Claret & Blue - An Aston Villa Podcast

Dan Rolinson and John Townley get together one more time for a final Premier League Match Preview of the season. A trip to Crystal Palace, nothing to play for, changes to make, and a Predictions Leagu...

Mat Kendrick's latest Villa Voicenotes sees him discuss Super John McGinn and his love for the wee Scottish midfield maestro.
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Dan Rolinson and John Townley attempt to pick one player from each of the other 19 Premier League clubs to bring to Vill a (hypothetically) in a dream/realistic signing. 
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Dan Rolinson and Mat Kendrick answer all your Aston Villa questions after Unai Emery secured Champions League qualification. 🎙🎙

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They've done it. Unai Emery's Aston Villa will play in next year's Champions League! What an incredible season!

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Join Dan Rolinson and Mat Kendrick to get their instant match reaction after Villa's final home game of the Premier League season.

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Dan Rolinson and John Townley sit down together for a Liverpool "preview" whilst looking at the bigger picture with Spurs vs Man City on the horizon too.

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On this week's Villa Voicenotes, Mat Kendrick shares with you everything he learned when Gabby Agbonlahor met with Chris Heck...
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Join Dan Rolinson and Mat Kendrick after the final whistle in Greece as they share their instant reaction to Villa's away defeat at Olympiacos as they crash out of the Europa Conference League.

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Stephen Kountourou is back on the Claret & Blue podcast to preview the second leg with Dan Rolinson, and no, he's not as smug as you might expect after the first leg. This tie is not over.

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Aston Villa face Olympiacos on Thursday night needing the comeback of all comebacks to reach the Europa Conference League final.

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It's taken thirty years to set the record straight... but finally the man booed off Villa Park for singing You'll Never Walk Alone on the Holte's Last Stand against Liverpool, has the Dave Chance to e...

Dan Rolinson and John Townley reflect on Villa's defeat away at Brighton and answer your all your Villa questions ahead of a big week.

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Join Dan Rolinson and Neil Dunworth as they give their instant reaction to Aston Villa's defeat away at Brighton.

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On this week's Villa Voicenotes, Mat Kendrick reflects emotionally on the 30th year anniversary of the Holte's Last Stand and, sadly, yes there is more singing.
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Join Dan Rolinson and John Townley for a preview for Aston Villa's big game against Brighton this Sunday, where a win COULD seal a top four finish for Villa.

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Join Mat Kendrick and Dan Rolinson as they return from Villa Park to get their thoughts on the Europa Conference League semi-final first leg.

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Dan Rolinson and John Townley are joined by Greek Football Specialist Stephen Kountourou from the Hellas Football podcast to get a lowdown on our opposition Olympiacos.

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Don't go down to the comments yet, just hear us out. "What more can Emery achieve for Villa" I hear you cry. Well, a Premier League title? One day perhaps.

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So much to discuss in this week's Q&A as John Townley and Dan Rolinson do their very best to answer all your Aston Villa questions, mostly surrounding Villa's quest for the Top Four.

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As Dalian Atkinson’s family strive to honour his memory, Mat Kendrick and Dalian’s big brother Paul reminisce about the Villa legend’s lasting legacy.

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Join Dan Rolinson and Mat Kendrick for their instant reaction after returning home from Villa Park after the 2-2 draw against Chelsea.

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John Townley reports back from Bodymoor Heath as Aston Villa gear up for a big game against Chelsea at Villa Park.

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For a long time, most Aston Villa fans would automatically pick Mark Bosnich as their go-to-goalkeeper in a best Villa XI of the Premier League era. But, has a certain Argentine goalkeeper thrown his ...

Mat Kendrick is back again with a (topical) Villa Voicenotes, and this time it's a chat about Unai Emery's new contract. Buzzing.
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Dan Rolinson and John Townley are here to tell you why Ollie Watkins deserves to win the Premier League's Player of the Year award.

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Unai Emery has committed his future to Aston Villa by agreeing terms on a new contract, so Dan Rolinson and John Townley are back for a bonus episode to react to the news, how could they not?!

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What an unbelievable week it's been for Aston Villa. Unai Emery does it again. On today's podcast, Dan and John answer a whole range of your Aston Villa questions, this episode is packed full of diffe...

Dan Rolinson and Mat Kendrick share their instant reaction to Aston Villa's impressive win against Bournemouth.

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Aston Villa face Bournemouth after their Europa Conference League exploits on Thursday, where a win would see them firmly in the driving seat for the top four.

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John Townley just couldn't resist having a chat about that night in Lille.

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Mat Kendrick's Villa Voicenotes returns and for once, it's a topical look at Aston Villa. Fresh after watching Emi Martinez's penalty saves in France, Mat shares his 10 minute (ish) glowing review of ...

We share our instant reaction to Aston Villa's 2nd leg match away at Lille in the Europa Conference League quarter final.

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Aston Villa's quest for Champions League qualification may require them to finish inside the top four, so how do they do that? On today's episode, we compare Villa's remaining Premier League games aga...

John Townley has landed in France and jumped straight on a podcast with Dan Rolinson to give us a flavour into Lille and what Villa can expect this week in the Europa Conference League.

