Claret & Blue Podcast
Welcome to Claret & Blue - a podcast about all things Aston Villa. Hosted by Dan Rolinson, Mat Kendrick & John Townley. On this podcast feed, we'll be posting a minimum of four new episodes per week throughout the 2025/26 Premier League season. We look forward to talking all things Aston Villa with you as Unai Emery takes us on a Europa League Tour. Please follow the feed and get involved with the show. UTV!
Episodes
I'd rather be a VILLAN than a cheat...
Dan Rolinson and John Townley debrief the fantastic victory against Manchester City*
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Can Aston Villa resurgence stop Man City?
Dan Rolinson and John Townley reflect on Villa's Champions League win against Viking and preview the current league leaders* Man City coming to Villa Park on Saturday.
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Aston Villa breeze past Viking to make it 3/3 in the Champions League
Dan Rolinson. Matt Lynch and Sam Leonard return back from Villa Park to share their thoughts on Villa's Champions League victory over Viking.
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Loving Victor Lindelof, the left back curse & how to face Viking
Dan Rolinson and John Townley are joined by viral Sky Sports sensation Rob Jones to tackle your post-Newcastle United questions from the Mailbag.
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Manzambi's header provides a massive 3 points for Villa
Dan Rolinson and Matt Lynch share their immediate post-match thoughts on Aston Villa's huge three points against Newcastle United.
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Villa must harness Champions League momentum against Newcastle
Dan Rolinson and John Townley are live to look back on the Fenerbahce demolition job and preview the trip to Newcastle United.
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Aston Villa smash Fenerbahce 6-0 in the Champions League
Dan Rolinson, Sam Leonard and Matt Lynch react to Aston Villa's biggest ever European win.
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The Kamara - Gomes pivot, in game management & the absence of Ezri Konsa
Dan Rolinson and John Townley are back with another Mailbag Monday where they answer as many of your Aston Villa questions as possible.
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Aston Villa rue missed chances against Brentford
Dan Rolinson and Sam Leonard share their views on Aston Villa's 2-2 draw with Brentford.
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Aston Villa target first home win against tricky Brentford
Aston Villa are back in action this weekend! Dan Rolinson and John Townley discuss Villa's upcoming home game against in form Brentford.
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Garnacho's redemption, building a proper squad & being patient with Mbaye
It's Mailbag Monday time for the final time this international break, but there's plenty of Aston Villa chat to go at thanks to your questions!
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Mbaye x Jackson link up, Villa dream team & Andy Townsend's pub dilemma...
Dan Rolinson and Sam Leonard round up the latest on Aston Villa including how the Villa boys are getting on in the break, selecting an all-time Villa XI and Andy Townsend pub toilet etiquette...
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What happens to Man City and what does it mean for Aston Villa?
More details have emerged about Manchester City's scandal, so Dan Rolinson and John Townley are back with a podcast about how it may impact Aston Villa going forwards.
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A mural for McGinn, Man City’s charges & when to offer Emery a new deal?
Dan Rolinson and John Townley are back for another edition of Mailbag Monday, the show where we do our best to answer as many of your Aston Villa questions as possible.
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Aston Villa in the media, satisfying net sounds & the Top 50 PL players...
Join Dan Rolinson and Sam Leonard round up the latest on Aston Villa including Emi Buendia's goal record at Spurs, the wider reaction to Emery's side in the media and Tony Pulis knowing everyone in football ever.
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Winning at Spurs, Buendia's contract & Jackson's "stolen" celebration
It's Mailbag Monday time again and this week there's a Premier League win to discuss! Dan Rolinson and John Townley are back to answer another batch of your Aston Villa questions.
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Lift off for Aston Villa against hopeless Tottenham
Dan Rolinson and Sam Leonard were live to discuss Aston Villa's first Premier League victory of the season, a 2-3 win away at Spurs.
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Tottenham vs Aston Villa... something's gotta give!
Aston Villa head to the Tottenham Hotspur stadium for the early kick off on Sunday with both sides searching for their first win of the Premier League season.
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Tammy Abraham's brace sees Aston Villa beat Coventry with ease
Dan Rolinson and Sam Leonard are live to chat through Aston Villa's second victory of this season as Unai Emery's side ease past Coventry City in the Carabao Cup third round.
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Nicolas Jackson's discipline, Kamara concern & the approach for Coventry City
It's time to open up the Mailbag once again as Dan Rolinson and John Townley attempt to answer as many of your Aston Villa questions as they can.
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Oliver Glasner gets one over on Unai Emery... again!
