tismyk Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 http://www.sportskeeda.com/football/aston-villa-opens-football-academy-new-delhi Aston Villa opens football academy in New Delhi f The New Delhi Aston Villa academy will coach and train youngsters from the age of 5. by Press Release News 25 Jul 2016, 18:39 IST Updated : 25 Jul 2016, 20:12 IST Aston Villa chairman Tony Xia speaks during the press conference “Aston Villa Football Club, one of the most successful football clubs in the history of English Football, plans to expand globally and India is one of the countries where Aston Villa not only want to have an Indian Super League club but also open Football Academies all over India!”, says Tony Xia, Chairman, Aston Villa Football Club while addressing the media in New Delhi announcing the launch of its Academy in India. “Aston Villa has one of the best football academies in the world and has fans all over the world and some of our famous fans include David Cameron, Prince William, Tom Hanks and using our network we also want to help promote U17 FIFA World Cup being held in India next year and make it a big sports celebration in India!”, he further added. Aston Villa FC’s Chairman, Tony Xia and group members of Aston Villa club, have been holding meetings with several members of the Indian Government including the Minister of Sport (Mr. Vijay Goel) and the Minister of Education (Mr. Prakesh Javedekar) to discuss providing the training for football coaches for Indian state schools to be based at a new Aston Villa academy and training facility to be opened in New Delhi. The objective is for India to have a national football team challenging on the international stage within a generation and for India to host the World Cup. The New Delhi Aston Villa academy will also coach and train youngsters from the age of 5 as Aston Villa does in England. Also, Aston Villa FC believes in equal opportunity in sports for every kid and therefore we plan to send coaches and provide coaching programme for poor kids and girls! Aston Villa co-founded the Football League and the English Premier League and has spent the second longest period (105 years) in England’s top tier of football. It has won the top league seven times and has also beaten Bayern Munich to win the European Cup, now called the Champions League. It is also the leading club in the Midlands playing at its iconic Villa Park Stadium in Birmingham, England’s 2nd largest city, which has a large Indian population. Aston Villa’s football academy and training ground is regarded as one of the very best in football and is located outside Birmingham at Bodymoor Heath. The Sports & Leisure Division of Recon Group, one of the leading Smart City Builders of the World has purchased Aston Villa Football Club in June 2016 and Dr. Tony Xia became the youngest owner of a top English football club. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post PieFacE Posted July 25, 2016 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted July 25, 2016 (edited) Certainly a good thing imo. Tony seems to have done more to expand the name of Aston Villa in 2 months than Randy Lerner did in the past 8 years. All positive stuff . Edited July 25, 2016 by PieFacE 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 Why not take over a team in the Indian league and ship out all our wasters we can't get rid off to "promote" the league. Sure there must be some kind of write off, financial mumbo jumbo we could use to get around FFP. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted July 25, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted July 25, 2016 3 minutes ago, sne said: Why not take over a team in the Indian league and ship out all our wasters we can't get rid off to "promote" the league. Sure there must be some kind of write off, financial mumbo jumbo we could use to get around FFP. Problem is getting our wasters to want to go there, which is unlikely. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 Good for 2 reasons 1) it's a country of 1.25bn people where football isn't the biggest sport with I'm lazily going to say some fairly unloyal glory hunting fans ripe for the picking 2) and this is potentially the big quicker thing, brum is a city of 65k Indians, 6% of the city, 220k Indians in the West Midlands 4% of the region, what's the demographic of our crowd? 40k sell out is there a couple of thousand Indians? Nowhere near from what I've seen this could be the start of something very good for us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phumfeinz Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 1 hour ago, PieFacE said: Certainly a good thing imo. Tony seems to have done more for expand the name of Aston Villa in 2 months than Randy Lerner did in the past 8 years. All positive stuff . B-b-but the tapestry! The pub renovation! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 33 minutes ago, PieFacE said: Problem is getting our wasters to want to go there, which is unlikely. Free bar and all the vindaloo they can eat? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted July 25, 2016 Moderator Share Posted July 25, 2016 Good work Dr. X. He's certainly in a hurry. Expanding our brand as he goes All the exposure helps. