List of Aston Villa F.C. players

Last updated September 18, 2024

Aston Villa players from the squad that won the 1982 European Cup Final at the 25 years celebration: Jimmy Rimmer, Kenny Swain, Allan Evans, Ken McNaught, Gary Williams, Des Bremner, Gordon Cowans, Dennis Mortimer, Gary Shaw, Tony Morley, Peter Withe, and Nigel Spink 82team.jpg — Aston Villa players from the squad that won the 1982 European Cup Final at the 25 years celebration: Jimmy Rimmer, Kenny Swain, Allan Evans, Ken McNaught, Gary Williams, Des Bremner, Gordon Cowans, Dennis Mortimer, Gary Shaw, Tony Morley, Peter Withe, and Nigel Spink

Aston Villa Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Aston, Birmingham, who currently play in the Premier League. The club was founded in 1874 and have played at its current home ground, Villa Park, since 1897. Aston Villa was one of the founding members of The Football League in 1888 and the Premier League in 1992.^[1] Aston Villa is one of the most successful clubs in English football history, having won 25 honours in its history.

This is a list of Aston Villa's notable players, generally this means players that have played 100 or more competitive matches for the club, a feat often referred to as joining the 100 club.^[2]^[3] However, some players who have played fewer matches are also included; players from the club's pre-Football League days, when they played fewer matches in a season than the present day, club captains, record-holders, and players that became coaches or managers at the club are also included. Players who hold records have footnotes describing the record. Players are listed according to the date of their first-team debut for the club. Appearances are for first-team competitive matches only including those as a substitute; wartime matches are excluded as competitions were regarded as invitational or friendly.

In 2024, to commemorate Aston Villa's 150th anniversary, every player to represent Aston Villa in a competitive first team fixture was given a unique "legacy number".^[4]

Notable players

Statistics correct as of 17 September 2024.

This and the † indicate that they hold or held a club or national record
This and the * indicate that they played their full professional career at Aston Villa.
(n/a) = Information not available
Players in bold are still playing for the club.

