Aston Villa Football Club - California Supporters: October 2011

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

AVFC California Presence @ Lions Club Lounge Opening

Our very own Adam Shah is interviewed on AVTV during the opening of the brand-new Lions Club Lounge at Villa Park! Way to go Adam! Another one of the great benefits about being part of the Lions Club Network for which AVFC California belongs!

(I used my little digital camera to post the video - sorry about the quality)

Monday, October 24, 2011

Is this a sign of a spiral downward?

2 losses in 2 weeks (Man City and WBA). My opinion is that we were robbed by the referees in the WBA game.

In today's news - Barry Bannan arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol. Geez - one of our better players too. This is not a good sign of how the team is reacting to this dry spell and the frustrations from the WBA game. Let's keep it together lads. There is alot of season left. Don't follow Rooney's example!

Villa midfielder Bannan arrested on drink-drive suspicion after 5:30am M1 smash
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2052774/Aston-Villas-Barry-Bannan-arrested-drink-drive-suspicion-M1-crash.html#ixzz1bkEOq9YU

Friday, October 14, 2011

Villa vs. Man City

AVFC California members will be gathering Saturday morning (15 Oct 2011) for the televised game between our Villa lads and Manchester City. Kickoff (pacific time) is 7:00am.

The Shakespeare Pub (San Diego)
The Olde Ship (Santa Ana)
The Mad Dog in the Fog (San Francisco)

UTV!

Saturday, October 1, 2011

Sweet Victory! Villa 2-nil over Wigan

"Gabby Gabby Gabby Gabby Gabby Agbonlahor!" was heard throughout Villa Park as Gabby led Villa with a goal and an assist to Darren Bent as Villa breaks it open for a 2-nil win and 3 crucial points. Wigan didn't test Shay Given much and Gabby took over on offense with his pace and power!

Gabby's first half goal

Bent's second half goal (assist from Gabby) to seal the win.

Darren and Gabby celebrate after second goal.

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