Aston Villa Football Club - California Supporters: Newcastle United

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Monday, September 3, 2012

The First Point of the Season!

Villa played a much better game yesterday to draw with Newcastle 1-1. Overall - the passing game, possession, defensive aggressiveness, and attack is night an day compared to last year (and the last 2 weeks). Hoping for much more of this in the coming weeks. Guzan looked good in goal and nice connection between Bannan and Clark for the lone Villa goal. Stephen Ireland is playing well as the central playmaker.

Monday, February 6, 2012

1-2 defeat to Newcastle Utd

Another Villa loss. We were tied 1-1 through 70 minutes, but just couldn't hold on. Robbie Keane looked very frustrated several times (being open and not getting a pass). It is frustrating right now for all Villa supporters. Our play is not consistent at all. Having Heskey back in the midfield again is a bad move. I hope Albrighton is fit soon - we need him badly.

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Saturday, September 17, 2011

Gabby and Shay Save the Day

Gabby scored a sweet first half goal, but Shay Given was the man of the match - making brilliant save after brilliant save to allow Villa to maintain a 1-1 draw with Newcastle at the final whistle. The 15-20 minute, Villa looked sharp. But after taking the 1-nil lead, the energy level dropped significantly.

Monday, April 11, 2011

3 Critical Points!

The Villa held on to a narrow 1-nil lead to beat Newcastle yesterday. We were at the Mad Dog in the Fog (for some reason the Kezar wasn't open - still haven't figured that one out yet). James Collins knocked in the only goal of the game but it was enough. We were holding our breath - especially when that free kick got awarded just outside the penalty area. We need at least 3 more to make me comfortable. UTV!

Monday, April 4, 2011

UPDATE: AVFC vs Newcastle kickoff time

Thanks for the comments re: our upcoming "Villa Viewing" this coming Saturday. There was a question about the kickoff time (I originally had it down as 7am PT). The fixture is listed as 3:00pm on the Villa website (this is Birmingham time). I checked Fox Soccer Channel site and it lists the game starting at 11am (ET), which translate to 8am (PT) for us. Maybe the problem is he Daylight Savings Time change? If I had to choose I had to choose a time, I would go with what FSC lists (since they are broadcasting it).

So the update is that kickoff is 8:00 am PT this Sunday, 10 April.

Sounds like we'll have good size groups at both Kezar and The Olde Ship!

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

AVFC California - Match Viewing

AVFC Members will be gathering at Kezar Pub (San Francisco) and The Olde Ship Pub (Santa Ana) on Sunday, 14 April, to watch Aston Villa vs. Newcastle United. Kickoff is 7:00 am (Pacific)

Sunday, August 22, 2010

Villa and Rapid Vienna Draw; Newcastle Utd Tear Villa Apart

Europa League match versus Rapid Vienna ended in a 1-1 draw on 19 August (Thursday).

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Wish I had something better to report on the boys and their match with Newcastle. How in the heck was that penalty try by Carew? Kinda was the preview of what would unfold the remainder of the match. I hope they got this out of their system now. More of this will make for a loooooooooong season. We are talking about Newcastle United here. Geeeez.

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Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Some 2010/2011 Villa games on U.S. TV

The following are only a handful of Villa matches that are scheduled for U.S. television so far. I'll post a more complete calendar as new information is released. I believe these times are EST.

Sunday, August 22:            8:30am: Newcastle United v Aston Villa, Fox Soccer Plus
Sunday, August 29:            11am: Aston Villa v Everton, Fox Soccer Channel
Monday, September 13:     3pm: Stoke City v Aston Villa, TBD
Sunday, September 26:      9:05am: Wolves v Aston Villa, Fox Soccer Plus
Sunday, October 31:          7am: Aston Villa v Birmingham, Fox Soccer Plus
Saturday, November 13:    7:45am: Aston Villa v Manchester United, ESPN2
Saturday, November 27:   7:45am: Aston Villa v Arsenal, ESPN2

(Courtesy of: http://www.epltalk.com/premier-league-tv-schedule/)

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