Claret & Blue - An Aston Villa Podcast

Welcome to Claret & Blue - An Aston Villa Podcast. Hosted by Dan Rolinson, Mat Kendrick & John Townley. On this podcast feed, we'll be posting a minimum of three new episodes per week throughout the 2024/25 Premier League season.

We look forward to talking all things Aston Villa with you as Unai Emery takes us on a Champions League Tour. Please follow the feed and get involved with the show. UTV!

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POST MATCH DEBRIEF: Aston Villa 2-1 Everton
Fresh back from a boiling Villa Park, Dan Rolinson and Mat Kendrick sit down together for the first time this season to discuss Aston Villa's first three points of the new season. 🎙🎙 DONATE TO OUR HALF MARATHON EFFORT:...
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MATCH PREVIEW: Aston Villa vs Everton
Our first home game of the season is fast approaching, it'll be so good to be back at Villa Park. Join Ashley Preece live after the Aston Villa press conference for some Toffees chat. Today's podcast is sponsored by NordVPN:...
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Claret & Blue Podcast #114 | REASONS FOR OPTIMI...
Aston Villa face Everton this weekend in their first home game of the new Premier League season. It already feels like the pressure is on after a drab performance against Bournemouth on the opening day. Here's our reasons for optimism, heading...
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Claret & Blue Podcast #113 | VILLA BELLAS, BEDF...
Dani from Bedford Lions admits herself she has 'fingers in a lot of pies' when it comes to Aston Villa. Whether it be working towards an improved environment for women in football via Villa Bellas, heading off on away days with Bedford Lions, or...
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POST MATCH DEBRIEF: Bournemouth 2-0 Aston Villa
Ashley Preece joins us live from the Vitality Stadium after opening-day-defeat for Aston Villa. 🎙🎙 Keep up to date with our latest episodes: https://bit.ly/37960mR Half-marathon: https://www.gofundme.com/f/claret-blue-x-great-birmingham-run...
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MATCH PREVIEW: Bournemouth vs Aston Villa
The brand new Premier League season is BACK and we are excited. It's Bournemouth up first for Steven Gerrard's Villa side. Straight back from the Villa press conference, Ashley Preece sits down to discuss Gerrard's comments, look at a predicted...
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Claret & Blue Podcast #112 | PREMIER LEAGUE FOO...
Aston Villa return to Premier League action THIS weekend, and we're excited. We've talked a lot about formations, manager, midfield issues, transfers - but what about the *feeling* of it all? A new season brings hope, optimism, passion and we just...
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Claret & Blue Podcast #111 | VILLA AND PROUD
Villa and Proud's mission is to empower, support and build LGBTQ+ inclusion for fans, players and staff at Aston Villa Football Club. In today's podcast, Mat Kendrick finds out more, and how we can all do more to create a positive environment for...
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PRE-SEASON DEBRIEF: Stade Rennais 1-2 Aston Villa
Goals for Leon Bailey and Diego Carlos see Aston Villa come from behind to beat Stade Rennais in France. Aston Villa are unbeaten in their pre-season across 5 games as they face Bournemouth in the Premier League opener, next weekend.
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THE BIG ASTON VILLA 2022/23 SEASON PREVIEW | Cl...
It's that time of year once again, as we sit down at the Aston Inn to look ahead to a brand new season for Aston Villa. Do Villa need another striker? Assessing the transfer window. How much pressure is on Steven Gerrard, and loads, loads more....
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VILLA REWIND | Stiliyan Petrov's Inspiring Vill...
In July 2016, Stiliyan Petrov returned to pre-season testing with Aston Villa and played in a friendly match against Worcester City. Petrov wanted to play 'just one minute' to give people going through difficult times hope that recovery is possible....
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PRE SEASON DEBRIEF: Man United 2-2 Aston Villa
illa's final game of their Australian Pre Season Tour ends in a 2-2 draw with Man United. 🎙🎙 Keep up to date with our latest episodes: https://bit.ly/37960mR Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ClaretBluePod Send a question to our...
