Steve Johnson

Live for my kids and AVFC.

[Steve Johnson @OfficialJonno]

@dapperlaughs could've told me that earlier just sent you one of my cock ! #onlyjoking #itwasjustmyballs

[AV90 @BruceRioch4]

He’ll be a revelation this season. #avfc

[Steve Johnson @OfficialJonno]

Any news on Bouba ??? #avfc

[Football Away Days @footyawayday]

Villa fans after Buendia scores their opener
#avfc #utv #thfc #coys

[Steve Johnson @OfficialJonno]

3/3 If anyone wants donate not only would I be hugely grateful but you would helping an amazing family. To donate just click the following link. Any reposts would be a great help.
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[Steve Johnson @OfficialJonno]

2/3 We will leave Ramsgate station and head to the London Stadium on the train. From there, we will be walking a total of 47.5km. I know times are hard for everyone but if everyone gave just £2 it would cover a third of the cost already !

[Steve Johnson @OfficialJonno]

1/3 On October 4th some friends and i will be undertaking a Charity Walk visting every football ground in London.
We are aiming to raise money for a remarkable young lady who needs a new hoist to help ease some pain and offer some much needed comfort

[Steve Johnson @OfficialJonno]

@rickygervais met this legend tonight. What an absolute gent !!!! #lenny #afterlife

[Steve Johnson @OfficialJonno]

Is this the way to Lithuania?
Fuck Bayern Munich I'm off to Albania
Thursday nights in Transylvania
Europa League awaits for me

Credit: NerazzurriVilla

#AVFC

[Steve Johnson @OfficialJonno]

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[Aston Villa @AstonVilla]

Here's to you Peter Whittingham 💜

[Aston Villa @AstonVilla]

G⚽️⚽️D MORNING

[nat @natsiobhan_]

unreal unreal unreal https://t.co/X0usuQRGBO

[Steve Johnson @OfficialJonno]

Carlos doesn't leave without a replacement being ready. Expect the Loic Bade announcement soon @AVFCOfficial 👀👀👀

[Steve Johnson @OfficialJonno]

😂😂😂😂

[Guy Bradley @GuyBradley]

Morgan Rogers running through the City midfield

[Steve Johnson @OfficialJonno]

@its_carrie2685 Cafe Des Amis is a Mexican and is lovely or Cafe De Soleil is really nice as well

[Ｅｓｐｅｎ🦁 @espenstrand]

NSWE were extremely annoyed and frustrated,
when they could'nt change the 3 year loss plan
from £105M to £135M.
They were really hoping to get that through in May when they tried. Quote from Vidagany.
How I see it, that changed the main plan for the....... ⬇️long⬇️
#UTV #avfc🦁

...summer.
I also think, right there, the failure of getting that done, had huge impact on NSWE needing to find money elsewhere.

With, at the time, no more new sponsor deals coming in (or at least enough), our owners had to bring in money in an area where they could. Where they had power to make a difference.

Yes the owners are very dedicated. No football owner buys a football club, and honestly think they can milk it for cash.

The only way to create a successful investment in the world of football, is through success.
And to be successful, you have to win.
To be able to win, you have to maximise the club econommically, to set the club up in the best possible way, to on the field look strong and ready to compete.

They road to success is NEVER pretty.
And football is for most fans a very sensible and emotional part of their life.

Finding the balance between pushing for success and pleasing fans, is like walking on the edge of a knife.

"Its like when Apple release new iOS for Iphone. 1st version have lots of mistakes.
But they are done for a reason. To get better.
And we know it. It gets better.

The reason they release, is to get to know what to change. Part of getting to the end result.
And Apple have some of the best professionals in the business."

There have been a lot of change this summer. A lot of money spent. For the better. A lot more will be done.
A lot of more money will be spent.

There have been issues. But one after the other have been and are being taken care of.

NSWE needed more money into the PSR bank this summer. And decided to up CL tickets. And I dont know anyone who LIKES to spend more money than expected.

Most fans, I feel understand the process. Understand there must be a period of patience.

Revenue will continue to rise, if we continue to have success on the field. That means more CL and with more revenue elsewhere, the posibility for prices to stall or even degress, will be greater.

If we're not that successful, we dont have to worry about CL prices, because they wont exist. And the realistic development would be that revenue also will stall. Or at least the arrow will have a slacker curve.

Our owners are one of the most ambitious owners in world football. They are football people. Football fans.

