Aston Villa Football Club - California Supporters: October 2010

Sunday, October 31, 2010

Villa Escapes Derby With Draw

Aston Villa nil-nil draw today with Birmingham City.

MATCH INFORMATION
Stadium:	Villa Park, England
Attendance:	40,688
Match Time:	October 31, 2010, 08:00 ET
Referee	Howard Webb

SCORING SUMMARY
Aston Villa	Birmingham

MATCH STATS
	Aston Villa	Birmingham
Shots (on Goal)	8(3)	14(4)
Fouls	15	10
Corner Kicks	1	4
Offsides	3	0
Time of Possession	49%	51%
Yellow Cards	2	3
Red Cards	0	0
Saves	4	3

Thursday, October 28, 2010

Downing Comes Off the Bench and Keeps Villa Alive in the League Cup

Downing (centre): Celebrates winning goal

Stuart Downing (center) scored the decisive goal in extra time to help Aston Villa remain in the run for the Carling Cup.   (Aston Villa 2-1 over Burnley)

Match Information

Stadium: Villa Park, England
Attendance: 34,618
Match Time: October 27, 2010, 14:45 ET
Referee M Jones

Scoring Summary
Aston Villa Emile Heskey (86) Stewart Downing (96)
Burnley Clarke Carlisle (89)

Match Stats

Shots (on Goal)             Aston Villa 13(6)                                       Burnley 15(8)
Fouls                           Aston Villa 19                                              Burnley 12
Corner Kicks               Aston Villa 7                                               Burnley 7
Offsides                        Aston Villa 5                                               Burnley 4
Time of Possession       Aston Villa 56%                                          Burnley 44%
Yellow Cards             Aston Villa 2; Reo-Coker (81), Heskey (80) Burnley 0
Red Cards                    Aston Villa 1; Albrighton (100)                     Burnley 0
Saves                            Aston Villa 6                                               Burnley 8

Monday, October 25, 2010

Villa Drops a Close One to Sunderland

On an own-goal error involving Richard Dunne, Villa is defeated by Sunderland 1-nil at Villa Park.

Match Information

Stadium: Stadium of Light, England

Attendance: 41,506

Match Time: October 23, 2010, 10:00 ET

Referee M Halsey

Scoring Summary

Sunderland - Richard Dunne (og 25)
Aston Villa

Match Stats

                                                     Sunderland                                 Aston Villa

Shots (on Goal)                                  14(1)                                         13(3)
Fouls                                                     12                                            12
Corner Kicks                                            4                                         11
Offsides                                                     5                                          2
Time of Possession                              48%                                         52%
Yellow Cards                                        1                                              2
Red Cards                                             0                                              0
Saves                                                      3                                             1

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)

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