Aston Villa Football Club - California Supporters: Simon Leach

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Wednesday, August 7, 2013

The 2013-14 season is upon us!

Looking forward to the upcoming season. Already have been making calls to Villa Park re: match tickets for members and busy preparing for the Chicago meet-up. It has been great providing support to host Chicago Lions Club and their chairman, Simon Leach. This is the start of beginning to see U.S. Lions Club branches connect with one another - I hope it continues. Watching the recent Dublin Weekender from afar was inspiring.

Wednesday, June 5, 2013

First North America Villa Supporters Gathering

Planning has begun for the first-ever gathering of Aston Villa supporters based in North America. The target is for opening weekend of the 2013-14 Premiership Season and the chosen location is The Windy City, Chicago! Chicago Lions Club chairman Simon Leach is heading up the planning effort. There is an event page on Facebook where you can contact Simon.

(Maybe the California Lions can convince Mr. Hanks to join us on the journey!)

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

Wednesday, August 7, 2013

The 2013-14 season is upon us!

Wednesday, June 5, 2013

First North America Villa Supporters Gathering

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