Tag Archives: Aston Villa
Three Games That Show Why English Soccer Isn’t About the Big Six Clubs
Really, the title of this post should be something more like, "Why insisting on seeing the big Premier League clubs in London, Liverpool and Manchester makes you miss so much that's great about English soccer." Here's why you should go beyond the big six. I was reminded of this once again when, while researching a…
A Game at Aston Villa: Rain, Lines, A Great Stadium, and a Mr. Harry Kane
(A post from early in my travels, a November 2014 visit to Aston Villa) As it usually does, the singing started on the train. Spurs fans were singing how much they hate Arsenal, though they were about to play Aston Villa, and Villa fans were singing how much they hate Birmingham, even though they were about…
Watching English Soccer: Queens Park Rangers
One of the most amazing things about seeing soccer in England is that stadiums which host top-flight players in one of the world’s greatest leagues are often right in the middle of some residential neighborhood -- and the fans are right on top of the pitch. Nowhere is this more in evidence than at Loftus…
Touring Villa Park
Paul has been to more than 100 games at 60+ English soccer stadiums and toured about a dozen of them, and Villa Park, home of Aston Villa Football Club, is definitely one of his favorites. That’s even more true now that I’ve toured it. It’s big, it’s old, and it’s classy. I like their colors.…