Aston Villa Football Club - California Supporters

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Villa let's one slip away

With a 1-nil lead, we let 3 points and then 1 point slip right out of our hands by allowing Stoke City 2 goals in the the final 1/3 of the game (the winner came in extra time). It was painful.

http://www.avfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10265~2153278,00.html
Monday, September 13, 2010
2010 Premier League, Round 4 Britannia Stadium, Attendance: 27,000

Stoke City 2 : 1 Aston Villa

Match Stats
Minute by Minute

Goals
Kenwyne Jones (80')
Robert Huth (90') Goals
(35') Stewart Downing

Cards
Danny Collins (45')
(14') Stephen Warnock

Subs
Ricardo Fuller (61') ( for Walters)
Jermaine Lloyd Pennant (65') (for Wilson)
Glenn Whelan (87') (for Delap)
(87') Emile Heskey (for Agbonlahor)

Team and Individual Leaders (Villa players italics)

Goals
Stoke 2 - (1) Kenwyne Jones (1) Robert Huth Aston Villa 1 Stewart Downing (1)
Assists
Stoke 2 - (2) Matthew Etherington Aston Villa 1 Gabriel Agbonlahor (1)
Shots
Stoke 20 - (6) Kenwyne Jones Aston Villa 12 Stewart Downing (4)
Shots on Goal
Stoke 9 - (5) Kenwyne Jones Aston Villa 5 Stewart Downing (3)
Saves
Stoke 4 - (4) Thomas Sorensen Aston Villa 7 Brad Friedel (7)
Corner Kicks
Stoke 7 - (6) Matthew Etheringto (1) Rory Delapn Aston Villa7 Ashley Young (6)
Offsides
Stoke 2 - (1) Matthew Etherington Aston Villa 0
Fouls Committed
Stoke 13 - (3) Marc Wilson (3) Danny Collins Aston Villa 14 Richard Dunne (2) Nigel Reo-Coker (2) Stilian Petrov (2) Ashley Young (2) Gabriel Agbonlahor (2)
Yellow Cards
Stoke 1 - (1) Danny Collins Aston Villa 1 Stephen Warnock (1)

Red Cards 0
Penalty Kick Goals 0

Monday, September 13, 2010

Villa vs. Stoke City

Today's match vs Stoke City will be streaming live on ESPN3.com! (11:45 am Pacific; 2:45 pm Eastern)

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Houllier Takes the Helm of the Villa

Gerard Houllier, former Liverpool FC manager, enters a 3-year deal to manage Aston Villa. http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/sep/07/gerard-houllier-aston-villa-manager

Teams managed
1972–1973 1973–1976 1976–1982 1982–1985 1985–1988 1992–1993 1998 1998–2004 2005–2007	Carquefou (Part Time) Le Touquet Athletic Club Nœux-les-Mines RC Lens Paris St-Germain France Liverpool (joint with Roy Evans) Liverpool Olympique Lyonnais

Thursday, September 2, 2010

Villa vs Chelsea in October

Just purchased some tickets for the Oct 16th home match vs Chelsea for one of our AVFC California members who will be in England during October. Awesome! If photos are sent in, I'll certainly post them here.

UTV!

Sunday, August 29, 2010

Villa Holds On - Defeats Everton 1-nil

Luke Young scores lead Villa to victory and thrills the Villa Park crowd!

http://www.avfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10265~2139086,00.html

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Thursday, August 26, 2010

Villa Knocked Out of Europa League with 2-3 loss to Rapid Vienna

Well our European campaign ended too soon after being defeated by Austria's Rapid Vienna 3-4 aggregate.

http://www.avfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10265~2136019,00.html

Sunday, August 22, 2010

Villa and Rapid Vienna Draw; Newcastle Utd Tear Villa Apart

Europa League match versus Rapid Vienna ended in a 1-1 draw on 19 August (Thursday).

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Wish I had something better to report on the boys and their match with Newcastle. How in the heck was that penalty try by Carew? Kinda was the preview of what would unfold the remainder of the match. I hope they got this out of their system now. More of this will make for a loooooooooong season. We are talking about Newcastle United here. Geeeez.

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