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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 Aston Villa 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...
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...
Football Supporters Federation Statement on Supporter Trouble at Euro 2016
Before the game kicked-off between England and Russia in Marseille, the TV cameras showed an alarmingly lack of segregation behind one of the goals...
Villa Rival Makes Gesture to Fans Which Tony Xia’s Board Should Follow
After a disaster of a season, if you want to turn things around and fire up the focus on the season ahead, you have...
How Villa Park Can be Improved With a ‘Fight Like Lions’ Section
Until a new owner and manager walk through the gates of Villa Park, thinking about next season seems to have been put on ice. Considering...
Latest Villa Park Protest Planned for the Final Home Game of the Season
Next Villa Park Protest
With zero positive news coming out of the club in the past week in terms of the club's future or plans...
Villa Park’s Lower North Supporters’ Last Stand
After the last home game of the season against Newcastle, hundreds of Villa supporters will lose their seats in the Lower North Stand. The...
The Question of a Players Villa Park Lap of Honour
Villa Park Lap of Honour
The most frustrating thing about the last few deadwood months of this season, is due to the limbo caused by...
A Gesture Aston Villa Can Make to Rally Supporters for Promotion Push
Addressing the Crisis
In recent years you'd be more likely to enjoy going to a funeral than taking a trip to Villa Park. In the past...
Fan Consultation Group First Formal Meeting Details (Includes Meeting Minutes)
Before the Saints game MOMS was involved in the first proper Fan Consultation Group meeting at Villa Park, that was also attended by Villa chairman...
Villa Park Protest Planned for Saturday’s Southampton Game
In a week that highlights that Aston Villa football club are nowhere near prepared for a promotion push from the Championship next season, it's...
Aston Villa Irish Lions Club Statement Sums Up Villa Supporter Anger and Frustration
After the events of this week, if you didn't realise it already it's red alert time at Villa Park. The departing director Mervyn King...
Aston Villa Chairman Steve Hollis Pens Open Letter to Supporters
It's no secret that the main mission of new Aston Villa chairman Steve Hollis was one of trouble shooting. There are so many things...
Useful Local Football Team Match-making App Gets Ex-Villa Player Support
Here's a useful heads-up for Villa supporters that play footy in the Birmingham area that came through to MOMS HQ on email this week.If you're...