Aston Villa Football Club - California Supporters

Monday, December 27, 2010

Villa vs Man City on FSC

A reminder that Villa v. Man City will be televised in the U.S. tomorrow (Tuesday, 28 Dec 2010). Kick-off is at 7:00 a.m. (pacific time) on Fox Soccer Channel.

Sunday, December 26, 2010

Another fall/winer Sunday morning at Kezar Pub (out of the 30+ televisions, one was on FSC). Surrounded by NFL fans, I cheered as hard as I could for the Villa, but it just wasn't enough. Difference in the game? Villa porous defense against the Spurs counter attack. It was awful to see Spurs moving past 2 and 3 Villa defenders to get them in position for Van De Vaart's 2 goals. Marc Albrighton scored for the Villa.

Scoring Summary

Aston Villa	Tottenham Hotspur
Marc Albrighton (82')	Rafael Van der Vaart (23')
	Rafael Van der Vaart (67')

28(10)	Shots (on Goal)	13(4)
13	Fouls	10
8	Corner Kicks	4
1	Offsides	1
58%	Time of Possession	42%
3	Yellow Cards	3
0	Red Cards	1
2	Saves	9

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

AVFC California in the Aston Villa News & Record

In the 13 November 2010 match day programme (Villa vs Man Utd), AVFC California member Sergio Santos was featured in the Lions Club pages. Sergio attended an earlier match vs. Chelsea.

Up the Villa!

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Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Merry Christmas from AVFC California!

Saturday, December 11, 2010

YES! A Result!

We did it! Villa defeated West Brom this morning 2-1. Stewart Downing and Emile Heskey score to lead Villa to 3 points!

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Simão | Myspace Video

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Liverpool 3-nil over Villa

This season is on a downward spiral. C'mon Villa - we need so results and FAST!

LIVERPOOL

3 - 0

ASTON VILLA

Monday, December 06 20:00

Premier League

Anfield

Ngog (14)

Babel (16)

Maxi Rodríguez (55)

(HT 2-0)

ATT: 39,079

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"

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