# Villa win the Europa League - will former winners Spurs go down on Sunday? Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-totally-football-show-with-james-richardson-923658/villa-win-the-europa-league-will-former-winners-spurs-go-down-on-sunday Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-totally-football-show-with-james-richardson-923658/villa-win-the-europa-league-will-former-winners-spurs-go-down-on-sunday.md Podcast: [The Totally Football Show with James Richardson](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-totally-football-show-with-james-richardson-923658) Published: 2026-05-21T13:40:19+00:00 Episode link: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/podcast/200-the-totally-football-show/episode-726 Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6818cd43eb146d8e35d312c7/e/6a0f0b433bbd73b46e4e7ff4/media.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-totally-football-show-with-james-richardson-923658/episodes/villa-win-the-europa-league-will-former-winners-spurs-go-down-on-sunday Duration seconds: 2760 ## Resource Aston Villa make light work of Freiburg to claim their first trophy in 30 years and Unai Emery’s 5th Europa League. Jimbo, Duncan Alexander, Charlie Eccleshare, Jay Harris and Jacob Tanswell take in another marquee achievement from Villa under Emery and ponder the power the Premier League now has. Last year’s winners Spurs are 90 minutes from salvation or relegation. They need to avoid defeat to Everton and hope that West Ham don’t beat Leeds. Which 60,000 seater stadium will be in the Championship next season? There’s a heck of a race for Europe which could see Bournemouth or Brighton qualify for the Champions League. The Championship play-off final takes place at Wembley on Saturday between Hull City and Southampton substitute Middlesbrough. Elsewhere, will Slot select Salah? And what lengths will Bruno Fernandes go to for the Premier League assist record? Produced by Charlie Jones RUNNING ORDER:  • PART 1: Arsenal celebrations (01:00) • PART 2: Aston Villa 3-0 Freiburg with Jacob Tanswell (03:00) • PART 3: Who will go down? Spurs or West Ham? (21:00)  • PART 4a: Who’s qualifying for Europe? (31:00) • PART 4b: Championship play-off final preview (42:00) • PART 4c: Quiz question answer (45:00) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-totally-football-show-with-james-richardson-923658/episodes/villa-win-the-europa-league-will-former-winners-spurs-go-down-on-sunday/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-totally-football-show-with-james-richardson-923658/villa-win-the-europa-league-will-former-winners-spurs-go-down-on-sunday.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.