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ICYMI: Aston Villa’s Festive Period Fixtures Finally Confirmed

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Aston Villa's Festive Period Fixtures Finally Confirmed
After a delay by the Premier League in announcing the festive season fixture changes, Aston Villa have four changes to their fixture calendar.
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November 3, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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🆕 GBU: Aston Villa Roll on as Summer Signings Make Headlines

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Aston Villa Roll on as Summer Signings Make Headlines
The good, bad and ugly of a period when Unai Emery has turned the good ship Aston Villa around against their biggest tests, so far.
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October 30, 2025 at 7:50 AM
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🆕 No Fear Football: How Unai Emery Outsmarted Pep Guardiola

🎮 Roots of Control
🔐 Haaland plan
🅱️ Mr Plan B evolves
🏟️ 📉 VP Atmos concern
🦉 Wednesday woe
🎻 Villa Opera

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My Old Man Said - An Aston Villa Podcast: No Fear Football: How Unai Emery Outsmarted Pep Guardiola
Villa Park witnessed another Unai Emery masterclass as Aston Villa produced a performance of tactical brilliance to beat Manchester City for the third consecutive time at Villa Park.In this week’...
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October 28, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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🆕SFTW: Villa Half-Arsed in Holland, Fired-Up for City

🦅Humbled in Holland
🇪🇺 Euro disfunction
🔬 #AVFC v #MCFC
🎶 Villa Week in Song

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My Old Man Said - An Aston Villa Podcast: Villa Half-Arsed in Holland, Fired-Up for City
After five straight wins, Aston Villa’s European dream hit turbulence in Deventer - as Go Ahead Eagles clipped the Villans’ wings.In this Something for the Weekend edition of My Old Man Said...
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October 24, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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ICYMI: Emery’s Harlem Globetrotters: Buendía’s Redemption to Mr Plan B

🏀 Life before the GA🦅
🚀 Spurs win
🇦🇷 Emi
🇮🇱 Maccabi Mass Punishment
🇪🇸 La Liga's stand

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My Old Man Said - An Aston Villa Podcast: Emery’s Harlem Globetrotters: Buendía’s Redemption to Mr Plan B
After a fifth straight win, the My Old Man Said crew bask in the glory of Villa’s gritty away triumph at Spurs - or as one listener put it, “Stoke City in a spaceship.”We dissect the new blue...
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October 24, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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🧉 OUT NOW: Emery’s Reset and Villa’s Best European Away Days

📉 📈 Season so far
📊 Upcoming months
🇪🇺 Best Emery Euro trips?
🧊 Cold Palmer™
🏴‍☠️ 🇮🇹 U-21 Pirates

Guest: Villa on Tour

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€My Old Man Said - An Aston Villa Podcast: Emery’s Reset and Villa’s Best European Away Days
From Warsaw to Rotterdam, and every airport bar in between - Aston Villa’s European adventures have reignited something special among the fanbase. Unai Emery is currently enjoying his eighteenth ...
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October 18, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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🖐 Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Aston Villa Begin Takeoff

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Five Reasons To Be Cheerful as Aston Villa Begin Takeoff
After a shaky start, Aston Villa have lifted off with four straight wins. From Donyell Malen’s resurgence to Pau Torres’s passing masterclass, here are five reasons for Villa fans to be cheerful.
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October 15, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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🆕 Four Villa Games Moved, but Premier League Drags Its Feet on Festive Fixtures

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Four Villa Games Moved, but Premier League Drags Its Feet on Festive Fixtures
The Premier League has announced Aston Villa’s December TV games — but fans are still waiting for the Christmas fixtures, despite the FSA urging the league to prioritise supporter planning.
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October 15, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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🆕 Monchi Breaks Silence on His Aston Villa Exit, Time in Birmingham and Rogers Surprise

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Monchi Breaks Silence on His Aston Villa Exit, Time in Birmingham and Rogers Surprise
Former Aston Villa football chief Monchi reflects on his departure, working with Unai Emery, transfer rumours around Watkins and McGinn, and his return to San Fernando CD in an interview profile.
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October 15, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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🆕🧠Being Unai Emery: Guillem Balagué on Villa’s Spanish Revolution

A deep dive chat with Guillem Balague

🪰 Fly-on-the-wall access
🇪🇸 Spanish discipline & belief
👨👩👦👦 Emery family insights

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My Old Man Said - An Aston Villa Podcast: Being Unai Emery: Guillem Balagué on Villa’s Spanish Revolution
When journalist and author Guillem Balagué arrived in England in 1991, there were only 13 foreign players in the Premier League. Three decades later, Spanish minds are shaping its future — and...
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October 14, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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🆕 Villa Back on Track: Rotterdam Highs and Burnley Business

🇳🇱 Feyenoord tonic
🎛️ Burnley control
🇳🇱 Slick Bogarde
⌛ Real Villa Test
👼 Neymar's crazy luck
🏟️ San Siro Update

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My Old Man Said - An Aston Villa Podcast: Villa Back on Track: Rotterdam Highs and Burnley Business
After a winning week that took Aston Villa from the chaos of Rotterdam to the comfort of Villa Park, My Old Man Said returns to make sense of it all.From the surreal experience of being herded beh...
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October 9, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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🇳🇱 To get you in the mood for Villa's return to Rotterdam.
Villan Geoff Thomas's diary of the 1982 trip

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Rotterdam Or Bust: A Supporter's Diary of Aston Villa's Greatest Day
An Aston Villa supporter diary of the club's greatest away day, the trip to Rotterdam for the European Cup final on May 26 1982. UTV
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October 1, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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🆕 Aston Villa’s Win Overshadowed by Regressing Rogers, Zombie Watkins and Monchi’s Mess

