The strange 推論する／理由 why Prince William and his friends support Aston 郊外住宅
にもかかわらず Aston 郊外住宅 only winning the European Cup once,?Prince William?has been a long-time 支持者 of the Birmingham-based club - a rather surprising choice for the London-based 王室の.
Last year, the Prince of むちの跡s, 42, was spotted enjoying a pint of cider with 郊外住宅 支持者s at a Wetherspoon's pub in?Birmingham New Street 駅／配置する.
And on Wednesday he was pictured 元気づける in the stands with Prince George as his beloved team took on Paris Saint-Germain at Parc des Princes.
The 未来 君主 even tried his 手渡す at TV punditry?ahead of the match, 言及／関連ing old games and players by 指名する.
'We all saw the Liverpool game,' he told TNT Sports hosts Rio Ferdinand and 同盟（する） McCoist. 'PSG's intensity, in the first 脚, they were unbelievable. They gave a lot of 圧力, they 圧力（をかける） very high. So for Unai tonight, and team, it's about managing that 圧力（をかける）.'
Former Manchester Un ited defender Ferdinand?was 十分な of 賞賛する for the 王室の, joking: 'Do not go for a punditry 職業, please, because I could be out of the game. The way he just dissected that there, I'm going to nick that for later on.'
But William's love for 'The Villans' started long before this season for a rather strange 推論する／理由.
The Prince of むちの跡s explained to the BBC in 2015: 'A long time ago at school, I got into football, big time. I was looking around for a club to support, and all my friends at school were either Manchester 部隊d fans or Chelsea fans.'
William pictured in the stands with Prince George and his friend Thomas 先頭 Straubenzee as his beloved team took on Paris Saint-Germain at Parc des Princes on Wednesday
Prince William surprises Aston 郊外住宅 fans at a Wetherspoon's in Birmingham on January 15, 2025
決定するd not to follow a 'run-of-the-mill' team, William 選ぶd to support Aston 郊外住宅.
In a 最近の interview with The Sun, the prince 明らかにする／漏らすd he had a 'nice 関係' with the club as they 解除するd the European Cup in 1982 - 'the year I was born'.
'I 手配中の，お尋ね者 to have a team that was more 中央の-（米）棚上げする／（英）提議する, that could give me the more emotional rollercoaster moments,' he explained.
'To be honest, now, looking 支援する, that was a bad idea - I could have had an easier time!'
William 確認するd that family friends who were 'big 郊外住宅 fans' took him to one of his first FA cup games at the age of 17.
It was the 半分-final between the Bolton Wanderers versus Aston 郊外住宅 at Wembley Stadium on April 2, 2000 - a match that certainly would have 始める，決める the prince's heart racing.
The agonisingly 接戦 went into 刑罰，罰則s when Aston 郊外住宅 thankfully 現れるd 勝利を得た, winning 4-1.
'It was fantastic,' the prince 解任するd. 'I sat with all the fans with my red beanie on, and I was sat with all the Brummie fans and had a 広大な／多数の／重要な time. It was the atmosphere, the camaraderie, and I really felt that there was something I could connect with.'
Prince William was born in n June 21, 1982 - the same year Aston 郊外住宅 解除するd the European Cup
Aston 郊外住宅, who were the underdogs, （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 Bayern Munich 1-0 to become European 支持する／優勝者s in Rotterdam on May 26, 1982
The prince (pictured watching 郊外住宅 in 2013) with the 先頭 Cutsems said he has had a 'nice 関係' with the club as a result
Although 郊外住宅 did not go on to 勝利，勝つ the FA cup that year, William was not put off.
'I kept an 注目する，もくろむ on 郊外住宅 from then on but didn't get too 伴う／関わるd 最初,' he told The Sun. 'But 郊外住宅 存在 relegated to the 選手権 in 2016 got me even more 利益／興味d, strangely.'
Since, Prince William has been a 正規の／正選手 if 匿名の／不明の contributor to online discussion 場所／位置s.
One of the eight 郊外住宅 支持者s to 会合，会う the prince at Wetherspoon's in Birmingham, Steve Jones 明らかにする／漏らすd:?'He said he keeps abreast of 郊外住宅 gossip because he is on all the fans’ 会議s.