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On a bumper edition of the Claret & Blue podcast, both John Townley and Mat Kendrick join Dan Rolinson to discuss a brilliant weekend for Aston Villa.

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Join Dan Rolinson and Matt Lynch as they share their instant post match reaction to Aston Villa's 0-2 win away at Arsenal.

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Dan Rolinson and John Townley get their heads together to preview Aston Villa's trip to the Emirates, and how Unai Emery's side could come away with points against Arteta's side.

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Dan Rolinson and Mat Kendrick share their instant reaction to Aston Villa's 2-1 win against LOSC Lille at Villa Park.

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Mat Kendrick returns with another Villa Voicenotes episode, this time, an ode to 'good neighbours' both inside and outside of our beloved Villa Park.
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Aston Villa are back in Europa Conference League action this Thursday, so Dan Rolinson and John Townley discuss how Villa will approach the tie at Villa Park.

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Dan Rolinson and John Townley are back at Poddymoor Heath HQ to answer all your questions ahead of a big week for Aston Villa.

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Dan Rolinson and Mat Kendrick discuss their immediate post match thoughts after Villa threw away a 2-0 lead against Brentford to draw 3-3.

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John Townley discusses Aston's Villa performance, team selection and fitness concerns after the defeat at the Etihad.

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Mat Kendrick is back with another Villa Voicenotes and this time he's discussing some of the best and worst of Villa loanees.
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On today's episode of the Claret & Blue podcast, Dan and John take a look at building an Aston Villa XI based off some wild - but "true" transfer rumours from down the years.

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Dan Rolinson and John Townley are back to answer your Aston Villa questions after the win against Wolves and before Man City on Wednesday.

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A really big three points for Aston Villa as they finally get one over local rivals Wolves.

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Mat Kendrick is back with another episode of Villa Voicenotes, for all you Villa Voicenotes fans. On this episode, Mat picks out five things that he's "seen this week" that he must simply share with y...

Dan Rolinson and John Townley are back with another Inside Bodymoor preview show as the Premier League returns with Wolves visiting Villa Park this weekend.

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On today's episode of the Claret & Blue podcast, Dan Rolinson and John Townley bring you the Aston Villa Hall of Fame. In each episode, we'll nominate four new players into the Hall of Fame to celebra...

Dan Rolinson and John Townley are back to answer all your Aston Villa questions during the international break with Wolves on the horizon this weekend.

Ezri Konsa and Ollie Watkins' England performan...

Aston Villa last won a trophy 28 years ago, here's the inside story of how they did it, featuring tales from manager Brian Little, goalscorer Ian Taylor and first team coach John Gregory.

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Dan Rolinson explains how fifth place in the Premier League could secure Champions League football next season. The format for European competition next season is changing, so whether Villa make it in...

Enjoy the mayhem as Mat Kendrick and his son feast on a free lunch, waste a fortune on trains and argue about his classic shirt collection away at West Ham United.
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We're back with our third episode of Aston Villa confessions! This time, John Townley and Dan Rolinson react to the weird and wonderful of your anonymous Villa confessions.

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Dan Rolinson, Mat Kendrick and John Townley are in the Poddymoor Heath studio - for the first time as a trio - to answer all your Aston Villa related questions.

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Dan Rolinson and Matt Lynch dissect Aston Villa's 1-1 against West Ham after late drama at the London Stadium.

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Dan Rolinson and John Townley are reunited for their usual Inside Bodymoor show after Mat Kendrick stepped in last week. The two react to Villa's draw in the UECL draw, whilst looking ahead to the Wes...

Dan Rolinson and Mat Kendrick react to a BIG win at Villa Park against Ajax in the Europa Conference League.

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After opening a mystery box of Aston Villa relics on the podcast this week, Mat Kendrick wanders down memory lane to discuss the Heroes & Villains fanzine and his fond memories of writing for the publ...

Dan Rolinson and Mat Kendrick were sent two heavy boxes of Aston Villa programmes, books and video tapes dating back to the early 1980s. So, they decided to open the box, for the first time, on the po...

Dan Rolinson and Mat Kendrick are back once again and this time they're answering all your Aston Villa questions. How will Unai Emery cope without captain John McGinn? Are we concered by Diaby and Zan...

Dan Rolinson and Mat Kendrick react to a terrible afternoon at Villa Park.

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Eager and enthusiastic as he is, John Townley has recorded his own post Ajax - pre Spurs video from an airport in Amsterdam. John gives his verdict on Villa's draw away at Ajax whilst looking ahead to...

Dan Rolinson and Mat Kendrick reflect on Aston Villa's 0-0 away draw against Ajax whilst building up to a huge game in the race for the Champions League, as Tottenham travel to Villa Park this Sunday....

Dan Rolinson and Frankie Maguire discuss the first leg action from Ajax vs Aston Villa, as it's all to play for heading into the second leg this time next week.

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Step aside all of Mat Kendrick's former favourite Villa centre forwards and make room for a Mr Ollie Watkins. In the form of his life and set to break Gabby Agbonlahor's Premier League goal record for...

