Aston Villa Football Club - California Supporters: 2010 Carling Cup

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Thursday, December 2, 2010

Did Post-Match Antics Kill England's 2018 WC Bid??

Pitch Invasion following Birmingham City/Aston Villa Carling Cup match... it was ugly. How much of it contributed to England losing out on the 2018 WC to Russia?

BBC article "Birmingham City hold enquiry amid fears violence may threaten 2018 bid

Daily Mail article "Have these mindless thugs put England's World Cup bid at risk? Hooligans hurled flare after storming pitch at end of match"

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

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Carling Cup Update: Villa Beats Blackburn 3-1

The Villa bounced back today with a 3-1 win over Blackburn in League Cup competition today. Villa goals came from Heskey (1) and A. Young (2). Only 18K at Villa Park? Middle oif the work week I guess.

Wednesday, 22 September 2010

Carling Cup
Aston Villa 3-1 Blackburn FT

(HT 0-1)

Heskey 59

A Young 75

A Young 77

Givet 34

Aston Villa

22 Guzan

03 Warnock

21 Clark (Davies 76)

24 Cuellar

30 Lichaj

04 Sidwell

07 A Young

20 Reo-Coker

25 Bannan

10 Carew (Heskey 58)

11 Agbonlahor (Delfouneso 31)

Substitutes

01 Friedel, 15 Davies, 23 Beye, 17 Salifou, 27 Osbourne, 14 Delfouneso, 18 Heskey

Blackburn

13 Bunn

03 Olsson

05 Givet

06 Nelsen (Samba 66)

28 Jones

39 Chimbonda

07 Emerton

12 Pedersen

15 Nzonzi

21 Mwaruwari (Diouf 62)

23 Hoilett (Kalinic 78)

Substitutes

34 Fielding, 04 Samba, 33 Morris, 14 Linganzi, 09 Kalinic, 10 Diouf, 41 DioufRef: Foy

Att: 18,753

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