Aston Villa lifted our first piece of silverware for the season at the weekend as our first-team players welcomed new owners Nassef Sawiris and Wes Edens to the club.
Making the short trip to the Pirelli Stadium to face Burton Albion on Saturday, Villa took a comfortable 4-0 victory in the Bass Vase Trophy affair with goals coming from Jonathan Kodjia, Albert Adomah, Ritchie De Laet and Gary Gardner.
And that win makes us the winners of The Bass Vase trophy (just about ????)#AVFC pic.twitter.com/CdyrCLEGNm
— Aston Villa FC (@AVFCOfficial) July 21, 2018
Pre-season is all about fitness obviously but there’s nothing wrong with a bit of silverware and solid wins to boost confidence ahead of the coming 2018/19 Championship campaign. Irrespective of the poop hitting the fan recently, even if it wasn’t a stated aim this year, a quiet ambition would remain challenging for promotion as it’s what the club want and there will be fans who demand nothing less than the effort to achieve that.
Given the headlines this last month and a bit, pre-season games were also a welcome distraction!
Reactions to our success on social media as we close the gap on the Trillion Trophy bunch down the road weren’t entirely serious.
Taylor's toes are in a very unfortunate place.
— thASSos (@ThassosF) July 21, 2018
Can I bring my shirt back to get the extra star put on #avfc
— Stuart Launchbury (@sgl2277) July 21, 2018
You do realise that’s not Villa Park right??
— James Lakn (@JamesLakin88) July 21, 2018
Yes I do but as a turf professional I like to recognise others good work when I see it.
— Gareth Hand (@Gareth_Hand) July 21, 2018
Another ???? in the cabinet. Catching up on our neighbours down the road with their trillion
— Andrew Taylor (@AndrewTaylor85) July 21, 2018
much better than that £20 toy trophy we won a couple years back.
— Zlatan1985 (@Zlatans1985) July 21, 2018
much better than that £20 toy trophy we won a couple years back.
— Zlatan1985 (@Zlatans1985) July 21, 2018
first silverware together, time for the league and FA cup double this year lads
— ben (@Schmxtt) July 21, 2018
What's Doyle-Hayes playing at. 25°c outside and he's got long sleeves on ????
— David Watts (@DaveWatts93) July 21, 2018
@ScottieJinks First piece of silverware ????
— Ash Humby (@AshHumby) July 21, 2018
A day after big investment we've already won a trophy. Didn't take long!
— Self Bias Resistor (@Dylow) July 21, 2018
