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Aston Villa supporter coverage from My Old Man Said — independent, ethical and built from years of genuine engagement. From Fan Advisory Board scrutiny to Football Supporters Association representation, via trips to Parliament. Fan issues that affect matchday and beyond, this is where the supporter perspective lives.
The Aston Villa Ticket Price Myth: Does Paying More Really Improve the Team?
How a 5% Rise Became 46%While basking in the glory of the best Aston Villa season in a generation, the issue of ticket prices and increases is back, like a Premier League Groundhog Day.5% seems to be the magic number for Villa, as season tickets, match-by-match tickets, and Champions League tickets are all increasing by this amount. This is far from good news for...
Aston Villa’s £38.4m Hidden Transfer Cost
The Hidden Cost of Squad Building - Aston Villa's Increasing Agent Fee SpendTransfer net spend of the season is often quoted for shaping narratives and opinion. Yet agent fees are rarely mentioned, despite being excluded from net spend calculations altogether. For Aston Villa in 2025/26, agent fees were actually higher than the club’s reported net spend.Villa's reported net spend in the 2025/26 season...
Villa Fan Consultation Group Information – Villa Park Developments, Pre Season, FFP, Pitch, AVTV
Shortly before Aston Villa's game against Preston, MOMS participated in the latest Villa Fans Consultation Group meeting at Villa Park.Villa supporters are in a...
Villa Away Fan Consultation Group Meeting – Away Allocation Category Issues
Aston Villa Away Fan Consultation Group January Meeting
We finally got the 'official' minutes back from the club from the Away Consultation Group meeting from...
The Latest Policing Arrangements For Aston Villa vs Birmingham City
Second City Derby Plans
It's the time of the season again when Villa Park is segregated by a temporary wall of police vehicles and you...
Aston Villa Ticket Subsidy Highlights Sheffield Wednesday’s Harsh Away Ticket Pricing
Hard Times
Last season, the first shock about life in the Championship for Aston Villa supporters was the price of an away ticket to the...
Second City Derby Sell Out Raises Questions Again About Secondary Ticketing
Full House
As it was announced earlier this week, the Second City derby between Aston Villa and Birmingham City is a 42,000 sell out. Not...
Aston Villa Away Ticket Consultation Group Meeting – Allocations and Subsidy
Below are the notes from the latest Aston Villa Away Fans Consultation Group meeting, MOMS was up in Scotland, so wasn't present.Meeting Date: 18th...
Who’s the Worst? Birmingham City and Aston Villa Fans Arrest Records Last Season
MORE Birmingham City fans were arrested than at any other club in England's top five leagues for a second consecutive season
The Home Office this...
Potential for West Midlands Football Clubs to Help Homeless
A Growing Concern
Recent Shelter reports suggest that there are now 307,000 homeless people in Britain; here in Birmingham there have around 18,000 ‘homeless’, with...
Part of the Pride: EFL Clubs Unite For Rainbow Campaign
'People are people so why should it be,
You and I should get along so awfully' - Depeche Mode
Flags
During the period of 25 November and 3...
Sky TV Games Affect Match-going Aston Villa Fans Over Christmas
Double-Edge
The monthly announcement of future Sky TV games always comes as a double-edge sword to football supporters. Match-going supporters potentially are inconvenienced, but those...
Aston Villa Spare Leeds United’s Blushes With Ticket Subsides
The fact that both clubs remained in the Championship this season gave Leeds United a chance of some retrospective good will. Instead, the ticket...
Last Minute Villa vs Blues Travel Complications and Remedies
Special Provisions
It's no secret that when it comes to Villa vs Blues derbies, their reputation precedes them and has in recent encounters prompted the...