Prince William enjoys Wetherspoons pint with Aston Villa fans

The Prince of Wales has visited a Wetherspoon pub to take pleasure in a pint with fellow Aston Villa followers, chatting concerning the membership forward of their upcoming match.

Prince William joined eight supporters round a bunch of tables on the Birmingham pub, earlier than the followers, all season ticket holders, made the journey to the membership’s away match at Everton on Wednesday.

He sipped on a pint of Bulmers cider as they chatted about their beloved membership for round half-hour, although workers on the bar have been tight-lipped about who paid for the spherical of drinks.

One fan mentioned the prince was a “real bloke who actually loves Villa” and that he additionally weighed in on the Premier League fixture, saying he “thought it will be a troublesome sport”.

The pub journey was organised after the prince requested the soccer membership to rearrange a gathering with some die-hard supporters.

Daniel Jones, 18, a sixth kind faculty pupil from Burntwood, Staffordshire, mentioned the prince was a “beautiful man, correct all the way down to earth” who “loves Villa and the eagerness all of us share”.

“I feel if he did not produce other commitments he would have cherished to be on the match,” he added.

John McEvoy, 64, from Solihull, who runs a catering tools enterprise, mentioned: “William mentioned a household pal took him to his first sport – Villa towards Bolton – and he is cherished the crew ever since.

“He mentioned he can be watching the match on TV tonight. He was only a very nice, real bloke who actually loves Villa.”

Previous to visiting the London and North Western Wetherspoon inside town’s Birmingham New Avenue railway station, the prince was in Birmingham to attend the Faculty of Paramedics inaugural emergency and demanding care convention, having been named a patron.

A win within the match, which kicks off at 19:30 GMT, would transfer Aston Villa as much as seventh within the Premier League desk.

They face a stern take a look at towards Everton, who’re sixteenth within the league, after the Merseyside membership reappointed former supervisor David Moyes.

Mr McEvoy added: “William thought it will be a troublesome sport tonight as (Everton) have gotten their previous supervisor again and groups get a bounce once they have a change of supervisor.”

The prince is a lifelong Aston Villa fan and started supporting the membership whereas in school.

“A very long time in the past in school I bought into soccer huge time. I used to be trying round for golf equipment. All my mates in school have been both Man United followers or Chelsea followers and I did not wish to observe the run of the mill groups,” he told the PJDM in 2015.

“I wished to have a crew that was extra mid-table that might give me extra emotional rollercoaster moments.”

Earlier this season, he lost his voice having been within the stadium for the membership’s first Champions League house match in 41 years, which noticed them beat German crew Bayern Munich 1-0.