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The Aston Villa team of the late 19th century Aston Villa Football Club are an English professional association football club based in Aston, Birmingham, who currently play in the Premier League. The club was founded in 1874 and were founding members of the Football League in 1888, as well as the Premier League in 1992. They are one of the oldest football clubs in England, having won the First ...
The English football champions are the winners of the top-level league in English men's football, which since the 1992–93 season has been called the Premier League. Following the codification of professional football by the Football Association in 1885, [ 1 ] the Football League was established in 1888, after meetings initiated by Aston Villa ...
Despite missing out on the league title, Villa Park crowds were entertained by attacking football, the 128 goals scored in 1930–31, remains the all-time top-flight record to the present day. A remarkable 49 of the league goals that season were scored by centre-forward Tom 'Pongo' Waring, with another 30 goals from winger Eric Houghton.
A 3–0 win against Newcastle United on 15 April 2023 saw Villa win five Premier League games in a row for the first time since 1998, [104] and victory at Villa Park against Brighton on the final matchday not only meant The Villans’ first time winning seven consecutive league games at home since the 1992-93 season, [105] but also their ...
The Aston Villa team of 1897 that won The Double. This is a list of seasons played by Aston Villa Football Club in English and European football, from 1879 (the year of the club's first FA Cup entry) to the most recent completed season. Aston Villa football club was founded in March, 1874, by members of the Villa Cross Wesleyan Chapel in Aston. Throughout the 1870s, Aston Villa played a small ...
The 2024–25 season is the 150th season in the history of Aston Villa Football Club, and their sixth consecutive season in the Premier League.In addition to the domestic league, the club will also participate in the FA Cup, the EFL Cup, and for the very first time the Champions League; Villa's last participation at the top level of European club competition was in the European Cup of the 1982 ...
Aston Villa was also one of the winners of the 2001 Intertoto Cup. Including the 2024–25 Champions League, Aston Villa has played in 19 seasons of UEFA competitions, although the 2024–25 Champions League is the first time Aston Villa is playing in the Champions League or European Cup since the 1982–83 European Cup. [4]
Premier League Hendrie 63' 12 September 1998 Wimbledon: H: 2–0 Premier League Merson 45', Taylor 59' 19 September 1998 Leeds United: A: 0–0 Premier League 26 September 1998 Derby County: H: 1–0 Premier League Merson 14' 3 October 1998 Coventry City: A: 2–1 Premier League Taylor 29', 39' 17 October 1998 West Ham United: A: 0–0 Premier ...