William has a Wetherspoon pint with Aston Villa fans

The Prince of Wales visited the Wetherspoon pub to enjoy a pint with fellow Aston Villa fans, and chat about the club ahead of their upcoming match.

Prince William joined eight supporters around a group of tables in a Birmingham pub, before all season ticket-holding fans traveled to the club’s away match at Everton on Wednesday.

They sipped a glass of Bulmers cider as they chatted about their beloved club for about 30 minutes, although bar staff were tight-lipped about who would be paying for the round of drinks.

One fan said the Prince was a “genuine bloke who really loves Villa” and also valued the Premier League match, saying “he thought it would be a tough game”.

The pub visit to London and North Western Wetherspoon inside Birmingham New Street railway station was organized after the Prince asked the football club to arrange a gathering with some die-hard supporters.

Daniel Jones, 18, a sixth-form college student from Burntwood, Staffordshire, said the prince was a “lovely boy, down to earth” who “loves the villa and the passion we all share”.

“I think he would have liked to attend the match if he didn’t have other commitments,” he said.

John McEvoy, 64, from Solihull, who runs a catering equipment business, said: “William said a family friend took him to his first game – Villa against Bolton – and he has loved the team ever since.

“He said he would watch the match on TV tonight. He was a really nice, genuine guy who really loves Villa.”

Victory in the match, which kicks off at 19:30 GMT, would move Aston Villa up to seventh in the Premier League table.

After the Merseyside club re-appointed former manager David Moyes, they face a tough test against Everton, who are 16th in the league.

Mr McAvoy said: “William thought it would be a tough game tonight because (Everton) have got their old manager back and teams tend to bounce when they change managers.”

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The Prince has been a lifelong Aston Villa fan and began supporting the club while still at school.

“A long time ago at school I got into football. I was looking around for clubs. All my friends at school were either Man United fans or Chelsea fans and I couldn’t follow the teams’ races. Wanted to have,” He told the BBC in 2015,

“I wanted a team that was more mid-table that could give me more emotional rollercoaster moments.”

At the beginning of this season, he lost his voice were at the stadium for the club’s first Champions League home match in 41 years, in which they defeated German team Bayern Munich 1–0.