THE DEBATE: Is it time for Aston Villa to consider leaving Villa Park?

Alan Hutton spent 8 years on Aston Villa's books making 185 appearances in claret & blue and scoring 3 goals - one of which would certainly fall into the 'iconic' category! Hutton describes his time at Aston Villa as a 'rollercoaster' and says that a difficult spell under Paul Lambert was the 'hardest 2 years' of his career. Spells on loan at Mallorca and Nottingham Forest finally lead to the redemption story that peaks in a promotion to the Premier League. This, is Alan Hutton's Aston Villa story, in his own words. 🎙🎙 DONATE TO OUR HALF MARATHON EFFORT: https://www.gofundme.com/f/claret-blue-x-great-birmingham-run 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 mail-bag: https://bit.ly/3kK9Y8u Mat Kendrick: https://twitter.com/MatKendrick Ashley Preece: https://twitter.com/PreeceObserver Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

13 Huhti 20231h 28min

During our recent Q&A episode, debate sparked over the Europa Conference League that was so good, we had to highlight it as it’s own clip. We agree that Villa qualifying and winning the thing would be a fantastic, of course, but for different reasons. Who’s side are you on? Let us know in the comments below… 🎙🎙 DONATE TO OUR HALF MARATHON EFFORT: https://www.gofundme.com/f/claret-blue-x-great-birmingham-run 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 mail-bag: https://bit.ly/3kK9Y8u Dan Rolinson: https://twitter.com/DanRolinson John Townley: https://twitter.com/JohnTownley11 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

12 Huhti 202310min

We answer your Aston Villa questions on today's episode, including our favourite member of the current Villa squad, the end game under Unai Emery and whether it's "too soon" to qualify for European football. 🎙🎙 DONATE TO OUR HALF MARATHON EFFORT: https://www.gofundme.com/f/claret-blue-x-great-birmingham-run 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 mail-bag: https://bit.ly/3kK9Y8u Dan Rolinson: https://twitter.com/DanRolinson John Townley: https://twitter.com/JohnTownley11 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

11 Huhti 202325min

Aston Villa made it six wins out of seven in the Premier League after beating Nottingham Forest 2-0. Unai Emery's men are now in the top six and absolutely flying! 9 points in a week... Villa are back! 🎙🎙🎙 DONATE TO OUR HALF MARATHON EFFORT: https://www.gofundme.com/f/claret-blue-x-great-birmingham-run 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 mail-bag: https://bit.ly/3kK9Y8u Mat Kendrick: https://twitter.com/MatKendrick Dan Rolinson: https://twitter.com/DanRolinson John Townley: https://twitter.com/JohnTownley11 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

8 Huhti 20231h 21min

It'd probably be easier to make a list of players who haven't improved under Emery than those that have, because the truth is, almost every Villa player is better now than they were six months ago. However, we tried to identify just 5 players who have benefitted the most from Unai Emery's appointment. CONFESSIONS: https://forms.gle/PHi9y9CX5ZZSeWQW8 🎙🎙🎙 DONATE TO OUR HALF MARATHON EFFORT: https://www.gofundme.com/f/claret-blue-x-great-birmingham-run 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 mail-bag: https://bit.ly/3kK9Y8u Dan Rolinson: https://twitter.com/DanRolinson Ashley Preece: https://twitter.com/PreeceObserver John Townley: https://twitter.com/JohnTownley11 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

7 Huhti 202314min

Unai Emery is a European football specialist and he wants to get Aston Villa back into European competition for the first time since 2010. So, we're looking at the 5 things Unai Emery can do to get Aston Villa back where they belong and maybe on their way to silverware. 🎙🎙 DONATE TO OUR HALF MARATHON EFFORT: https://www.gofundme.com/f/claret-blue-x-great-birmingham-run 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 mail-bag: https://bit.ly/3kK9Y8u Dan Rolinson: https://twitter.com/DanRolinson John Townley: https://twitter.com/JohnTownley11 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

6 Huhti 202322min

Aston Villa can genuinely challenge for a place in European football this season with a strong end to the campaign. Since Emery's arrival in November, only Arsenal have picked up more points than Villa, with Emery now averaging 2 points per game. 🎙🎙🎙 DONATE TO OUR HALF MARATHON EFFORT: https://www.gofundme.com/f/claret-blue-x-great-birmingham-run 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 mail-bag: https://bit.ly/3kK9Y8u Dan Rolinson: https://twitter.com/DanRolinson Ashley Preece: https://twitter.com/PreeceObserver John Townley: https://twitter.com/JohnTownley11 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

5 Huhti 202344min

Aston Villa are 7th in the Premier League after a 5th win in 6 games. It took a VAR decision and a late goal from Bertrand Traore - Bertrand Traore of all people! - to seal the win and pick up a HUGE three points on the road. 🎙🎙 DONATE TO OUR HALF MARATHON EFFORT: https://www.gofundme.com/f/claret-blue-x-great-birmingham-run 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 mail-bag: https://bit.ly/3kK9Y8u Dan Rolinson: https://twitter.com/DanRolinson John Townley: https://twitter.com/JohnTownley11 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

4 Huhti 202335min