Aston Villa Football Club - California Supporters

Sunday, June 14, 2015

Footy SF

Footy SF maintains a webpage that connects people of a variety of football supporter groups in the Bay Area. AVFC California is happy to be included on this list.

Saturday, June 6, 2015

Flags!

Just a sample from Lions Club branches in North America!

Thursday, June 4, 2015

Tuesday, June 2, 2015

Ups and Downs: 2015 FA Cup Final

THE DOWNS: All of the excitement leading up to Villa's first FA Cup Final appearance since 2000 was drowned by the result of the game and the awful behavior by some Villa supporters during and after the game.

THE UPS: Fantastic turnout across North America as photos from meet-ups in Cleveland, Chicago, Toronto, Denver, Vancouver, San Diego, and many more were posted on Facebook. In San Francisco, we had a great turnout at The Mad Dog in the Fog where we outnumbered the Gooners easily 10-1. We had a great time with our "regulars", new people to the club, and Villa supporters visiting California from the UK.

UTV!

Friday, May 29, 2015

North American Lions - 2015 FA Cup Final!

Wednesday, May 6, 2015

Sherwood, FA Cup

Tim Sherwood has infused energy into the team and has helped maintain a glimmer of hope for avoiding relegation and taken us through to the FA Cup Final. This will be another season where we will be sweating until we secure a place in the Premiership next season, but Sherwood has brought life back to the Villa faithful!

FA Cup Final
Aston Villa vs Gooners
9:30 a.m. Kickoff (Pacific)

The Mad Dog in the Fog (San Francisco)
Brittania Arms (Monterey)
The Olde Ship (Santa Ana)
The Bluefoot (San Diego)

Tuesday, April 7, 2015

Staying Up and FA Cup Semi Final

Another roller coaster year for our club - but "Villa til I die" is the cry for all Villa supporters. Tim Sherwood has infused a bit more enthusiasm into the squad and I am hoping that it will be just enough to keep us in the prem (again).

FA Cup semi's are coming up on April 18th - it's been life-giving to have this cup run happening during such a dismal season. Hope to see some of you out at the Mad Dog for this one.

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