Aston Villa Football Club - California Supporters

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Villa v. Tottenham on FSC

The match between our Aston Villa and Tottenham Hotspur will be televised "LIVE" in the U.S. on Fox Soccer Channel this coming Saturday, November 28th (12:30pm ET 9:30am PT)

Saturday, November 21, 2009

Climbing the Table (Villa 1 Burnley 1)

YES! Villa picks a point with a draw against Burnley with Emile Heskey scoring the equalizer late.

Burnley vs Aston Villa

	1 - 1
Date: 21/11/2009		Venue: Turf Moor
Attendance: 21,178		Referee: Howard Webb

Burnley

Aston Villa

Goals :

Possession :

41%

59%

Shots On Target :

Shots Off Target :

Corners :

Fouls :

Most Fouls :

Mears (2)

Carew (3)

Yellow Cards :

Red Cards :

Scorers :

Caldwell 9

Heskey 86

Friday, November 20, 2009

AVTV

"AVTV" is offered to fans on the club's official website (https://secure-avfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/secure/loginOrBuy/0,,10265,00.html?schemeAndHost=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.avfc.co.uk)

The cost for this service is £3.99 per month or £34.99 fro 12-months and you receive the:

Exclusive News
Exclusive Match Highlights
Live Commentary & Stats
Searchable Video Archive
Complete Match Live Console

Unfortunately, "live" broadcast of matches is only audio commentary - no streaming video (although, Jack Woodward is alot of fun to listen to as he describes the action). I would love to hear from other supporters that do have an AVTV subscription and find out what they think of the service.

What is available to supporters without cost? "Villa Live" is available online (http://www.avfc.co.uk/page/VillaLive/0,,10265,00.html where you can follow a match in real-time via a "chat" format where you not only get live updates of what is transpiring on the pitch, but you can also interact with others following the feed.

Great stuff all the way around. UP THE VILLA!

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Villa on the Telly

I am trying to gather as much information on the best options to view Villa matches on the telly - preferably live - but also on a delayed basis.

The Englander in San Leandro offers Setanta Sports where there are several Premiership and other international matches being broadcast everyday. The Villa v. Burnely match will be televised at 5:00pm on 11/21/09.

Click here to check out the listings
Setanta Sports - USA

In my next entry - I will review the offerings directly from AVFC (AVFC TV over the internet)

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Special Team Shirts Up for Auction!

On Saturday, first team shirts were printed with a special poppy to commemorate the sacrifices made by members of the armed forces.

To help raise funds for Acorns Children's Hospice and Help for Heroes, AVFC is auctioning 14 match issued (and signed) shirts from Saturday’s win over Bolton. The shirts come complete with a certificate of authenticity. Match issued shirts for Brad Friedel, Luke Young, Steve Sidwell, Richard Dunne, Ashley Young, James Milner, John Carew, Gabby Agbonlahor, Nigel Reo-Coker, Carlos Cuellar, Stephen Warnock, Craig Gardner, Nathan Delfouneso and Fabian Delph are all available

To take part in the ebay auction click here.

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

The Search for a "Home"

AVFC California is in search of a pub to call "home". Under consideration is "The Englander" in San Leandro, CA USA. A sports pub in the heart of the East Bay that shows a full variety of sports broadcasts - including football on Setanta!

Sunday, November 1, 2009

Run Forest, Run!

I keep hearing that Mr. Tom Hanks is a Villa supporter. I actually went to the same high school as Mr. Hanks (Oakland, CA USA), but he graduated a few years ahead of me. It sure would be great to have Mr. Hanks on our rolls as a member of AVFC California. If you are out there Mr. Hanks, send us an email at avfc.california@gmail.com and join us!

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