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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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@StuartWardWMP - Stuart Ward 

@WMPVillaFC - Stewart Bladen  

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 VillaTogether@gmail.com

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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@VillaTogether (same on Instagram) 

@ChrisEllis250 

@IainWGee 

@JackCudAVFC  

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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  

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Chris Iain and Joe react to the draw with Burnley and discuss: 

- 27 shots and 0 goals 

- Our xG in this game

 - Watkins Watch 

- Why can't Hourihane get in the team? 

- Grealish 

- El Ghazi and his finishing 

- Predictions for WBA game

Chris and Iain discuss the Burnley game with Joe from the Turfcast Podcast and chat about: 

- Burnley's Form 

- How Burnley will line up 

- Burnley approach 

- What Villa will turn up 

- Importance of not conceding early 

- Who comes in for Cash and Luiz  

We then react to the Wolves win and discuss: 

- Mike Dean and his cards 

- The Wolves chances and Emi Martinez's performance 

- Key stats from the game 

- Saiss Handball  

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Chris and Joe are joined by Alex Richard from Mirror Football to discuss the upcoming match v Wolves:

- We discuss the impact of Raul Jimenez and Ross Barkley being missing

- How have Wolves fared of late

- Villa's recent form and their xG

- Why have Wolves changed to 4 at the back - has it helped?

- Who are the dangermen

- The key battles

- Fabio Silva and Daniel Podence

- Who replaces Ross Barkley - Hourihane, Traore, Marvellous or Ramsey?

We all predicted 2-1 wins, Chris and Joe for Villa and Alex for Wolves

In this episode Chris, Iain and Boycey chat to the amazing Ritchie Neville from Boyband 5ive. 

We discuss: 

- Becoming a Villa fan 

- Memories of the club growing up 

- Fondest memories 

- Keeping up to date with results while on tour 

- How he got into 5ive 

- Dealing with fame 

- Simon Cowell! 

- Incidents whilst with the 5ive boys  

We also ask him some quickfire questions, such as his favourite 5ive song and favourite 5ive member, plus his favourite memory of supporting Aston Villa and who his favourite player is!  

Massive thanks to Ritchie, he was an absolute gent and a brilliant guest.

Chris, Iain and Joe discuss the 2-1 defeat to West Ham United and discuss: 

- The goals conceded 

- Conor Hourihane 

- Watkins Watch  

- The penalty miss 

- VAR controversy again

- West Ham reaction

Chris, Iain and Nigel Boyle chat to Aston Villa legend Ian Taylor and discuss: 

- Growing up in Birmingham 

- Following Aston Villa from a young age 

- Go to Villa park and watching the team in the Holte End 

- His move to Aston Villa 

- Playing under Brian Little and staying up in the Premier League 

- Winning the Coca Cola Cup in 1996, 2 years after going to the 1994 final as a fan 

- Playing in Europe for Aston Villa 

- Amazing away days in Europe 

- Paul McGrath treating the early rounds of the UEFA Cup as a stag do 

- Performing well in the Premier League 

- Dwight Yorke leaving and the gap it left 

- Playing under John Gregory and that all English team 

- Leaving Aston Villa and the emotions that he went through 

- Playing out the Premier League for Derby and Northampton 

- IT7 Audio 

- Being an Aston Villa ambassador 

- Quickfire Questions!  

Absolute AVFC LEGEND  Massive thanks to Ian Taylor for agreeing to come on the show.   

Follow him on Twitter and Instagram: @IanTaylor7  

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This week Chris, Iain and Joe discuss the defeat to Brighton and: 

- What went wrong in the game 

- The quality finishes against us 

- The few bright sparks in the games 

- Our lack of finishing in front of goal 

- Poor mistakes, far too often  

We were also joined by Maz from the Seagulls Social and Seb from UTV Podcast, who gave their views on the game.

This week Chris is joined by David Reed from Sky Sports News. 

In this episode we discuss: 

- Growing up supporting Aston Villa 

- His earliest memories 

- Favourite player(s) growing up 

- The different eras that we have seen over the years, who played the better football? 

- Our season so far 

- Thoughts on the season ahead 

- How David got into the industry 

- His studies at university 

- Early days of his career and getting his big break working for radio stations 

- Sky Sports News 

- We ask him some quickfire questions about Aston Villa and around his career  

A massive thank you to David. It was wonderful listening to his memories as an Aston Villa fan and how he got into the industry.

