Aston Villa Football Club Aston Villa Football Club is a professional 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, ...

are an English professional

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

club based in Aston,

Birmingham Birmingham ( ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands (county), West Midlands in England. It is the second-largest city in the United Kingdom with a population of 1. ...

, who currently play in the

Premier League The Premier League (legal name: The Football Association Premier League Limited) is the highest level of the men's English football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the English Fo ...

. The club was founded in 1874 and were founding members of the Football League in 1888, as well as the

in 1992. They are one of the oldest football clubs in England, having won the First Division Championship seven times and the

FA Cup The Football Association Challenge Cup, more commonly known as the FA Cup, is an annual knockout football competition in men's domestic English football. First played during the 1871–72 season, it is the oldest national football competi ...

seven times. In 1982, the club became one of only six English clubs to win the European Cup. This list encompasses the honours won by Aston Villa and the records set by the players and the club. The player records section includes details of the club's leading goalscorers and those who have made the most appearances in first-team competitions. Attendance records at Villa Park are also included in the list.

Honours

Aston Villa have won honours both domestically and in European cup competitions. Their most recent domestic honour was a

League Cup In several sports, most prominently association football, a league cup or secondary cup generally signifies a cup competition for which entry is restricted only to teams in a particular league. The first national association football tournament t ...

win in 1996.

European

* European Cup: ** Winners (1): 1982 * European Super Cup: ** Winners (1): 1982–83 *

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: ** Winners (1): 2001 ** Co-winners (1):

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Domestic

League

* Football League First Division: ** Winners (7):

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1897 Events January–March * January 2 – The International Alpha Omicron Pi sorority is founded, in New York City. * January 4 – A British force is ambushed by Chief Ologbosere, son-in-law of the ruler. This leads to a puni ...

1899 Events January 1899 * January 1 ** Spanish rule ends in Cuba, concluding 400 years of the Spanish Empire in the Americas. ** Queens and Staten Island become administratively part of New York City. * January 2 – **Bolivia sets up a c ...

1900 As of March 1 ( O.S. February 17), when the Julian calendar acknowledged a leap day and the Gregorian calendar did not, the Julian calendar fell one day further behind, bringing the difference to 13 days until February 28 ( O.S. February 15), 2 ...

1910 Events January * January 13 – The first public radio broadcast takes place; live performances of the operas '' Cavalleria rusticana'' and ''Pagliacci'' are sent out over the airwaves, from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York C ...

1981 Events January * January 1 ** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union. ** Palau becomes a self-governing territory. * January 10 – Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major offensiv ...

** Runners up (9):

1889 Events January–March * January 1 ** The total solar eclipse of January 1, 1889 is seen over parts of California and Nevada. ** Paiute spiritual leader Wovoka experiences a vision, leading to the start of the Ghost Dance movement in t ...

1903 Events January * January 1 – Edward VII is proclaimed Emperor of India. * January 19 – The first west–east transatlantic radio broadcast is made from the United States to England (the first east–west broadcast having bee ...

1908 Events January * January 1 – The British ''Nimrod'' Expedition led by Ernest Shackleton sets sail from New Zealand on the ''Nimrod'' for Antarctica. * January 3 – A total solar eclipse is visible in the Pacific Ocean, and is the 4 ...

1911 A notable ongoing event was the Comparison of the Amundsen and Scott Expeditions, race for the South Pole. Events January * January 1 – A decade after federation, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory ...

1913 Events January * January 5 – First Balkan War: Battle of Lemnos – Greek admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis forces the Turkish fleet to retreat to its base within the Dardanelles, from which it will not venture for the rest of the ...

1914 This year saw the beginning of what became known as World War I, after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the Austrian throne was Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, assassinated by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip. It als ...

1931 Events January * January 2 – South Dakota native Ernest Lawrence invents the cyclotron, used to accelerate particles to study nuclear physics. * January 4 – German pilot Elly Beinhorn begins her flight to Africa. * January 22 – Sir I ...

, 1933,

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: ** Runners up (1):

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: ** Winners (2): 1938,

1960 It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism. Events January * Jan ...

** Runners up (2):

1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...

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**Play-Offs (1):

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: ** Winners (1):

1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using mean solar tim ...

Cups

* ** Winners (7):

1887 Events January–March * January 11 – Louis Pasteur's anti-rabies treatment is defended in the Académie Nationale de Médecine, by Dr. Joseph Grancher. * January 20 ** The United States Senate allows the Navy to lease Pearl ...

1895 Events January–March * January 5 – Dreyfus affair: French officer Alfred Dreyfus is stripped of his army rank, and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil's Island. * January 12 – The National Trust for Places of Histor ...

1905 As the second year of the massive Russo-Japanese War begins, more than 100,000 die in the largest world battles of that era, and the war chaos leads to the 1905 Russian Revolution against Nicholas II of Russia ( Shostakovich's 11th Symphony ...