The latest Good, Bad & Ugly of Villa's week

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Aston Villa's Win Overshadowed by Regressing Rogers, Zombie Watkins and Monchi's Mess
Shoots of recovery for Aston Villa as they claim their first win of the season, but it's baby steps. The Good, bad and Ugly of the Villa week.
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September 28, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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🆕 🧉 Watkins Wastefulness, Europa League Reality & Why Villa Can’t Afford to Slip vs Fulham

The latest Something for the Weekend covers:

🔬 #AVFC v Fulham
🇮🇹 Bologna
⚽ Watkins' ceiling?
📉 Rogers frustrations

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Watkins Wastefulness, Europa League Reality & Why Villa Can’t Afford to Slip vs Fulham
Podcast Episode · My Old Man Said - An Aston Villa Podcast · 28/09/2025 · 27m
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September 28, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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🧉 🆕 : Lazy Villa Create Identity Crisis for Emery

❄️ #AVFC form blip snowballing?
🛌 Lazy concerns
🇵🇱 Villa's Plan B
🇸🇰 Retrospective trophy win
🎟️ Slack ticketing operations
😂 And a few laughs along the way.

UTV

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My Old Man Said - An Aston Villa Podcast: Lazy Villa Create Identity Crisis for Emery
Two games unbeaten, but it hardly feels like a run worth celebrating. Against ten-man Sunderland, Aston Villa had over an hour to assert themselves and still contrived to look second best. Unai Eme...
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September 23, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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NEW: Five Reasons To Be Cheerful As Villa Start Unbeaten League Run (Painfully)

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Five Reasons To Be Cheerful As Villa Start Unbeaten League Run Painfully
Three away games on the trot and while Aston Villa haven't been beaten within 90 minutes, it's been pretty dour. Are there any rays of light?
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September 22, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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🫠🐈‍⬛ NEW: SFTW - Villa Reality Check: Meltdowns & Black Cats

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My Old Man Said - An Aston Villa Podcast: Villa Reality Check: Meltdowns & Black Cats
The weekend brings a trip to the Stadium of Light and with it, plenty for Villa fans to chew over.In this Something for the Weekend edition of the My Old Man Said podcast, we tackle the mini-melt...
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September 21, 2025 at 7:21 AM
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NEW: Aston Villa’s November Fixtures Get a Reshuffle

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Aston Villa's November Fixtures Get a Reshuffle
With Europa League commitments changes in November were inevitable, but every Premier League shifts time for television broadcast.
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September 19, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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NEW: GBU - Darkness Gathers Despite Villa Breaking Their Goal Drought

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Darkness Gathers Despite Villa Breaking Their Goal Drought
The Good, Bad and Ugly of Aston Villa's Week looks at a week, where Villa struggled to get their season going and Unai Emery copped heat.
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September 19, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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NEW: Five Reasons To Be Cheerful As Misfiring Villans Limp On

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Five Reasons To Be Cheerful As Misfiring Villans Limp On
It's been a slow start to the season - goalless in the Premier League and out of the League Cup already - but here's five reasons to be cheerful
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September 18, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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🧉 NEW: Deadlock at the Dock: Villa Reset or Flatline

🔬 #EFC v #AVFC
🕰️ Foundation & Reality?
📈 Martinez & D
🏆 Backup Plan
🧣 Half-and-half ban

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My Old Man Said - An Aston Villa Podcast: Deadlock at the Dock: Villa Reset or Flatline
In this latest post-match show, the My Old Man Said team reflect on the 0-0 draw at Everton and the growing sense that Villa’s early-season struggles are less about bad luck - and more about a ta...
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September 17, 2025 at 8:36 AM
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NEW: SFTW - Sancho, Martinez & a Right-Side Reckoning: Villa’s Litmus Test?

🏟️ New #EFC stadium
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Grealish v Sancho
🇦🇷 Martinez no-brainer
📋 Midfield reshuffle
📈 Emery's Elliot Job

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My Old Man Said - An Aston Villa Podcast: Sancho, Martinez & a Right-Side Reckoning: Villa’s Litmus Test?
As the dust settles on the international break, Villa are back in action - but are they back in business? This episode of Something for the Weekend dives deep into an important clash at Everton�...
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September 13, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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NEW: A Look at Approved Villa Park North Stand Plans and Europa League Draw

👷‍♂️ North Stand plans
🏟️ Council's remarks and resident opposition to North Stand plans
🇪🇺 Europa League draw assessment

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My Old Man Said - An Aston Villa Podcast: A Look at Approved Villa Park North Stand Plans and Europa League Draw
With Birmingham Council recently approving plans for the latest North Stand redevelopment at Villa Park, we take a look at the documentation and discuss the details. Also, we look back at Aston Vil...
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September 10, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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Is Villa's squad stronger than this time last season?

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Aston Villa news: Opinion - Why squad is stronger than last season
Aston Villa news: Opinion - Why squad is stronger than last season
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September 9, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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🧉 OUT NOW: The Big Aston Villa Summer Transfer Verdict

💪 Stronger than 1 year ago?
🇦🇷 Martínez drama
🤔 Sancho, Lindelöf, and Elliott?
📋 Succession plan?

💥 And much more

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My Old Man Said - An Aston Villa Podcast: The Big Aston Villa Summer Transfer Verdict
After a chaotic start to the season and a quiet transfer window (until the very last day), have Villa done enough to keep pace with their ambitions?In this episode, we go deep on:Why the club’s P...
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September 8, 2025 at 4:04 PM