Aston Villa fall to a late defeat against Nottingham Forest at Villa Park.
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Analysing Aston Villa's start to the season ahead of Forest
Dan Rolinson and John Townley take stock of where Aston Villa are ahead of a return to Villa Park on Saturday with Nottingham Forest heading to B6.
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McGinn scores in Europe again to kickstart Villa's season
Aston Villa kick off their 26/27 Champions League campaign with a victory against Club Brugge!
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Brugge in the Champions League, Goretzka's knee injury & transfer upgrades?
Dan Rolinson is joined by John Townley LIVE from a hotel room in Brugge ahead of Aston Villa's Champions League opener on Tuesday evening.
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Aston Villa's slow start continues with 0-0 draw at Hull City
Dan Rolinson and Sam Leonard share their reaction to Aston Villa's 0-0 draw away at Hull City.
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UCL squad explained, predicted XI for Hull & needing points on the board!
Dan Rolinson and John Townley are live after Unai Emery's pre-Hull City press conference. On today's show, we look at the omissions in the Champions League squad, the latest injury news and our feelings ahead of Hull on Saturday.
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Aston Villa's best XI, Emery's ambitions & ignoring the outside noise
Dan Rolinson and John Townley head back to Arrow Valley in Redditch to record another season preview, after the last one was filmed and deleted due to the blasted transfer window. Yes, we're two games in to the season, but the squad is set now, and the ambitions are just as high.
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Ranking every Aston Villa transfer from the 26/27 summer window
Recorded live on Deadline Day, Dan Rolinson is joined by Neil Dunworth, Ty Bracey, Sam Leonard and Rob Warner to face the mammoth task of ranking every Aston Villa transfer of the 2026/2027 summer window.
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Analysing Aston Villa's narrow defeat against Arsenal
Join Dan Rolinson and John Townley the morning after Aston Villa lost 0-1 to Arsenal on Monday Night Football, but Unai Emery's side were much improved from the defeat to Brighton.
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Starting Nicolas Jackson, a new look Aston Villa & the latest on transfers
Dan Rolinson and John Townley preview Aston Villa's first home match of the new season as the Champions Arsenal head to B6.
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Villa agree deal to sign Ibrahim Mbaye from PSG!
Aston Villa move on from Rafael Leao and agree a deal to sign Ibrahim Mbaye from PSG in a deal worth approx. £50m
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TRANSFER UPDATES: What's going on at Aston Villa?
Dan Rolinson and John Townley were live to discuss the Champions League draw and all the latest on Aston Villa transfers, including Rafa Leao wanting the move to Villa, and Emi Martinez on his way to Chelsea.
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TRANSFER UPDATES: Joel Ordonez, Nicolas Jackson & Rafael Leao
Dan Rolinson and John Townley are live for a transfer update to look at Joel Ordonez, Nicolas Jackson & Rafael Leao. We also share the news that Mat Kendrick is no longer with the business so will depart the Claret & Blue podcast.
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Making sense of Brighton, transfer updates & what next for Watkins?
Dan Rolinson and John Townley were live to discuss the Brighton game, the Ollie Watkins situation and answer your Aston Villa questions from the Mailbag.
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Woeful Aston Villa embarrassed against Brighton
Join Dan Rolinson and Sam Leonard to discuss Aston Villa's horrendous performance against Brighton on the opening day of the season.
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Positive vibes only ahead of Brighton vs Aston Villa
Dan Rolinson and John Townley are back for a new season to preview every Aston Villa match. First up, Brighton away.
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TRANSFER UPDATE: Leon Goretzka & Ollie Watkins
Let's start Saturday morning with some transfer news! With just ten days remaining of the window, there's still lots of work for Unai Emery and Aston Villa to do.
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Reacting to your Aston Villa 26/27 Predictions!
Dan Rolinson and John Townley react to your Aston Villa season predictions.
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TRANSFER UPDATE: Ezri Konsa and Ollie Watkins...
Dan Rolinson and John Townley go live to discuss Aston Villa's Ezri Konsa and Ollie Watkins and potential moves away from the club with days to go before the new season begins.
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Martinez to Juventus off, Suzuki profile & embracing the rebuild
It's time for Mailbag Monday as the Premier League season kicks off this week! It's all going off at Aston Villa, Martinez's move to Juventus is currently off but Zion Suzuki is still on his way to Aston Villa. It's never dull is it?!
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Martinez and Suzuki transfers & the winners & losers of Villa’s pre-season
Dan Rolinson is joined live by John Townley who is in Germany after Aston Villa's final pre-season match to deliver an update on Emi Martinez's future.
