Aston Villa Football Club - California Supporters

Sunday, September 25, 2011

How Many Draws Can Villa Fans Take?

Actually, the draws are not that painful, but how today's match went vs. QPR, watching a win slip away because of an own-goal equalizer in extra time. Probably the worst way to end the game. QPR outplayed Villa in the first half, but a penalty kick taken by Barry Bannan helped Villa forge ahead 1-nil.
Considering how lackluster our play was today, I'll accept the draw.

(Photo Credit - BBC Sport)

Monday, September 19, 2011

Carling Cup 3rd Rd. Draw - Bolton

The Villa has drawn Bolton for our next Carling Cup match - scheduled for tomorrow (20 Sep 2011) 11:45 a.m. kickoff (Pacific Time) @ Villa Park. There is no scheduled U.S. television broadcast, so you'll need to scour the internet for a live streaming feed somewhere. Up the Villa!

Saturday, September 17, 2011

Gabby and Shay Save the Day

Gabby scored a sweet first half goal, but Shay Given was the man of the match - making brilliant save after brilliant save to allow Villa to maintain a 1-1 draw with Newcastle at the final whistle. The 15-20 minute, Villa looked sharp. But after taking the 1-nil lead, the energy level dropped significantly.

Saturday, September 10, 2011

Gabby and Petrov Help Villa to Draw with Everton

Villa had to come back 2x today. Down nil-1, Petrov drove a shot from outside the box and into the lower right hand corner of the goal to get Villa to 1-1. After dropping a second goal to Everton (1-2), Gabby scored a header 80+' to bring Villa back again 2-2.

It was a nice 2nd half effort, but the first half looked a bit uninspiring. We need a win.

Stillyan Petrov

Gabby Agbonlahor

(celebrating with Marc Albrighton)

Tuesday, September 6, 2011

We're Official for 2011-2012!

Saturday, August 27, 2011

Stalemate at Villa Park

This morning's match vs Wolves was disappointing. Villa had a few chances but could not capitalize. Other than a few good runs, the game was not a pleasant one to watch (especially at 4am). Gabby seems to be the only player with potential to create something. Bent didn't get any chances and N'Zogbia did not impact the game. It wasn't due to the amazing play of Wolves. Not winning these winnable games at home can ruin a season. At least we were able to gain a point out of this nil-nil draw.

(click on image to go to avfc.uk.com report)

Friday, August 26, 2011

Carling Cup - Round 1

Click on image to go to AVFC match report.

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