It feels like some fans think they dont appreciate or value the fans!!? But that is just rediculous. They value the fans above anything.
They spend MAX on the product on the field. They spend max to make sure the players have the best enviroment on and of the field.
They spend millions and millions, and will keep on spending millions, on making sure the fans get the best possible experience when they come see their beloved Villa every second week+.

Some people in general dont like change, and others are not very good with being patient.

But remember as I said earlier,
the balance Nassef Sawiris and Wes Edens
are in the middle of right now,
is like standing on the edge of a knife.

Impossible to please everyone!

But its also extremely hard to evaluate,
because WE are FAR from the end product.
Dont forget that😉

Good night💤 / Have a good day☀️, Villa🦁

[💜🩵💜Neil James💜🩵💜🦁 @JaymoAV]

“I swear you'll never see anything like this ever again. So watch it, drink it in….”

#AVFC #UTV #UCL 💜🩵💜🦁

[Henry Winter @henrywinter]

Gary Shaw – a tribute. Shaw, who has passed away aged 63, played the game the way it should be played. The Aston Villa attacker played with flair, an unquenchable hunger for goals, commitment to team and loyalty to club. He played to win, conquering England in 1981 and Europe in 1982, and he did it in style. Shaw’s finishing was not only about the quantity, 79 goals in 213 games for the Villa, but also the quality.

Shaw was fleet of mind and body, able to sense the best positions to glide into, whether holding his run to the edge of the area for a cutback and strike with either foot or darting to the near-post for a poacher’s finish with head or foot. He could stun a ball speeding in, flick it up, juggle it and volley it in, all under pressure from a merciless centre-half and on pitches that sometimes looked more suited to ploughing than pillaging goals.

And he scored vital goals. It feels like only yesterday, rather than 42 years ago, that Shaw was dribbling through Dinamo Kyiv’s defence and scoring with a low left-footed shot from the tightest of angles at Villa Park in 1982. It was not only a brilliant strike but hugely significant in Villa’s run to European glory.

So many fine finishes: running on to Dennis Mortimer’s through pass and driving the ball through Jim Platt’s legs at Middlesbrough in 1980; and gambling on a David Geddis flicked shot coming back off the post, falling to his right, connecting with his left in 1980 at Villa Park in the 3-0 Derby win over Blues – that athleticism and positioning again.

Shaw could link and create and finish, famously against Nottingham Forest in 1981, dropping deep and taking the ball from Morley, loaning it to Geddis, then giving it to Mortimer in the centre-circle and ghosting into the area. Kenny Swain, released by Mortimer, crossed low and hard from the right, Shaw timed his run to perfection, meeting it first time. A bad knee injury in 1983 lessened his impact but his mind was still sharp, taking him into the right positions. When Paul Rideout nodded down against West Brom in 1984, Shaw pounced.

For Villa fans, he was “one of our own”. For the rest of us admiring from afar, Shaw was a Boy’s Own hero, prolific and photogenic, the PFA Young Player of the Year, then European Young Footballer of the Year. Shaw would be worth a fortune in the modern era. His versatility would be highly prized. He could play as a second striker, centre-forward, even wide.

His partnership with Peter Withe was the proverbial rapier and broadsword, silk and steel. They cut a swathe through opposition defences. The photo of Shaw and Withe holding the 1982 European Cup above Morley and placing it on his head remains an iconic image and embodied Villa’s attacking approach. That year, Shaw made the 40-strong long-list for the World Cup but was eventually overlooked by Ron Greenwood. He ended up with just Under-21 caps, and only seven of them, crazy really, given his calibre.

Shaw’s impact felt even more uplifting because it was a counterpoint to the mood of the country at the time. With the dark clouds of unemployment, strikes and bombs in London parks scurrying across the landscape, a glamourous footballer who scored fabulous goals brought hope as well as joy.

Villa have lost a legend and English football has lost a player who lit up the 80s. His family have lost someone very special. Shaw was a very likeable and down-to-earth human being even to those of us who only encountered him briefly in the Villa Park press room. Just a really approachable guy. My thoughts with Gary Shaw’s family, friends and former team-mates. RIP.

[Football Away Days @AwayDays_]

Former Aston Villa player Ian Taylor with the fans In Bern tonight ahead of the game against Young Boys tomorrow. #avfc

[Aston Villa @AstonVilla]

Dibu was all of us after that Durán goal 😅

[Steve Johnson @OfficialJonno]

LETS GO !!!!!

[Aston Villa @AstonVilla]

Today's Aston Villa squad to face Leicester City 🟣