Aston Villa Football Club - California Supporters: April 2013

Monday, April 29, 2013

YES! Villa 6-1 over Sunderland

This was a second week of "Monday Night Football" for Villa. I had to rely on AVTV audio feed as I was at work here in the U.S. (Noon start). Benteke hat-trick, Weimann, Vlar, and Gabby score as Villa captures a critical 3 points (and provide some goal differential improvement too).

Still not completely out of the relegation-woods, but today's result was BIG in moving us closer to safety.

Friday, April 19, 2013

Words from our Captain

A great interview with Stiliyan Petrov. SUPPORT STAN #19

Saturday, April 6, 2013

Villa win 1-3 at the Brittania

What a game today vs Stoke - a critical one for both teams. Villa's three goals came from Gabby, Lowton, and the Beast, but special focus on Matthew Lowton's goal in the 88' break the 1-1 tie. His volley from distance has to be the goal of the season. The amazing thing was that he scored a similar goal, on the volley (but a little closer to goal) using his left foot vs Swansea. Today's goal was like a mirror image where he used his right foot. Words cannot describe this goal sufficiently. Look at it yourself.

Today's goal vs Stoke City

Friday, April 5, 2013

Champions of Europe - NextGen

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