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Villa Park is a football stadium in Aston, Birmingham, with a seating capacity of 42,785. [4] It has been the home of Premier League club Aston Villa since 1897. The ground is less than a mile from both Witton and Aston railway stations and has hosted sixteen England internationals at senior level, the first in 1899 and the most recent in 2005.
Aston Villa's current home venue is Villa Park; the team previously played at Aston Park (1874–1876) and Wellington Road (1876–1897). Villa Park is the largest football stadium in the English Midlands, and the eighth largest stadium in England.
Aston Villa Football Club were formed in 1874, by fifteen members [Report by the Sports Argus on a talk by co-founder Jack Hughes, 1899] of the Wesleyan Chapel at Villa Cross (known as early as 1867 as Aston Villa Wesleyan Chapel) [1] [2] in Lozells. Four of the founders were Jack Hughes, Frederick Matthews, Walter Price and William Scattergood.
Villa Park: Aston, Birmingham: 42,918 [3] Aston Villa: Premier League 1897 Aston Villa W.F.C. Women's Super League 11 Stamford Bridge: Fulham, London 40,173 [5] Chelsea: Premier League 1877 12 Goodison Park: Walton, Liverpool 39,414 [5] Everton: Premier League 1892 13 Elland Road: Beeston, Leeds: 37,608 [7] Leeds United: EFL Championship 1897 ...
Stadium: Villa Park; Capacity: 42,657 [7] Current stadium status: Reconstructed. 7,400 North Stand expansion plan. Aston Villa have planning permission to increase Villa Park from 42,000 to 50,000 seats by expanding the North Stand.
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However, with an uneven pitch and growing crowds, it became increasingly apparent that a new ground was required. Villa moved to Villa Park towards the end of the 1896–97 season, with the last league match played at Wellington Road on 22 March 1897. Villa beat Bolton Wanderers 6–2, with a crowd of 8,000 in attendance. [1]
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