'He goes under different 指名するs and he 地位，任命するs on there because that’s how he gets the feeling of what’s going on and what’s the opinion.'
William's favourite 郊外住宅 player? Paul McGrath - a stalwart defender 愛称d 'God' who played for 郊外住宅 between 1989 and 1996.
The Prince of むちの跡s, who now lives between Kensington Palace in London and Adelaide Cottage in Windsor, 認める that getting to 郊外住宅 Park 'isn't the easiest thing for me'.
But he tries his best to?…に出席する all the 支持する／優勝者s League game - often with childhood friend Thomas 先頭 Straubenzee 同様に as William and Edward 先頭 Cutsem.
William's favourite 郊外住宅 player is?Paul McGrath - a stalwart defender 愛称d 'God' who played for 郊外住宅 between 1989 and 1996
William visited the team in March 2025, watching the squad in training from the sidelines and speaking with players 含むing Morgan Rogers, above left
The prince celebrates an Aston 郊外住宅 victory in October 2024 with friends. From left to 権利: Thomas 先頭 Straubanzee, Harry Aubrey-Fletcher and Edward 先頭 Cutsem
The prince first met Thomas 先頭 Straubenzee (left) at the Berkshire prep school Ludgrove
William 先頭 Cutsem and the Prince of むちの跡s …に出席する the wedding of Hugh Grosvenor and Olivia Henson on June 7, 2024
William and Edward 先頭 Cutsem at a 郊外住宅 match in March 2025
William has been の近くに with the 先頭 Cutsem brothers since 早期に childhood as they grew up on Sandringham 広い地所
The prince first met Thomas 先頭 Straubenzee at the Berkshire prep school Ludgrove. 先頭 Straubenzee went on to serve as an 勧める と一緒に James Meade at William's wedding to Kate Middleton in 2011, and 株d the to ast at the 歓迎会.
As for the 先頭 Cutsem brothers, William has been の近くに to them since 早期に childhood as they grew up on Sandringham 広い地所.
Their 関係 was fostered, in part, by King Charles who was friends with the boys' father Hugh 先頭 Cutsem from their time spent 熟考する／考慮するing at the University of Cambridge together.
When William can't travel to …に出席する 郊外住宅 matches with his friends, he watches them on TV with his children Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis - all of whom have 郊外住宅 shirts.
'I do have a bit of superstition about where I sit when I'm watching them,' William told The Sun. 'If we're not doing very 井戸／弁護士席, I start moving 一連の会議、交渉／完成する the house やめる quickly and I put the children in different positions hoping that's going to change our luck.'
But George, now 11, has shown その上の 利益／興味 in supporting The Claret and Blue as the little prince?has been spotted at 郊外住宅 Park 同様に as at away games with his father and friends.
Speaking at the 郊外住宅 match against Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday, William told the TNT Sports hosts: 'I want George to experience a night-out away from home in a big European 競争.
'I think those memories are really important to create and bringing him along tonight is a big 取引，協定 to me,' he 追加するd.?
William joked in a 2015 interview with Gary Lineker, 権利, that he would have to check with his wife Catherine to get 許可 for his son, Prince George, to …に出席する games at 郊外住宅 Park
Evidently the conversation went 井戸／弁護士席, for Prince George, 11, has been spotted during games at 郊外住宅 Park on a number of occasions
Prince George and Prince William …に出席する the match between Paris Saint-Germain and Aston 郊外住宅 FC at Parc des Princes on April 9, 2025
によれば マイク Tindall, George is just as '熱烈な' about 郊外住宅 as his father is?
George's presence has 実行するd William's dream that he would one day be able to 株 his passion for the club with one of his children.?
'He can support whoever he wants, but if he supports 郊外住宅 it would be fantastic,' the prince told Gary Lineker in 2015 when George was two years old, 'because I'd love to be able to go to the 半端物 match with him in the 未来.'As マイク Tindall, the former England rugby international who is married to King Charles's niece Zara, 確認するd last year, that 使節団 has been 遂行するd.
'George loves his football,' said Tindall. 'He's 熱烈な about Aston 郊外住宅, too. Wherever he is, he'll sit 負かす／撃墜する and watch that game.'
Like father, like son.
