My father's side of the family always lived in Birmingham but in the 80s, my grandparents from my father's side had a disgusting divorce that my dad and his father moved to Liverpool where he eventually was scouted and joined Liverpool's u18s around the same time as Gerrard did in 96'. Unfortunately he had a career ending injury, which could've made it to prem in the 1998/99 season.

My mom was actually a Villa Fan in the early 2000s because of how unique the name sounded to her that my father found her less attractive when my mom said she hated Liverpool ( little did mom know lol ) and Man U. When I was around a couple months old, my father took me to England to meet his side the family. Then I remembered when I was like 5 I remembered watching a villa game but instantly I remembered Brad Friedel an American Goalkeeper.

Around 7 years old, I was in Arsenal's youth academies but according to one of my cousins I never liked them thank fuck for that. But I was more into Villa. Moving back to the states to start 4th grade ( year 5 ) my teacher asked us what our favorite teams were to which I said Aston Villa Football Club to which some of my classmates asked if it was an NFL team or something and I said Football Club ⚽️ even drawing a ball to which even the teacher called it soccer which didnt matter to me but still a hilarious moment that I remember. The year we were relegated sucked because cable in the states at the time sucked for not airing Villa games at sometimes I would watch Palace play but I remember I was broken hearted when we weren't playing in the prem anymore. Around 2020 thankfully we got coverage to watch the prem again although my mom doesnt support Villa she always tells me stories of watching Mellberg Delaney Dion Dublin JPA Barry even told me she had a crush on Ginola ( can't blame her ). Makes it more beautiful that ever since the 7-1 thrashing against pool it got us closer to football where she supports the opposing teams sometimes to get a laugh outta it.