Legacy number	Name	Nationality	Position^[5]	Aston Villa career	Captaincy	Appearances	Goals	Notes
n/a	Walter H. Price	England	Defender	1874	1874–1876	n/a	n/a	†^[6]^[7]
5	Archie Hunter	Scotland	Forward	1878–1890	1882–1891	73	42	^[8]
12	George Ramsay	Scotland	Forward	1876–1882	1876–1882	n/a	n/a	^[9]
14	Howard Vaughton	England	Forward	1880–1888	–	26	15	†^[10]
32	Albert Brown	England	Forward	1884–1894	–	114	58	†^[11]
39	Dennis Hodgetts	England	Midfielder	1886–1896	–	215	91	–
41	Jimmy Warner	England	Goalkeeper	1886–1892	–	101	0	–
44	Gershom Cox	England	Defender	1878–1893	–	101	0	–
56	James Cowan	Scotland	Midfielder	1889–1902*	–	354	27	–
73	Charlie Athersmith	England	Winger	1891–1901	–	307	85	–
74	Jack Devey	England	Forward	1891–1902	1891–1898	304	187	†^[12]
96	Jack Reynolds	England	Midfielder	1893–1897	–	110	17	–
99	Willie Groves	Scotland	Midfielder, Forward	1893–1894	–	22	4	†^[13]
100	Stephen Smith	England	Forward	1893–1901	–	184	42	–
108	Howard Spencer	England	Defender	1892–1907	1902–1906	292	2
112	Jimmy Crabtree	England	Defender	1895–1904	1898–1902	200	7	–
116	Fred Wheldon	England	Forward	1896–1900	–	137	74	–
118	Albert Evans	England	Defender	1896–1906	–	206	0	–
122	Billy George	England	Goalkeeper	1897–1911*	–	401	0	–
123	Tommy Bowman	Scotland	Midfielder	1897–1901	–	113	2	–
126	Billy Garraty	England	Forward	1897–1908	–	255	112	–
129	George Johnson	England	Forward	1897–1905	–	110	47	–
131	Albert Wilkes	England	Midfielder	1898–1907	–	157	8	–
142	Joe Pearson	England	Midfielder	1900–1908	–	118	7	–
144	Joe Bache	England	Forward	1900–1914	1906–1914	474	185
147	Alf Wood	England	Defender	1900–1905	–	111	7	–
152	Willie Clarke	Scotland	Forward	1901–1905	–	41	5	†^[14]
160	William Brawn	England	Forward	1901–1906	–	107	20	–
163	Alex Leake	England	Midfielder	1902–1907	–	140	9	–
169	Bert Hall	England	Forward	1903–1913	–	214	62	–
170	Alf Miles	England	Defender	1902–1914	–	269	0	–
175	Harry Hampton	England	Forward	1904–1920	–	376	242	†^[15]
182	James Logan	Scotland	Defender	1905–1912	–	157	4	–
183	Joe Walters	England	Forward	1905–1912	–	121	41	–
191	Chris Buckley	England	Forward	1906–1914	–	143	3	–
195	George Tranter	England	Midfielder	1905–1915	–	174	1	–
196	Charlie Wallace	England	Forward	1907–1921	–	349	57	–
201	Tom Lyons	England	Defender	1907–1915	–	238	0	–
220	Clem Stephenson	England	Forward	1910–1921	–	216	96	^[8]
228	Tommy Weston	England	Defender	1911–1922	–	179	0	–
236	Andy Ducat	England	Midfield	1912–1921	1919–1921	87	4
238	Sam Hardy	England	Goalkeeper	1912–1921	–	183	0	^[8]
239	Jimmy Harrop	England	Defender	1912–1921	–	171	4	–
258	Frank Moss	England	Defender Midfielder	1914–1929	1921–1927	283	9	–
260	Richard York	England	Forward	1915–1931	–	390	86	–
263	Arthur Dorrell	England	Forward	1919–1931	–	390	65
272	Frank Barson	England	Midfielder	1919–1922	–	108	10	–
273	Billy Kirton	England	Forward	1919–1928	–	261	59	–
276	Billy Walker	England	Forward	1919–1933*	1927–1933	531	244	†^[16]^[17]
278	Tommy Smart	England	Defender	1920–1934	–	452	8	–
279	Tommy Ball	England	Defender	1920–1923	–	77	0	^[18]^[19]
280	Cyril Spiers	England	Goalkeeper	1920–1927	–	112	0	–
282	Tommy Jackson	England	Goalkeeper	1919–1930	–	186	0	–
283	George Blackburn	England	Midfielder	1920–1926	–	145	2	–
289	Jock Johnstone	Scotland	Defender	1921–1927	–	115	1	–
290	Len Capewell	England	Forward	1921–1930	–	156	100	–
292	Thomas Mort	England	Defender	1921–1935	–	368	2	–
296	Vic Milne	Scotland	Defender	1923–1929	–	175	1	–
298	Teddy Bowen	England	Defender	1923–1934	–	199	0	–
299	Alec Talbot	England	Defender	1923–1936	1933–1934	263	7	–
319	Billy Kingdon	England	Midfielder	1926–1936	–	241	5	–
322	Jimmy Gibson	Scotland	Defender	1927–1936	–	197	9	–
323	Joseph Beresford	England	Forward	1927–1935	–	251	73	–
327	Joe Tate	England	Midfielder	1925–1935	–	193	4	–
331	Tom Waring	England	Forward	1928–1935	–	226	167	†^[20]
333	George Brown	England	Forward	1929–1934	–	126	89	–
334	Eric Houghton	England	Forward	1927–1946	1934–1936	392	170	^[9]^[21]
335	Fred Biddlestone	England	Goalkeeper	1930–1939	–	160	0	–
337	Jack Mandley	England	Forward	1929–1934	–	112	26	–
341	Dai Astley	Wales	Forward	1931–1936	–	173	100	–
342	Danny Blair	Scotland	Defender	1931–1936	–	138	0	–
343	Harry Morton	England	Goalkeeper	1930–1937	–	207	0	–
349	Ernie Callaghan	England	Defender	1930–1947*	–	142	0	^[22]
353	Ronnie Dix	England	Striker	1932–1937	–	104	30	–
355	Jimmy Allen	England	Midfielder	1934–(n/a)	–	160	3	–
359	Frank Broome	England	Forward	1934–1946	–	151	90	–
361	Tom Griffiths	Wales	Midfielder	1935–1939	1936–1937	67	1	–
362	George Cummings	Scotland	Defender	1935–1949	1938–1939	232	0	–
366	Alex Massie	Scotland	Midfielder	1935–1945	1937–1938	152	5	^[23]
376	Freddie Haycock	England	Forward	1936–1939	–	110	33	–
377	Bob Iverson	England	Defender	1936–1948	–	153	12	–
385	Frank Moss	England	Midfielder	1938–1951	–	313	3	–
386	George Edwards	England	Forward	1938–1956	–	152	41	–
389	Joe Rutherford	England	Goalkeeper	1939–1951	–	156	0	–
390	Eddie Lowe	England	Midfielder	1945–1950	–	117	3	–
391	Harry Parkes	England	Defender Utility	1939–1955*	–	345	4	–
