Villa Together

Chris speaks to PC's Stuart Ward & Stewart Bladen about their roles in light of PC Stuart Ward being appointed as the UK's First Dedicated Hate Crime officer. We discuss:  

- Their roles 

- The differences between online hate crime & hate crime in the grounds 

- How to recognise officer's at games 

- How people can report these crimes - online & at games 

- The laws around these crimes 

- The current plans to work with football clubs  

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If you need to report a crime: https://west-midlands.police.uk/incident-report Report crime, get prevention advice, and see the latest news on our website http://www.west-midlands.police.uk/​ 

You can get in touch with us via Live Chat at west-midlands.police.uk, via 101, or anonymously via Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.  

If anyone has any questions for PC's Stuart Ward & Stewart Bladen then feel free to comment below or DM us via @VillaTogether on Twitter, or via email to [email protected]

Chris, Iain and Aaron react to Aston Villa's defeat against West Ham, with this episode being dedicated to Mike Cafferty, an Aston Villa fan who sadly lost his battle with cancer earlier this week.

We discuss:

- The starting XI - the right call?

- Ross Barkley

- Our change in shape

- Why were we scared of West Ham?

- Jack Grealish

- John McGinn - poor again!

- Watkins Watch

- We also speak to some of you about the game and get your thoughts - massive thanks for coming on!

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In this episode Chris and Iain chat to former Aston Villa player Brett Holman and discuss: 

- Signing for Aston Villa on a free 

- Coming to the club and seeing that McLeish has been sacked 

- Adjusting to life and a new manager 

- Scoring his first goal v QPR 

- The lows of the defeats v Chelsea and Bradford 

- Europa League with AZ  

- 2010 World Cup and THAT goal 

- Quickfire Questions  

Massive thanks to Brett Holman for taking the time to chat to us  

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This week Chris, Iain, Aaron and Joe react to the win over Southampton at St Mary's: 

- Barkley's goal 

- Cash and Martinez saves 

- Does Barkley work hard enough? We crunch his numbers 

- Our 3rd lowest xG of the season! 

- VAR helping us for once 

- John McGinn's poor form 

- Do we make changes for the West Ham game 

- Predictions for the West Ham game  

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This week, Chris, Jack and Aaron react to the 3-2 defeat to Burnley and discuss: 

- A game of 2 halves 

- Jack Grealish 

- Burnley and the dislike of the team, style and manager 

- The goals we scored 

- The goals we conceded 

- Lack of a cutting edge  

Hosted by Chris Ellis @chrisellis250 

Co-host Aaron Clark @amc89avfc 

with Jack Cudworth @JackCudAVFC  

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Chris Ellis had the absolute pleasure of talking to Luis Miguel Echegaray about his story of how he became an Aston Villa fan: 

- From Peru, to England to USA 

- Being born in England, but growing up in Peru 

- How Aston Villa became a massive part of his life  

- Following the team from London, Peru and New York 

- Earliest Memories 

- Favourite moments 

- Why he moved to USA 

- Working for CBS Sports  

Follow Luis here: 

@lmechegaray - Twitter 

@luismechegaray - Instagram 

@QueGolazoPod - Twitter  

Also have a read of his amazing piece with CBS Sports about how he became a Villa fan (https://www.cbssports.com/soccer/news/becoming-an-aston-villa-fan-how-a-peruvian-kid-in-england-fell-in-love-and-became-a-villan/)  

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In this episode Chris, Iain and Joe were joined by special guest Ben Senouillet, an Olympique Marseille fan who is from OM Nation London and the Marseille View Podcast. 

We discussed:  

- Morgan Sanson, with Ben filling us in on his abilities, traits, best position and any weaknesses 

- Who is getting the better deal out of the Sanson transfer 

- Why Marseille are happy to move Sanson on 

- Conor Hourihane - is this goodbye? 

- The Covid-19 situation at the training ground, who could be fit for the Man City game. 

- Quick score predictions for the Man City game.  

Massive thanks to Ben for joining us, follow the guys here: 

@OM_Londres @MarseilleView  

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Chris and Iain had the wonderful pleasure of talking to Professor Carl Chinn MBE about: 

- Becoming an Aston Villa fan 

- Growing up supporting the club 

- Following Villa with his family 

- The different eras that he has seen supporting the club 

- His career and how it started 

- BBC Radio WM 

- Giving lectures in his Villa kit 

- His father's career as an illegal bookmaker 

- The current Villa team 

- The Peaky Blinders and being a descendant of a Peaky Blinder! 

- His favourite memories of the club  

Plus much much more!  

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This episode Chris, Iain, Joe and Jack discuss some of the potential outgoings in the January Transfer Window: 

- Engels? 

- Lansbury? 

- Guilbert? 

- Davis?   

Plus we look at some possible realistic incomings: 

- Donyell Malen 

- Dele Alli 

- Lewis Cook 

- Josh King  

Then we spin the Martin O'Neil Wheel of Rubbish Rumours and discuss how they are unlikely to happen before the boys face up for the second instalment of quiz questions from the MO'n wheel.   

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Chris, Iain, Joe and debutant Jack Cudworth discuss the excellent win against WBA and chat: 

- The red card 

- Jack Grealish...again 

- El Ghazi's upturn in form 

- Traore's excellent performance 

- The return of Cash and Luiz 

- Watkins 

- VAR...again  

Plus we spin the MON wheel for the first time!  PLEASE SUBSCRIBE TO HELP THE CHANNEL GROW