Villaphan04 Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 Sounds like it's gonna be a week long training camp in Minnesota. Maybe Thursday - Thursday or something? https://www.avfc.co.uk/News/2019/06/04/premier-league-faqs-2019-2020 Quote What are the pre-season plans? We head to Minnesota, USA, for a week-long training camp in mid-July. There, we'll play Minnesota United in a pre-season friendly. Anyhow I was hoping for a friendly with Hibs as well but seems unlikely to happen as they've already filled out their pre-season fixture list. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villakram Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 Surely, they'll do a second game. I imagine they'll fly into either NY/DC or Chicago, so another game there would be great. Sota is fun... but I'd prefer an easier to reach location. Fingers crossed, but should be fun either way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 3 minutes ago, villakram said: Surely, they'll do a second game. I imagine they'll fly into either NY/DC or Chicago, so another game there would be great. Sota is fun... but I'd prefer an easier to reach location. Fingers crossed, but should be fun either way! I swear I’ve read somewhere that we will be playing Washington . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villaphan04 Posted June 5, 2019 Author Share Posted June 5, 2019 5 hours ago, Rugeley Villa said: I swear I’ve read somewhere that we will be playing Washington . we were linked with that a few months ago. but from what I've heard thru several AVFC Lions club chairman here in the US, the Minnesota game is going to be the only one sadly. (Of course i hope this is not the case but) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted June 5, 2019 Share Posted June 5, 2019 (edited) /jealous Boston has most likely been written off by every club but Liverpool making most other locales as prohibitive as flying to Brum (for me) Not sure what the local Villa support is, but I hope they appreciate it. Edited June 5, 2019 by maqroll Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limpid Posted June 5, 2019 Administrator Share Posted June 5, 2019 6 hours ago, maqroll said: /jealous Boston has most likely been written off by every club but Liverpool making most other locales as prohibitive as flying to Brum (for me) Not sure what the local Villa support is, but I hope they appreciate it. How many members are there in the local supporters club? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted June 5, 2019 Share Posted June 5, 2019 In Boston, unofficially maybe 30 and it's not particularly well run. No idea about Minn, but I'm guessing it's not a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limpid Posted June 5, 2019 Administrator Share Posted June 5, 2019 22 minutes ago, maqroll said: In Boston, unofficially maybe 30 and it's not particularly well run. No idea about Minn, but I'm guessing it's not a lot. That's not going to attract the club. How about starting a better run one? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted June 5, 2019 Share Posted June 5, 2019 9 minutes ago, limpid said: That's not going to attract the club. How about starting a better run one? I've thought of it, but I don't live in Mass anymore. I'm actually opening a bar soon and might make it headquarters for Maine Villans! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limpid Posted June 5, 2019 Administrator Share Posted June 5, 2019 Just now, maqroll said: I've thought of it, but I don't live in Mass anymore. I'm actually opening a bar soon and might make it headquarters for Maine Villans! Sounds like a plan.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted June 5, 2019 Share Posted June 5, 2019 I've yet to meet any Villans in Portland, but we've been in the C'ship since I've been up here, so we'll see who comes out of the woodwork now. Can't be many. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrimevalVillan Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 Prior to relegation, Villa was the 4th most popular club in the US, I think. Thinking of making the trip to Minny from Baltimore to see the club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAuthority Posted June 15, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted June 15, 2019 On 05/06/2019 at 05:05, limpid said: How many members are there in the local supporters club? People will fly in from all over the country for this. Portland Oregon in Lamberts 1st season was fantastic. Lot of expats as well as a few Yankee glory hunters* *Obviously not very smart ones 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevomanila Posted June 15, 2019 Share Posted June 15, 2019 On 05/06/2019 at 21:03, maqroll said: I've yet to meet any Villans in Portland, but we've been in the C'ship since I've been up here, so we'll see who comes out of the woodwork now. Can't be many. Yep I have met 1 other Villa fan after 2 years in Basel (Switzerland) and one other through twitter who I will meet up with for one of our sky matches..he has been here 5 years and said he has not met another Villa fan yet either. I have however converted a few others to follow our mighty club and all are aiming to come to a live game with me (2 Canadians, 1 Swiss and an American) UTV 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villaphan04 Posted June 15, 2019 Author Share Posted June 15, 2019 8 hours ago, TheAuthority said: People will fly in from all over the country for this. Portland Oregon in Lamberts 1st season was fantastic. Lot of expats as well as a few Yankee glory hunters* *Obviously not very smart ones AFAIK we've already sold out the 2 sections that were given to us by MNUFC. There's also a facebook event thru the "Aston Villa America" hosted mostly by the Lions Clubs Chairman. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houseoftomorrow Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 On 15/06/2019 at 07:09, Villaphan04 said: AFAIK we've already sold out the 2 sections that were given to us by MNUFC. There's also a facebook event thru the "Aston Villa America" hosted mostly by the Lions Clubs Chairman. Correct, we sold out all 290 seats in sections 108/109, which makes it the largest away section for a Minnesota United match. Just heard we're about to get a block of 150 more in section 112, which is nearby. The Aston Villa America FB group is a good place to start if you're looking for info, or want a seat on a pub to pitch bus for pre/post game. If you don't have Facebook, Simon (at)ChicagoVillans on Twitter can help with questions, too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houseoftomorrow Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 (edited) For those interested in going, looks like we received more tickets. Edited June 19, 2019 by Houseoftomorrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MNVillan Posted June 20, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted June 20, 2019 Figured now is the perfect time to join since Villa is coming to my home state. Excited to see my first Villa match and meet other local Villa fans. Sounds like the pregame festivities will be at Brits Pub, and the wife and I will be in section 109! Hoping to see Grealish make a brief appearance, perhaps someone more experienced in football than me can explain what the squad normally looks like for friendlies? Less than a month to go, UTV 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houseoftomorrow Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 (edited) 2 hours ago, MNVillan said: Figured now is the perfect time to join since Villa is coming to my home state. Excited to see my first Villa match and meet other local Villa fans. Sounds like the pregame festivities will be at Brits Pub, and the wife and I will be in section 109! Hoping to see Grealish make a brief appearance, perhaps someone more experienced in football than me can explain what the squad normally looks like for friendlies? Less than a month to go, UTV Nice, I’m also in 109, a handful of rows behind the Minnesota Lions. This is the first match following the initial training camp, so expect to see two entirely different teams for each half, with some u23 players mixed in. Not sure if they’ll lump all the starters together or split them up. Edited June 20, 2019 by Houseoftomorrow 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArizonaVillan Posted July 2, 2019 Share Posted July 2, 2019 The amount of time put in by a few of the N. American chairmen to help get this event organized ...especially considering the short notice given for everything ...has been fantastic. Everything I'm seeing on the FB event page points to a great turnout. Several of us Houston supporters will be making the trip ...section 109 for me. See y'all there. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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