393	Leslie Smith	England	Forward	1945–1952	–	197	37	–
394	Billy Goffin	England	Forward	1937–1954	–	173	42	–
396	Johnny Dixon	England	Forward	1945–1961*	1955–1959	430	144
401	Dicky Dorsett	England	Defender	1946–1953	1949–1951	271	36	–
402	Amos Moss	England	Defender	1945–1956	–	109	5	–
404	Trevor Ford	Wales	Forward	1947–1950	–	128	61	^[9]^[8]
407	Keith Jones	Wales	Goalkeeper	1946–1957	–	199	0	–
412	Con Martin	Republic of Ireland / Ireland	Goalkeeper Utility	1948–1956	–	213	1	–
417	Colin Gibson	England	Forward	1949–1956	–	167	26	–
421	Tommy Thompson	England	Forward	1950–1955	–	165	75	–
422	Stan Lynn	England	Defender	1950–1961	–	323	38	–
424	Davy Walsh	Ireland / Republic of Ireland	Striker	1950–1955	–	114	40	–
426	Peter Aldis	England	Defender	1948–1960	–	294	1	–
427	Danny Blanchflower	Northern Ireland	Midfielder	1951–1954	1951–1955	155	10	^[8]^[24]
428	Derek Pace	England	Forward	1950–1958	–	107	42	–
431	Peter McParland	Northern Ireland	Forward	1952–1962	–	340	120	†^[9]^[25]
435	Billy Baxter	England	Midfielder	1953–1957	–	108	6	–
439	Vic Crowe	Wales	Midfielder	1951–1964	1959–1964	351	12	^[26]
447	Pat Saward	Republic of Ireland	Defender	1955–1961	–	168	2	–
448	Jackie Sewell	England	Forward	1955–1959	–	144	40	–
450	Jimmy Dugdale	England	Defender	1956–1962	–	244	3	–
452	Leslie Smith	England	Forward	1956–1960	–	129	25	–
453	Nigel Sims	England	Goalkeeper	1956–1964	–	308	0	–
460	Gerry Hitchens	England	Forward	1957–1961	–	160	96	–
462	Gordon Lee	England	Defender	1955–1966	–	142	2	–
467	Ron Wylie	Scotland	Midfielder Forward	1958–1965	–	244	28	–
470	Jimmy MacEwan	Scotland	Forward	1959–1966	–	181	31	–
472	John Neal	England	Defender	1959–1963	–	114	0	–
473	Bobby Thomson	Scotland	Forward	1959–1963	–	171	70	–
474	Alan Deakin	England	Midfielder	1956–1969	1964–1969	270	9	–
475	Harry Burrows	England	Forward	1956–1965	–	181	73	–
476	Mike Tindall	England	Midfielder	1956–1961	–	134	4	–
486	Alan Baker	England	Defender	1960–1966	–	109	17	–
485	John Sleeuwenhoek	England	Defender	1961–1967	–	260	1	–
488	Charlie Aitken	Scotland	Defender	1959–1976	1966–1973	660	16	†^[9]^[27]
496	Phil Woosnam	Wales	Forward	1962–1966	–	125	30	–
498	Lew Chatterley	England	Defender Midfielder	1960–1971	–	160	27	–
500	Tony Hateley	England	Forward	1963–1966	–	148	86	–
501	Mick Wright	England	Defender	1962–1973	–	315	1	–
502	Dave Pountney	England	Midfielder	1963–1968	–	128	7	–
503	Stan Horne	England	Midfielder	1963–1965	–	6	0	^[28]
506	Johnny MacLeod	Scotland	Right-winger	1964–1968	–	139	18	–
511	Colin Withers	England	Goalkeeper	1964–1969	–	163	0	–
512	Keith Bradley	England	Defender Midfielder	1962–1972	–	135	9	–
519	William Anderson	England	Forward	1967–1973	–	263	45	–
523	Brian Godfrey	England	Midfielder Forward	1967–1971	–	260	25	–
525	Fred Turnbull	England	Defender	1967–1975	–	183	3	–
527	John Dunn	England	Goalkeeper	1967–1971	–	118	0	–
532	Brian Tiler	England	Defender	1968–1973	–	127	4	–
536	Chico Hamilton	England	Forward	1969–1976	–	234	48	–
537	Pat McMahon	Scotland	Midfielder	1969–1976	–	149	30	–
538	Bruce Rioch	Scotland	Midfielder	1969–1974	–	175	37	–
547	Andy Lochhead	Scotland	Forward	1970–1973	–	153	47	–
551	Geoff Vowden	England	Striker	1971–1974	–	114	25	–
552	Ray Graydon	England	Forward	1971–1977	–	230	81	–
555	Brian Little	England	Forward	1970–1979	–	301	82	^[9]
556	Jimmy Cumbes	England	Goalkeeper	1971–1976	–	182	0	–
557	Ian Ross	Scotland	Defender	1972–1976	1974–1976	204	3
558	Chris Nicholl	England	Defender	1972–1977	1976–1977	251	20
560	John Gidman	England	Defender	1972–1980	–	243	9	–
562	John Robson	England	Defender	1972–1978	–	176	1	–
569	Frank Carrodus	England	Midfielder	1974–1979	–	196	10	–
572	Leighton Phillips	Wales	Defender	1974–1978	–	175	4	–
578	Andy Gray	Scotland	Forward	1975–1979 1985–1987	–	209	78	^[29]^[30]
579	John Deehan	England	Midfielder	1973–1979	–	139	51	–
580	Dennis Mortimer	England	Midfielder	1975–1985	1977–1984	405	36	^[9]
582	Gordon Cowans	England	Midfielder	1976–1985 1988–1991 1993–1994	–	528	59	†^[9]^[31]
589	John Gregory	England	Forward	1977–1979	–	76	11	^[32]
590	Ken McNaught	Scotland	Defender	1977–1983	–	259	14	–
591	Jimmy Rimmer	England	Goalkeeper	1977–1983	–	287	0	–
594	Allan Evans	Scotland	Defender	1977–1989	1984–1989	469	62	–
596	Gary Shaw	England	Forward	1978–1988	–	165	78	^[30]
598	Gary Williams	England	Defender	1975–1987	–	303	2	–
599	Brendan Ormsby	England	Defender	1978–1986	–	140	7	–
601	Colin Gibson	England	Defender	1976–1985	–	238	17	–
602	Kenny Swain	England	Defender	1978–1983	–	178	2	–
604	Tony Morley	England	Midfielder	1979–1983	–	179	34	–
606	Des Bremner	Scotland	Midfielder	1979–1984	–	226	10	–
611	Nigel Spink	England	Goalkeeper	1977–1996	–	454	0	–
615	Peter Withe	England	Forward	1980–1985	–	182	90	^[9]
618	Mark Walters	England	Midfielder	1981–1987	–	224	48	–
619	Paul Birch	England	Midfielder	1978–1991	–	188	25	–
628	Tony Dorigo	England	Defender	1983–1987	–	135	1	–
633	Tony Daley	England	Midfielder	1985–1994	–	290	38	–
645	Kevin Gage	England	Defender	1987–1992	–	145	12	–
652	Stuart Gray	England	Midfielder	1987–1991	1989–1992	132	15	–
