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Aston Villa History
  1. European Cup: 1981-82.
  2. European Super Cup: 1982-83.
  3. Intertoto Cup: 2001-02.
  4. Charity shield: 1981-82.
  5. First Division Champions: 1893-94, 1895-96,1896-97, 1898-99, 1899-00, 1909-10, 1980-81.
  6. Second Division Champions: 1937-38, 1959-60.
  7. Third Division Champions: 1971-72.
  8. FA Cup Winners: 1887,1895,1897,1905,1913,1920,1957
    FA Cup Runners-up: 1892, 1924, 2000
  9. FA Youth Cup: 1972, 1980, 2002.
  10. Midland Youth Cup: 1992, 1996, 1998.
  11. Birmingham Senior Cup: 1880.

    Premier League Runners-up: 1992-93.
    First Division Runners-up: 1888-89, 1902-03, 1907-08, 1910-11, 1912-13, 1913-14, 1930-31, 1932-33, 1989-90.
    Second Division Runners-up: 1974-75, 1987-88
  12. League Cup Winners: 1961, 1975, 1977, 1994, 1996
    League Cup Runners-up: 1963, 1971. 2001
  13. Staffordshire Senior FA Challenge Cup: 1891, 1893, 1894, 1896, 1899, 1906, 1907, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1913, 1925, 1928, 1931.
    Staffordshire Senoir FA Challenge Cup Runners-up: 1892, 1915, 1929, 1933, 1934.
  14. Walsall Cup: 1898/99
  15. Sherriff of London Charity Shield: 1898/99
  16. Lord Mayors Charity Cup: 1898/99
  17. Birmingham Cup: 1898/99

Villa Park

Trinity Road Stand

Total Seat 12,853
Trinity Road Upper 5,186
Trinity Road Middle 4,021
Trinity Road Lower 2,400
Executive Boxes 344
Disabled 148
McGregor's Central 208
McGregor's Gallery 43
Park Suite Central 198
Park Suite Gallery 44
Press Box 102
Capacity Shares 23.8 %


Holte End

Holte End Total 13,501
Holte End Upper 5,751
Holte End Lower 7,750
Capacity Shares 34.3 %


Witton Lane Stand (Doug Ellis)

Witton Lane Total Seats 9,135
Witton Lane Upper 4,686
Witton Lane Lower 4,161
Witton Lane Executive Boxes 288
Capacity Shares 23.2%


North Stand

North Stand Total 7,360
North Stand Upper 3,980
North Stand Lower 3,086
North Stand Executive Boxes 252
North Stand Super Boxes 42
Capacity Shares 18.7%

Villa Records

Formed 1874
Entered League 1888
Lowest Home Attendance 2,900 v Bradford City, Division One, 13 February 1915
Biggest Victory 13-0 v Wednesbury Old Athletic, FA Cup 1st round, October 1886 (Hat tricks from Brown, Hunters, Hodgetts)
Biggest League Victory 12-2 v Accrington Stanley, 12th March 1892 (John Devey, Louis Campbell scored 4 goals each)
Record Fee Paid £9,500,000 for Juan Pablo Angel from River Plate, Argentina on 12th January 2001
Record Fee Received £12.6 million for Dwight Yorke to Manchester United, 20th August 1998
Most goals in a season by a Villa Player Tom 'Pongo' Waring's 50 goals in 1932-33 season
(49 League goals) - *


Villa Park

Capacity 42,849

Built 1897

Record Home Attendance 76,588 v Derby County, FA Cup 6th round, 2 March 1946

More about the HOLTE END


* The old Holte End used to be able to hold - 19,210 - but it has been known have 22,000 fans in at once

*The biggest end stand in Europe is Aston Villa's Holte End stand. Its design is a spine truss frame, very similar to those used on large spanning clear hangars, except it has no hangar doors and contains seating.