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Aston Villa's first shirt sponsor was Davenports Breweries in the 1982–83 season. [86] Aston Villa forwent commercial kit sponsorship for the 2008–09 and 2009–10 seasons; instead advertising the charity Acorns Children's Hospice, the first deal of its kind in Premier League history. [97]
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.
The history of Aston Villa Football Club from 1961 to the current season covers the fluctuating fortunes of the club during the 1960s and 1970s, the European Cup victory in 1982 and the present day Premier League club. The late 1960s was a turbulent time for the club.
In the case of Aston Villa Football Club, while the rampant lion was associated with the club from near its inception in 1874, the earliest known crest, the Lion Rampant To dexter (facing left) on a shield with motto "Prepared", was first documented in the club program of 1st September 1906. [1]
The season fell in what was to be called Villa's golden era. [1] Club crests did not always hold their current importance. In the case of Aston Villa Football Club , while the rampant lion was associated with the club from near its inception in 1874, the earliest known crest, the Lion Rampant To dexter ( facing left ) on a shield with motto ...
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 ...
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Aston Villa are one of the 6 clubs from England to have won the European Cup, [1] [2] winning in 1982, beating Bayern Munich in the final, after winning the 1980–81 English First Division. In the same year, they won the 1982 European Super Cup against 1982 Cup Winners' Cup champions, Barcelona , [ 3 ] and played in the 1982 Intercontinental ...