653	David Platt	England	Midfielder	1988–1991	–	145	68	^[29]
655	Chris Price	England	Defender	1988–1992	–	142	4	–
657	Ian Olney	England	Forward	1988–1992	–	114	21	–
663	Paul McGrath	Republic of Ireland	Defender	1989–1996	–	321	10	^[9]^[8]^[29]
668	Dwight Yorke	Trinidad and Tobago	Forward	1989–1998	–	288	97	–
670	Dalian Atkinson	England	Forward	1991–1995	–	114	38	–
673	Kevin Richardson	England	Midfielder	1991–1995	1992–1995	188	16	–
674	Steve Staunton	Republic of Ireland	Defender	1991–1998 2000–2003	2002–2003	350	19	–
675	Shaun Teale	England	Defender	1991–1995	–	185	5	–
676	Ugo Ehiogu	England	Defender	1991–2000	–	285	17	–
684	Garry Parker	England	Midfielder	1991–1995	–	119	14	–
687	Earl Barrett	England	Defender	1992–1995	–	132	2	–
688	Mark Bosnich	Australia	Goalkeeper	1992–1999	–	227	0	–
689	Ray Houghton	Republic of Ireland	Midfielder	1992–1995	–	121	11	–
691	Dean Saunders	Wales	Forward	1992–1995	–	142	49	–
693	Andy Townsend	Republic of Ireland	Midfielder	1993–1997	1995–1997	177	11	–
701	Ian Taylor	England	Midfielder	1994–2003	–	293	43	–
705	Alan Wright	England	Defender	1995–2003	–	331	5	–
706	Mark Draper	England	Midfielder	1995–2000	–	141	14	–
707	Savo Milošević	Serbia and Montenegro / Serbia	Forward	1995–1998	–	117	34	–
708	Gareth Southgate	England	Defender	1995–2001	1997–2001	244	9	–
712	Lee Hendrie	England	Midfielder	1993–2007	–	308	32	–
713	Julian Joachim	England	Striker	1996–2001	–	173	46	–
724	Gareth Barry	England	Defender Midfielder	1998–2009	2006–2008	441	52	–
726	Darius Vassell	England	Forward	1997–2005	–	162	35	–
727	Paul Merson	England	Midfielder	1998–2002	2001–2002	145	19	–
731	Dion Dublin	England	Defender Forward	1998–2004	–	190	59	–
734	Steve Stone	England	Midfielder	1999–2002	–	121	7	–
736	Mark Delaney	Wales	Defender	1999–2007	–	193	2	^[33]
737	George Boateng	Ghana	Midfielder	1999–2002	–	127	5	^[34]
751	Thomas Hitzlsperger	Germany	Midfielder	2001–2005	–	110	13	–
754	Peter Schmeichel	Denmark	Goalkeeper	2001–2002	–	36	1	^[35]
741	Jlloyd Samuel	Trinidad and Tobago	Defender	1999–2007	–	199	3	–
752	Juan Pablo Ángel	Colombia	Forward	2001–2007	–	205	66	–
756	Olof Mellberg	Sweden	Defender	2001–2008	2003–2006	263	8	†^[36]
771	Gavin McCann	England	Midfielder	2003–2007	–	129	5	–
772	Thomas Sørensen	Denmark	Goalkeeper	2003–2008	–	158	0	–
776	Martin Laursen	Denmark	Defender	2004–2009	2008–2009	91	11	–
777	Steven Davis	Northern Ireland	Midfielder	2004–2007	–	109	9	–
785	James Milner	England	Midfielder	2005–2006 2008–2010	–	126	22
790	Gabriel Agbonlahor	England	Forward	2005–2018*	2015–2016	391	86	^{[lower-alpha 1]}
791	Stiliyan Petrov	Bulgaria	Midfielder	2006–2013	2009–2012	219	12	–
797	John Carew	Norway	Forward	2007–2011	–	143	47	–
798	Ashley Young	England	Defender Winger	2007–2011 2021–2023	2022–2023	247	39	^{[lower-alpha 2]}
800	Nigel Reo-Coker	England	Midfielder	2007–2011	–	122	3	–
808	Brad Friedel	United States	Goalkeeper	2008–2011	–	131	0	†^[37]^[38]^[39]^[40]
812	Carlos Cuéllar	Spain	Defender	2008–2012	–	120	3	–
813	Brad Guzan	United States	Goalkeeper	2008–2016	–	127	0	–
815	Emile Heskey	England	Forward	2008–2012	–	110	14	–
816	Marc Albrighton	England	Midfielder	2009–2014	–	101	9	–
818	Fabian Delph	England	Midfielder	2009–2015	2015	134	8	–
820	Ciaran Clark	Republic of Ireland	Defender	2009–2016	–	159	10	–
821	James Collins	Wales	Defender	2009–2012	–	110	6	–
822	Richard Dunne	Republic of Ireland	Defender	2009–2013	–	111	4	–
823	Stephen Warnock	England	Defender	2009–2012	–	104	4	–
825	Andreas Weimann	Austria	Forward	2010–2015	–	129	24	–
838	Alan Hutton	Scotland	Defender	2011–2019	–	193	3	–
846	Ron Vlaar	Netherlands	Defender	2012–2015	2012–2015	88	2	–
849	Ashley Westwood	England	Midfielder	2012–2017	–	102	3	–
850	Christian Benteke	Belgium	Forward	2012–2015	–	101	49	–
857	Leandro Bacuna	Curaçao	Midfielder	2013–2017	–	129	8	–
866	Jack Grealish	England	Midfielder	2014–2021	2019–2021	213	32	†^[41]
879	Micah Richards	England	Defender	2015–2019	2015–2016	31	2	^{[lower-alpha 1]}
889	Tommy Elphick	England	Defender	2016–2019	2016	46	1	–
893	James Chester	Wales	Defender	2016–2020	2016–2017 2018–2019	121	10	–
895	Mile Jedinak	Australia	Midfielder	2016–2019		80	2	^[42]
896	Jonathan Kodjia	Ivory Coast	Forward	2016–2020	–	105	31	–
897	Albert Adomah	Ghana	Forward	2016–2019		103	18	–
902	Conor Hourihane	Republic of Ireland	Midfielder	2017–2022	–	133	28	–
905	Neil Taylor	Wales	Midfielder	2017–2021	–	103	0	†^[43]
907	Ahmed Elmohamady	Egypt	Defender	2017–2021	–	129	4	–
908	John Terry	England	Defender	2017–2018	2017–2018	37	1	^[44]
919	John McGinn	Scotland	Midfielder	2018–	2022–	241	26	^{[lower-alpha 2]}
922	Anwar El Ghazi	Netherlands	Forward	2018–2022	–	119	26	–
927	Tyrone Mings	England	Defender	2019–	2021–22	166	8	–
929	Jacob Ramsey	England	Midfielder	2019–		127	14	–
935	Douglas Luiz	Brazil	Midfielder	2019–2024	–	204	22	–
937	Ezri Konsa	England	Defender	2019–		193	7	–
946	Ollie Watkins	England	Forward	2020–		174	72	–
947	Matty Cash	Poland	Defender	2020–		144	9	–
948	Emiliano Martínez	Argentina	Goalkeeper	2020–	–	164	0	†^[45]^[40]^[46]^[47]
972	Leon Bailey	Jamaica	Forward	2021–		109	20	–

