More from Chicago

I wanted to share this photo of the three Lions Club chairmen that were in Chicago for the first North American Lions Club meet-up.

(from l-r  Rick Leong, (California Lions Club), Simon Leach (Chicago Lions Club), Chris Fetters (Seattle Lions Club)

Time to start thinking about next year!  UTV

Momentum for an Annual Event

 

 

The 2013 North America Lions Club Meet-Up held in Chicago this past weekend was an amazing success.  Kudos to Simon Leach, chairman of the Chicago Lions Club, for taking the lead in planning and organizing the event.  A tremendous thank you to the owners and staff at The Globe in Chicago.  It was a perfect venue and we all felt right at home.  Your arranging for our match field and the "fully equipped" team bus was above and beyond the call of duty.  Thanks so much!

 

Many voices in the crowd were eager for another one next year - so I think the momentum is already building to turn this into an annual event.

 

UTV!

Chicago 2013

It has been a busy month as preparations are being made for the FIRST meet-up of North American Lions Club branches set for 17 August 2013 in Chicago USA.  Simon Leach, chairman of the Chicago Lions Club has taken up the lead in organizing this first of what we hope will turn into an annual event.  The focus of the weekend will be joining together at The Globe Pub in Chicago to watch Villa take on Arsenal at The Emirates.

On Friday 16 Aug a match has been scheduled between AV Lions Club vs The Globe Pub team.  We will also be running a fundraiser for Acorns in conjunction with the weekend activities.  It is only a few weeks away!  A couple of us California Lions will be making the trip out to Chicago to participate in the festivities.  Up The Villa!

Villa Reach 1M Facebook Fans!

Wow.  Aston Villa has reached 1 Million Facebook fans - amazing.  AVFC California received a shout out from Eric Lichaj on the video produced to celebrate 1 millionth FB "Like".  It is so great to be a small part of this legendary football club!

AVFC California

Audio Boo

I recently discovered "Audio Boo" and Aston Villa's official Audio Boo page.  It is a great way to listen to Jack Woodward's iconic commentaries and descriptions of Villa goals.

http://audioboo.fm/channel/avfcofficial

Villa and U.S. TV

One of the most challenging aspects of this Lions Club chair thing is figuring out when Villa games are being broadcast "live" in the U.S.  Typically, the matches that are televised in the U.S. are broadcast on the primary Fox Soccer:  Fox Soccer Channel, Fox Soccer Plus, and Fox Soccer 2Go (internet by subscription).  Every once in awhile maybe ESPN2. 

I was informed today by a couple of our members that tomorrow's Liverpool match, listed as being broadcast on Fox Soccer 2Go, also is available live on "The Fuel Channel", which I have never heard of before.  Apparently it is available on DirectTV and ATTUverse.  I'm not even sure if our pubs have this channel. 

Because television is our only visual link to the Villa, I am going to have to find good sources for this information.  It's a challenge.  Once central site that is good is LiveSoccerTv.com