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villakram Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 send Gabby over and let's get a breeding program going! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 3 minutes ago, villakram said: send Gabby over and let's get a breeding program going! We want to breed talent. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 ASTON INDIA!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Albert Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 13 minutes ago, rodders0223 said: We want to breed talent. law of averages Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meme Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 1 hour ago, PieFacE said: Problem is getting our wasters to want to go there, which is unlikely. Flabby's contract would be paid in burgers. He would immediately accept. Lescott can barely see a ball in front of him, so he would be thinking he'd be signing a new contract. Guzan will try and save something in the plane, accidentally hit the door and fall to his doom. Bacuna is heading to Barcelona, so no need to worry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 1 hour ago, villakram said: send Gabby over and let's get a breeding program going! Population is already 1.25BN 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mockingbird_franklin Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 1 hour ago, Richard said: Population is already 1.25BN bloody amateurs compared to Gabby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 This what he's spending the 50million transfer kitty on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meme Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 6 minutes ago, Neil said: This what he's spending the 50million transfer kitty on? the purpose of that money is highlighted in bold. the money in that area would not be invested elsewhere. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 8 hours ago, tismyk said: http://www.sportskeeda.com/football/aston-villa-opens-football-academy-new-delhi Aston Villa opens football academy in New Delhi f The New Delhi Aston Villa academy will coach and train youngsters from the age of 5. by Press Release News 25 Jul 2016, 18:39 IST Updated : 25 Jul 2016, 20:12 IST Aston Villa chairman Tony Xia speaks during the press conference “Aston Villa Football Club, one of the most successful football clubs in the history of English Football, plans to expand globally and India is one of the countries where Aston Villa not only want to have an Indian Super League club but also open Football Academies all over India!”, says Tony Xia, Chairman, Aston Villa Football Club while addressing the media in New Delhi announcing the launch of its Academy in India. “Aston Villa has one of the best football academies in the world and has fans all over the world and some of our famous fans include David Cameron, Prince William, Tom Hanks and using our network we also want to help promote U17 FIFA World Cup being held in India next year and make it a big sports celebration in India!”, he further added. Aston Villa FC’s Chairman, Tony Xia and group members of Aston Villa club, have been holding meetings with several members of the Indian Government including the Minister of Sport (Mr. Vijay Goel) and the Minister of Education (Mr. Prakesh Javedekar) to discuss providing the training for football coaches for Indian state schools to be based at a new Aston Villa academy and training facility to be opened in New Delhi. The objective is for India to have a national football team challenging on the international stage within a generation and for India to host the World Cup. The New Delhi Aston Villa academy will also coach and train youngsters from the age of 5 as Aston Villa does in England. Also, Aston Villa FC believes in equal opportunity in sports for every kid and therefore we plan to send coaches and provide coaching programme for poor kids and girls! Aston Villa co-founded the Football League and the English Premier League and has spent the second longest period (105 years) in England’s top tier of football. It has won the top league seven times and has also beaten Bayern Munich to win the European Cup, now called the Champions League. It is also the leading club in the Midlands playing at its iconic Villa Park Stadium in Birmingham, England’s 2nd largest city, which has a large Indian population. Aston Villa’s football academy and training ground is regarded as one of the very best in football and is located outside Birmingham at Bodymoor Heath. The Sports & Leisure Division of Recon Group, one of the leading Smart City Builders of the World has purchased Aston Villa Football Club in June 2016 and Dr. Tony Xia became the youngest owner of a top English football club. He "don't let the grass grow under his feet" does he. True ACTION MAN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 He certainly "don't let the grass grow under his feet" does he? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srsmithusa Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 He's just trying to curry favor. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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