Aston Villa Football Club - California Supporters: February 2013

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Villa Reaches 1 Million Facebook Fans!

Congratulations and UP THE VILLA! Nice to see AVFC California members Tom Hanks and Bob Stephenson featured in this video!

Sunday, February 10, 2013

Finally...the elusive 3 points!

All Villa supporters were holding their collective breath as the boys held on to win 2-1 vs West Ham. That 2nd half own goal really put the pressure on, but Brad Guzan made some critical saves down the stretch to preserve the victory and 3 points. After today's win, we have been able to step out of the relegation zone for the moment. Its a great feeling!

Sunday, February 3, 2013

Great Effort

The boys played a good game on Saturday. It was just so disappointing to give up those 2 goals to allow a draw in the end. I am definitely grateful for the 1 point, but we need a couple of wins to give us a chance (and some help from those just ahead and behind us in the table.

Christian Benteke has been the best thing that happened this season. I hope that we can hang on to him for as long as possible.

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................................................................................................................