# Claret & Blue Podcast

A podcast by Reach Podcasts. Welcome to Claret & Blue - a podcast about all things Aston Villa. Hosted by Dan Rolinson & John Townley, we'll be covering every step of the way as Unai Emery takes the club on another Champions League adventure. John Townley brings insight and opinion from the press box as he follows Aston Villa home, away and across Europe whilst also attending Unai Emery’s press conferences. Joined by Dan Rolinson, a Villa season ticket holder for almost 20 years, the duo breaks down every match, transfer story, or anything of a claret & blue persuasion in multiple episodes a week across YouTube and podcast platforms. Along with collaborations with some of the voices of the many Aston Villa podcasts, Claret & Blue is your home for passionate Aston Villa coverage, and a dollop of nonsense on the side. So, get subscribed, turn on your notifications and join the conversation in the comments or the Mailbag. Part of the All Out Football network.

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## Latest episodes

- [Unai Emery's Villa power, the new leaders & praise for Roberto Olabe](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1245197159/d75f4f853276) (2026-10-26, 67 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/RPSL3093204214.mp3
- [I'd rather be a VILLAN than a cheat...](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1245197159/bcbc7b4d1ace) (2026-10-24, 50 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/RPSL7907144009.mp3
- [Can Aston Villa resurgence stop Man City?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1245197159/726197e5f598) (2026-10-22, 37 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/RPSL3480970912.mp3
- [Aston Villa breeze past Viking to make it 3/3 in the Champions League](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1245197159/07c5bd1998ce) (2026-10-22, 39 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/RPSL6373660364.mp3
- [Loving Victor Lindelof, the left back curse & how to face Viking](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1245197159/e9fe304f7ec8) (2026-10-19, 59 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/RPSL1133222652.mp3
- [Manzambi's header provides a massive 3 points for Villa](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1245197159/a4161b869802) (2026-10-17, 35 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/RPSL7333344689.mp3
- [Villa must harness Champions League momentum against Newcastle](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1245197159/d8c04566078e) (2026-10-16, 41 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/RPSL5288137788.mp3
- [Aston Villa smash Fenerbahce 6-0 in the Champions League](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1245197159/d709c50bd9db) (2026-10-15, 48 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/RPSL6537404762.mp3
- [The Kamara - Gomes pivot, in game management & the absence of Ezri Konsa](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1245197159/e97590db071f) (2026-10-12, 50 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/RPSL8310491105.mp3
- [Aston Villa rue missed chances against Brentford](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1245197159/db39136536e1) (2026-10-10, 34 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/RPSL8089913231.mp3
- [Aston Villa target first home win against tricky Brentford](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1245197159/56bfff73832c) (2026-10-08, 26 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/RPSL5150646908.mp3
- [Garnacho's redemption, building a proper squad & being patient with Mbaye](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1245197159/89eae06f9f4a) (2026-10-05, 39 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/RPSL5707806294.mp3
- [Mbaye x Jackson link up, Villa dream team & Andy Townsend's pub dilemma...](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1245197159/a4d12ac72b24) (2026-10-01, 52 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/RPSL3098889509.mp3
- [What happens to Man City and what does it mean for Aston Villa?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1245197159/d6f04fd37668) (2026-09-30, 48 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/RPSL9328669550.mp3
- [A mural for McGinn, Man City’s charges & when to offer Emery a new deal?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1245197159/3a5bdc80584d) (2026-09-28, 37 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/RPSL1048684592.mp3
- [Aston Villa in the media, satisfying net sounds & the Top 50 PL players...](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1245197159/0aa77b44cd51) (2026-09-24, 51 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/RPSL5468771513.mp3
- [Winning at Spurs, Buendia's contract & Jackson's "stolen" celebration](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1245197159/01d2adb8fb9c) (2026-09-21, 43 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/RPSL8430227132.mp3
- [Lift off for Aston Villa against hopeless Tottenham](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1245197159/48b18649909b) (2026-09-19, 40 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/RPSL5577951566.mp3
- [Tottenham vs Aston Villa... something's gotta give!](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1245197159/cf8a334c5224) (2026-09-17, 41 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/RPSL6247246763.mp3
- [Tammy Abraham's brace sees Aston Villa beat Coventry with ease](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1245197159/a649b08e4ffe) (2026-09-16, 55 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/RPSL1947326795.mp3
- [Nicolas Jackson's discipline, Kamara concern & the approach for Coventry City](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1245197159/60965605056b) (2026-09-14, 69 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/RPSL8657589628.mp3
- [Oliver Glasner gets one over on Unai Emery... again!](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1245197159/34454a1408e6) (2026-09-12, 38 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/RPSL9140008252.mp3
- [Analysing Aston Villa's start to the season ahead of Forest](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1245197159/b91e87bab5da) (2026-09-10, 46 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/RPSL4505496069.mp3