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In English football, the Second City derby or Birmingham derby is the local derby between the two major clubs in the city of Birmingham – Aston Villa and Birmingham City, first contested in 1879. Villa play at Villa Park while Birmingham play at St Andrew's, the two grounds separated by roughly 2.4 miles (3.9 km). It is known as the Second City Derby based on Birmingham being referred to as the second city of the United Kingdom. The two clubs are generally regarded as each other's most fierce rivals. In addition both sides have affiliated women's sides, Aston Villa W.F.C. and Birmingham City W.F.C.

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The 2008–09 Premier League was the 17th season since the establishment of the Premier League in 1992. The season began on Saturday, 16 August 2008, and ended on 24 May 2009. The fixtures were announced on 16 June 2008. A total of 20 teams contested the league, consisting of 17 who competed in the previous season and three promoted from the Football League Championship. The new match ball was the Nike T90 Omni.

The 2009–10 Premier League season was Aston Villa's 135th season in English football. It was the club's 99th season in the top-flight and their 22nd consecutive season in the top flight of English football, the Premier League. They were managed by Martin O'Neill – in his fourth season since replacing David O'Leary. The 2009–10 season was Villa's second consecutive spell in European competition for the club, and the first in the newly formatted UEFA Europa League.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2010 Football League Cup final</span> Football match

The 2010 Football League Cup Final was the final match of the 2009–10 Football League Cup, the 50th season of the Football League Cup, a football competition for the 92 teams in the Premier League and The Football League. The match, played at Wembley Stadium on 28 February 2010, was won by Manchester United, who beat Aston Villa 2–1. Aston Villa took the lead in the fifth minute of the game, via a James Milner penalty kick, but Michael Owen equalised for Manchester United seven minutes later. Wayne Rooney, who replaced the injured Owen shortly before half time, scored the winning goal with 16 minutes left to play.

