Tales from the Trinity - an Aston Villa Podcast

Send us Fan Mail Luke and Ian discuss the latest news and happenings around Aston Villa Football Club and the teams drastic spiral into poor form in recent weeks. 

Send us Fan Mail Luke and Ian wrap up the clubs winter window transfer dealings and look ahead at Villa's trip to Bournemouth on Saturday and Wednesday's Villa Park visit of Brighton. 

Send us Fan Mail Luke Boyden and Ian Simms discuss Aston Villa's terrific away wins at Fenerbache and Newcastle, and look at the clubs concerning injury list. Is there a transfer market spend 'sweet spot'? Do clubs generally throw away millions on players that ultimately flop? Includes a look ahead at Villa's forthcoming fixtures against Red Bull Salzburg and Brentford at Villa...

Send us Fan Mail Luke Boyden rounds up the week's transfer activity and rumours as the January window rumbles on! Includes a look ahead to Sundays Villa Park fixture versus Everton in the Premier League. 

Send us Fan Mail Luke  and Ian are back for the first pod of 2026, with a Q&A show special!

Send us Fan Mail Luke and Ian discuss Aston Villa's victory away at Elland Road versus Leeds Utd which sees the club jump up to 4th in the table, and look ahead to this weeks fixtures at Villa Park against Young Boys (in the Europa League) and against Wolverhampton Wanderers. 

Send us Fan Mail Ian is back this week alongside Luke to discuss Villa's weekend trip to Elland Road to face Leeds United in the Premier League. They also look ahead and discuss Villa's next few fixtures against Young Boys, Wolves, Brighton and Arsenal. 

Send us Fan Mail Luke talks through the latest happenings in the world of Aston Villa Football Club including the thumping 4-0 dismantling of Bournemouth at Villa Park, the emphatic re-birth in form of Emi Buendia and the increasingly curious case of Harvey Elliotts loan move. 

Send us Fan Mail Luke & Ian are back to have a (sensible!) and at times heated discussion on Emi Martinez - is his time at Aston Villa under question? They also discuss the worrying form of Ollie Watkins and look ahead to the Maccabi Tel Aviv and Bournemouth fixtures respectively.  Includes fan reaction and a look back on Liverpool 2-0 Aston Villa. 

Send us Fan Mail Luke and Ian look back over defeat at Go Ahead Eagles in the Europa League, followed by a triumphant return to winning ways in the Premier League against Pep's Manchester City. 

Send us Fan Mail Luke and Ian discuss Villa's victorious trip to the Tottenham Hotspur stadium, and take a trip down memory lane to 1994 and a Coca Cola Cup semi final 2nd leg against Tranmere Rovers! Includes a look ahead to the games against Go Ahead Eagles and Manchester City. 

Send us Fan Mail Luke & Ian preview Villa's trip to Tottenham as the Premier League returns again after the International break!  Includes a weekly round up of all the latest news in the world of Aston Villa Football Club... and the start of our 'Villa Quiz' segment!  We've also done our best to fix the previous episodes sound issues! 

Send us Fan Mail Luke & Ian review all things in the Villa-verse as the club enjoy a perfect start to the Europa League campaign and back to back wins in the Premier League!

Send us Fan Mail Luke Boyden and Ian Simms return to talk all things Aston Villa, including a look back on wins against Bologna and Fulham at Villa park as the club finally get their season up and running.  They preview Thursdays game against Feyenoord as Villa make their first return to the scene that will forever be etched into club folk law - the De Kuip Stadium in Rotterdam, and look ahead to...

Send us Fan Mail Luke and Ian are back to discuss all the latest happenings on and off the pitch at Aston Villa Football Club as changes are made within the hierarchy. President of Football Operations Monchi has left the club and in a 'breaking news' moment looks set to be replaced by Roberto Olabe!  The troubles Villa currently face on the pitch are also talked about in detail and the f...

Send us Fan Mail Luke and Ian are back to discuss Villa's first trip to the Hill Dickinson Stadium and to talk through just 'whats going wrong at Aston Villa' right now.  Includes fan reaction and a look forward to Villa next two fixtures - with visits to Brentford in the League Cup on Tuesday evening and to Sunderland on Sunday.

Send us Fan Mail Luke & Ian look ahead to Villa's first trip to the Hill Dickinson Stadium with the club desperate to get their season kick started with their three deadline day signings in the squad to face Everton. Includes fan foresight and online poll results. 

Send us Fan Mail Luke & Ian look back over a crazy transfer window and discuss how Aston Villa's 'triangle of power' have had to navigate their way through the minefield of PSR and SCR constraints! New signings Jadon Sancho, Harvey Elliott and Victor Lindelof are among points of  discussion, as well as the 'on/off' Emi Martinez saga! Includes a fan reaction segment!

Send us Fan Mail Luke and Ian share their views as Villa continue their concerning start to the new season with a poor trip to the capital! Includes a look ahead to the visit of Crystal Palace to Villa Park on Sunday evening. 

Send us Fan Mail Luke and Ian return for an impromptu episode to discuss ten reasons to be positive as we move into the 2025/26 season!  'With the constant PSR and SCR doom and gloom it's easy to forget that we are in a fantastic place as a football club and on today's show we discuss our ten reasons for positivity moving forward! Up the Villa!' 

Send us Fan Mail Luke and Ian discuss the weekends action from Villa Park and ask the question 'just what is the truth to the Jacob Ramsey transfer?'. Includes transfer rumours and a look forward to next weekends fixture away at Brentford, and just who is 'The Real Scottish Cafu?'. 

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the very first Episode of Tales from the Trinity! Luke Boyden & Ian Simms review the Summers business at Villa Park, preview the pending 2025/26 Season and make their predictions, talk Jacob Ramsey and preview Saturday's opener at home to Newcastle United!