**Official** Aston Villa Thread.

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Aston Villa Football Club



Honours

European Cup Winners: 1982

European Super Cup Winners: 1982-83

InterToto Cup Winners: 2001

First Division Champions: 1893-94, 1895-96, 1896-97, 1898-99, 1899-1900, 1909-10,1980-81

Second Division Champions: 1937-38, 1959-60

Third Division Champions: 1971-72

FA Cup Winners: 1887, 1895, 1897, 1905, 1913, 1920, 1957

League Cup Winners: 1961, 1975, 1977, 1994, 1996

FA Youth Cup Winners: 1972, 1980, 2002


Player Records:
Appearances:

Youngest Player: Jimmy Brown- 15 years 349 days vs Bolton (17th September 1969)
Oldest Player: Ernie “Mush” Callaghan- 39 years 257 days vs Grimsby Town (12th April 1947)
Most Appearances: Charlie Aitken- 657

Goalscorers:

Most goals in a season: Tom “Pongo” Waring- 50 goals (1930/31)
Most league goals in a season: Tom “Pongo” Waring- 49 goals (1930/31)
Top Goalscorer: Billy Walker- 244

International:

First capped player to play for ENGLAND: Arthur Alfred Brown/Howard Vaughton- 18th February 1882
Most capped player: Steve Staunton- 64 caps for Republic of Ireland
Most capped player to play for ENGLAND: Gareth Southgate- 41 caps
First player to play in a World Cup: Peter McParland- Northern Ireland- 1958
Most World Cup Appearances: Paul McGrath- 9
Most World Cup goals: Peter McParland- 5

Record Transfer Fees Paid:

1. Ashley Young- £9.65m- Watford- January 2007
2. Juan Pablo Angel- £9.5m- River Plate- January 2001
3. Nigel Reo-Coker- £8.5m- West Ham United- July 2007
4. Carlos Cuellar- £7.8m- Rangers- August 2008
5. Stan Collymoore- £7m- Liverpool- May 1997

Highest Transfer Fee Received:

Dwight Yorke was bought for £12.6 million by Manchester United in 1998.

Club Records:

Goals:

Most league goals scored in a season: 128 goals- 1930/31
Fewest league goals scored in a season: 36 goals- 1969/70
Most league goals conceded in a season: 110 goals- 1935/36
Fewest league goals conceded in a season: 32 goals- 1971/72

Matches:

First match: Aston Villa 1-0 Aston Brook- March 1874
First league match: Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-1 Aston Villa- 8th September 1888
First match at Villa Park: Aston Villa 3-0 Blackburn Rovers- 17th April 1897
First FA Cup match: Stafford Road Works 1-1 Aston Villa- 13th December 1879
First league cup match: Aston Villa 4-1 Huddersfield Town- 12th October 1960
First European match: Royal Antwerp FC 4-1 Aston Villa- 17th September 1975- Uefa Cup

Record football league win: Aston Villa 12-2 Accrington Stanley- 12th March 1892
Record Premier League win: Aston Villa 7-1 Wimbledon- 11th February 1995
Record FA Cup win: Aston Villa 13-0 Wednesbury Old Athletic- 3rd October 1886
Record league cup win: Aston Villa 8-1 Exeter City- 9th October 1985
Record European win: Aston Villa 5-0 Valur Reykjavik- 16th September 1981

Highest league game attendance: 69,492 vs Wolverhampton Wanderers- 27th December 1949
Highest FA Cup game attendance: 76,588 vs Derby County- 2nd March 1946
Highest Premier League attendance: 42,640 vs Liverpool- 11th August 2007

The Ground

Villa Park (UEFA Elite Stadium)

Capacity: 42,640




Thought I would start off an Aston Villa thread as there is not long to wait until the start of the season. I already have bought my tickets for our first away trip to Anfield (easy win!).

Peace Cup Squad (announced today)

Brad Friedel, Brad Guzan, Elliot Parish, Marc Albrighton, Barry Bannan, John Carew, Ciaran Clark, Carlos Cuellar, Curtis Davies, Marlon Harewood, Chris Herd, Emile Heskey, Zat Knight, Eric Lichaj, Shane Lowry, Isaiah Osbourne, Stiliyan Petrov, Nigel Reo-Coker, Moustapha Salifou, Nicky Shorey, Steve Sidwell, Ashley Young, Luke Young, Jonathan Hogg, Wilfred Bouma, Andreas Weimann.

Should be a good season for us and hopefully we can get another top 6th finish!

[vimtojoe]

Yeah looks promising with Downing although a small squad is the worry

[MrFridayNight]

Booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooo

[RAB SAFC 1879]

Dont worry lads Fulham will be fighting u lot for top 5 places next season


P.s am kidden


Nice squad tho i hate Milner the cheating lalalala

[Dazzer18]

I think Villa need to get some defenders and one or two more midfielders in really.

[HCFC Clark]

I like Villa, mainly due to the fact that a lot of there squad is English. Good manager too. I wanted you guys to finish 4th this year. One day maybe, although by the looks of things you may need to spend big.

