ASTON VILLA FOOTBALL CLUB LTD
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Short profile:
1874
Jack Hughes, Frederick Matthews, Walter Price and William Scattergood from the Villa Cross Wesleyan Chapel cricket team meet under a gas-light to form a new club.
1887
Villa triumph in the FA Cup with a 2-0 victory against West Brom in front of some 15, 000 spectators.
1888
Villa director William McGregor pioneers the formation of the first Football League by calling the country’s leading clubs together.
1894
First League Championship triumph followed by a second FA Cup triumph the following term.
1895
The FA Cup trophy stolen from a Birmingham shop window where it had been on display.
1896
Villa are champions for a second time in three years. 1897
Villa move from Perry Barr to Villa Park. The Villans take the league title by 11 points and secure the double by beating three top quality sides to carry off the FA Cup.
1899
A dramatic league season as Villa beat rivals Liverpool 5-0 on the final day to again lift the trophy.
Detailed description:
1900
Villa retain their league title.
1905
Villa, once again, capture the FA Cup with Harry Hampton scoring two goals against Newcastle United in front of 101, 117.
1910
Villa win their sixth league title.
1911
Villa buy Villa Park.
1913
Villa win the FA Cup for a record-equalling fifth time, beating Sunderland 1-0.
1920
Villa yet again triumph in the FA Cup, beating favourites Huddersfield in the final.
1931
Tom ‘Pongo’ Waring scores an amazing 49 league goals as Villa finish runners-up to Arsenal in the league.
1957
Eric Houghton’s Villa triumph in the FA Cup of 1957, beating Manchester United 2-1 in the final.
1961
Villa win the newly created League Cup, beating Rotherham United over two legs.
1975
Villa win the League Cup with a 1-0 win over Norwich, Ray Graydon scoring the winning goal from a penalty rebound.
1977
Villa beat Everton 3-2 at Old Trafford to win the League Cup yet again after 2 replays.
The first match at Wembley finishes goalless, followed by a 1-1 draw at Hillsborough.
1981
Villa win the League Championship under the stewardship of Ron Saunders.1982
Tony Barton guides Villa into their first European Cup final. Peter Withe scores the winning goal against Bayern Munich in the final.
1982
Doug Ellis returns to Villa Park as chairman.
1988
The claret and blue troops hold out for a point on the last day of the season to go back up to Division One.
1994
Villa win another League Cup, with Ron Atkinson’s men running out 3-1 winners over Manchester United.
1996
Brian Little leads Villa to another League Cup final victory over Leeds United, winning 3-0.
2000
Villa reach the FA Cup final at Wembley but go down 1-0 to Chelsea.
2006
Martin O’Neill arrives at Villa Park on the day he is appointed as the new manager. Soon after, the club changes hands with Randy Lerner taking the reins from Doug Ellis.
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