History

Villa Park prior to the redevelopment of the Trinity Road Stand.

The 1982 European Cup Winning Side.

Their first game was arranged against a Rugby side Aston St Marys. The game was played over two halves, the one half a game of rugby the second half football.

During the next few years Aston Villa as they were now called began to establish themselves. They went on to win the The FA Cup three times and the league first division five times before the turn of the century.

Their early ground was adjacent the current Villa Park in what is now known as Aston Park. In 1876 they moved to Perry Barr just up the road returning to Aston at their current site in 1897.

The Club were founding members of The Football League in 1888 and have remained prominent members ever since.

In 1957 they won the FA Cup for the seventh time albeit this was to be the last time they lifted the famous trophy to date with the only flirt with the trophy coming when they lost out in Wembley's last FA cup final in 2000

Their biggest success came in 1982 when in Rotterdam against Bayern Munich they lifted the biggest club trophy the European Cup. In 1994 and 1996 they went on to win the League Cup for the forth and fifth time to complete their honours.

So far the new Millennium as been dry apart from a FA Youth trophy in 2002.