Village in Ghana to celebrate Villa Europa League win with parade

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Archive: BBC Sport Africa spoke to Owusu Boakye in in 2020 about Ghana's village of 1,000 Villa fans

At the same time an open-top bus rolls through Birmingham with Unai Emery's Europa League-winning side on board. a minibus full ofAston Villafans will be cruising through a village in Ghana to celebrate.

Villa ended a 30-year trophy drought on Wednesday with a3-0 victory over Freiburgat Istanbul's Besiktas Park.

Their success will be celebrated on their return from Turkey with an open-top bus victory procession through the streets of Birmingham on Thursday.

More than 5,000km away a makeshift parade of 30 motorcycles. a minibus will be travelling through the Ghanaian village of Juaben.

The village is home to about 1,000 Villa fans. the Ghana Lions, a supporters' club headed up by Owusu Boakye.

"Yesterday was one of our best moments in life. what a time to supportAston Villa," Boakye, a lifelong Villa fan, told BBC Newsday.

"We have hired 30 motorcycles so we can go around the whole community. We will go there to see how everybody is chanting, how everybody is feeling.

"Today we are going to use our minibus like whatAston Villawill be doing today."

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Juaben's love for Villa stems from his grandfather Daniel, who used to stay with a Villa-supporting family from Birmingham.

"When we were kids he used to tell us stories and history aboutAston Villa," Boakye said. "He used to talk about a certain player called 'God'."

The football 'god' wasPaul McGrath,who made more than 250 appearances for Villa between 1989 and 1996.

McGrath was part of the squad when Villa won their most recent trophy, the 1996 League Cup.

Since then, a new generation of Villa fans in Juaben have been "waiting" for the club to make history.

That was until Youri Tielemans, Emi Buendia and Morgan Rogers scored against Freiburg.

"It was amazing. What a time to be alive - the whole community coming together to supportAston Villa," Boakye said.

"During 1982, when we won our first European Cup, most of the fans here yesterday, we were not born. We were waiting for our own history yesterday."

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