Aston Villa Football Club - California Supporters: The Olde Ship

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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, April 25, 2011

AVFC California Viewing - Sat. 30 April 2011 vs. West Brom

AVFC California members will be meeting up for another U.S. televised match on Saturday 30 April 2011 for a clash against West Brom (Fox Soccer Channel). Kick-off scheduled for 7:00 a.m.

Kezar Pub (San Francisco): http://www.thekezarpub.com/

The Olde Ship (Santa Ana): http://www.theoldeship.com/santa_ana.html

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)

Saturday, October 16, 2010

Villa v. Chelsea "live" In San Francisco and Santa Ana

AVFC California members Ken and Simon focused at Kezar Pub in San Francisco as I type (my right shoulder).

AVFC California members gathered in Southern California also (at The Olde Ship). (left to right) Ryan, Richard, and Roger S (Roger is our point of contact in So Cal. Up The 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................................................................................................................