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Aston Villa F.C.
Aston Villa Football Club is a professional Association football, football club based in Aston, Birmingham, England. The club competes in the , the top tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1874, they have played at their home ground, Villa Park, 1896–97 Aston Villa F.C. season, since 1897. Aston Villa are one of the oldest and most successful clubs in England, being a founding member of the English Football League, Football League 1888–89 Aston Villa F.C. season, in 1888 and of the Premier League 1992–93 Aston Villa F.C. season, in 1992. They are one of the five English clubs to have won the UEFA Champions League, European Cup, in 1981–82 European Cup, 1981–82. They have also won the Football League First Division seven times, the FA Cup seven times, the EFL Cup, League Cup five times, and the UEFA Super Cup, European (UEFA) Super Cup once. The club is currently ranked 5th in the all-time English top flight table, since its creation in 1888–89 Fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Villa Park
Villa Park is a football stadium in Aston, Birmingham, England, with a seating capacity of 42,682. It has been the home of Premier League side Aston Villa since 1897. The ground is less than a mile from both Witton and Aston railway stations and has hosted sixteen England internationals at senior level, the first in 1899 and the most recent in 2005. Villa Park has hosted 55 FA Cup semi-finals, more than any other stadium. In 1897, Aston Villa moved into the Aston Lower Grounds, a sports ground in a Victorian amusement park in the former grounds of Aston Hall, a Jacobean stately home. The stadium has gone through various stages of renovation and development, resulting in the current stand configuration of the Holte End, Trinity Road Stand, North Stand and Doug Ellis Stand. Before 1914, a cycling track ran around the perimeter of the pitch where regular cycling meetings were hosted as well as athletic events. Aside from football-related uses, the stadium has seen various ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
