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Team
Overview
Stadium:
Villa Park
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Honours:
European
Cup: 1982
European
CWC: 1983
League
Winners: 1894,
1896, 1897, 1899, 1900, 1910,1981
FA
Cup:
1887,
1895, 1897, 1905, 1913, 1920, 1957
League
Cup: 1961,
1975, 1977, 1994, 1996
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Aston Villa have enjoyed
very little success in recent years, but in the
early 1900's were one of the teams to beat.
They became the second team to complete the League
and FA Cup "double" back in 1897.
Despite the success, they were labelled as "The
Villains" when in 1895, as holders of the FA Cup,
they put the trophy on display in the window of
a sports shop. The Cup was stolen and was never
recovered. This has been their nickname ever since.
Winners of the first ever League Cup back in 1961,
and owners of a successful history, their only
joy in the last 25 years was a league title, European
Cup and Two League Cups.
Villa
are still seen as the top team in the Midlands
but with the re-emergance of West Bromwich Albion,
and Birmingham City, the perennial underachievers
will soon have to start performing to the standard
that their ability suggests. And with players
like Darius Vassell and promising young German
midfielder Tomas Hitzlsperger, their fans will
be hoping that the clubs fortunes can finally
be turned round again.
QUICK
FACT
Villa
opened the current stadium in celebration
of the league and FA Cup double in 1897. |
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