500 programmes have been made available from Saturday’s home victory over Manchester City. Please click on the following link to order yours now: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230577015026&autoredirect=offRead more
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CHRIS PRICE RECOVERING AFTER FREAK ACCIDENT One week ago, former Aston Villa right-back Chris Price, who played over 100 games for the club from 1988-1992, nearly lost his life when he was caught by a ‘rip’ underwater current and dragged out to sea while playing football with his youngest daughter on a beach near hisRead more
The Football Supporters’ Federation are conducting a short survey so that we can accurately gauge the opinion of fans up and down the country. We hope that you have got a minute spare to complete our first survey of this kind, which has only two questions, to let us know your views on footballer’s wages.Read more
MPs are to investigate how professional football in England and Wales is governed to see if it requires government intervention to reform it. The cross-party committee will examine whether there is too much debt in the professional game. It will also look at whether the rules requiring owners to be “fit and proper persons”Read more
The William McGregor is 1 year old today! Happy Birthday to you! The statue was unveiled 1 year ago on 28th November before the Spurs game by Lord Mawhinney. We hope you still enjoy seeing it.Read more
An insightful piece by Dave Boyle, Supporters Direct When clubs like Chesterfield and Exeter became owned by crooks, people didn’t seem to care that much, because neither were big clubs, like Liverpool. When Portsmouth’s owners turned out to have been functionally innumerate, or broke, or maybe to not even exist (or maybe all of thoseRead more
Thousands of German football fans came together last Saturday in a mass demonstration to make clear their opposition to rising ticket prices and the commercialisation of the game. The peaceful protest, titled Zum Erhalt der Fankultur (For the Protection of Fan Culture), was attended by fans of approximately 50 different clubs and an estimated 6,000 attendanceRead more
Joint statement from the Spirit of Shankley and ShareLiverpoolFC Spirit of Shankly-ShareLiverpoolFC welcomes the likely end of Hicks and Gillett’s ownership of LFC, regardless of the current attempts to prolong this process. At this stage we remain open minded about any new ownership regime. However our long held view that supporter ownership is right forRead more
Communication lies at the heart of strong relationships – with good communication comes engagement and a sense of belonging – poor communication and we all switch off. The Aston Villa Supporters Trust are galvanised to improving our communications across as many channels as possible, in the digital age these can be many and varied. ButRead more
The Aston Villa Supporters Trust welcome Gerard Houllier to Aston Villa and hope that his knowledge in previous roles as both a coach and technical director will enable him to build on the nucleus of a good team we already have in place at the club. At the same time we wish to place onRead more