Aston Villa Football Club - California Supporters: May 2012

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

"NEW" AVFC California flag

I heard about Barmy Flags from other Lions Club chairmen and then saw some of the many flags that Charlie has produced for clubs throughout England and beyond. Although we already had a flag, it was not of the highest quality and the colors were just not "right".

Barmy Flags uses a heavy duty polyester as the base flag and all decorations are stitched on (rather than just printed like our older flag). I ordered it before going to Birmingham and Charlie had the flag delivered to my hotel. It was beautiful and the service was first-rate. The old flag is still serviceable and will continue to be used by the club. I'll bring them both to Portland.

THANKS CHARLIE AND BARMY FLAGS!

Old flag (2009)

New flag (2012)

Sunday, May 13, 2012

The Season Mercifully Ends

Sorry for the lack of posts recently. I was busy in Brum and got to witness the draw vs. Spurs. Today's match was a summary to our entire season. Relieved that we remain up in the Premiership, but whole sale changes will need to be made over the summer. Now I can breathe again.

How Did You Become a Villa Supporter?

"I wonder how many fans are actually originally from Birmingham or surrounding area. I am and I'm always interested if someone isn't from near Villa Park, why did they pick Villa as the team to follow." .............................................................................................. "I like Rick's story, he picked Villa as they were 'sponsored' by Acorns Children's Hospice at the time, a cause close to Rick's heart."..................................................................................................................... "I was born in Solihull (12 miles south of Villa Park) and my older bro turned me into a Villa supporter"................................................................................................................ "I am originally from Vauxhall (Birmingham B7) and have followed the Villa since my dad took me to see a game at Villa Park on my 4th birthday. I was a season ticket holder at VP from 1968 until I moved over here twelve years ago."........................................................................................................................"I am from Halesowen which is right next to the black country. Which is tesco carrier bag territory. However my dad is from the city and he always took me and my brother to villa games. I was a season ticket holder in the holte untill 2007 when I moved out here."......................................................................................................................."So why do I support Villa if I've never been to Birmingham? That's a very good question that I've asked myself many times over the years. When I started following the league almost everyone was a Liverpool fan for the same reason almost everyone now is a United, City, or Chelsea fan. Not being someone who follows the crowd I wanted to support a team that was unique and different. When I was a kid, Andy Gray was one of my favorite players and I used to read his columns in Shoot magazine about playing for Villa and thought a lot of the things about the team were unique: the team name, colors, and specially the history."..................................................................................................................."Born just a couple of miles from Villa park, with my father, mother, grandparents and more than half of my extended family with claret and blue blood (you can work out who the rest of that motley crew supported SOTC) it was written in the stars that I was going to be Villa through and through."...................................................................................................................I was born and raised in Montreal, Canada. Played the game for 30 some odd years and have been a Villa fan all my life. I have seen 2 live games(both losses, but a great atmosphere none the less). My grandfather was a steward at Villa Park for many years. My father and brother are members of the Canadian Villa fan club in Toronto. I'm here in the central valley, and know of couple of villa fans here in Fresno................................................................................................................

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

"NEW" AVFC California flag

Monday, May 14, 2012

This is why I am a Villa supporter

Sunday, May 13, 2012

The Season Mercifully Ends

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