Aston Villa Football Club - California Supporters: May 2011

Monday, May 30, 2011

We're Jealous of You Jack!

Commentator Jack Woodward had the pleasure of interviewing Natalie Cutler, Miss Birmingham. Click on the image to see a short video.

Sunday, May 22, 2011

Stuart Downing scored and goal in the 33' and that was enough for Villa to capture the win over Liverpool 1-nil. Villa finishes 9th in the table - a fantastic finish considering we were close to the relegation zone more than once this season.

Man Utd claims another Premiership crown (19th). West Ham, Birmingham, and Blackpool are relegated to the Championship and coming up to the Premiership next season are Queens Park Rangers (QPR) and Norwich City (former team of Darren Huckerby, who played very briefly for MLS San Jose Earthquakes here in the SF bay Area. The final team to be promoted will be determined in a playoff between Swansea City and Cardiff City (at Wembley).

Sunday, May 15, 2011

Villa Hangs on for Victory!

Darren Bent scores 2 goals and Villa barely hangs on to get the 2-1 victory over Arsenal at the Emirates today. Bent's first goal was quite a show...chesting down a pass on the run and then directing it in the net without the ball hitting the ground.

Monday, May 9, 2011

Villa vs Gunners - Sunday 15 May 2011

U.S. televised match. 8 a.m. kickoff (pacific)

Locations for AVFC California:

Northern California: The Mad Dog in the Fog (San Francisco)

Southern California: The Olde Ship (Santa Ana)

Location details, addresses - click on the "Match Viewing" link above.

UP THE VILLA!

Monday, May 2, 2011

Prince William

Prince William (in this 2009 photo with Ashley Young) is an avid Aston Villa supporter. Maybe he would be willing to be a guest at our next AVFC California match viewing?

With his height, maybe Prince William could fill a striker postion for Villa? There definitely would be more hesitation to foul him in the penalty area and floppy in front of the future king would be shameful!

Sunday, May 1, 2011

Staying Cool with Aston Villa!

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