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It's that time of year again - the new Premier League fixtures are out! Join John Townley and Dan Rolinson to look at the key dates and assess how Villa's fixture list will handle the added Europa Conference League matches.

On today's Claret & Blue episode we attempt to answer some of your burning Aston Villa questions. The biggest talking point of the week is Christian Purslow's 5 year stint as CEO coming to an end and what that means for the club going forward. We also take a look at Monchi, who could be joining Villa from Sevilla in a senior football role. Transfer activity and Unai Emery's best formation are also topics of discussion.

Aston Villa make Youri Tielemans their first signing of the window, the midfielder will join Villa on July 1st when his Leicester City contract expires. We caught up with Leicester City correspondent Jordan Blackwell to get the lowdown on Tielemans, what he'll bring to Villa, his best position and loads more.

Dan Rolinson & John Townley sat down to discuss Aston Villa's current squad depth and the positions they could look to improve this summer. Villa have already been linked with a wide range of different positions and players including Youri Tielemans who is set to become a free agent.

In the final part of our #ClaretAndBlueLIVE show, we answered questions from the 300 Villa fans in the audience at Hockley Social Club. Ashley Young's expiring contract, trusting Emery to get things right, our transfer targets and which Villa player we'd like to be stuck on a desert island with... this episode had it all!

As the 2022/23 Premier League season draws to a close, it's time for us to dish out our End Of Season Awards. Live from Hockley Social Club, we chose our Best Player, Best Goal, Favourite Game and loads more.

It's been an incredible season for Aston Villa, from relegation candidates under Steven Gerrard to European contenders under Unai Emery, what a journey. We look back on the last 9 months as Unai Emery's Aston Villa propelled themselves into the Top 7 of the Premier League. A big thank you to the 300+ who turned out to Hockley Social Club on June 1st, there will be two more videos on the channel from the night - our Player Awards and a Q&A.

As Aston Villa head into European qualification and a new era, we'd like to welcome in a new era of Claret & Blue. Don't worry, we're not going anywhere. We just want to make a few changes. Your feedback is welcome as ever, but if you're a fan of what we do, I think you'll be on board with what we're doing next season. Just don't come after me about the podcast music!

Ashley Young started the last game Aston Villa played in Europe nearly 13 years ago, so it’s fitting that his final contributions in claret and blue were to restore the club back where he insists it belongs.

On today's video Dan Rolinson and John Townley try to provide some clarity on the various permeations surrounding Aston Villa's qualification for the Europa Conference League. Will Villa be seeded or unseeded? Is there a qualifying round? When does the competition start?

Aston Villa have beaten a very good Brighton side to finish 7th in the Premier League and qualify for the Europa Conference League!!

It's time for Ashley Preece's final Match Preview as we look ahead to the final game of the season as Aston Villa take on Brighton. The task for Villa is simple: Beat Brighton and qualify for the Europa Conference League.

Whilst Douglas Luiz won both the Players' Player and Supporter's Player of the Season in the official Aston Villa club awards, we'd like to put forward another three names into the hat, to crown the Claret & Blue Aston Villa player of the season. Our nominees are: Douglas Luiz, Tyrone Mings, John McGinn and Ollie Watkins. Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.

Aston Villa came oh so close to all three points at Anfield, but they now know that a win against Brighton on the final day of the season would guarantee a Europa Conference League spot (at least!) A HUGE week ahead...

Unai Emery's Aston Villa travel to Anfield this Saturday and can do their European push a huge favour by taking points from Liverpool. They'll also be looking for Spurs to drop points against Brentford.

It's predictions time again, we took a look at the run in with 6 games to go for Aston Villa, now we're back to look at the final two - Liverpool and Brighton. Unai Emery's Aston Villa face an uphill task to secure a place in the Top 7 needing Brighton and/or Tottenham to drop points, whilst not impossible, it is probably unlikely. But, one can dream.

A very different video from us today as our Aston Villa reporter Ashley Preece reveals he is leaving his role to return to a local news role. Ash shares his favourite moments covering Villa, the manager he found a pleasure to work with, the pros and cons of the 'dream job' and why family is everything.

Aston Villa continue their quest for European qualification after a massive 2-1 win against Tottenham Hotspur at Villa Park.

All set for a huge game at Villa Park this weekend as European qualification chasing rivals Tottenham visit B6. It feels like a winner-takes-all match, a game that Villa simply have to win to stand any chance of finishing in a Top 7 place.

Back in June 2021 we spoke to the brilliant John Gregory on the podcast, and he gave us almost 3 hours of his time which we cut into an episode lasting over 2 and a half hours. We decided, for those that might not have had chance to listen to the full thing, to share a few of our favourite stories. If you have heard these before, enjoy them for a second time, there's some absolute belters.