Prize Draw: Home Mascot

Mascot Aston Villa: Aston Villa vs Burnley

Prize Draw Terms and Conditions

Promoter: Aston Villa Football Club Limited, Villa Park, Birmingham, B6 6HE (Registered company number 03375789) (“Aston Villa”).

1. ELIGIBILITY

This prize draw is open only to supporters who hold an active Junior Membership and will be aged between 5 and 12 years old on Sunday 5th October 2025, which is the date of the match to which the Prize relates and resident in the United Kingdom at the time of entry.

2. HOW TO ENTER

You will only be able to enter the prize draw by completing the online entry form sent to your email address.

During the entry period, Aston Villa will email a link to an online entry form to individuals that have consented to receiving marketing communications. The online entry form will have a closing date, and entries received after that date will not be included in the prize draw.

Fans should add their details into the form. The details will then be entered by Aston Villa into a database from which Aston Villa will select at random after the prize draw has ended on 11 September 2025, 1:00pm UK time.

One entry per child only. Multiple entries will not be counted and will not increase your chances of winning.

All under 18’s require the permission of their parent/guardian to enter. By entering the prize draw the parent/guardian will be deemed to have read and accepted these terms and conditions.

Entry constitutes full and unconditional acceptance of these terms and conditions. Aston Villa is not responsible for lost, corrupted or delayed entries. Aston Villa reserves the right to disqualify anyone who it believes violated these terms and conditions.

3. PRIZE DRAW PERIOD

You will be able to enter the prize draw from the date you receive the email with the online entry form. You must complete the online entry form and enter the prize draw before the prize draw ends on 11 September 2025, 1:00pm UK time.

4. USE OF YOUR ENTRY

Your personal data will be used by Aston Villa and / or its agents (which include Aston Villa Football Club Limited) acting on Aston Villa’s behalf only for the operation of this prize draw. If you are a winner of the prize draw you agree that Aston Villa may use your name and town or county of residence to announce the winner of this Aston Villa.

5. PRIZE

The Prize is a mascot place for the Aston Villa first team home fixture against Burnley’s first team taking place at Villa Park on Sunday, 5th October 2025. Kick-off is at 2:00pm UK time. The mascot place will include the following:

  • meet and greet players on arrival;
  • pitchside walk;
  • view players warm-up pitch side;
  • walk out with player pre-kick-off;
  • a full current home kit (shirt, shorts and socks); and
  • 1 adult and 1 junior match ticket for the match (junior ticket is for the mascot), with the option to purchase 2 additional tickets (subject to availability),

(the “Prize”).

Prizes are as stated and are not transferable. No cash alternatives available. Aston Villa reserves the right to substitute any Prize with a Prize of equal or greater value.

The winner and their parent or legal guardian (if applicable) shall be solely responsible for making their own travel and accommodation arrangements in connection with the Prize, including all associated costs.

Prizes may be considered as a taxable benefit to the winner. The winner will be directly responsible for accounting for and paying to HMRC, or other relevant tax authority, any tax liability arising on their prize. Please contact marketingteam@avfc.co.uk for any query related to the taxable amount for reporting to HMRC, or other relevant tax authority.

6. SELECTION OF THE WINNERS

All valid entries will be submitted as per the rules in the “How To Enter” section.

There will be eleven (11) Prize winners. There is a limit of one Prize per person.

The winner of each Prize will be selected randomly by Aston Villa after the prize draw has ended on 11 September 2025, 1:00pm UK time.

The winner of each prize will be notified by a direct email from Aston Villa. If a potential winner of a Prize does not confirm receipt of the Prize or is not eligible to enter the Aston Villa or receive the Prize (for any reason), Aston Villa reserves the right to either (i) select an alternative winner on the same basis as described above (who will be given a reasonable deadline to respond); or (ii) not award the Prize.

Each winner may be asked to provide identification and proof of address proving their eligibility before they are entitled to receive the Prize. Winners may be required to participate in further publicity or advertising.

Accepting the Prize constitutes acceptance of these terms and conditions. Notwithstanding this, if a winner does not confirm agreement and acceptance of these terms and conditions, Aston Villa reserves the right to withdraw the Prize and select an alternative winner on the same basis as described above.

7. WINNER DETAILS

The winner must provide, and consent to their surname and county of residence being made publicly available upon request. Each winners’ name will be available for a period of 28 days after the selection of the winner by written request to marketingteam@avfc.co.uk.

8. OTHER

No correspondence will be entered into regarding either this prize draw or these terms and conditions. In the unlikely event of a dispute, Aston Villa’s decision shall be final. Aston Villa reserves the right to amend, modify, cancel or withdraw this prize draw at any time but only before the delivery of any prize, without notice.