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Magic Madjo impresses in Aston Villa's 2-1 defeat to PSG in Super Cup
Dan Rolinson is joined by Sam Leonard to discuss Aston Villa's UEFA Super Cup defeat to PSG.
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Martinez, Watkins & Konsa MISS PSG plus Bailey's move to Hull currently OFF
Aston Villa are far from full strength for the Super Cup vs PSG. Unai Emery admits "we won't be in our best moment." Still, a brilliant opportunity for those who play...
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Transfers needed, a fresh style & the Premier League doing its job
Dan Rolinson is joined by Neil Dunworth from the For The Love of Paul McGrath Podcast to answer your Aston Villa questions ahead of PSG in the Super Cup.
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TRANSFER UPDATE: Endrick, Konsa & Digne
Dan Rolinson and John Townley were live for a transfer update as Aston Villa are monitoring Endrick's future at Real Madrid.
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Aston Villa TRANSFER roundup ahead of busy August
Dan Rolinson and John Townley meet in Redditch for a catch up after a few days break to bring you the roundup of every Aston Villa transfer situation.
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McGinn and Garnacho INJURED in pre-season friendly
Dan Rolinson and John Townley are live to discuss the fallout from the BG Pathum game including John McGinn's knee injury scare...
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Aston Villa Scouting Report: Garnacho, Guessand & Gomes
Dan Rolinson is joined by John Townley to report back on pre-season so far as the tour of the Far East kicks off, plus detail of Leon Bailey's move to Hull City potentially being off.
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What the rest of the transfer window looks like for Aston Villa
Dan Rolinson and John Townley went live on Thursday evening for an Aston Villa catch-up.
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The striker domino effect, Bailey to Hull & pre-season vibes
Dan Rolinson and Dan Bardell from the 1874 Podcast link up again for Wednesday Club, on this week's agenda: Nicolas Jackson links and Ollie Watkins' future, Leon Bailey off to Hull City and some pre-season thoughts.
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Replacing MacPhee, Garnacho's Spanish connection & those Pau rumours...
Dan Rolinson and John Townley open up the mailbag this monday - the show where we answer your Aston Villa questions.
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Austin MacPhee LEAVES Aston Villa to join Chelsea
Austin MacPhee is leaving his role as Aston Villa's set-piece coach to join Chelsea. He said his goodbyes to the staff and players today. It's a big blow for Villa, who have held MacPhee's work in high regard throughout his five-year spell at the club.
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Aston Villa’s Joao Gomes has a stammer, but what does that mean?
Dan Rolinson is joined by Adam Wright, a Villa fan who lives with a stammer. Aston Villa's new midfield signing Joao Gomes, also lives with a stammer. Adam explains what it might be like for a new signing to join a dressing room, and how they communicate with their teammates.
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Walsall reaction, Rogers in blue & Townley's take on Garnacho...
Dan Rolinson and John Townley are back with another podcast as John reports back on the Walsall friendly and gives his verdict on Alejandro Garnacho.
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Unai Emery wants Alejandro Garnacho at Aston Villa
Reports suggest Aston Villa are in 'advanced talks' with Chelsea over a loan move for Alejandro Garnacho... Dan Rolinson and Mat Kendrick share their thoughts.
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VILLA Q&A: Mbaye links, Stones on a free & return of the Jack?
It's finally time for a Mailbag Monday episode, that is until we get on-air breaking news like last week's Youri Tielemans bombshell. Let's hope the same doesn't happen again...
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Morgan Rogers to leave Aston Villa to join CHELSEA?!
Dan Rolinson and Mat Kendrick discuss Morgan Rogers impending exit to Chelsea.
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Joao Gomes incoming, Palhinha interest & Ezri Konsa to Arsenal?
Dan Rolinson and John Townley are reunited again to talk transfers... there's lots going on!
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What Francesco Calvo told us about Visit Rwanda, revenue and Villa Park
John Townley and Mat Kendrick are back with another episode as John shares details of his hour-long interview with Aston Villa's President of Business Operations, Francesco Calvo.
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Aston Villa set to sign JOAO GOMES from Wolves
John Townley and Mat Kendrick react to this morning's big breaking news, as Joao Gomes is set to join Aston Villa from Wolverhampton Wanderers.