- [McGinn scores in Europe again to kickstart Villa's season](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1245197159/fadf4db1ca70) (2026-09-08, 38 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/RPSL9163363174.mp3
- [Brugge in the Champions League, Goretzka's knee injury & transfer upgrades?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1245197159/32f24547d0f3) (2026-09-07, 48 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/RPSL5590170988.mp3
- [Aston Villa's slow start continues with 0-0 draw at Hull City](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1245197159/c5d28ceec3f7) (2026-09-05, 48 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/RPSL2944337657.mp3
- [UCL squad explained, predicted XI for Hull & needing points on the board!](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1245197159/52cce87571c0) (2026-09-04, 37 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/RPSL8402231963.mp3
- [Aston Villa's best XI, Emery's ambitions & ignoring the outside noise](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1245197159/6380c6f5f4b1) (2026-09-03, 62 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/RPSL3631696655.mp3
- [Ranking every Aston Villa transfer from the 26/27 summer window](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1245197159/05a941207c10) (2026-09-01, 102 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/RPSL7351594028.mp3
- [Analysing Aston Villa's narrow defeat against Arsenal](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1245197159/40eb8145df89) (2026-09-01, 52 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/RPSL2569762856.mp3
- [Starting Nicolas Jackson, a new look Aston Villa & the latest on transfers](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1245197159/e532b3d04d7a) (2026-08-30, 46 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/RPSL5553317276.mp3
- [Villa agree deal to sign Ibrahim Mbaye from PSG!](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1245197159/cec673f88ebb) (2026-08-28, 41 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/RPSL8033123741.mp3
- [TRANSFER UPDATES: What's going on at Aston Villa?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1245197159/9c2e06276387) (2026-08-27, 65 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/RPSL2627181032.mp3
- [TRANSFER UPDATES: Joel Ordonez, Nicolas Jackson & Rafael Leao](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1245197159/bd660db9f7eb) (2026-08-26, 42 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/RPSL2585515811.mp3
- [Making sense of Brighton, transfer updates & what next for Watkins?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1245197159/6340e3783080) (2026-08-24, 62 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/RPSL7264184626.mp3
- [Woeful Aston Villa embarrassed against Brighton](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1245197159/2b59a1eafa8a) (2026-08-23, 42 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/RPSL6175806328.mp3
- [Positive vibes only ahead of Brighton vs Aston Villa](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1245197159/b69347112578) (2026-08-22, 30 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/RPSL1189519457.mp3
- [TRANSFER UPDATE: Leon Goretzka & Ollie Watkins](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1245197159/f2cce60f6fae) (2026-08-22, 31 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/RPSL1041584027.mp3
- [Reacting to your Aston Villa 26/27 Predictions!](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1245197159/877d2200ece1) (2026-08-20, 21 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/RPSL2899609050.mp3
- [TRANSFER UPDATE: Ezri Konsa and Ollie Watkins...](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1245197159/06cd1386579e) (2026-08-19, 57 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/RPSL5057896035.mp3
- [Martinez to Juventus off, Suzuki profile & embracing the rebuild](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1245197159/ff5c74d10415) (2026-08-17, 68 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/RPSL7558854420.mp3
- [Martinez and Suzuki transfers & the winners & losers of Villa’s pre-season](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1245197159/b2d9cd16ae1d) (2026-08-15, 45 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/RPSL9029341383.mp3
- [Magic Madjo impresses in Aston Villa's 2-1 defeat to PSG in Super Cup](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1245197159/cf7bf47bb47f) (2026-08-12, 40 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/RPSL6751998951.mp3
- [Martinez, Watkins & Konsa MISS PSG plus Bailey's move to Hull currently OFF](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1245197159/264697ed03cb) (2026-08-11, 31 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/RPSL2113253021.mp3
- [Transfers needed, a fresh style & the Premier League doing its job](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1245197159/88adecb2c66d) (2026-08-10, 57 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/RPSL5690309571.mp3
- [TRANSFER UPDATE: Endrick, Konsa & Digne](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1245197159/e9b4911b3435) (2026-08-09, 41 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/RPSL6972837788.mp3
- [Aston Villa TRANSFER roundup ahead of busy August](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1245197159/ac968f7c2bc8) (2026-08-08, 39 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/RPSL7410818207.mp3
- [McGinn and Garnacho INJURED in pre-season friendly](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1245197159/0dcd9be815f0) (2026-08-04, 42 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/RPSL5737207779.mp3
- [Aston Villa Scouting Report: Garnacho, Guessand & Gomes](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1245197159/fb1d83146c1f) (2026-08-02, 64 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/RPSL9196098003.mp3
- [What the rest of the transfer window looks like for Aston Villa](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1245197159/611b20635a55) (2026-07-30, 53 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/RPSL7945404049.mp3

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