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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...
Time For Aston Villa to Take Bolder Approach on Away Ticket Prices
Swans Dive in PriceSwansea City have announced that they will subsidise all away tickets for Swans fans in the 2015/16 season. Adult tickets will...
How Do Away Fans Rank Villa Park?
For the third year the Football Supporters Federation (FSF) have issued the findings of their Away Fans Survey, which around 4000 fans took part...
Arsenal Supporter Statement Backing Banned Villa Supporter Wembley Flag
Arsenal Fans Back Villans Over Wembley FlagPerhaps the highlight of last week was the cross-club support by football fans for the Villa supporter-funded surfer...
More Transparency Needed by the FA to Justify Fining Aston Villa £200,000
'If I was the Villa CEO Tom Fox, I would appeal against the fine amount.'Not FineThe FA have found it fit in their wisdom...
Aston Villa FA Cup Final Tickets Still Left After Original Criteria is Past
Last call on Aston Villa FA Cup Final TicketsAs predicted yesterday Aston Villa Final Tickets have gone on to an extra day, with tickets...
Last Day for FA Cup Final Tickets? And ‘No’ to Villa Park Screening of Game
Unnecessary Desperation?Despite tickets not projected to sell out until Wednesday at the earliest, today saw a bit of a panicked rush with several Villans...
Aston Villa FA Cup Final Tickets Expected to Sell Out Wednesday
Aston Villa FA Cup Final Tickets LatestWith the FA Cup Final against Arsenal just over a fortnight away Aston Villa have stated today they...
Arsenal to Screen FA Cup Final to Fans at the Emirates
Big Screen FinalAs we have mentioned previously, MOMS and other Villa fans, after positive feedback from hundreds of other Villa fans to the idea,...
Aston Villa Fans at Wembley Receive Thumbs Up From Met Police
After all the pathetic moral panic 'dark ages' reporting on Aston Villa fans after the FA Cup quarter-final, it was good to see that...
Aston Villa FA Cup Final Ticket Issues
FA Cup Final TicketsThere's been a lot of bitterness towards the ticket allocation for the FA Cup final with both Aston Villa and Arsenal receiving...
JFT96 My Old Man Said Aston Villa Supporter Message
The 26th Anniversary of the Hillsborough 96 26 years go, 96 football supporters went to a FA Cup semi-final and never came back.It was a...
The Aston Villa Wembley Pub List and Drinking Information and Tips
Aston Villa's Wembley Drinking Zone
This week MOMS was involved in a conference call with Wembley stadium, the met police and other club and fan...