Origin: Aston Villa 2022/23 Season Recap by Claret & Blue

WATCH: The big Aston Villa 2022/23 season review by Claret & Blue

Latest Aston Villa news as the Claret & Blue podcast review the club’s campaign at the Hockley Social Club

The curtain fell on Aston Villa’s 2022/23 season last weekend with Unai Emery’s side qualifying for European football after beating Brighton 2-1.

The win was Villa’s 18th of the season, which matches the club’s record for a 38-match Premier League season. At the time of Steven Gerrard’s departure in October, Villa had only won two of their first 11 games and were outside of the relegation zone on only goals scored.

Emery’s appointment has been transformational for Villa, and his side will be playing Europa Conference League football next season if they manage to overcome a two-legged play-off tie in August to qualify for the group stage.

BirminghamLive‘s Villa podcast, Claret & Blue, hosted 300 fans at the Hockley Social Club in Birmingham earlier this week to dissect the remarkable campaign. Dan Rolinson was joined by John Townley, James Rushton and Mat Kendrick – you can watch the video, below.

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Open Champion Cam Smith is back in Europe for a first time since the glory of capturing last year’s 150th Open Championship admitting a tinged of sadness at the thought of having to return the famed Claret Jug.

A year ago, the champion Aussie duplicated the feats of legendary countryman Peter Thomson and Kel Nagle, being handed the Claret Jug at the Home of Golf after coming from four shots back to win by a shot over the Old Course.

 

Smith, 29, is in Europe teeing-up this week in sauna-like conditions in south-eastern Spain for the inaugural LIV Golf Valderrama, and on the famed Andalucia course that played host to the 1997 Ryder Cup and many DP World Tour events

The Florida-based Aussie will contest next week’s LIV London, and on the one-year anniversary of the founding of the breakaway golf league, and then spend the following week in the UK playing practice rounds on and around Royal Liverpool ahead of July 20th and the start of his Open championship defence.

And waiting for Smith when he completed his Valderrama were two autograph hunters carrying 150th Open Championship commemorative flags to be autographed.

 

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