Brigada 1874 banida durante 3 jogos por se recusar a sentar !!

"Aston Villa FC eject fans at home to Man City for standing after 4 minutesof the game. Brigada 1874 were targeted by the club despite the whole Holte End standing and fans complying with stewards request to sit down. The group were told this order had come from Tom Fox. Those ejected were banned for 3 games."

C Crew (Aston Villa), cerca de 1980/82 em Birmingham.

Retirado do acervo do facebook "Aston Villa away".

Allways Claret And Blue banner (Aston Villa lads).

Brigada 1874 - End of season vid.

'We're Aston Villa we'll sit where we want'

Antifascist banner by Brigada 1874 (Aston Villa).

Faixa contra o Futebol Moderno (Brigada 1874 - Aston Villa).

Brigada 1874 no jogo contra o Blackburn.

Mais retratos aqui: http://brigada1874ultras.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=new&action=display&thread=476

Brigada 1874 (Aston Villa)

Protesto de fans do Aston Villa contra McLeish.

Aston Villa Anti Mcleish Protest

Entrevista à Brigada 1874, pelos Rebel Ultras - Mtz Ripo)

Hi, please introduce yourself and your position in your group
Hello mate, I'm one of the original members of Brigada 1874 and one of the 'core' who helps out in the painting of the banner, making two sticks, flags etc.

Tell us a bit of the history of your group? And tell what is now?

The group is still very young and small, we formed the group in August 2010, after agreeing that the support at Villa Park just wasn't what it used to be, a lot of us have friends from other ultra groups and have experienced games with ultra groups before we formed the group. We wanted to make noise, bring colour back to the stadium but we didn't just want to be a supporters group we wanted to be much more then that and that is why we formed an ultra group. We know how strong the unity of a ultra group is and you seem to go from a bunch of lads going to a footie game to a union, family, brigade (brigada) going to a football game. Like I said we are still small but since we started we’ve been growing and we’ve found some great members who have a big interest in the ultra scene and share a devotion to the club. We have also found that a lot of Villa fans do want a change and having seen the likes of Rapid Vienna and Ajax group come to Villa Park want to see Villa Park return to the caldron that it once was.

Now tell me more about you city. He, like all cities of England deserves special mention.

Birmingham is a great city, it’s the second city of England and one of the most multicultural cities you’ll find in the country. If you go to the city centre it proves my point completely seeing people from all ethnicities and backgrounds. Birmingham has also given birth to many well known bands and artists in particular famous Ska/Reggae bands such as UB40, Steel pulse and The Beat. Also can't forget Rock legends, Led Zeppelin and Ozzy Osbourne! More recently we’ve seen bands such as Ocean Colour Scene, The Twang and The Streets all coming from this great city. Sadly the area has been hit hard by successive government cuts and the outsourcing of industry abroad, while Birmingham was once the manufacturing hub of the country the vast majority of the cities factories have now closed down, most notably we’ve lost the HP factory and Rover which hit the area hard.

What’s the relationship between Brigada 1874 and other Villa Fans and hooligans (like villa hardcore)?

We don’t have any connections with any hooligan groups at Villa. Because the culture in England has traditionally been geared towards the casual/hooligan scene some people think that being an ultra is the same thing. We’re beginning to change some peoples perspective of what being an ultra means and how there is differences, but this will take time.

Who is your biggest enemies, and who is your friends?

Our biggest enemies are Small Heath Alliance (Small Heath Alliance) you may have seen the scenes last season when we played them at their ground? At the final whistle the blues fans ran on the pitch and postured towards the Villa fans, they choose to stop at the line of police and instead got involved in a game of flare tennis. This went on for a while until the inbreds threw it at their own fans! It’s tradiotnal that The Sty (St Andrews) gets redecorated each time we play them,, this year even saw the club install portaloos for 3 months of the season, choosing not to replace the permanent ones until we’d played there in the league!
We have no friends, some lads have personal friendships with people from other groups but we have no official links with any other groups or teams.
The top league is very competitive and every game would be seen as a rivalry but the ones that stand out the most are Wolves, West Brom but mainly Small Heath they're are biggest rivals. We have no friendships with other fans in Britain.

What’s your group political view?

We are an Anti-Fascist, anti-racist and a non-sectarian group. We believe that people should be united in their support for Aston Villa so anyone who promotes division based upon ethnicity, religion or nationality will obviously not be tolerated in the group.

What’s your opinion about violence?