[MFC_LukeCarter]

Don't put stars in the titles of threads, it hurts my already tender eyes.

[Irn-Bru-]

Oooooo Ahhhhhh Paul McGrath.

Legend.

[Hitchy9]

So when is Downing actually expected to be ready to play?

[MickyBhoy1888]

Did Hutton move to Aston Villa? heard he went for 5m

would be a good move for him and Scotland if he's getting played regularly this season

[mustangt1255]

Too bad your moron of a coach values Young at 30 million, cuz I could see Liverpool offering about 20.

[avfc_OnTour]

Originally Posted by mustangt1255

Too bad your moron of a coach values Young at 30 million, cuz I could see Liverpool offering about 20.

When we have already solf our best player he is hardly going to let him walk away. I'm not saying he is worth 30 M but then there are lots of players who have been sold for more than they are worth.

Downing should be fit by October/November

and no we havn't signed Hutton. yet ..

[VillaTillIDie]

Originally Posted by Hitchy9

So when is Downing actually expected to be ready to play?

He's supposed to be fit around October. Not to bothered about him anyway, I think he's overrated and if O'Neill keeps buying average players then we can kiss a top 6 finish goodbye. He needs to spend. We need at least five more players in, most of top quality. If he doesn't buy, he can't use the "We don't have a big enough squad so they were tired at the end of the season" excuse when we finish 7th or 8th.

We need a top class centre-back to fill in Laursen's boots, which will be very tough to fill. Distin sounds good, but I don't know if he is good enough to replace Laursen.
We also need a top class central midfielder, but I don't want us to sell Reo-Coker and I think he should be given a go in central midfield to prove he is good enough. I'd also like to see us sign Delph for the future but once again O'Neill is stalling over a move so Everton will probably nick in and get him before us.

[HCFC Clark]

Harewood and Reo-Coker - Are they available? If so, what price we talking?

[RAB SAFC 1879]

we been linked with reo-coker

dunno bout him we can get better were does he play

[HCFC Clark]

CM. Versatile tho and can play right back. Would welcome him here tbh, depends on the price and wages.

[RAB SAFC 1879]

Ah right we want Cana cant be doing with another CM right now

[VillaTillIDie]

Originally Posted by clark123

Harewood and Reo-Coker - Are they available? If so, what price we talking?

Harewood- Have him Please, just take him. No being serious, I don't know. I would rate him at about £3million, maybe more. Mind you, we bought him for £4million so O'Neill would probably want that back.

Reo-Coker- I wouldn't want to see him go. I think, if he is just given the chance, he could fill in Barry's gap. He's still only young and is a very versatile player, he can play is 3 or 4 different positions. We payed around £8million so I would expect we would want to get that back. So Middlesborough's supposed £3 million bid wouldn't be enough. Plus, he is too good t drop down a league and, at his age, why would he want to?

[safcrhys]

Villa have become my 2nd favourite Prem team (after Sunderland ofcourse), another big traditional club and I like the English core in the side. Relegation Newcastle also helped.

I'll be keeping an eye on how things go for you next season, hopefully another top 6 finish.

[HCFC Clark]

I dont know if I want Harewood to sign. It would depend if we sign Zamora or not, as I think them 2 did a very good job together at West Ham.

Reo-Coker I really like. Got a great engine on him and could do well with Bullard in the Mdifield. Doubt our intrest is solid tho, probably just rumours wiith him been linked with Boro.

[VillaTillIDie]

Originally Posted by safcrhys

Villa have become my 2nd favourite Prem team (after Sunderland ofcourse), another big traditional club and I like the English core in the side. Relegation Newcastle also helped.

I'll be keeping an eye on how things go for you next season, hopefully another top 6 finish.

Well my dad is from Sunderland so I'm always looking for their scores. Don't like to see them struggling.

Originally Posted by clark123

I dont know if I want Harewood to sign. It would depend if we sign Zamora or not, as I think them 2 did a very good job together at West Ham.

Reo-Coker I really like. Got a great engine on him and could do well with Bullard in the Mdifield. Doubt our intrest is solid tho, probably just rumours wiith him been linked with Boro.

Reo-Coker would be a fantastic signing. He always puts 110% into every game, which is why I don't want him to go. Him and Milner are such good workers, always put full effort into every game. I just don't want Reo-Coker to leave, you can have Harewood though

[VillaTillIDie]

Originally Posted by mustangt1255

Too bad your moron of a coach values Young at 30 million, cuz I could see Liverpool offering about 20.

How is that being a moron. Obviously he is going to value his best player over what he is really worth so he doesn't get any bids for him. We don't want to sell him, but if we are forced to O'Neill has a right to get as much for him as he can

[VillaTillIDie]

Great...

BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | A | Aston Villa | Downing ruled out until December

[RAB SAFC 1879]

you already expected that

[VillaTillIDie]

Originally Posted by RAB SAFC 1879

you already expected that

I expected October, not December. I don't understand why we didn't just buy him in January. Not long till the season and our only signing is injured for half the season.