Should we rename the club to include Birmingham in our name?

[bertlambshank]

Fuck of off.

[TheSandman]

[Percy McCarthy]

We should change the name of (the city of) Birmingham to Aston.

Agreed.

[Percy McCarthy]

No No and thrice no! We were not part of Birmingham when we were formed, so why would we want to steal their name?

Some would say that you're obsessed with 'them'.

Or 'us' as he calls them.

[adrenachrome]

No No and thrice no! We were not part of Birmingham when we were formed, so why would we want to steal their name?

Some would say that you're obsessed with 'them'.

Or 'us' as he calls them.

We are not amused.

[Darlo Dave]

So if we were ever to build a new stadium in the future, do you guys think it should only ever be built in Aston?

A lot of clubs don't play where they were formed e.g. Small Heath play in Bordesley, Milwall play in Bermondsey, Everton play in Walton etc.

Is VP not actually in Witton, not Aston?

[Handsworth Wood Villa]

So if we were ever to build a new stadium in the future, do you guys think it should only ever be built in Aston?

A lot of clubs don't play where they were formed e.g. Small Heath play in Bordesley, Milwall play in Bermondsey, Everton play in Walton etc.

Is VP not actually in Witton, not Aston?

I thought that Witton was in Aston though.

We have a B6 postcode which is Aston...

[Warren Aspinall]

Espanyol of Barcelona

Aston Villa of Birmingham?

Espanyol of Barcelona translates as 'Spain of Barcelona'
should we become 'England of Aston'

[Marlon From Bearwood]

Espanyol means Spanish.

[Archie]

Espanyol means Spanish.

Yes, the name has sense only if you think that Espanyol is an adjective. The whole name is  Real (Royal) Club Deportivo (sporting) Espanyol, it stresses that is a Spanish club, whereas Barcelona is a catalan club.

[martyn ellis]

I don't for one minute think we should change the name but the point was made very early on in this thread that people from overseas rarely know where Aston Villa FC is from. We share this potential 'issue' with clubs like Everton and London clubs like QPR, Fulham, Spurs, who don't carry the name of their city in their club name. Who knows where Real Sociedad, Levante, Osasuna from the Spanish league are based? Probably doesn't matter but people from overseas (I meet quite a lot of them through work) often ask me what part of London AVFC  is from.

[pauliewalnuts]

I don't for one minute think we should change the name but the point was made very early on in this thread that people from overseas rarely know where Aston Villa FC is from. We share this potential 'issue' with clubs like Everton and London clubs like QPR, Fulham, Spurs, who don't carry the name of their city in their club name. Who knows where Real Sociedad, Levante, Osasuna from the Spanish league are based? Probably doesn't matter but people from overseas (I meet quite a lot of them through work) often ask me what part of London AVFC  is from.

No offence, but fuck people from overseas, who really gives a shit if they don't know where we're from?

[myf]

How about we rename Birmingham as aston . the city centre was originally within the parish of aston (as was small heath)

[Warren Aspinall]

I don't for one minute think we should change the name but the point was made very early on in this thread that people from overseas rarely know where Aston Villa FC is from. We share this potential 'issue' with clubs like Everton and London clubs like QPR, Fulham, Spurs, who don't carry the name of their city in their club name. Who knows where Real Sociedad, Levante, Osasuna from the Spanish league are based? Probably doesn't matter but people from overseas (I meet quite a lot of them through work) often ask me what part of London AVFC  is from.

What, you mean there's no such place as Sociedad, Levante or Osasuna.?

[Ad@m]

I don't for one minute think we should change the name but the point was made very early on in this thread that people from overseas rarely know where Aston Villa FC is from. We share this potential 'issue' with clubs like Everton and London clubs like QPR, Fulham, Spurs, who don't carry the name of their city in their club name. Who knows where Real Sociedad, Levante, Osasuna from the Spanish league are based? Probably doesn't matter but people from overseas (I meet quite a lot of them through work) often ask me what part of London AVFC  is from.

To be fair, when you tell quite a lot of foreigners you're from England, the only city they know of is London.  Changing the club's name to include Birmingham wouldn't help.