We are a non violent group, which means we won't go looking for trouble but like any group of friends if we saw a comrade getting a bit of trouble we would help.

Can you tell something about the English ultras scene?

The English ultra scene is still a small one but it’s growing. Some clubs have groups of supporters who claim to be ultras but aren't, for example a group at a lower division club in England agreed with the clubs stewards that they shuld remain seated throughout the game! While there are many phoneys who claim to be ultras there are also some inspiring groups who’ve really pushed things forward in England, Crystal palace's Holmesdale Fanatics have a good set-up and mentality and have put on quite a few cracking displays there are also smaller groups like ourselves who seem to be going the right way such as Fosse Boys at Leicester City.

What are your future plans?

We hope to grow and gain some new members who can contribute to the group, but we would rather have 30 members with the right mentality, ethos and principles etc. then 200 members with none of the above. We hope to get any doubters on board and hopefully put on a few good displays on next season. However we'll be taking things a step at a time and at the moment we look forward for a few pre season trips and a section for next season!

Fuck modern football and small heath alliance! Up the Villa! Brigada 1874.

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Antifascist Aston Villa flag waving in the middle of Villa Park multitude..

Antifascist Aston Villa flag waving in the middle of Villa Park multitude..
Bandeira antifascista do Aston Villa ondeada no meio da multidão do Villa Park..

Video da Brigada 1874 (full version).

"A new fans group – Brigada 1874" Artigo sobre o novo grupo surgido no seio das bancadas do Villa.

«Brigada 1874 were formed when a group of like minded Villa lads got together in pre-season with a shared desire to bring more colour, vibrancy and noise to Villa games with the long term goal of making Villa Park the cauldron that it once was and on occasions can be. (...)»

Visualizar restante artigo aqui: http://astonvilla-views.com/2010/11/02/a-new-fans-group-brigada-1874-avfc/

1º jogo com a Brigada 1874, do Aston Villa. Amanhã.

Já aqui tinha sido abordado o desabrochar deste grupo de apoio ao Aston Villa.
Eis que, amanhã, a propósito do jogo para a Carling Cup com o Burnley eles se dão a conhecer como colectivo actuante nas Bancadas do estádio do Villa.
Com direito a bandeiras, tifo, etc.. Cousa não muito comum de se assistir por aquelas paragens.

Pode-se seguir o jogo aqui:
http://www.futebol-aovivo.com/jogos/2010_10_27/4ca5073f/inglaterra-carling-cup/aston-villa-burnley-transmissao-gratis-online
Qua. 27. Outubro 2010
20:45


PRESS RELEASE anteriormente emitido:
«Following a meeting of like minded Villa supporters on the 14th August an Aston Villa ultras group was formed, the name of this group is Brigada 1874. The group is composed of those who bleed claret and blue and want to bring colour, vibrancy, noise and passion to the terraces.

In the modern game where many a good supporter has been pushed away from the ground by high ticket prices and draconian policing while those who remain are often subject to over zealous stewarding we want to take something back for those who make the game what it is. We aim to follow in the tradition of ultra groups in Europe and learn from the example made by the handful of ultra groups who've been active in the UK over the past few years.

The group is currently in it's embryonic stages and the next few months will be spent setting the foundations of the group, designing displays and making banners and flags. Owing to the fact that those involved are based in various areas of Villa Park our first appearances this season are likely to be at away games.

The group is based upon five basic principles, these are;

-We support the players for the entirety of the game no matter how well or poorly we are playing.
-We stand throughout the game
-We make as much noise and create as big a scene as possible on the terraces.
-We are anti-fascist, anti-racist and non-sectarian. Those who promote division based upon ethnicity, religion or nationality will not be tolerated in the group.
-We act in unsion as a group, while we may have differences of opinion on some issues regarding the club we will always act in unity and back one another up at the game.

Those who are interested in getting involved with the group can contact us here via pm or email us at brigada1874@gmail.com. Prospective members should agree with the founding principles and bring that spirit into the group. All potential members will be vetted.»

Surgimento de um grupo de cariz "ultra" no seio das bancadas do Aston Villa.

Surgimento de um grupo de cariz "ultra" nas bancadas do Aston Villa.
Coisa rara no Reino Unido, eis que é dado o pontapé de saída para lançamento de um novo grupo no seio dos adeptos deste clube de Birmingham, de seu nome BRIGADA 1874.