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"Hate-watching" Martinez, inside Tielemans exit & new signings needed
Dan Rolinson and Dan Bardell are back with another edition of Wednesday Club. On today's agenda, it's England vs Argentina in the World Cup Semi Final, 'hate-watching' Emi Martinez, more discussion on Youri Tielemans leaving and who replaces him, plus some transfer chat, of course.
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What Tielemans and Digne transfers really mean for Aston Villa
Dan Rolinson and John Townley are back (again) to take a more analytical look at Youri Tielemans' move to Man United, plus discuss Lucas Digne potentially leaving for PSG.
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Tielemans to Man United, Agent Martinez & Manzambi reaction
Dan Rolinson, Mat Kendrick & John Townley open up the Claret & Blue Mailbag to answer your Aston Villa questions BUT get interrupted by the breaking Youri Tielemans news.
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Villa to HIJACK Newcastle's move for Johan Manzambi
Dan Rolinson and John Towley react to breaking Manzambi transfer news with an emergency pod...
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Watkins' Fenerbahce 'exit', Villa's Martinez stance & Louie Barry's salary...
Dan Rolinson and John Townley take a whistle-stop tour to discuss the latest Aston Villa talking points before heading into a weekend of World Cup knockout football.
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An expert conversation on football shirts, history & sponsorships
Joey D'Urso is the author of "More Than A Shirt" a 2025 book on how football kits and sponsorships help tell the story of football's connection with politics and power. Joined by football kit manufacturer Rob Warner (notably Italy's 2006 WC winning shirt) we take a look at Aston Villa kits throughout history.
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Amadou Onana suffers ACL injury during World Cup
Not the kind of Aston Villa news we were after.
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Inside England's overnight chaos at the Azteca (+ Aston Villa Q&A)
Dan Rolinson is joined by a very tired Mat Kendrick and John Townley to discuss England's incredible victory against Mexico in the World Cup, plus we take your Aston Villa questions from the Mailbag.
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Aston Villa Contract Countdown: 6 BIG decisions...
Dan Rolinson and Mat Kendrick discuss Aston Villa's 6 players with their contracts expiring in 2027.
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Captain Tielemans, Villa's UEFA fine & Danny Murphy's cat
Dan Rolinson and Mat Kendrick meet for a stroll through Leasowes Park in Halesowen to catch up on World Cup action and Aston Villa news.
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c'mon Aston Villa, do something
Dan Rolinson and Mat Kendrick went live to have a catch up about Aston Villa and answer any questions on Mailbag Monday.
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Championship talent spotting, Bogarde's future & Emerson Royal defence
Dan Rolinson and John Townley are back with another Mailbag Q&A to end a very sunny week in the UK. On today's agenda: Can you find the next Morgan Rogers from the Championship, what happens to Lamare Bogarde this season, and John's 'defence' of Emerson Royal.
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ASTON VILLA TRANSFERS: Jarrod Bowen, Lucas Bergvall & Emerson Royal
Dan Rolinson and Dan Bardell and back with the newly titled Wednesday Club to talk about actual football for a change, this week, it's Aston Villa transfer links.
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The "Big Six" rant, a strange Arsenal DM & pre-season plans
Dan Rolinson and John Townley are live to discuss your Aston Villa questions. On today's agenda, the weird Arsenal obsession with Morgan Rogers, John takes aim at the 'Big Six' and we have a look at Villa's pre-season plans.
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Aston Villa's 26/27 Premier League fixtures analysed
Dan Rolinson and John Townley record their live reactions to discovering Aston Villa's 26/27 Premier League fixtures then analyse the patterns and talking points ahead of the new season.
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Pantomime pundits, transfer surprises & ticket challenges
Dan Rolinson and Mat Kendrick visit the Poddymoor Heath HQ to record a podcast (loosely) about Aston Villa...
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Number 10 Tielemans, Villa Park naming rights & Villa in the World Cup
Dan Rolinson and John Townley are opening up the Claret & Blue Mailbag to answer your Aston Villa questions.
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The signings required to take Aston Villa to the next level
Dan Rolinson and John Townley are back with a part two to the 'Keep, Sell, Loan' episode where we're now looking at the incomings, what can Unai Emery do to refresh this squad. Recorded before the Martinez to Juventus links.
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Will Emi Martinez leave Aston Villa this summer?
Dan Rolinson and John Townley were live for a chat around Aston Villa goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez.
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The transfer news cycle, World Cup fever & buy-back clauses...
Dan Rolinson and Dan Bardell link up once again for this week's edition of Tuesday Club. On the agenda: Dan's gym update, getting World Cup fever (or not), buy-back-clause-gate and the never ending transfer news cycle.
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