Aston Villa Football Club - California Supporters

Thursday, October 21, 2010

Villa v. Chelsea - Sergio, AVFC California Member

AVFC California member Sergio S. was in Birmingham for the Villa v. Chelsea match this past weekend and he submitted these photos. Sergio is on the far right proudly hoisting up the California state flag with his friends! UTV!

Monday, October 18, 2010

Villa Battles Chelsea to Nil-Nil Draw

Villa's defense did bend but didn't break. Both teams had a few chances to score, but the ball didn't get into the back of the net. Brad Friedel had a couple of great saves and the crossbar/posts did their thing to stop scoring in this match.

Match Summary (Saturday October 16, 2010 17:30)

Home Team Final Score Away Team

Aston Villa 0 - 0 Chelsea FC

Second Half

S.Ireland S.Sidwell - 84' 0:0

0:0 84' - - J.McEachran (yellow card)

A.Young - - 81' 0:0 (yellow card)

0:0 76' - Ramires J.McEachran'

0:0 76' - P.Ferreira J.Bosingwa'

C.Clark - - 75' 0:0 (yellow card)

J.Carew N.Delfouneso - 74' 0:0

S.Ireland - - 68' 0:0 (yellow card)

S.Warnock - - 65' 0:0 (yellow card)

0:0 60' - - J.Terry (yellow card)

0:0 47' - G.Kakuta Y.Zhirkov'

First Half

R.Dunne C.Clark - 14' 0:0

0:0 13' - - M.Essien (yellow card)

Saturday, October 16, 2010

Villa v. Chelsea "live" In San Francisco and Santa Ana

AVFC California members Ken and Simon focused at Kezar Pub in San Francisco as I type (my right shoulder).

AVFC California members gathered in Southern California also (at The Olde Ship). (left to right) Ryan, Richard, and Roger S (Roger is our point of contact in So Cal. Up The Villa!)

Saturday, October 2, 2010

Villa Starts Fast, But In The End Let It Slip Away

The Heskey-Albrighton connection was fabulous and led Villa into the lead, but van der Vaart scored twice for Spurs to take the 3 points.

Stadium:	White Hart Lane, England
Attendance:	35,871
Match Time:	October 2, 2010, 10:00 ET
Referee	Mark Clattenburg

SCORING SUMMARY
Tottenham Hotspur	Aston Villa
Rafael Van der Vaart (45)	Marc Albrighton (16)
Rafael Van der Vaart (75)

Sunday, September 26, 2010

Villa Victory! 2-1 over Wolves

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Carling Cup Update: Villa Beats Blackburn 3-1

The Villa bounced back today with a 3-1 win over Blackburn in League Cup competition today. Villa goals came from Heskey (1) and A. Young (2). Only 18K at Villa Park? Middle oif the work week I guess.

Wednesday, 22 September 2010

Carling Cup
Aston Villa 3-1 Blackburn FT

(HT 0-1)

Heskey 59

A Young 75

A Young 77

Givet 34

Aston Villa

22 Guzan

03 Warnock

21 Clark (Davies 76)

24 Cuellar

30 Lichaj

04 Sidwell

07 A Young

20 Reo-Coker

25 Bannan

10 Carew (Heskey 58)

11 Agbonlahor (Delfouneso 31)

Substitutes

01 Friedel, 15 Davies, 23 Beye, 17 Salifou, 27 Osbourne, 14 Delfouneso, 18 Heskey

Blackburn

13 Bunn

03 Olsson

05 Givet

06 Nelsen (Samba 66)

28 Jones

39 Chimbonda

07 Emerton

12 Pedersen

15 Nzonzi

21 Mwaruwari (Diouf 62)

23 Hoilett (Kalinic 78)

Substitutes

34 Fielding, 04 Samba, 33 Morris, 14 Linganzi, 09 Kalinic, 10 Diouf, 41 DioufRef: Foy

Att: 18,753

Saturday, September 18, 2010

Villa Draws with Bolton 1-1

Ashley Young scored today and Villa was able to come away with a 1-1 draw versus Bolton today. This was also Kevin MacDonald's last game as caretaker manager.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2010

2010 Premier League, Round 5	Villa Park, Attendance: 34,655

	Aston Villa	1 : 1 Final	Bolton Wanderers
Match Stats \| Match Trax

Ashley Young (13')

Goals

(35') Kevin Davies Goal

Stephen Warnock (43')

Cards

(17') Zatyiah Knight

(67') Kevin Davies

Carlos Cuellar (46')

(Dunne)

John Alieu Carew (73')

(Ireland)

Substitutions

(18') Samuel Ricketts

(O'Brien)

(69') Mark Davies

(Muamba)

(84') Matthew Taylor

(Petrov)

TEAM STATS

Individual Leaders				Individual Leaders
(1) Ashley Young	1	Goals	1	Kevin Davies (1)
	0	Assists	1	Martin Petrov (1)
(4) Stewart Downing	12	Shots	14	Martin Petrov (4)
(1) Stewart Downing (1) Ashley Young (1) Gabriel Agbonlahor	3	Shots on Goal	6	Kevin Davies (2)
(5) Brad Friedel	5	Saves	2	Adam Bogdan (2)
(6) Ashley Young	8	Corner Kicks	4	Stuart Holden (2)
(1) Gabriel Agbonlahor (1) John Alieu Carew	2	Offsides	1	Chung-Yong Lee (1)
(3) Marc Albrighton	15	Fouls Committed	7	Kevin Davies (3)
(1) Stephen Warnock	1	Yellow Cards	2	Zatyiah Knight (1) Kevin Davies (1)
		Red Cards
	0	Penalty Kick Goals	0

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