My Old Man Said

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FoundedJune 2011 (site 2012)
CountryUK
LanguageEnglish
Website Official site
ISSN 1447-0012
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My Old Man Said (MOMS) is the name of the online publication and Aston Villa F.C. supporters' group. MOMS was formed in 2011 from the ashes of the supporter protest against the controversial appointment of Aston Villa F.C. manager Alex McLeish. [1] The group and site takes its name from the Aston Villa supporters' song My Old Man.

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An affiliated member of the Football Supporters' Federation (FSF), as a supporter's group, MOMS aims to represent Villa supporter's interests in a rational and common sense manner. MOMS is a member of the Aston Villa Fan Consultation Group that regularly meets with club officials to constructively address supporter issues.

As a website / blog, MOMS also aims to provide an original voice and provide a more supporter-slanted view of football issues. There is also a penchant for Villa nostalgia and sometimes a humorous and satirical outlook.[ citation needed ]

MOMS won the 'Best New Football Blog' award in 2012 and the judges' award for the 'Best Established Football Blog' in 2014. [2] MOMS is a nominee in the 2016 FSF Awards.

The group was originally started by David Michael, an Aston Villa supporter and writer/journalist (inc. The Times , Sydney Morning Herald , GQ , Vogue , FHM , Rolling Stone , Filmink , The Big Issue , The Evening Standard , The Independent ), who first requested the club to issue an announcement to Villa supporters to admit an interest in Alex McLeish as a potential managerial candidate, since it had at first seemed an incredulous press rumour. Michael then helped oversee the resulting peaceful protest against the appointment; liaising with fans, the club and the West Midlands Police.

While the group supported McLeish during his tenure of the club, the original fears of most Villa fans were realised when a series of poor performances ultimately left the club a whisker away from relegation and picking up some new unwelcome club records - like the worst home record in any season of Villa's long history. Alex McLeish was sacked, [3] but at least he could claim an epitaph in inspiring the creation of a new and popular Villa supporter group.

Some of the My Old Man Said's actions

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