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PRE SEASON DEBRIEF: Aston Villa 1-0 Brisbane Roar
3 wins in pre-season for Aston Villa. 6 scored, 0 conceded. 👏🏻 Ashley Preece checks in live from the stadium in Australia, to report on another Villa win in pre-season. 🎙🎙 Keep up to date with our latest episodes: https://bit.ly/37960mR...
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Claret & Blue Podcast #110 | I PICKED MY FPL TE...
Each year Fantasy Premier League rolls round and I'm always well up for it. Come September, an international break takes place and I end up with playing an injured captain and I'm miles behind. This year will be different. I enlisted the help of...
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Claret & Blue Podcast #109 | ASH DOWN UNDER | A...
Ashley Preece has touched-down in Townsville ahead of Aston Villa's 2nd pre-season tour game Down Under. Following on from victory against Leeds United on Sunday morning, Villa will play A-League side Brisbane Roar on Wednesday morning (UK Time) 🎙🎙...
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PRE SEASON DEBRIEF: Aston Villa 1-0 Leeds United
🚨 LIVE from Australia, Ashley Preece reflects on Aston Villa's first victory Down Under. 🇦🇺 Keep up to date with Ash's daily diary: https://bit.ly/37960mR Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ClaretBluePod Dan Rolinson:...
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Claret & Blue Podcast #108 | ASH DOWN UNDER | W...
It's been a busy few days for Aston Villa as pre-season life has ramped up. Victory at Walsall was followed by loan moves for Azaz and Sinisalo, whilst Gerrard bolstered his squad depth with left-back Augustinsson joining on loan. Up next, Leeds...
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PRE-SEASON DEBRIEF: Walsall 0-4 Aston Villa
Ashley Preece checks in from Walsall after Villa win their first pre-season run out 💪🏻 🎙🎙 Keep up to date with our latest episodes: https://bit.ly/37960mR Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ClaretBluePod Send a question to our podcast...
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Claret & Blue Podcast #107 | ASTON VILLA RETURN...
Steven Gerrard and his Aston Villa squad returned to Bodymoor Heath this week to begin their pre-season testing and training ahead of the new Premier League season. Moments missed in pre-season so far 🕵🏻‍♂️ Diego Carlos' first day 🇧🇷 Rory...
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VILLA REWIND | David Unsworth's Aston Villa tra...
David Unsworth completed his £4 million move to Aston Villao n Thursday, July 23 1998. By the Saturday morning, Unsworth, now fully aware of the drudgery of an M6 commute, wanted to speak urgently to boss John Gregory at the training ground. “I think...
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Aston Villa's grand designs - and the fans the ...
Aston Villa fan Jamie Green has cerebral palsy. Whilst the plans revealed by Aston Villa to revamp the North Stand have been greeted by excitement amongst supporters, there's also a demand from fans like Jamie to see Villa increase their number of...
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Rob Bishop and the making of the 'Aston Villa B...
What Rob Bishop doesn't know about Aston Villa isn't worth knowing. Fact fans like us will probably already be in possession of the previous copy of Aston Villa: The Complete Record, which was published in 2010. Bish and his fellow statman Frank...
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ALL 36 ASTON VILLA FIRST TEAM PLAYERS RANKED | ...
Aston Villa have 36 players listed on their 'First Team' tab on the club website. So we sat down to assess them all, how they fit into Aston Villa's first team plans, or don't, for that matter! 🎙🎙 Keep up to date with our latest episodes:...
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THE A-Z OF ALL THINGS ASTON VILLA | Claret & Bl...
Dan Rolinson and Mat Kendrick caught up to list the definitive A-Z of all things Aston Villa. From shirts, to chants, to players, and moments in history, the two put together a list of 26 Aston Villa items, one for each letter of the alphabet. This...
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WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE RELEASED BY ASTON VILLA | ...
Josh Webb was a Next-Gen winner with Aston Villa in 2012-13 but was released by the club just three years later in July 2016. The 21 year old found himself at Kilmarnock and then back closer to home with Kidderminster Harriers and Coleshill Town....
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