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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...
Five Villa Park Derby Day Pitch Invaders Have Court Date
Derby Measures
After the West Midlands Police went to serious measures - including lines of impact vehicles and steel wall cordons - outside Villa Park...
Aston Villa vs Blues Derby Tickets listed for £600 on Official Ticket Exchange
Loyalty
Supporters often say there is no loyalty left in football when it comes to players, but with some Villa fans appearing to sell tickets...
Best Away Ground in the Championship Named by EFL
The EFL has announced the winners of the first ever Away Fan Experience Campaign that celebrate the stadiums offering the best away day experience...
Heads-up to Aston Villa vs Birmingham City Policing Arrangements
'You are advised, if possible, to come in from Aston station'
Second City Derby Plans
Last week, MOMS along with a handful of other Villa supporter...
Further Subsidy for Aston Villa Away Fans on Fulham Away Tickets
Away Benefits
Following on from the news that all that all Villa supporters with one of the sold out allocation of Burton away tickets would...
Villa’s Technical Director Steve Round Seeks to Forge True Team Identity
A Villa Way
Sitting opposite MOMS at a Fans Consultation Group meeting at the end of last year, Aston Villa Technical Director Steve Round discussed...
Aston Villa Away Fans Benefit From Further Subsidy
Aston Villa Away Fans Subsidy
As MOMS mentioned in the last update from the Away Fans Consultation Meeting, Villa's away trip to Burton was a...
Good Villa Supporter Communication Highlighted as Good Practise at FSF Meeting
Championship Fan Meet
MOMS attended the first Football Supporters Federation (FSF) Championship club supporter group meeting in London last week. It was more of an...
Villa Fan Consultation Group Meeting Discusses Issues Off the Pitch
After a recent Aston Villa Fan Consultation Group informal meeting with Steve Bruce a few weeks ago, the Group met Villa CEO Keith Wyness...
Aston Villa Away Fan Consultation Details – Allocations, Subsidy, Burton & Issues
The Away Ticket Consultancy Meeting: 9th February 2017
Fan representatives at the latest Away Ticket Consultancy meeting were Anthony Willis, John Holder, John Perks, Mark...
Aston Villa’s Newcastle Away Tickets Better ‘Twenty’s Plenty’
Cheap Newcastle Away Tickets
Following on from a decision made by the Away Consultation Group that MOMS is part of, it's great to hear the confirmation...
Travel Heads-up to Villans Heading to Boxing Day Clash with Burton
Boxing Day Clash
With the 40,000 plus crowd expected against Burton at Villa Park and the stripped down public transport on Boxing Day (around Birmingham...