The 2011–12 Premier League season was Aston Villa's 137th season in English football. It was the club's 101st season in the top-flight; and their 24th consecutive season in the top flight of English football, the Premier League. The club was managed by former Birmingham boss Alex McLeish, following Gérard Houllier's departure on 1 June 2011 after less than a year in charge. An extremely disappointing season for the club, saw them finish in 16th place and only two points off relegation. Numerous records were broken during the season including: the lowest points total in the Premier League, fewest wins in a season (7) and worst home record in Villa's 138-year history. As well as poor performances in both domestic cups – being knocked out in the third round of the League Cup and the fourth round of the FA Cup – this season eventually culminated in the sacking of McLeish on 14 May 2012, a day after the season had concluded.

The 2012–13 Premier League season was Aston Villa's 138th season in English football. It was the club's 102nd season in the top flight, and 25th consecutive season in the Premier League. The club was managed by Paul Lambert, their third manager in three seasons, after Alex McLeish was sacked on 14 May 2012, having himself only been in charge for 11 months and 4 days. Lambert's first competitive match came on the opening day of the Premier League season on 18 August 2012, a 1–0 defeat to newly-promoted West Ham United at Upton Park. Their first Premier League win came on 15 September 2012, a 2–0 victory against Swansea City at Villa Park. Lambert was handed a one-match touchline ban on 21 November 2012 for comments relating to a penalty decision in Villa's defeat to Manchester City. On his first return to Carrow Road, Lambert received a mixed reception from the Norwich fans on 11 December 2012 in a League Cup quarter-final which his Villa team won 4–1.

The 1946–47 English football season was Aston Villa's 47th season in the Football League, this season playing in the Football League First Division. The 1946–47 season was the first to feature a full football programme since the 1938–39 campaign.

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Footnotes

1 2 Gabriel Agbonlahor was designated club captain while Micah Richards was designated team captain during the 2015–16 Premier League campaign. Agbonlahor resigned the position following a suspension from first team duties in April 2016. Richards was replaced by Tommy Elphick as captain in August 2016.
1 2 Ashley Young was designated club captain while John McGinn was designated captain by manager Steven Gerrard at the start of the 2022-23 Premier League campaign.

Specific

↑ "Villa History 1874–1887". Aston Villa F.C. Archived from the original on 29 October 2007. Retrieved 15 September 2008.
↑ Kendrick, Mat (25 January 2014). "Ciaran Clark so proud to join Villa's 100 club". BirminghamLive. Archived from the original on 1 March 2023. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
↑ Club, Aston Villa Football. "Ollie Watkins 100: Aston Villa's latest centurion". Aston Villa Football Club. Archived from the original on 1 March 2023. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
↑ "Legacy Numbers: Aston Villa approach 1,000th player". Aston Villa Football Club. 15 August 2024. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
↑ For a full description of positions see football positions.
↑ One of the four founding members (founding fathers) of the club.
↑ First official club captain of Aston Villa.
1 2 3 4 5 6 Football League 100 Legends Hall of Fame entrant.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 One of 12 players to be inducted into the Aston Villa Hall of Fame in 2006.
↑ Aston Villa's first England player in 1882, jointly with Albert Brown.
↑ Aston Villa's first England player in 1882, jointly with Howard Vaughton.
↑ Third all time goalscorer.
↑ The first player to be transferred for £100 and the first recorded professional transfer fee, from West Bromwich Albion to Aston Villa in 1893.
↑ Aston Villa's first Black player and the first Black goalscorer in the English Football League, for Aston Villa in December 1901.
↑ Second all time goalscorer.
↑ Club record goalscorer.
↑ Second all time appearances.
↑ The only Football League player to have been murdered.
↑ Cowan, Mark (6 May 2010). "The star Villa player shot dead by neighbour". From the archives. Birmingham Mail. Archived from the original on 8 May 2010. Retrieved 3 November 2011.
↑ Club record for most league goals (49) and most goals in total (50) scored in a season, in 1930–31.
↑ Went on to become Aston Villa manager from 1953-58, winning the 1957 FA Cup. He was also a director, youth coach, and vice-president of the club in later years, holding the latter role until his death in 1996.
↑ Callaghan was the club record holder for oldest first team player for 63 years between 1947 and 2011; he was 39 years and 86 days old when he became the club's oldest player in 1946 and 39 years and 257 days on his last appearance in 1947. Brad Friedel broke his record in February 2011.
↑ Went on to become Aston Villa manager from 1945-50.
↑ English Football Hall of Fame inductee (2003).
↑ First Aston Villa player to participate in a World Cup and the club's top-scorer in World Cups with five goals.
↑ Went on to become Aston Villa manager from 1970-74, winning the 1971-72 Third Division title.
↑ Charlie Aitken is the all time appearance record holder.
↑ Horne was the first homegrown Black player at Aston Villa, having joined the Villa youth team in 1961, he made his senior debut in 1963, he was transferred to Manchester City in 1965.
1 2 3 Won the PFA Players' Player of the Year award.
1 2 Won the PFA Young Player of the Year award.
↑ Third all time appearance record holder.
↑ Went on to become Aston Villa manager from 1998-2002, winning the 2001 UEFA Intertoto Cup title.He was also a coach at the club between 1994 and 1996.
↑ Delaney joined Aston Villa as a youth coach in 2007 shortly after his retirement as a player and progressed to become Head Coach of the Under-23 side by 2015, a role he held until May 2022.
↑ Boateng re-joined Aston Villa as an under-18 coach in 2019 and progressed to become Professional Development Coach for the Under-23 side in 2020, a position he held until August 2022 when he left to coach the Ghana national side ahead of the 2022 World Cup.
↑ Schmeichel was inducted into the Premier League Hall of Fame in 2022.
↑ First club captain from outside the British Isles.
↑ Friedel became Aston Villa's oldest first team player in February 2011 aged 39 years and 259 days, beating the record previously held for over 63 years by Ernie Callaghan. On the day of his final appearance, a 1-0 home win against Liverpool, he was 40 years and 4 days old, it was also his 400th game in the Premier League.
↑ Evans, Gregg. "Brad Friedel exclusive: 'Even at 44 years old, I could have carried on'". The Athletic . Archived from the original on 5 March 2021. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
↑ Joint highest clean sheets (15) in a Premier League season with Emi Martínez, achieved in the 2009-10 season.
1 2 Wilson, Amie. "Brad Friedel delivers 'huge' Emi Martinez verdict and ponders Aston Villa record". Birmingham Mail . Archived from the original on 18 March 2022. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
↑ When sold to Manchester City in August 2021 for £100mn, Grealish became the most expensive player in English football history.
↑ Jedinak re-joined Aston Villa as a youth coach in October 2020. He later took up the additional role of Loan Development Coach in 2021.
↑ First British Asian player for Aston Villa.
↑ Terry re-joined Aston Villa as assistant head coach in October 2018, two months after he departed as captain. He remained in the position until August 2021.
↑ Joint highest clean sheets (15) in a Premier League season with Brad Friedel, achieved in the 2020-21 season.
↑ First active Aston Villa player to win the World Cup with Argentina in 2022, he was also awarded the Golden Glove award for best goalkeeper.
↑ "The mind games of Argentina's dancing hero Martinez". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 19 December 2022. Retrieved 19 December 2022.