, 1920,

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** Runners up (4):

1892 Events January–March * January 1 – Ellis Island begins accommodating immigrants to the United States. * February 1 - The historic Enterprise Bar and Grill was established in Rico, Colorado. * February 27 – Rudolf Diesel applies fo ...

1924 Events January * January 12 – Gopinath Saha shoots Ernest Day, whom he has mistaken for Sir Charles Tegart, the police commissioner of Calcutta, and is arrested soon after. * January 20– 30 – Kuomintang in China holds ...

2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from S ...

, 2015 * Football League Cup: ** Winners (5):

1961 Events January * January 3 ** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba (Cuba–United States relations are restored in 2015). ** Aero Flight 311 (K ...

1977 Events January * January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democrat ...

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, 1996 ** Runners up (4):

1963 Events January * January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Co ...

, 1971, 2010,

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* FA Charity Shield ** Winners (1):

(shared) ** Runners up (3):

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: ** Winners (2):

1901 Events January * January 1 – The British colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia federate as the Commonwealth of Australia; Edmund Barton becomes the first Prime Minist ...

** Runners up (1):

Football League War Cup The Football League War Cup was an association football tournament held between 1939 and 1945. It aimed to fill the gap left in English football by the suspension of the FA Cup during the Second World War. Though it was often referred to in conte ...

** Winners (1): 1944

Youth

* FA Youth Cup: ** Winners (4): 1972, 1980, 2002, 2021 * FA Premier League Cup ** Winners (1): 2018 *

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**Winners (7): 2002, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2016, 2023 * NextGen Cup: ** Winners (1):

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Friendly and exhibition

Football World Championship The Football World Championship, also known as the United Kingdom Championship or the International Club Championship, was a exhibition association football match played between the English and Scottish club champions on a regular, but not annual ...

** Winners (3):

, 1894,Aston Villa v. Celtic.
The Scotsman, 10 April 1894, scan via London Hearts Supporters Club 1900 (shared)
The Scottish Referee, 4 May 1900, scan via London Hearts Supporters Club * West Bromwich Charity Cup ** Winners (1): 1890 (shared) *

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** Winners (3): 1893, 1894, 2018 *Dublin Tournament ** Winners (1): 2003 *

Peace Cup The Peace Cup was an invitational pre-season friendly football tournament for club teams which was held every two years by the Sunmoon Peace Football Foundation. It was usually contested by eight clubs from several continents, though 12 teams pa ...

: ** Winners (1): 2009 *Cup of Traditions **Winners (1): 2017 *Queensland Champions Cup **Winners (1): 2022 *Al Wahda Challenge Cup **Winners (1): 2022 *

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**Winners (1): 2023

Player records

Appearances

* Youngest first-team player: Jimmy Brown, 15 years 349 days (v. Bolton Wanderers, Division Two, 17 September 1969). * Oldest first-team player: Brad Friedel, 40 years 4 days (v.

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, 22 May 2011).

Most appearances

''Competitive matches only. Each column contains appearances in the starting eleven, followed by appearances as substitute in brackets.'' :''Other competitions include European Cup, UEFA Cup and Intertoto Cup''

Goalscorers

* Most goals in a season: Tom 'Pongo' Waring, 50 goals in 1930–31 season. * Most league goals in a season: Tom 'Pongo' Waring, 49 goals in 1930–31 season.Ward, Adam; Griffin, Jeremy; pp.192–193 * In the 1899–1900 season

Billy Garraty William Garraty (6 October 1878 – 6 May 1931) was a footballer in the early years of professional football in England, who played for Aston Villa from August 1897 to September 1908. Before playing for Villa he played for Aston Shakespeare ...

became the top goalscorer in world football scoring 27 goals in just 33 league games and a total 30 goals in 39 league and cup games. * Most consecutive matches scored in: Len Capewell, 8 games, 1925–26 season.

Top goalscorers

''Competitive matches only, appearances including substitutes appear in brackets.''

International

''This section refers only to caps won while an Aston Villa player.'' * First capped players for

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: Arthur Alfred Brown and

Howard Vaughton Oliver Howard Vaughton (9 January 1861 – 6 January 1937) was an England international footballer who played as an inside left. Vaughton played for England on five occasions, scoring six goals. Five of his goals were scored in a 13–0 victor ...

on 18 February 1882. * Most capped international player:

Olof Mellberg Erik Olof Mellberg (; born 3 September 1977) is a Swedish football manager and former professional player. During his career, Mellberg played as a defender, and is best known for his time at Aston Villa, as well as spells with Juventus and Gr ...