Entrants to this prize draw acknowledge that, to the fullest extent permitted by law, Aston Villa, its agents, and distributors shall not be liable for any loss, damage, disappointment, cost, or personal injury (including death) arising directly or indirectly from participation in the prize draw or the acceptance, use, or misuse of the prize, except where such liability cannot be excluded by law, including liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence or for fraud. This clause does not affect any entrants’ statutory rights.

Aston Villa cannot guarantee the performance of any third party and shall not be liable for any act or default by a third party.

These terms and conditions shall be governed by English law, and the parties submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.

9. SPIRIT OF THE PRIZE DRAW

If an entrant attempts to compromise the integrity or the legitimate operation of this prize draw by hacking or by cheating or committing fraud in any way, Aston Villa may seek damages from that entrant to the fullest extent permitted by law. Further, Aston Villa may, in its absolute discretion, disqualify that entrant’s entry to this prize draw and may ban the entrant from participating in any of Aston Villa’s future promotions, so please play fairly.

10. ADDITIONAL MASCOT TERMS

The mascot's role at the match will be at Aston Villa's absolute discretion. Aston Villa gives no guarantee which player a mascot will walk out with. This will be drawn at random before the match. Aston Villa will not enter any correspondence as to which football player a mascot may be assigned to at the match. 

Each mascot and each of the mascot’s guest(s) will be required to comply with any policies, procedures, terms and conditions, and reasonable requirements of Aston Villa which apply to the use of the facilities at the Stadium and / or attendance at the match. Aston Villa reserves the right to eject a mascot and/or a mascots guest(s) from the match and / or the Stadium in the event of any breach of any such policies, procedures, terms and conditions and/or requirements. It is the responsibility of the parent and/or guardian of the mascot to ensure that they and the mascot are familiar with the relevant policies, procedures and terms and conditions. If in doubt as to which policies, procedures or terms and conditions apply, it is your responsibility to request such information from Aston Villa.

The guest that accompanies that mascot to the match must be 18 years of age or older on the date of the match.

Aston Villa reserves the right to substitute any or all the items included in the mascot place with others of a similar nature and/or of equal or greater value at any time. The value of the benefit shall be determined by Aston Villa in its sole discretion.

No guarantees can be given by Aston Villa that a match will take place at a particular time or on a particular date however the match, if rescheduled, will take place during the relevant season. Aston Villa reserves the right to reschedule any match without notice and without any liability whatsoever. Your mascot place will enable you to attend the re-arranged match. If the match is rescheduled, the mascot place will be valid for the rescheduled date or alternatively, an exchange will be offered in this instance.

There is no guarantee that all players will be available every match, sometimes without prior notice. In this instance, mascots will be doubled up with another child, two children to one player.

For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in these terms and conditions shall exclude or limit the Aston Villa’s liability for: a. death or personal injury caused by Aston Villa or Aston Villa’s employees’ negligence during the course of their employment; or b. any other conduct for which liability may not be excluded or limited as a matter of English law.

Subject to the preceding paragraph, Aston Villa shall have no liability whatsoever to any mascot, their parents and/or guardians or any of their guests for any indirect or consequential loss or damage, loss of enjoyment, loss of possessions or travel/accommodation costs.

Each mascot and their guest(s) acknowledge that Aston Villa may, at its absolute discretion, publish photographs taken prior to the match. As the mascot and their guest(s) will be present on the pitch and may appear in Aston Villa’s matchday photography, consent for such use is required. If consent is not provided, Aston Villa reserves the right to withdraw the mascot place. Where Aston Villa intends to use images that primarily feature the mascot and/or their guest(s), or wishes to disclose their full names, explicit consent will be requested.

If Aston Villa cannot successfully contact a mascot within a reasonable length of time, or if a mascot does not meet the eligibility requirements, a replacement mascot will be found who is able, willing, and eligible to accept the mascot place and provide the necessary consents in the above paragraph.

For safeguarding reasons, mascots will not be allowed access to the changing rooms whilst they are in use and players will be unable to sign any merchandise or items that the mascot or their guest(s) bring on the day or leave with staff to have signed after the event.

Aston Villa is unable to allow parents/guardians in the tunnel area or pitch side whilst the mascot is on the experience. Parents/guardians may go to the allocated seating area by scanning the tickets via the turnstile that corresponds to your match ticket.

The application and safeguarding form (along with any other forms as the Club decides) must be submitted (signed) to supporter services before the match. We may be unable to fulfil the package if this is not returned pre-match.

Parents/guardians of the mascot will have the ability to purchase a maximum of 2 additional tickets for the match (subject to availability). However, Aston Villa gives no guarantee that any additional tickets will be in the same block or stand to the mascot package allocated tickets. Those additional tickets are for the match only and no other part of the mascot experience.

Aston Villa reserves the right to cancel or amend these terms and conditions without notice when reasonably necessary for the purpose of administering the mascot place.

Aston Villa reserves the right to withdraw any mascot place at any time and for any reason.