General

Hayes, Dean (2 October 1997). The Villa Park Encyclopedia: A-Z of Aston Villa. Mainstream Publishing. ISBN 978-1-85158-959-3.
Holt, Frank Lee; Bishop, Rob (2010). Aston Villa: The Complete Record. Derby: Derby Books Publishing. ISBN 978-1-85983-805-1.
Ward; Griffin, Jeremy (2002). The essential history of Aston Villa. Headline book publishing. ISBN 0-7553-1140-X.
"Current statistics page for Aston Villa". BBC. Archived from the original on 22 June 2007. Retrieved 3 August 2007.
"Information and career statistics". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 5 April 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2016.

External links

"Aston Villa fansite with history and appearance records". Christian Jahnsen. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 3 August 2007.
"Comprehensive Aston Villa Player database". Jörn Mårtensson. Archived from the original on 26 May 2015. Retrieved 3 August 2007.
List of Aston Villa international players Archived 16 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine

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[FN1-37] 1 2 Gabriel Agbonlahor was designated club captain while Micah Richards was designated team captain during the 2015–16 Premier League campaign. Agbonlahor resigned the position following a suspension from first team duties in April 2016. Richards was replaced by Tommy Elphick as captain in August 2016.

[FN2-38] 1 2 Ashley Young was designated club captain while John McGinn was designated captain by manager Steven Gerrard at the start of the 2022-23 Premier League campaign.

[OffHist7488-1] "Villa History 1874–1887". Aston Villa F.C. Archived from the original on 29 October 2007. Retrieved 15 September 2008.

[2] Kendrick, Mat (25 January 2014). "Ciaran Clark so proud to join Villa's 100 club". BirminghamLive. Archived from the original on 1 March 2023. Retrieved 1 March 2023.

[3] Club, Aston Villa Football. "Ollie Watkins 100: Aston Villa's latest centurion". Aston Villa Football Club. Archived from the original on 1 March 2023. Retrieved 1 March 2023.

[4] "Legacy Numbers: Aston Villa approach 1,000th player". Aston Villa Football Club. 15 August 2024. Retrieved 20 August 2024.

[5] For a full description of positions see football positions.

[6] One of the four founding members (founding fathers) of the club.

[7] First official club captain of Aston Villa.

[Legends100-8] 1 2 3 4 5 6 Football League 100 Legends Hall of Fame entrant.

[HOF-9] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 One of 12 players to be inducted into the Aston Villa Hall of Fame in 2006.

[10] Aston Villa's first England player in 1882, jointly with Albert Brown.

[11] Aston Villa's first England player in 1882, jointly with Howard Vaughton.

[12] Third all time goalscorer.

[13] The first player to be transferred for £100 and the first recorded professional transfer fee, from West Bromwich Albion to Aston Villa in 1893.

[14] Aston Villa's first Black player and the first Black goalscorer in the English Football League, for Aston Villa in December 1901.

[15] Second all time goalscorer.

