Europa League Winners Post-Match Celebration Perma-sticky

[LeeB]

Some good facts on the game on Pravda.

https://www.avfc.co.uk/news/2026/may/28/uel-postmatch-interesting-facts-behind-villa-s-europa-league-success/

I particularly liked the bolded bits.

Overall, the Villans won 13 matches in the Europa League proper this campaign, the joint-most of any winning team in the tournament's 17-year history under its current guise, with the exception of qualifiers.

This record saw them ensure they still have the most wins of any side in European competitions since start of the 2023/24 campaign (27), which will be levelled by Paris Saint-Germain this weekend should they defeat Arsenal in Saturday's Champions League final. Villa's 17 clean sheets in that time is bettered only by the Gunners.

For those one person who will be supporting Arse on Saturday, we need to hope PSG don't win to go level with us.

No, we'll beat them in Salzburg in few months anyway to get it back, plus we make ground on the clean sheets.

[frankmosswasmyuncle]

That's a wonderful piece of writing exigo!
Well done mate and be proud.
Strikes a strong chord because of the family connections etc...Uncle Frank was born in Aston and two of his three boys, Frank Jnr and Amos, also played for The Villa and were born in the same house as their Dad! We lived round the corner, so saw them regularly, especially at family functions. It goes without saying that the whole family was Villa. I was christened at St Peter and St Paul's and attended my first away game, making my own way, when I was 14. I was hooked! It's in the blood. Just got off the phone with my 90 year old cousin John, who could hardly control his absolute delight in what The Villa have achieved in the last few weeks.
Thank you so much for putting my feelings, and so many of us, into the words that I could only dream of.

[PeterWithesShin]

[KevinGage]

Was there any coverage of the fans park or the centre of Istanbul during the game anywhere at all ?

I didn't see any. No alcohol there meant people couldn't throw beer over each other, so the news outlets didn't bother covering it.

There was alcohol being served in the fans park during the day .

Heard rumours before the day of the game the Fanzone in Taskim was due to be a dry one.

But they were serving overpriced pints of Efes before during and after.

[PeterWithesShin]

Fans pf other fans creaming themselves

[Somniloquism]

Heard rumours before the day of the game the Fanzone in Taskim was due to be a dry one.

But they were serving overpriced pints of Efes before during and after.

I think a lot of people were confusing the "Fanzone" on the day with the UEFA event on the Tuesday north of the stadium which was alcohol free.

[Dogtanian]

Walked through the door after work to immediately see the commemorative Winners magazine on my dining table.

I did grin. 

[Coop]

I know it's unlikely, but has anyone here got a spare programme? I ordered one from European Nights via ebay, but they failed to deliver, and closed my order when I took issue with them. A family member then ordered one from the club online shop when it reappeared (for some reason, it won't accept my own payment details), but they received an email today telling them that there's none left. Bollocks!

P.S. Got my Winners mag today as well. Over-priced like everything, but nice.

[Dogtanian]

I know it's unlikely, but has anyone here got a spare programme? I ordered one from European Nights via ebay, but they failed to deliver, and closed my order when I took issue with them. A family member then ordered one from the club online shop when it reappeared (for some reason, it won't accept my own payment details), but they received an email today telling them that there's none left. Bollocks!

P.S. Got my Winners mag today as well. Over-priced like everything, but nice.

I was at the Villa Park store this morning, and there were a couple of dozen Final programmes there. They’re at the end of the shelves people queue along, facing the shirt printing area.

[Coop]

Nice one, Dogtanian. Thanks very much. I'll instruct my representative.

[ADVILLAFAN]

30 minute highlights of the Europa League Final on TNT tomorrow.

[Dogtanian]

What’s this on about?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cly79e29l3ro

Fined and a suspended ban for our fans?

[olaftab]

Apparently derogatory to the travelling community. I assume as fine has been imposed and Club have agreed and accepted the punishment it’s all kosher. So why the f*** would a group of our fans do that?

[ajmant]

Blooming heck. Honestl! sadly we have our own muppets.

[PeterWithesShin]

Aston Villa have been fined €10,000 (£8,625; $11,359) and handed a suspended one-match ban on selling tickets to away fans by UEFA after supporters displayed a “discriminatory banner” during the Europa League final against Freiburg.

The ban, which would have applied to their first Champions League away game of the 2026-27 season, is suspended for a probationary period of two years.

UEFA, European football’s governing body, announced on Wednesday that its Control, Ethics and Disciplinary Body (CEDB) had reached the decision.

A UEFA source, speaking anonymously as they weren’t authorised to do so publicly, told The Athletic the banner in question referenced the traveller community.

UEFA rules dictate that “the match organiser, together with the police commander for the match and the safety and security officer, must prevent any provocative action being taken by spectators inside or in the immediate vicinity of the stadium (unacceptable levels of verbal provocation from spectators towards players or opposing fans, racist behaviour, provocative banners or flags, etc.).

“Should such action arise, the match organiser, the police commander for the match and the safety and security officer must intervene over the public address system or remove any offensive material.”