In Episode Three of "The Debate" Chris, Iain and Joe are joined by a number of Podcast hosts for other Premier League clubs to debate an all time Premier League XI. 

Our special guests are:

Mick Moran from The Kopite Podcast (@m1cklfc) (@TheKopiteOFF)

Dan from Football is...And that is what I want Podcast (@FootballWant)

Jerry, Peter and Ollie from the Are You Not Enterkaned Podcast (@enterkaned)

Neel from Beyond the 90 LCFC Podcast (@IamMysterium) (@Beyondthe90LCFC)

Callum from the Football CFB Podcast (@FootballCFB)

Tom from Manchester is Blue Podcast (@manchesterisB)

Aaron Barrett Ex-Wimbledon Supporter and close friend of the channel

Albert from AlbertJTV (@aumoh57)

Sponsored by Iconic Sporting Moments (@sporting_iconic)

Absolute pleasure to have these wonderful guys on the Podcast, lots of good debating had by all and some great fun. 

Make sure you follow all of the above and subscribe to their channels. 

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#EFC

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Chris Ellis is joined by Special Guest, the extremely talented Nigel Boyle. 

We discuss the origins of him being an Aston Villa fan, his memories, his favourite players, favourite goals and favourite managers.   

We touch on his career in acting, how he got into it and the iconic roles that he has played such as DI Buckells in Line of Duty.   

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In this episode hosted by Chris Ellis, a group of amazing Villa fans and Podcast hosts vote to decide on their All Time Premier League Best XI that played for Aston Villa.   The guests were:  

- Luke Robinson (UTV Podcast) @lukerobinson89 @utvpodcast_ 

- Neil Dunworth (For the Love of McGrath Pod) @LoveMcGrathpod 

- James Hanrahan (From Witton to Rotterdam) @james_hanrahan @WittonPodAVFC 

- Omar Iqbal (Villa Talks Podcast) @Omar_AVFC @VillaPodcast 

- Dan Morgan (Heart of the Holte) @danmorgi34 @HeartOfTheHolte 

- Tom Cowley (Villa & Proud) @TomC2312_AVFC @VillaAndProud 

- Richard Griffiths (Fan Cam contributor from The Villa View and all round Villa fan legend) @richgriff_83 

- Iain Gillett (Villa Together Co-Host_ @IainWgee 

- Daniel Raza (7500 to Holte) @RazaJourno @7500toHolte  

Really great debate, from an absolutely brilliant bunch of people.   

Comments much appreciated

This week Chris and Iain are joined by: 

- Liam Mucklow 

- Dan Potts from the Same Old Arsenal Podcast 

- John Insley  

Who all give their thoughts on the game

Me and Iain chat to the incredible Yannick Bolasie and discuss: 

- His move to Villa Park 

- Steve Bruce tempting him to sign for Aston Villa 

- Getting minutes under his belt after his injury 

- His debut goal in front of the Holte End 

- Form for Aston Villa and his ups and downs 

- Steve Bruce getting sacked and Dean Smith coming in 

- His relationship with John Terry 

- The atmosphere at the club and how much he enjoyed it 

- Why he cut his loan move short and returned to Everton 

- His time abroad with Anderlecht and Sporting Lisbon 

- His FIVE managers during his loan spell at Sporting Lisbon 

- His development as a player and how he progressed from non-league into the Premier League 

- His form at Crystal Palace and his move to Everton 

- We ask him to name the best player he played with and the best manager he played under 

- Does he still have any Villa shirts from his time at the club  

Incredible man. Amazing experience and an interview NOT TO BE MISSED.   

#BolasieAnnounced Massive thanks to Yannick Bolasie for agreeing to come on the show.   

