith's men. Frankie & George discus...

Two lifelong Aston Villa fans take a light-hearted look at the highs & lows of supporting the world's best football team. Friday's trip to the Emirates was a night to forget as Arsenal dominated the game and won 3-1. Frankie & George discuss how Arsenal had clearly worked out Villa's 3-5-2 approach, which meant the away side could barely string a pass together in the first-half. After thre...

Two lifelong Aston Villa fans take a light-hearted look at the highs & lows of supporting the world's best football team. An extraordinary turnaround by Wolves at Villa Park left both George and Frankie speechless. After a few days, they were finally able to look back on a game where Villa fell apart in the final ten minutes and somehow lost 3-2. George and Frankie discuss whether the 3-5-2 fo...

In the latest episode from our 'All Villans' series, Frankie meets Nilesh Chauhan. He is the founder of Villans Together, an organisation which aims to promote a friendly environment to all supporters, regardless of their background or personal circumstances. Nilesh describes the mission behind Villans Together and why he set-up the group. He also explains how Aston Villa are directly involved in...

In a special bonus episode we're joined by Birmingham Live writer, Pat Rowe (@PGR_Analytics on Twitter) to review Villa's season so far. We focused on Dean Smith's move to a 3-5-2 formation: how it has worked? Which players have excelled in it? Does it leave Aston Villa vulnerable to the likes of Son Heung-min when they have more space to work with? We question whether Villa should stay with the f...

Two lifelong Aston Villa fans take a light-hearted look at the highs & lows of supporting the world's best football team. After a golden day out at Old Trafford last week, Villa couldn't follow-up by gaining points at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. Inspired by the exceptional Son Heung-min, Spurs ended their poor run of form with a 2-1 victory, while Villa were very sloppy. George and Frankie...

Two lifelong Aston Villa fans take a light-hearted look at the highs & lows of supporting the world's best football team. FINALLY, after 12 long years, Aston Villa defeated Manchester United at Old Trafford with an exceptional 1-0 win. George and Frankie are full of praise for the entire team and coaching staff, with a special mention to Kortney Hause for stepping up when the team needed him....

'Rivalries' is a series where we meet fans from opposition clubs to talk over the latest Aston Villa games. This week, ahead of Saturday's match against Manchester United, Frankie met lifelong United fan, Ian Barber. United have usually beaten Villa in the Premier League but Ian explained why Dean Smith's men pose more of a threat than usual at Old Trafford this weekend. Ian also addresses the ret...

Two lifelong Aston Villa fans take a light-hearted look at the highs & lows of supporting the world's best football team. Villa won the Cazoo Derby (or 'El Cazooico' as we prefer to call it) with a 3-0 win over Everton inspired by a cameo from new signing Leon Bailey. George and Frankie discuss why this is a statement result for Dean Smith's side and how Villa's squad depth really shone throug...

Two lifelong Aston Villa fans take a light-hearted look at the highs & lows of supporting the world's best football team. Villa dominated Chelsea for long spells during their weekend trip to Stamford Bridge but somehow lost the game 3-0. The difference was that Chelsea made no mistakes and took their chances, whilst Villa did not. George and (a newly sunburnt) Frankie discuss the positives sho...

John 'Dixie' Deehan grew up an Aston Villa fan and got to live the dream of every Holte Ender by wearing the Claret & Blue jersey and scoring goals for his boyhood team. From 1975-79, John was part of a famous attacking force alongside the brilliant Andy Gray and Brian Little and eventually returned to Villa as assistant manager in 2001. He scored more than 50 goals during his time at the club...

The transfer window has shut after a summer where numerous new players joined Aston Villa and one major name left. Although Villa lost their talisman Jack Grealish to Man City, they invested heavily in the attacking areas, with the likes Emi Buendia, Leon Bailey and Danny Ings joining for big fees. Both Axel Tuanzebe and the versatile Ashley Young rejoined Villa, too. The question now is whether V...

Two lifelong Aston Villa fans take a light-hearted look at the highs & lows of supporting the world's best football team. Argentine playmaker Emi Buendia scored his first goal for the club with a lovely curling effort, but Villa could only go on and draw 1-1 against newly promoted Brentford. George & Frankie look at the numerous circumstances that have gone against Villa and Dean Smith ear...

Regular host Frankie is joined this week by Toronto Lions Chairman and lifelong Villan, Brett Bates. The two react to Villa's 6-0 win over Barrow in the League Cup where some of the club's galaxy of young stars shone brightly, notably Cameron Archer with an impressive hat-trick. In the 'Spicy Question' feature, the pair focus on whether Villa should make anymore signings before the transfer window...

Two lifelong Aston Villa fans take a light-hearted look at the highs & lows of supporting the world's best football team. Villa fans were finally back in the stadium to witness a spectacular Danny Ings overhead kick which set the team on their way to a 2-0 win over Newcastle. George & Frankie look at what went right & talk about a much improved display after the season opener against W...

Two lifelong Aston Villa fans take a light-hearted look at the highs & lows of supporting the world's best football team. It was a day to forget for Villa on the opening day of the season with a 3-2 away defeat to Watford. George & Frankie look at what went wrong & talk on what Villa can do to solve some of the issues that emerged, particularly in a terrible first-half display. There w...

Aston Villa made a number of signings over the summer and one of the most eye-catching names to arrive at Villa Park was Leon Bailey. The Jamaican international was signed from German side Bayer Leverkusen for around £30 million and proves Villa are capable of attracting leading names in football. Unlike Villa's other summer signings, Bailey has never played in the Premier League, so we spoke to G...

Two lifelong Aston Villa fans take a light-hearted look at the highs & lows of supporting the world's best football team. A new season is upon us! With Jack Grealish now off up north and a range of new signings turning up at Villa Park, George and Frankie look ahead to an upcoming season filled with mystery and intrigue. There's signs of optimism for Villa, particularly with the emergence of y...

Two lifelong Aston Villa fans from Birmingham take a light-hearted look at the highs & lows of supporting the world's best football team. Will Jack Grealish stay or will he go? George and Frankie have an impassioned talk about why Super Jack should stick with the project being pursued by NSWE at Villa Park. Whilst understandable that an individual of Grealish's quality would want to play Champ...