, 69 caps for Sweden between July 2001 and July 2008. * Most capped player for England:

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, 42 caps. * First player to play at the World Cup finals:

Peter McParland Peter James McParland MBE (born 25 April 1934) is a former professional footballer. Club career Dundalk McParland was born in Newry, County Down, Northern Ireland. He was spotted playing for Dundalk in the League of Ireland by Aston Villa ma ...

for

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against

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on 8 June 1958.Hayes, Dean; p.114 * First player to score at the World Cup finals: Peter McParland for Northern Ireland against

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on 11 June 1958. * First player to score in a World Cup for England:

David Platt David Andrew Platt (born 10 June 1966) is an English former professional football coach and player, who played as a midfielder. Born in Chadderton, Lancashire, Platt began his career as an apprentice at Manchester United before moving to Crewe ...

for

against

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on 26 June 1990. * Most World Cup appearances: Paul McGrath, 9 (

and

), Steve Staunton, 8 (

and 2002),

, 8 ( 2002 and 2006). * Most successful players at the World Cup: **''Winner'': Emi Martínez (

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). **''3rd Place'':

Alpay Özalan Fehmi Alpay Özalan (born 29 May 1973) is a Turkish former professional footballer, football manager and politician. He last worked as the manager of Samsunspor. He played 90 international games for Turkey between 1995 and 2005, making him Turk ...

( 2002),

Ron Vlaar Ron Peter Vlaar (born 16 February 1985) is a Dutch former footballer who played as a centre-back. Vlaar came up through AZ's youth ranks. After making his professional debut, he played sparingly for two seasons before joining Feyenoord in 2006. ...

(

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). **''4th Place'': David Platt (

). * Most World Cup finals goals: Peter McParland, 5 (

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Record transfer fees

This section lists the record transfer fees paid by the club for a player. The highest transfer fee received by the club is the £100 million fee paid by Manchester City for

Jack Grealish Jack Peter Grealish (born 10 September 1995) is an English professional footballer who plays as a winger or attacking midfielder for club Manchester City and the England national team. Grealish joined Aston Villa at the age of six, and ...

in August 2021. The sale at the time was a British transfer record. The highest fee Aston Villa have ever paid for a player was £51.9 million, for French winger

Moussa Diaby Moussa Diaby (born 7 July 1999) is a French professional footballer who plays as a winger for Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen and the France national team. Club career Paris Saint-Germain Diaby is a product of the Paris Saint-Germain Youth Ac ...

from

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in July 2023.

Fees Paid

Fees Received

Managerial records

* First manager/secretary of the club: George Ramsay, in charge of 1327 games from August 1884 to 5 May 1926. * Longest serving manager: George Ramsay. * Most successful manager: George Ramsay, 6 League Championships and 6 FA Cups.

Club records

Goals

* Most league goals scored in a season: 128 (in 42 matches in the 1930–31 season, Division One). * Fewest league goals scored in a season: 27 goals (in 38 matches in the 2015–16 season, Premier League).Ward, Adam; Griffin, Jeremy; pp.300–319 * Most league goals conceded in a season: 110 goals (in 42 matches in the 1935–36 season, Division One). * Fewest league goals conceded in a season: 32 goals (in 46 matches in the 1971–72 season,

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).Hayes, Dean; p.102

Points

* Most points in a season: ** Two points for a win: 70 points (in 46 matches in the 1971–72 season, Division Three).Hayes, Dean; p.131 ** Three points for a win: 83 points (in 46 matches in the 2017–18 season,

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). * Fewest points in a season: ** Two points for a win: *** 18 points (in 22 matches in the 1890–91 season, Division One). *** 29 points (in 42 matches in the 1966–67 season, Division One / 1969–70 season, Division Two). ** Three points for a win: *** 17 points (in 38 matches in the 2015–16, Premier League).

Matches

Firsts

* First match: Aston Villa 1–0 Aston Brook St Mary's, March 1874.Hayes, Dean; p.62 * First league match:

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1–1 Aston Villa, 8 September 1888. * First match at Villa Park: friendly; 3–0,

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, on 17 April 1897. * First FA Cup match: Stafford Road Works 1–1 Aston Villa, 13 December 1879. Aston Villa won the replay 3–1 on 24 January 1880. * First League Cup match: Aston Villa 4–1

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, 12 October 1960. * First European match:

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4–1 Aston Villa, 17 September 1975, UEFA Cup.

Record wins

* Record Football League win: 12–2 (v. Accrington, 12 March 1892). * Record

win: 7–1 (v.

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, 11 February 1995). * Record

win: 13–0 (v. Wednesbury Old Athletic, 1st round, 3 October 1886). * Record

win: 8–1 (v. Exeter City, 2nd round, 9 October 1985). * Record European win: 5–0 (v. Valur in the European Cup, 16 September 1981, v.

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in the UEFA Cup, 28 September 1983 and v. Hibernian in the Europa Conference League, 23 August 2023).

Record defeats

* Record defeat: 0–8 (v.