Follow him on Twitter and Instagram: @YannickBolasie

This week Chris, Iain and Joe discuss:

✅The defeat to Southampton

✅Our performance

✅The terrible first half

✅The second half fight back

✅The midfield and their poor performances

✅The key stats from the game

This week me and Iain discuss: 

• Villa's performance in the defeat 
• The key stats from the game 
• Our "better" performers in the game 
• Where the game was lost 
• How we bounce back going into the Southampton game 
• I ask Iain to guess the player from the in game statistic 
• We pick our MoTM

Chris, Iain and Joe discuss:

- the 1-0 win over Leicester City 

- our performance

- How Leicester set up

- We speak to Neel from Beyond The 90 LCFC Podcast about his take on the game

- We give our MoTM

- We generally enjoy the fact we are 4 from 4

Me and Iain talk to Simon Grayson and discuss: 

- His time at Aston Villa 

- Leaving a successful period at Leicester City to come to Aston Villa 

- Playing for Brian Little for both Leicester and Aston Villa 

- European Cup football with Aston Villa and playing the likes of Bilbao and Atletico in the Uefa Cup 

- THAT night and THAT Collymore goal at Villa Park against Atletico 

- Playing with the likes of Merson, Hendrie, Taylor, Barry, Yorke, Collymore and Southgate 

- Leaving Aston Villa and his playing career with Blackburn Rovers and Blackpool 

- The transition into management and the first of his FOUR promotions 

- Getting Huddersfield promoted from League One 

- Managing Leeds United, the team he supported and how his emotions were when they won and lost 

- Getting Leeds promoted and THAT win at Old Trafford with Leeds 

- The foundations he built at Preston North End after getting them promoted 

- Sunderland Til I Die 

- His son Joe Grayson at Blackburn Rovers 

- The talent that Matt Jansen was 

- He names the best player he played with, the best player he managed and the best manager he played under  

Massive thanks to Simon for his time, it was an excellent chat!

Chris and Aaron Clark record a Mental Health Podcast and discuss: 

- What is Mental Health - Good & Bad 

- The Stigma around Mental Health in males 

- The Football Community 

- Raising awareness of those with Mental Health Issues and people who know others with issues 

- Coping mechanisms 

- Talking and how it helps  

- Our hopes at doing something bigger 

- We call out the other podcasts

Get in touch if you want to join us in helping others

@villatogether and @amc89avfc  

Charites that help:  

-CALM is the Campaign Against Living Miserably, for men aged 15 to 35. 

Phone: 0800 58 58 58 (daily, 5pm to midnight) 

www.thecalmzone.net  

-MIND www.mind.org.uk  

-Samaritans www.samaritans.org.uk

Me Joe and Iain discuss the unbelievable win for Aston Villa, plus: 

- We speak to Alex Richards from the Mirror about the game 

- Aston Villa fan James talks about the game and gives us his thoughts 

 - We speak to Liverpool fan Doug from the Doug Out Football Channel about the game 

- Plus everyone gives their MoTM for the game

This week me Iain and Joe discuss: - The win over Fulham - Key statistics from the game - Our MoTM from the game - Our preditions for the Stoke and Liverpool games

In this episode me and Neil from For the Love of Paul McGrath Podcast discuss:

- Ross Barkley signing

- How he will fit in the team

- How the squad shapes up with Ross

- Chris then discusses how exactly he fits in the team and what he will bring

I talk to Lewis Kinsella about: 

- His time at Villa Park

 - Jack Grealish, Callum Robinson and others 

- Moving on from Aston Villa 

- His injury and his current recovery  

Please donate to help Lewis and Alfreton Town. We do not want to see players end their careers early due to injury or football clubs go out of business:  https://www.gofundme.com/f/lewis-kinsellas-operation-and-rehab?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=p_na+share-sheet&rcid=7a9d893642fe4e74b8faa2e93666b5ec

Me and Iain speak to Shaun Teale about: - His time at Aston Villa - The 1994 Coca Cola Cup win - Mark Bosnich - His time in management - The season ahead

Me and Iain discuss the following:

- The result and performance v Sheffield United

- Possible ins and outs of club

- Burton Albin 1-3 Aston Villa

This week we discuss:

• The signing of Matty Cash
• Ollie Watkins - with input from Greville Waterman of the Beesotted Brentford Podcast
• Analysis around the last 10 top scoring Championship Strikers to have played in the Premier League the season after
• Josh King
• Emi Martinez

This week we discuss:

- What we love and miss about matchdays

- Grealish and England

- Matty Cash and other transfer news

- We answer your questions

This week, we discuss:

• Jack Grealish
• Our 5 aside teams of players who we signed after their prime
• The latest runours
• YOUR questions

Plus more