Tom 🦁

Dad. Husband. Primary Teacher. AVFC. Traveller. Colour blindness awareness!

[Tom 🦁 @tomronan90]

Did not expect to see Great Britain as I looked up from my garden! #clouds

[Tom 🦁 @tomronan90]

Two incredible goals! A corner perfectly executed and Buendia's magic left foot! Almost there boys!

[Aston Villa @AVFCOfficial]

Aston Villa is delighted to announce that the club will be competing in the UEFA Champions League for the 2026/27 season.

[Tom 🦁 @tomronan90]

@swiftys_dan Play the kids!

[Tom 🦁 @tomronan90]

One of the best performances I have ever seen! Istanbul here we come!

[Aston Villa @AVFCOfficial]

WE ARE EUROPA LEAGUE FINALISTS 😤

[Tom 🦁 @tomronan90]

@AVFCOfficial this needs recording and playing on a loop inside the ground ahead of kick off! Make it happen!

[Stan Collymore @StanCollymore]

Villans

Only one Villa team have broken the glass ceiling in our European history, we know their names, immortal in the history of our great club.

Many of us have tried and failed to to bring a magical European trophy back to Villa Park.

I remember that night against Atletico Madrid, glorious failure on the night. I've never heard Villa Park so loud. The Holte lead the way, and young Villans in K3, K4, K5, you have the chance to do something special and louder. You can and you must.

Make this grand old stadium stand for 90 minutes and never relent for one damn second.

But the Holte End is one fourth of the jigsaw.

Trinity. We need you.

North. We need you.

Witton (sorry Doug). We need you.

Bayern Munich. Beaten.
PSG. Beaten.
Atletico Madrid. Beaten.
Anderlecht. Beaten.
Athletic Bilbao. Beaten.
Barcelona. Beaten.
Inter Milan. Beaten.
Ajax. Beaten.
Celtic. Beaten.

A handful of clubs have those scalps.

The special sauce in every win? You, Villans. YOU.

Every one of those wins, the noise rivaled anywhere at any time.

We face admirable foe and a special football club that I know very well. A club who believed in miracles and miracles came true for them.

Our players need our voices, our songs, our heart and soul on Thursday. Every stand. Every Villan, old or young.

Remember when you walked into Villa Park for the first time? The joy, the tears, the pride, holding the hand of your Mom or Dad or excitedly shephereded in by your big brother or sister or best mate?

Let the memory of them be your guide tomorrow night.

Sing for Spinksy, Birchy, Alan McInally, for Gary Shaw, for Brian Little, for Paul McGrath and for John McGinn.

To the players and staff, we know how good you are, and we ALL want you to walk into the pantheon of greats that adorn our halls.

As someone once said..

"The lows just make the highs higher. We are at the heart of English football, we have a majestic name, a decorated past, we serve as a shining light among our peers, we are Aston Villa ".

I believe.
We believe.
Villa believes.

UP THE FUCKING EUROPEAN VILLA!!!!

[Tom 🦁 @tomronan90]

First half impressions:
Rogers, Barkley and Abraham - completely invisible
Bogarde and Sancho - I wish they were invisible

Whole team looks like they are playing the wrong sport!

[Tom 🦁 @tomronan90]

Am I right in thinking if Bournemouth fail to win today and we beat Spurs, CL is secured? @AVFCOfficial #UTV

[Tom 🦁 @tomronan90]

Talk about doing it the hard way!

[Aston Villa @AVFCOfficial]

GOT THE JOB DONE.

[Tom 🦁 @tomronan90]

Can't watch the Villa game today but hard to complain when this is the view! #UTV from #Grenada

[Tom 🦁 @tomronan90]

@JamesCWestwood If you're still there, look into the segway tours, was a great way to see a lot of the city.

[Tom 🦁 @tomronan90]

@currys Currys' Indian restaurant coming soon?

[Tom 🦁 @tomronan90]

Rogers + Sancho + Abraham gonna cook!

[Aston Villa @AVFCOfficial]

This evening's starting XI ✊ #UEL

[Tom 🦁 @tomronan90]

Could the Watkins' booking be a reason to see Tammy earlier in the second half? #avfc

[Tom 🦁 @tomronan90]

This is utter shite once again @AVFCOfficial something needs to change and quick or our whole season is derailed!

[Tom 🦁 @tomronan90]

Fucking embarrassing, Villa!

[Tom 🦁 @tomronan90]

Welcome home Dougie!

[Aston Villa @AVFCOfficial]

Welcome home, Dougie 😍

Aston Villa is delighted to announce that Douglas Luiz has joined the club on loan from Juventus! 🇧🇷

[Tom 🦁 @tomronan90]

They say don't fall in love with a loan player... I'm glad I did all those years ago!

[Aston Villa @AVFCOfficial]

🎶 Woah, Tammy, Tammy… 🎶

Aston Villa is delighted to announce the signing of Tammy Abraham on a permanent transfer! 💜

[Tom 🦁 @tomronan90]

@theavfcfaithful @SkySportDE £100 and a bag of bibs... take it or leave it... we can't afford any more

[Tom 🦁 @tomronan90]

@JamesCWestwood I've been sitting back too long! Need to hit it again