Aston Villa Football Club - California Supporters: January 2011

Monday, January 31, 2011

FA Cup victory over Blackburn; Michael Bradley joins Villa

The Villa moves on to the 5th round of the FA Cup after defeating Blackburn Rovers 3-1. Michael Bradley, U.S. international joins Villa on loan http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story/_/id/873904/aston-villa-secure-united-states-star-bradley-on-loan?campaign=rss&source=soccernet&cc=5901

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Movement of players during 2010/2011 (as of 26 Jan 2011)

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Two in a row! Villa defeats Wigan 2-1

Gabby Agbonlahor -Wigan Athletic 1 Aston Villa 2: match report

6 points in two games - how sweet it is! Gabby Agbonlahor and Ashley Young (PK) scored for Villa and the defense just holds on to beat Wigan after they scored late in the game. The Villa is showing what this team is capable of and let's keep it going! Jean Makoun's debut today included receiving a yellow card.

Saturday, January 22, 2011

Villa Gets Past Man City with Bent's Foot

Can you believe it? Darren Bent gets signed and in his first game with the Villa, he scores his first Villa goal and it turns out to be the game winner. As we watched, holding our breath every second, we joked about how that was the 24M goal and IT WAS WORTH IT. The defense also withstood the desperate onslaught of shots being taken by Man City in the final 20 or so minutes

These 3 points have the potential to turn our season around. There should be a ton of momentum and confidence. First win in that last 11 games. It's been a looooooooooong time. UP THE VILLA!

Scoring Summary

Aston Villa	Manchester City
Darren Bent (18')

9(7)	Shots (on Goal)	25(2)
12	Fouls	12
2	Corner Kicks	13
1	Offsides	2
31%	Time of Possession	69%
1	Yellow Cards	1
0	Red Cards	0
2	Saves	6

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Darren Bent to Villa for £18million rising to £24million

Villa signs Darren Bent (coming from Sunderland) for a transfer fee of £18million, which could rise to a total of £24million. Bent does bring a legitimate scorer to Villa's front line, but will this actually translate into goals for the rest of the season? Villa and we supporters are counting on it!

The Telegraph "Darren Bent insists he did not pursue £24m move to Aston Villa for the money"

The Guardian "Darren Bent heads for Aston Villa in record £24m deal"

MSN Sport UK "Bent agrees terms with Villa"

Sunday, January 16, 2011

Huge Draw in Derby

Villa's Collins scores the equalizer in the 73' to help Villa gain a point in the derby against B-City. HUGE point to help stay out of the bottom 3. We need to keep it going to give us more cushion. Keep it going boys!

Updated
18:04 16^thJanuary 2011
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POS	NAME	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1	Man Utd	21	10	1	0	29	7	2	8	0	14	12	+24	45
2	Manchester City	23	7	3	2	18	10	6	3	2	19	9	+18	45
3	Arsenal	22	6	1	3	22	11	7	3	2	23	11	+23	43
4	Chelsea	22	8	2	1	24	7	3	3	5	14	12	+19	38
5	Tottenham	22	6	5	1	17	9	4	2	4	14	16	+6	37
6	Sunderland	23	6	5	1	15	8	2	5	4	11	15	+3	34
7	Bolton	23	5	5	1	22	13	2	4	6	12	18	+3	30
8	Stoke City	22	6	2	4	16	12	3	1	6	12	14	+2	30
9	Newcastle	22	4	3	4	25	14	4	2	5	10	18	+3	29
10	Blackpool	21	3	2	3	14	14	5	2	6	17	22	-5	28
11	Blackburn	23	5	3	3	15	10	3	1	8	14	27	-8	28
12	Everton	22	3	4	3	12	13	2	7	3	13	14	-2	26
13	Liverpool	22	6	3	2	19	10	1	2	8	8	21	-4	26
14	WBA	22	5	2	4	16	17	2	2	7	13	24	-12	25
15	Fulham	22	3	5	3	14	14	1	6	4	9	11	-2	23
16	Birmingham	21	3	6	2	10	11	1	5	4	11	15	-5	23
17	Aston Villa	22	4	4	3	15	13	1	3	7	9	26	-15	22
18	Wigan Athletic	22	2	6	4	11	21	2	4	4	8	13	-15	22
19	Wolves	22	5	2	4	15	15	1	1	9	9	23	-14	21
20	West Ham Utd	23	3	4	5	14	19	1	4	6	8	22	-19	20

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