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, 23 December 2012). * Record FA Cup defeat: 1–8 (v. Blackburn Rovers, 3rd round, 16 February 1889). * Record League Cup defeat: 1–6 (v. West Bromwich Albion, 2nd round, 14 September 1966). * Record European defeat: 1–4 (v.

, 1st round UEFA Cup, 17 September 1975).Ward, Adam; Griffin, Jeremy; p.273

Attendances

* Highest attendance at

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: ** League game: 69,492 (v.

, 27 December 1949).Hayes, Dean; p.13 ** FA Cup game: 76,588 (v.

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, sixth round, 2 March 1946). ** As an all-seater stadium: 42,788 (v. Manchester United, 10 February 2010). * Lowest attendance at Villa Park: ** League game: 2,900 (v.

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, 13 February 1915). *Highest attendance at Wellington Road: **League game: 20,000 (v. Sunderland, 5 October 1895; v. Everton, 26 September 1896).Paul Smith & Shirley Smith (2005) ''The Ultimate Directory of English & Scottish Football League Grounds Second Edition 1888–2005'', Yore Publications, p143, **FA Cup game: 26,849 (v. Preston North End, fifth round, 7 January 1888). *Lowest attendance at Wellington Road **League game: 600 (v. Accrington, 27 October 1888).

Streaks

* Longest winning runs (consecutive wins): **Multiple competitions: ***11 games in the

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and

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(20 March – 18 September 1897) **League: ***10 games in the

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(2 March 2019 – 22 April 2019) * Longest unbeaten runs (without loss): **Multiple competitions: ***22 games in the

, and

(16 January 1897 – 18 September 1897) ** League: ***13 games in the

1898–99 Football League The 1898–99 season was the 11th season of The Football League. Two teams were able to win the First Division title going into the final day of the season: Aston Villa and Liverpool; second-placed Liverpool travelled to Villa Park for the fina ...

(17 September 1898 – 24 December 1898)Ian Laschke: ''Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79''. Macdonald and Jane's, London & Sydney, 1980. ***13 games in the

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(9 November 2008 – 7 February 2009) * Longest losing run (consecutive losses): **11 games in the 1962–63 Football League (23 March 1963 – 20 April 1963) **11 games in the

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(14 February 2016 – 30 April 2016) * Longest run without a win: ** Multiple competitions: *** 16 games in the

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and

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(22 September 2015 – 12 January 2016 ** League *** 19 games in the

(14 August 2015 – 1 January 2016)

National records

*Most

matches played (252) and won (148) * All-Time record for the most top-flight goals scored in a season, scoring 128 in season 1930–31. * First football club in the world to appoint a paid manager, George Ramsay in 1886. * First top-flight club to appoint a manager from outside the

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in July 1990. * Villa Park was the first English stadium to stage international football in three different centuries. * Villa Park has hosted more FA Cup Semi-Finals than any other ground, 55 to date. * Highest FA Cup attendance (pre-World War I): 121,919 (Aston Villa vs Sunderland, Final at Crystal Palace, 19 April 1913) * First football club to have a player score in every round of the FA Cup, when captain Archie Hunter led the club to its first FA Cup trophy in 1887. * First football club to pay more than £100 for a player, for

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player on the scoresheet in the

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, when Willie Clarke scored on Christmas Day 1901, in a 3–2 victory over Everton. *First English club to have a player score a hat-trick of penalty kicks in a league match, Billy Walker doing so in a 7–1 win against

in November 1921. * First football club to have a player win both the PFA Young Player of the Year and PFA Players' Player of the Year in the same season, Andy Gray in 1976–77.

Aston Villa in UEFA competitions

Below is Aston Villa's record in European and Intercontinental competitions sanctioned by

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. As of July 2023, they are one of only six English clubs to have won the European Cup, which they did in 1982. Aston Villa's scores are noted first in both results columns. ;Key * 2QR = Second Qualifying Round * P/O = Play-off round * 1R = First round * 2R = Second round * 3R = Third round * GS = Group stage * R32 = Round of 32 * R16 = Round of 16 * QF = Quarter-finals * SF = Semi-finals * F = Final

Record by competition

''Correct as of 9 November 2023''

Footnotes

:A. The Premier League took over from the First Division as the top tier of the English football league system upon its formation in 1992. The First Division then became the second tier of English football, the Second Division became the third tier, and so on. The First Division is now known as the Football League Championship, while the Second Division is now known as Football League One. :B In 1981, the Charity Shield was shared in the event of a draw. :C Aston Villa won their 3rd round, final tie of the 2008 Intertoto Cup and were named a co-winner of the tournament, as a result they qualified for the 2008-09 UEFA Cup. The outright winner of the Intertoto Cup was the team that progressed furthest in the UEFA Cup that season, which was

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. :D The home team are listed first.

References

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External links

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