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Nickname: |
Villain's |
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Year turned professional: |
1885 |
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Club Colours: |
Claret and Blue |
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Transfer Record (Received): |
£12.6m for Dwight Yorke from Manchester United, August 1998 |
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Tranfer Record (Paid): |
£9.5m for Juan Pablo Angel to River Plate, December 2000 |
Aston Villa's History In 1874 Aston Villa FC was formed by the cricketers of Villa Cross as a recreation during the winter period of the year. The club was one of the twelve club founders of the football league in 1888. In the early days Aston villa achieved several FA cup and league title success between 1887- 1896. After this period Villa Park was built at Aston Lower grounds, on the site of an old Victorian amusement park as Aston villa's own stadium. During this year Aston Villa became the second club to complete the league and FA cup double. In the early 1900’s after winning 6 FA Cup title Aston Villa begun to slowly decline, due to the down full in play they were relegated to the second division in 1936. They continued to try to regain their top status but unfortunately was unable to gain a trophy until 37years after the last.
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League and FA Cup double winners 1896-97 |
European Cup winners 1982 |
Success was not found after their FA cup win in 1956-57 and the club were relegated for a third time in 1967. Eight years later they retuned to the first division followed by a league cup win in 1977. In 1982 Villa were the proud winners of the European cup, however this success did not last and the club have only managed to win 3 major competitions since. Aston Villa after having great success in the early years, have unfortunately not lived up to their name and have been struggling to stay in the premiership league. In the future it would be nice to see them achieve top status and win more titles. ‘Up the villa’
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European cup winners |
1982 |
European super cup winners |
1982-83 |
Inter toto Cup Winners: |
2001 |
1st Division Champions: |
1893-94, 1895-96, 1896-97, 1898-99, 1899-1900, 1909-10, 1980-81 |
2nd Divison Champions: |
1937-38, 1959-60 |
3rd Division champions: |
1971-72 |
FA Cup Winnner: |
1887, 1895, 1897, 1905, 1913, 1920 & 1957 |
League Cup Winner: |
1961, 1975, 1977, 1994, 1996 |
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Dwight Yorke joined Aston villa at the age of 16 in 1989, he had a slow start into the club but once settled in and scoring several goals he lead the team to a Coca Cola Cup victory in 1996 where he scored in the final against Leeds. This year saw Yorke score 27 goals in all competitions and was the first Aston Villa’s Player to be named FA premiership player of the month and again voted for the clubs player of the year in the same season. Dwight Yorke was on top form and the Villa fans worshiped him as he continued to perform well for the club. In 1998 Yorke moved to Manchester united for £12.6m, which made him the most expensive player in the premiership. He carried on performing well, however his lifestyle out of football was having an effect on his training and after 2 seasons at Old Trafford his contract was ended. Yorke went on to play at other clubs, but he was unable to regain his status at the clubs and now plays for Sydney United in Australia. |
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Nigel Spink made his debut in 1979 for Villa against Nottingham Forest, it took Spink almost five years before he had his big break as a first choice goal keeper. His break occurred in the 1982 European Cup final just 10minutes into the game after Villa’s first choice keeper was injured and Spink came on as substitute, with the excellent goalkeeping skills from Spink Villa managed to bring home a 1-0 victory over Bayern Munich. After his performance he went on to make an appearance in just under 300 games for Villa in almost 2 decades after his first signing. Spink ended his career after moving to West Bromwich Albion in 1996. |
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David Platt attended the Dario Gradi finishing school at Crew after been rejected by Manchester United as a teenager. Aston Villa boss Graham Taylor seen potential in Platt and paid £200,000 for him from Crewe in 1988. His break through year came in 1989-90 scoring 21 goals for Villa, and appearing in his first England friendly international game against Italy. Platt was a named player in the England squad for the World Cup in 1990, he scored an important goal in the second round which brought England to the semi final stage, although they were unable to reach the final. After the World Cup Platt again had a remarkable season at Villa scoring 24 goals in all competitions. In 1991 Platt moved to Bari club for 5.5m, he moved to three Italian teams before returning back to the premiership with Arsenal in 1996. |
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Gareth Southgate began his career at Crystal Palace playing centre midfield in 1989 and appeared in 151 games over four seasons. He was moved to Aston Villa for £2.5m in 1995 where he became a centre back defender. Southgate’s first season with Villa was memorable as he lifted the League Cup and qualified for the UEFA cup. Southgate made his first England debut in 1996 against Poland. In the 1996-97 season Southgate became the team captain for Aston Villa and played every single premiership game the following season. The Aston Villa captain in 2000 handed a transfer request and in 2001 he moved to Middlesbrough. |
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