Aston Villa Football Club - California Supporters: 2010/2011 Season

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Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Movement of players during 2010/2011 (as of 26 Jan 2011)

Saturday, July 24, 2010

Pre-Season 2010

Some results from the first few pre-season matches.

Basinstoke is currently a Blue Square Conference South team (6th tier in the English FA system)
http://basingstoketown.net/

Basingstoke vs Aston Villa

	2 - 1
Date: 18/07/2010		Venue: The Camrose Ground
Attendance: 1,500


	Basingstoke	Aston Villa
Goals :	2	1
Possession :	0%	0%
Shots On Target :	0	0
Shots Off Target :	0	0
Corners :	0	0
Fouls :	0	0
Yellow Cards :	0	0
Red Cards :	0	0

Peterborough United is currently a nPower League 1 team (3rd tier in the English FA system)
http://www.theposh.com/page/Home/0,,10427,00.html

Peterborough vs Aston Villa

	2 - 3
Date: 19/07/2010		Venue: London Road (PET)


	Peterborough	Aston Villa
Goals :	2	3
Possession :	0%	0%
Shots On Target :	0	0
Shots Off Target :	0	0
Corners :	0	0
Fouls :	0	0
Yellow Cards :	0	0
Red Cards :	0	0

Bohemians FC is currently a Airtricity Premier League of Ireland team (1st tier in the League of Ireland system)
http://www.bohemians.ie/

Bohemians vs Aston Villa

	2 - 1
Date: 24/07/2010		Venue: Unknown


	Bohemians	Aston Villa
Goals :	2	1
Possession :	0%	0%
Shots On Target :	0	0
Shots Off Target :	0	0
Corners :	0	0
Fouls :	0	0
Yellow Cards :	0	0
Red Cards :	0	0

Thursday, July 8, 2010

Players Begin Training

Villa players are back and starting to practice. Here is a shot of the new training kit:

...I miss seeing "Acorns" already...

Thursday, June 17, 2010

2010-2011 Fixtures Announced

Villa will kick off the 2010-11 Barclays Premier League campaign with a home game against West Ham United.

New Hammers boss Avram Grant will bring his side to Villa Park for the opening day clash on Saturday August 14.

A week later, Martin O'Neill's men travel to Newcastle United for the Magpies' first game at St James' Park since their return to the top-flight.

There are a host of mou-watering West Midlands derbies to look forward to, starting with a trip to Wolverhampton Wanderers on Saturday September 25.

Villa will then host Second City rivals Birmingham City on Saturday October 30, followed by newly-promoted West Bromwich Albion on Saturday December 11.

The return clash against Blues at St Andrews is scheduled for Saturday January 15, before the claret and blues welcome Wolves to Villa Park on Saturday March 19 and then head for the Hawthorns to face West Brom on Saturday April 30.An exciting festive period is also in prospect for Villa.

Tottenham Hotspur are the visitors to Villa Park on Boxing Day and, in the same week, Villa face trips to Manchester City (December 28) and Chelsea (January 1).

The season will be rounded off in style against two of the top-flight's big guns - Arsenal away on (Saturday May 14), followed by Liverpool at home (Saturday May 22).

Click here for the full 2010-11 fixture list

Monday, May 10, 2010

2010/2011 Fixtures

The fixtures for the 2010/2011 season will be announced on 17 June 2010!

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