Claret & Blue - An Aston Villa Podcast

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Welcome to the home of Claret & Blue - An Aston Villa Podcast. Hosted by Mat Kendrick, Ashley Preece & Dan Rolinson of Birmingham Live. Here we'll be posting a new weekly podcast amongst other features and mini documentaries.

  • 1 hour 27 minutes
    Villa have their greatest chance of FA Cup glory in years

    Dan Rolinson and John Townley react to Aston Villa's FA Cup Quarter Final match up with Preston North End, whilst also looking ahead to Brugge in the Champions League.


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    2 March 2025, 10:44 pm
  • 34 minutes 26 seconds
    Predicting the rest of the Champions League & how far Aston Villa will go

    Dan Rolinson and John Townley share their predictions for the remainder of the Champions League, but not just for Aston Villa. They predict every single game remaining, all the way to the final in Munich. How far will Villa go in that? Well, stick around and find out.


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    1 March 2025, 6:57 pm
  • 1 hour 5 minutes
    Marco Asensio fires Aston Villa to the FA Cup Quarter Final

    Dan Rolinson and Mat Kendrick share their immediate post match thoughts after Aston Villa's FA Cup 5th round victory against Cardiff City.


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    1 March 2025, 12:32 am
  • 1 hour 4 minutes
    Aston Villa have to go all out for the FA Cup against Cardiff

    Dan Rolinson and John Townley discuss Aston Villa's home match against Cardiff City in the 5th Round of the FA Cup, potentially Villa's best bet in 'salvaging' anything from this season.


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    26 February 2025, 7:05 pm
  • 17 minutes 43 seconds
    Mat Kendrick's Villa Voicenotes - An away day to forget but with moments to remember

    Mat Kendrick is back for another Villa Voicenotes after *checks notes* at rubbish defeat away at Crystal Palace? Fear not, it's not about the match, but on Robin Olsen's weird half-time warm up, celebrating with Morgan Rogers and some father-son bonding time.

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    26 February 2025, 1:24 pm
  • 50 minutes 34 seconds
    Aston Villa's embarrassing performance away at Palace...

    Dan Rolinson and Neil Dunworth share their instant reaction to Aston Villa's embarrassing defeat against Crystal Palace. After gaining 4 points against Liverpool and Chelsea, Villa fail to capitalise and are humiliated away at Selhurst Park.


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    25 February 2025, 11:18 pm
  • 1 hour 1 minute
    Rotating Rogers, the Villa legend criteria & tales from the press box

    Dan Rolinson and Mat Kendrick head to Poddymoor Heath HQ to tackle another batch of your Aston Villa questions after the win against Chelsea.


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    24 February 2025, 3:31 pm
  • 1 hour 15 minutes
    Asensio and Rashford sink stumbling Chelsea

    Dan Rolinson and Mat Kendrick return home from Villa Park to share their thoughts on Villa's 2-1 win against Chelsea in the Premier League.


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    22 February 2025, 10:34 pm
  • 56 minutes 46 seconds
    Konsa and Bailey boosts, must win vs Chelsea & Champions League draw reaction

    Dan Rolinson is joined by John Townley after Unai Emery's pre-Chelsea press conference at Bodymoor Heath. If Ezri Konsa and Leon Bailey complete Friday's training session without issue they will return to the squad to face Chelsea on Saturday evening.


    Dan and John also share their thoughts on the UEFA Champions League draw.


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    21 February 2025, 8:06 pm
  • 1 hour 1 minute
    Aston Villa absolutely deserved more against Liverpool in 2-2 draw

    Dan Rolinson and Mat Kendrick return home from Villa Park to share their immediate thoughts on Aston Villa's performance against Liverpool during the 2-2 draw.


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    20 February 2025, 12:04 am
  • 1 hour 35 minutes
    UCL qualification slips away, missing chances & Rashford to punish Liverpool

    Dan Rolinson and John Townley answer another round of your Aston Villa questions after the draw against Ipswich. Is it time to prioritise the cup competitions? How do we stop missing chances? How can we hurt Liverpool?


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    17 February 2025, 9:22 pm
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