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Aston Villa Facts

Since the creation of the Football League, Aston Villa has spent 88 of 101 seasons in England’s top flight.

Villa’s haul of domestic trophies includes seven FA Cups and seven First Division championships. The crowing achievement was winning the European Cup in 1982.

Villa is one of four England teams to win what is now known as the UEFA Champions League.

Aston Villa was founded in 1874 by criketers in Birmingham’s Aston District who were seeking off-season recreation.

Villa earned the bulk of its domestic silverware in a "golden age" — 1887 through the 1914-15 season, after which football was suspended due to World War I.

Led by forward Archie Hunter, Villa won its first FA Cup in 1887.

From 1888-89 through 1914-15, Villa won four more FA Cups (1895, 1897, 1905, 1913). In all of those seasons, Villa played in the First Division and won six championships (1894, 1896, 1897, 1899, 1900, 1910).

William McGregor and George Ramsey also are legendary Villans.

McGregor was the force behind the creation of the Football League for the 1888-89 season. He later became president and chairman of the Football League and chairman of the FA.

Ramsey was Villa’s manager from 1883-84 through 1925-26, His teams won six FA Cups and five First Division championships.

From 1919-20 through 2008-09, Villa usually has fielded a competitive side. But silverware has not been as plentiful.

The Villans have been in the top flight for 61 of those 74 seasons. They won two additional FA Cups (1920, 1957), one additional First Division championship (1981), five League Cups (1961, 1975, 1977, 1994, 1996), one InterToto Cup (2001), one European Super Cup (1983) and one European Cup (1982).

On May 26, 1982, Villa won the European Cup by defeating Bayern Munich, 1-0, in Rotterdam, Holland. Peter Withe scored the goal.

Villa has been a member of the Premier League, formerly the First Division, since its founding for the 1992-93 season. Villa had its best season in 1992-93, finishing in second place.

By finishing sixth in the Premier League in 2008-09, Villa will compete in the 2009-10 Europa League (formerly the UEFA Cup).

Aston Villa Stadium

For Aston Villa, 2009-10 is its 93rd season at Villa Park, which opened on April 17, 1897 with a "friendly" against Blackburn Rovers. The match occurred one week after Villa completed a domestic double, winning the 1897 First Division and FA Cup championships.

The original capacity was 40,000.Most attendees stood in the open. Floodlights were installed in 1958. Today, the seating capacity is 42,640.

Villa Park has hosted 16 international matches in three centuries. The first occurred in 1899. The most recent occurred in 2005.

Villa Park is one of six stadiums that will host matches in the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Aston Villa Football Club Manager.

Martin O’Neill brings a record of 54-45-39 into his fourth season at Aston Villa.

O’Neill, who became a coach in 1987, has a career winning percentage of more than 53 percent. He joined Villa in August 2006 after caring for his wife, who was seriously ill, for more than one year.

Prior to Villa, O’Neill had highly a successful stint at Celtic. In five seasons (2000-01 to 2004-05), Celtic won six major Scotland championships, including three of the Premier League.

In his excellent playing career as a midfielder, O’Neill helped Nottingham Forest win European Cup championships in 1979 and 1980. His 64 international appearances for Northern Ireland included being captain of the team that competed in the 1982 World Cup Final.

Birmingham City General Info & Facts

Birmingham City is back in the Premier League for the 2009-10 season.

But this may be the cause of mixed emotions for all associated with the Blues, including the supporters – Bluenoses.

There should be pride because Birmingham earned an automatic promotion by finishing second in the Football League Championship in 2008-09.

However, there also may be a sense of foreboding. That’s because the Premier is such a strong league. And when the Blues have been in the top flight, they have never consistently finished in the top half of the table.

Through 2008-09, Birmingham has spent just over half of its seasons in the Football League — 55 of 106 — in the top flight. In addition to 50 in the old First Division, they have been in the Premier for only five of 17 since it was formed for 1992-93.

Birmingham’s best finish in the top flight was sixth in the First Division in 1955-56.

Birmingham’s return to the Premier means there will be at least two Birmingham Derby games in 2009-10.

Birmingham trails in the series against Aston Villa, 32-40. There have been 26 draws.

The start occurred in 1875 when Holy Church in the Bordesley Green District of Birmingham adding a football side to cricket in its sports program.

The side was known as Small Heath Alliance until becoming Birmingham City Football Club in 1905.

The Birmingham Derby began on 27 September 1879 — a 1-0 win for Small Heath Alliance over visiting Aston Villa.

Small Heath Alliance was a founding member of the Football League’s Second Division. After winning the championship in the first season – 1892-93, a second-place finish in 1893-94 earned the side its first promotion to the First Division.

Birmingham’s lone piece of major domestic silverware is the 1963 League Cup. The Blues defeated Aston Villa in the home-and-home series, 3-1, on aggregate.

Birmingham made its second and to date final appearance in the League Cup championship game in 2001, falling 2-1 to Liverpool.

Birmingham has appeared twice in the FA Cup championship game, losing 3-1 to West Bromwich Albion in 1931 and Manchester City in 1956.

The Blues won the championship of the old Second Division four times — 1892-93, 1920-21, 1947-48 and 1954-55.

Birmingham City Stadium.

St. Andrew’s Stadium has been the Blues’ home for more than a century. It opened on 26 December 1906 — a 0-0 First Division draw with Middlesbrough.

Legend has it that gypsies were evicted from the land in order to build the stadium. Thus, they put a 100-year curse on the land. If the legend is true, the curse has expired.

Initially, St. Andrew’s accommodated 75,000 spectators in a large grandstand and a large uncovered terrace.

St. Andrew’s was renovated and downsized to an all-seat stadium in the 1990s. Now, the seating capacity is just over 30,000.

Birmingham City Manager.

Alex McLeish has been in charge since November 2007.

Prior to joining the Blues, he was the manager of Scotland’s national team for 10 months in 2007. He resigned after Scotland narrowly failed to qualify for Euro 2008.

Before that, McLeish guided Rangers to two championships of Scotland’s Premier League as well as five cup championships (two Scottish and three Scottish League) in five seasons – 2000-01 to 2005-06.

McLeish had an outstanding playing career as a central defender with Aberdeen in Scotland. He also made 77 international appearances for Scotland, including the World Cup Finals in 1982, 1986 and 1990.