Dave Powell, our business and finance expert here at Reach PLC, joins us on the Claret & Blue podcast this week to discuss FFP, or PSR as it's now more commonly known. After Villa posted losses for th...

Dan Rolinson and John Townley look ahead to Aston Villa's trip to Ajax in the Europa Conference League round of 16 match. b
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It's Q&A time on the Claret and Blue podcast, brought to you from our studio space: Poddymoor Heath. On today's show, Dan Rolinson and John Townley discuss the win against Luton, POTY contender Ollie ...

John Townley is here today with a solo impromptu podcast as Dan is still without wi-fi after his house move! So, John's had a go at breaking down the game at Kenilworth Road and offering his thoughts ...

Mat Kendrick shares some behind the scenes details from our big sit down exclusive with Big Ron Atkinson. Snoring dogs, to dodgy phone signal and a logistical headache to organise, but we got there, a...

Big Ron Atkinson is 85 this week and is still as sharp as a tack when it comes to recalling his memories as Aston Villa manager from 30 years ago. In this exclusive interview, he shares brilliant anec...

In the first part of our exclusive interview with big Ron Atkinson, Mat Kendrick takes him on a trip down memory lane, 30 years back to the 1994 Coca Cola League Cup final, where Aston Villa beat Manc...

Dean Smith raised a few eyebrows when he crossed the pond to tackle his next managerial challenge - despite having offers from around the Championship - but as 62,000 fans roared Charlotte FC on to th...

Dan Rolinson and John Townley are back with another episode of answering your Aston Villa questions. This week, we look back on a relatively comfortable win against Forest, how brilliant Leon Bailey i...

Aston Villa win, Manchester United lose. It's a good weekend init?

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It's a big one at Villa Park this weekend as Nuno's Nottingham Forest visit B6 in their bid to avoid relegation from the Premier League, meanwhile, Unai Emery's side will be looking to cement their pl...

Dan Rolinson and John Townley host the first ever Aston Villa Fan Show on Claret & Blue where we took your calls on all things Villa.

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On this week's Villa Voicenotes, Mat Kendrick takes to the microphone to discuss why a move away from Villa Park for Aston Villa simply isn't an option
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Dan Rolinson and John Townley have a unscripted chat about Youri Tielemans' role in this Aston Villa side. This video was filmed prior to Boubacar Kamara's ACL injury, so keep that in mind.

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Pau Torres returned to Unai Emery's Aston Villa starting line up this weekend, and Villa beat Fulham pretty comfortably. Coincidence? We think not.

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Aston Villa return to winning ways and make it back to back away wins! With Tottenham losing at home to Wolves, Villa head back into the top four...

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John Townley reports back from the latest Unai Emery press conference at Villa Park to discuss:

➕ Torres & Digne
➕ Iroegbunam's mission
➕ Bouncing back from defeat

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Whilst the Man United defeat and the Boubacar Kamara injury double whammy hurt like hell, there's still plenty of reasons for Aston Villa fans to remain positive, in fact, here's six of them!

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Mat Kendrick is back for another Villa Voicenotes and this week he's taking a look at some Aston Villa urban myths and whether they can be debunked or not. A euphoric Gabby Agbonlahor, Mita Copiers co...

Aston Villa have suffered yet another injury setback with Boubacar Kamara picking up a significant knee ligament injury in the defeat to Man United at Villa Park.

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Aston Villa lose a third successive game at Villa Park at the hands of Manchester United.

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Dan Rolinson and John Townley are back to preview a huge game for Aston Villa, probably the biggest of the season so far, it's Manchester United at Villa Park. A win would see Villa open up an 11 poin...

Dan Rolinson and John Townley are back with another Premier League combined XI as the two look to pick a side made up of Aston Villa and Manchester United players...

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Mat Kendrick's Villa Voicenotes are back and this time it's a trip down memory lane to discuss the Sports Argus... for those of a certain generation you'll remember the 'pink paper' well, but to the "...

Aston Villa exit the FA Cup in the fourth round after defeat at Villa Park to Chelsea.

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Welcome to The Debate, a new show brought to you by Claret & Blue. Each episode, we'll be presented by an Aston Villa topic to debate, where our hosts will have to argue for or against regardless of t...

Dan Rolinson and John Townley are back at Poddymoor Heath HQ to answer all your Aston Villa questions on: Bertrand Traore's contract, Ollie Watkins' improvement, qualifying for the Champions League an...

Aston Villa put on a five star display with five goals away at Sheffield United with a big three points to go fourth in the Premier League.

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Dan Rolinson and John Townley look ahead to Villa's trip to Sheffield United on Saturday evening as they hope to bounce back from defeat to Newcastle United in midweek.

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Each week, Mat Kendrick will return with an unscripted, unedited flow of Aston Villa consciousness, maybe sharing a favourite memory, a story from his reporting days or just how he found a box of Vill...

Aston Villa have completed four signings this window in Kosta Nedeljkovic, Morgan Rogers, Lino Sousa and Joe Gauci 👀

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Fortress Villa Park falls to defeat at the hands of the Toon Army, who complete the double over Aston Villa this season with arguably their best home and away performances of the season. The run is ov...

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