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title: "Aston Villa: Fans react to fixture changes"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Charlie Smith"
section: "Aston Villa"
published: "2021-04-22T15:05:01Z"
modified: "2021-04-22T15:05:01Z"
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# Aston Villa: Fans react to fixture changes

**Plenty of Aston Villa fans have been having their say on the club’s confirmed fixture changes for May on social media.**

[Two fixtures involving Villa have been rescheduled due to broadcast rights](https://www.avfc.co.uk/news/2021/april/Details-confirmed-for-two-May-fixtures/), with the club confirming the alterations on their [official Twitter page](https://twitter.com/AVFCOfficial/status/1384878363525922817) on Wednesday afternoon.

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Dean Smith’s side will now take on Carlo Ancelotti’s Everton at Goodison Park on [Saturday, May 1 at 8pm](https://www.avfc.co.uk/news/2021/april/Details-confirmed-for-two-May-fixtures/), with the game available to watch on BT Sport.

Villa’s next fixture against Manchester United will take place eight days later on [Sunday, May 9 at 2:05pm](https://www.avfc.co.uk/news/2021/april/Details-confirmed-for-two-May-fixtures/), broadcast live on Sky Sports.

Villa’s [home clash against Everton is still yet to be rescheduled](https://www.premierleague.com/clubs/2/Aston-Villa/fixtures) after being [postponed back in January](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/55644144.amp) due to health protocol issues at Villa Park.

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### Villa fans react

This is what these fans had to say to the [club’s tweet](https://twitter.com/AVFCOfficial/status/1384878363525922817) about the fixture changes, with a few left wondering about the reverse fixture against the Toffees.

**“Schedule the second Everton game please it’s doing my head in”**

[Credit: @ReubenOwen\_](https://twitter.com/ReubenOwen_/status/1384878870109753347)

**“Please stop moving fixtures to a Saturday night when I can’t watch them”**

[Credit: @FootballJustFoo](https://twitter.com/FootballJustFoo/status/1384904742384640002)

**“Everton double header”**

[Credit: @smithy1874](https://twitter.com/smithy1874/status/1384881465540874244)

**“I like how serious they look about the fixture change.”**

[Credit: @Elliot\_CB](https://twitter.com/Elliot_CB/status/1384881675885326337)

**“right so what about the other Everton game”**

[Credit: @catrinedwards18](https://twitter.com/catrinedwards18/status/1384879109034192900)

**“How about a home match with Everton?”**

[Credit: @AVfc\_PL](https://twitter.com/AVfc_PL/status/1384878955887570948)

***In other news: Many AVFC fans share love for Christian Purslow’s European Super League comments, find out more [here](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/aston-villa-news/aston-villa-fans-react-to-purslows-esl-comments/).***