PRESS RELEASE:
Following a meeting of like minded Villa supporters on the 14th August an Aston Villa ultras group was formed, the name of this group is Brigada 1874. The group is composed of those who bleed claret and blue and want to bring colour, vibrancy, noise and passion to the terraces.

In the modern game where many a good supporter has been pushed away from the ground by high ticket prices and draconian policing while those who remain are often subject to over zealous stewarding we want to take something back for those who make the game what it is. We aim to follow in the tradition of ultra groups in Europe and learn from the example made by the handful of ultra groups who've been active in the UK over the past few years.

The group is currently in it's embryonic stages and the next few months will be spent setting the foundations of the group, designing displays and making banners and flags. Owing to the fact that those involved are based in various areas of Villa Park our first appearances this season are likely to be at away games.

The group is based upon five basic principles, these are;

-We support the players for the entirety of the game no matter how well or poorly we are playing.
-We stand throughout the game
-We make as much noise and create as big a scene as possible on the terraces.
-We are anti-fascist, anti-racist and non-sectarian. Those who promote division based upon ethnicity, religion or nationality will not be tolerated in the group.
-We act in unsion as a group, while we may have differences of opinion on some issues regarding the club we will always act in unity and back one another up at the game.

Those who are interested in getting involved with the group can contact us here via pm or email us at brigada1874@gmail.com. Prospective members should agree with the founding principles and bring that spirit into the group. All potential members will be vetted.

Martin O'Neills claret n blue army!

T-shirt dos Aston Villa antifascists...

Alguma rapaziada dos Aston Villa vai deslocar-se em forma de equipa ao Mundial Anti-racista que se vai realizar este ano em Belfast.
E já têm uma tshirt para o efeito!

«The Aston Villa Anti-Fascists are going to the Anti-Racism World Cup in Belfast next month. They’re not only going but they’re playing, which should be fun. We’re making them some t-shirts to play in. The finished shirts will be claret and blue, obviously.»
http://sabcat.com/news/?p=50

Pin dos AVAF.

Pin dos AVAF (já aqui referidos), cujas receitas reverterão para a feitura de uma bandeira, ou estandarte, do grupo.
Podem ser feitas encomendas a partir deste site do EBAY.
Preço: £0.99 + portes.

(O próximo jogo do Aston Villa será este Domingo (28 Fevereiro) com o Manchester United, para a final da Carling Cup, às 15:00.
Localização: Wembley Stadium, London, United Kingdom.)

Mais recente comunicado dos AVAF.

Mais recente comunicado dos AVAF - ASTON VILLA ANTI-FASCISTS:

«We are a group of anti-fascists who support Aston Villa. We originally set up our group about ten years ago to counter the bnp who were actively recruiting members from Villa hooligans, especially through the England football hooligan scene.

The bnp didn't really get very far in their project in getting new recruits, due to Birmingham being a multi-cultural city, and we believe that our fanzines, and sticker campaigns were also partly responsible for this success.

Some of our members fought with the Villa firms in the 80's, which were partly multi-cultural firms, but definitely non-political, basically football casual hooligans, which was the tradition at that time. Others in our group were just disgusted at the thought of fascists using Aston Villa Football Club as a vehicle to put out their poison. It has to be said that we had supporters of birmingham city helping us, which was great due to the traditional hostility between the two sets of supporters for no other reason than tribal conflict.

With the bnp retreating nationally from street politics and football violence, in part due to them wanting to create a more respectable image, but also because they were getting their heads battered in at marches and meetings all over the uk, we stepped down our campaign. But recently, the bnp have again emerged and are now using the hype against Al Quaeda and Islamic fundamentalism, as a cloak to re-generate support. They have organised the edl (english defence league) to bring english football hooligans togeather to attack local asian communities, seeing them as an easy target. Because of this, we have relaunched our campaign: ( http://www.fashwatch.org/?p=85 ) with great support and success so far.

We have many links with anti-fascists around the uk. Of course at Celtic who are traditionally to the fore when it comes to combating the far right, we have many contacts, plus also at Man Utd, Sunderland, Arsenal, Wolves, Man City, Hibs, and we even have contacts at rangers, who have to keep undercover a bit more than the rest of us obviously. Across Europe, we have contacts with many antifa groups or individuals from Athletic Bilbao's HNT, Celtarras Vigo, FC St Pauli, Benfica's No Name Boys, Sporting Lisbon, Vitoria Setubal casuals, Gruppo Estoril, Bordeaux Ultra Marines, and many others, including now Bukaneros from Rayo Vallecano.

Salút
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