Married to Claret and Blue - an Aston Villa Podcast

Mar 08 2025 78 ep. 31 mins 1
Married to Claret and Blue - an Aston Villa Podcast artwork

A football podcast with a difference. Rupert and Verna are a married couple who also love their football team Aston Villa. Once a week the domestic pair argue about the weekend's game, their favourite players performances, Emery's plans, tactics and strange choice of coats. Recently featured on BBC 5 live the podcast has developed, now including the cousins Nick and Jo ; offering a more in depth look at Villa tactics and performances. Europe's leading Husband and wife podcast on Aston Villa also one of the fastest growing in audience

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Huge old skool away win for Viila

Mar 08 2025 35 mins  
Husband and wife team Verna and Rupert are reunited to discuss Villa dogged, resolute, heroric, bodies on line defending that was an Emery team from 18 months ago, Big talking points: Disasi MOTM and what a fun defender - head it, kick it, fuck it Mings and Konsa - the band back together and weird that then clean sheets return. Watch out Pau Robin Olsen - take a bow. ridicule

One foot in the CL last 8

Mar 05 2025 27 mins  
Married to Claret and Blue discuss last nights glorious victory and try and understand how Villa took a game that was drifting to a draw and turned it into such a convincing victory. Key points - Early goal for Bailey - Rashford half chance - Bruges equalise - great save from MartinezSecond half - the incredible clearance/save by Mings - Emery changes the game with 4 subs - th

Villa cruise into quarter finals

Mar 02 2025 39 mins  
Europe's leading Husband and wife team on AVFC Rupert and Verna visit their beloved Villa and stand outside the Trinity entrance A for 25 minutes, missing 12 mins of the match. Villa cruise into last 8 Garcia/Bogarde/Assensio the stand out players. Rashford also does well - created 6 chances Watkins played to get his scoring touch back - hmmmm! Emery taking this cup very seri

Palace punish pathetic Villa

Feb 25 2025 30 mins  
Husband Rupert begs his cousins Nick and Jo to come on to a final whistle pod to try and understand what on earth happened in that second half collapse against Crystal Palace. Emery's formation and team selection seemed to completely undermine all that excellent work in the second half against Chelsea. Villa, the show pony, pass the ball around a bit, achieving very little but Em

Crystal Palace preview with Mark King

Feb 25 2025 27 mins  
Mark discusses........ The fabulous end of to last season The sale of Olisse and buying of the 3 replacement players How do they play? Glasner and his attributes plus his Austrian maxim Ismaila Sarr - he was nearly a Villan. Wharton Thank god that Mathew Turner isnt playing

Marcus and Marco Magic a win

Feb 22 2025 31 mins  
Verna returns to join husband Rupert to discuss the pulsating, riveting, nerve shredding victory over CL qualification rivals Chelsea. Rashford arrives at half time and with Mcginn, Youri, Maalen and Assensio somehow get Villa over the line to a win with 2 goals in the second half , Another slow start, another goal given to the opposition, another masterclass in ineptitude from W

Valiant Villa hold Worlds best

Feb 19 2025 39 mins  
Husband is joined by the cousins Nick and Jo, as its a midweek game and Verna the wife is only contractually obliged to appear at weekend premiership games, The cousins discuss - the pulsating, heart aching nature of the game- could have won and could have lost it - the villa midfield dominant- Martinez saves wow - Garcia recovery was superb form after this crucial mistake - Wat

Rashford is indeed Marcus Rashford - but Villa blow another opportunity

Feb 15 2025 22 mins  
Husband - of European's leading podcast on Aston Villa by a married couple - does a solo, final whistle pod on the very disappointing result against a team with only10 men for over 50 minutes. Same old, same old - Lazy, casual and complacent defending - Poor finishing from Watkins and now too consistently... - Dreadful corners - Not capitalising on other teams also losing aroun

Final whistle - quick view on the FA cup win

Feb 09 2025 25 mins  
Husband and wife team get together (virtually) from the Midlands and Paris to give an enthusiastic thumbs up to Villa's win against Spurs. Close to the best performance of the season. Emery surprises with leaving the new stars on the bench. But Garcia and Maalen both do exceptionally well. Garcia goes from Spanish second division to playing against the Big 6 without a blink. Grea

The transfer window - Strategic Planning or Scramble Gamble

Feb 07 2025 33 mins  
Husband from Europe's leading Husband and wife podcast on all things Aston Villa discusses the Villa's hectic transfer window with Cousin Jo Harper. They discuss in detail the departures of Billy Jean Bidace, Human Statue Carlos, the Skittle Buendia, Kosta N , who is Joe Gaucia? and finally the big transfer of the window the departure of Jhon Duran to Al Nassir, leaving his belove