# Two European Cup Winners. One Night to Bring Legacy Into the Modern Age Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/my-old-man-said-an-aston-villa-podcast-506484/two-european-cup-winners-one-night-to-bring-legacy-into-the-modern-age Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/my-old-man-said-an-aston-villa-podcast-506484/two-european-cup-winners-one-night-to-bring-legacy-into-the-modern-age.md Podcast: [My Old Man Said — An Aston Villa Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/my-old-man-said-an-aston-villa-podcast-506484) Published: 2026-05-07T15:37:13+00:00 Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/myoldmansaid/episodes/two-european-cup-winners-one-night-bring-legacy-modern-age Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/myoldmansaid/e/69fcb1a92ba0ef2cca8102c5/media.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/my-old-man-said-an-aston-villa-podcast-506484/episodes/two-european-cup-winners-one-night-to-bring-legacy-into-the-modern-age Duration seconds: 1185 ## Resource Before the biggest night at Villa Park in years, a solo My Old Man Said show, with some personal memories and reflections back to 1994, and an honest assessment of what the second leg of the Europa League semi-final requires. In 1994, Villa were three-nil down at Tranmere in a League Cup semi-final first leg. The fanbase were feeling angry that the club were squandering a real good chance of silverware to put them back on the map, after a difficult decade. The build up to the second leg has parallels, as does the build-up to the final against Manchester United, when Villa's league form had dropped off a cliff before the trip to Wembley. It was all an example of what a team is capable of when it decides to be. Recorded in the hours leading up to the Europa League semi-final second leg against Nottingham Forest, the show sets out what tonight requires — from Watkins, from Rogers, from McGinn and Tielemans, from the crowd, and from a manager who has four of these trophies already. The Onana absence. The Bogarde question. Whether Forest come to shut up shop or play with the freedom that has defined their recent form. And what it would mean - for the club, for its European legacy, for everything - to be talking about Istanbul tomorrow morning. No rally call. No clichés. Just the honest picture before the biggest night of the season. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Become a MOMS Member for ad-free & extra shows -  MOMS Membership Join the show’s listener Facebook group  The Mad Few . Credits: David Michael -  @myoldmansaid  | Chris Budd -  @BUDD_music / Phillip Shaw -  @prsgame This Podcast has been created and uploaded by My Old Man Said. The views in this Podcast are not necessarily the views of talkSP… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/my-old-man-said-an-aston-villa-podcast-506484/episodes/two-european-cup-winners-one-night-to-bring-legacy-into-the-modern-age/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/my-old-man-said-an-aston-villa-podcast-506484/two-european-cup-winners-one-night-to-bring-legacy-into-the-modern-age.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.