Aston Villa Football Club - California Supporters: November 2012

Friday, November 30, 2012

QPR up next and Villa Times Issue 3!

QPR is next for our boys in Claret and Blue (7am live broadcast over the web on Fox Soccer 2Go).

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The 3rd issue of the Villa Times magazine is out and available for purchase via Ebay!
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/190759028995?ssPageName=STRK%3AMESELX%3AIT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649

Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Whew...3 points.

It wasn't very pretty for most of the match, but fortunately Christian Benteke was able to head one home with only about 10 mins remaining to help Villa come away with a 1-nil mid-week victory over Reading. These games are critical if we are going to have a chance of finding some safety. With Vlaar out with injury, the young defensive line, lead by Ciaran Clark, did well considering the circumstances.

listen to ‘Benteke goal against Reading’ on Audioboo

We are really missing a "field general" out there on the pitch. So much young talent, but no one to really play the "Captain" role.

Friday, November 23, 2012

AVFC California's Youth

Nice to have some of our kids from AVFC California featured in recent editions of the Aston Villa News & Record. Nathan Amos was featured in the "Fan Zone" in the 30 Sep 2012 matchday programme vs. West Brom. Hope Leong was in the "Lion's Den" section of the 10 Nov 2012 matchday programme vs. Man Utd.

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Alot of Season Left

After losses to the 2 Manchester clubs, we find ourselves in the bottom 3 at the moment. We are in the midst of a tough part of the schedule so it is way too early to panic. I think the Man Utd game really provided a preview of what this club is made of and how well it can play. It really was sad to see us not able to hold onto that 2-nil lead, but the football Villa played was so much more enjoyable to watch than last season. We have the Gunners on Saturday - our chance to get a result.

(Match will be televised live here on the West Coast @ 8:30am Pacific time)

Sunday, November 4, 2012

Ahhhhh...the Sweet Taste of "3 Points"!

Those were some tense moments at the end of the match, but our lads were able to hold on and earn 3 points versus Sunderland at the Stadium of Light today. Many Villa squad members had great games, but I think Barry Bannan played a central role in this victory (offensively serving great balls and really hustling in the midfield and in defense). Loved hearing all of the Villa supporters singing their hearts out in the background on the internet broadcast this morning. UTV!

Gabby scoring the eventual winning goal!

Celebrating Gabby's goal.

3 Points!

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