[16] Club record goalscorer.

[17] Second all time appearances.

[18] The only Football League player to have been murdered.

[Cowan-19] Cowan, Mark (6 May 2010). "The star Villa player shot dead by neighbour". From the archives. Birmingham Mail. Archived from the original on 8 May 2010. Retrieved 3 November 2011.

[20] Club record for most league goals (49) and most goals in total (50) scored in a season, in 1930–31.

[21] Went on to become Aston Villa manager from 1953-58, winning the 1957 FA Cup. He was also a director, youth coach, and vice-president of the club in later years, holding the latter role until his death in 1996.

[22] Callaghan was the club record holder for oldest first team player for 63 years between 1947 and 2011; he was 39 years and 86 days old when he became the club's oldest player in 1946 and 39 years and 257 days on his last appearance in 1947. Brad Friedel broke his record in February 2011.

[23] Went on to become Aston Villa manager from 1945-50.

[24] English Football Hall of Fame inductee (2003).

[25] First Aston Villa player to participate in a World Cup and the club's top-scorer in World Cups with five goals.

[26] Went on to become Aston Villa manager from 1970-74, winning the 1971-72 Third Division title.

[27] Charlie Aitken is the all time appearance record holder.

[28] Horne was the first homegrown Black player at Aston Villa, having joined the Villa youth team in 1961, he made his senior debut in 1963, he was transferred to Manchester City in 1965.

[PFA-29] 1 2 3 Won the PFA Players' Player of the Year award.

[YPFA-30] 1 2 Won the PFA Young Player of the Year award.

[31] Third all time appearance record holder.

[32] Went on to become Aston Villa manager from 1998-2002, winning the 2001 UEFA Intertoto Cup title.He was also a coach at the club between 1994 and 1996.

[33] Delaney joined Aston Villa as a youth coach in 2007 shortly after his retirement as a player and progressed to become Head Coach of the Under-23 side by 2015, a role he held until May 2022.

[34] Boateng re-joined Aston Villa as an under-18 coach in 2019 and progressed to become Professional Development Coach for the Under-23 side in 2020, a position he held until August 2022 when he left to coach the Ghana national side ahead of the 2022 World Cup.

[35] Schmeichel was inducted into the Premier League Hall of Fame in 2022.

[36] First club captain from outside the British Isles.

[39] Friedel became Aston Villa's oldest first team player in February 2011 aged 39 years and 259 days, beating the record previously held for over 63 years by Ernie Callaghan. On the day of his final appearance, a 1-0 home win against Liverpool, he was 40 years and 4 days old, it was also his 400th game in the Premier League.

[40] Evans, Gregg. "Brad Friedel exclusive: 'Even at 44 years old, I could have carried on'". The Athletic . Archived from the original on 5 March 2021. Retrieved 5 March 2021.

[41] Joint highest clean sheets (15) in a Premier League season with Emi Martínez, achieved in the 2009-10 season.

[birminghammail.co.uk-42] 1 2 Wilson, Amie. "Brad Friedel delivers 'huge' Emi Martinez verdict and ponders Aston Villa record". Birmingham Mail . Archived from the original on 18 March 2022. Retrieved 14 March 2022.

[43] When sold to Manchester City in August 2021 for £100mn, Grealish became the most expensive player in English football history.

[44] Jedinak re-joined Aston Villa as a youth coach in October 2020. He later took up the additional role of Loan Development Coach in 2021.

[45] First British Asian player for Aston Villa.

[46] Terry re-joined Aston Villa as assistant head coach in October 2018, two months after he departed as captain. He remained in the position until August 2021.

[47] Joint highest clean sheets (15) in a Premier League season with Brad Friedel, achieved in the 2020-21 season.

[48] First active Aston Villa player to win the World Cup with Argentina in 2022, he was also awarded the Golden Glove award for best goalkeeper.

[49] "The mind games of Argentina's dancing hero Martinez". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 19 December 2022. Retrieved 19 December 2022.

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v t e Aston Villa Football Club
Overview	Aston Villa Managers Players All articles
History	1874–1961 1961–present Records and Statistics Seasons
Grounds	Wellington Road Bodymoor Heath Villa Park
Affiliated sides	Under-21s and Academy Women
Rivalries	Second City derby Rivalry with West Bromwich Albion

v t e Lists of male footballers in England by club
Premier League	AFC Bournemouth Arsenal 100+ 25–99 1–24 POTY Aston Villa Brentford 100+ 25–99 1–24 Internationals Hall of Fame POTY Brighton & Hove Albion Chelsea 100+ 25–99 1–24 POTY Crystal Palace 100+ POTY Everton 100+ Internationals Hall of Fame Fulham 100+ 25–99 1–24 Ipswich Town 100+ Hall of Fame POTY Leicester City Liverpool 100+ 25–99 1–24 POTY Manchester City 100+ 25–99 1–24 Manchester United 100+ 25–99 1–24 POTY Captains Newcastle United Nottingham Forest 100+ Internationals Southampton 100+ 25–99 1–24 POTY Tottenham Hotspur West Ham United Wolverhampton Wanderers
Championship	Blackburn Rovers Bristol City Burnley 100+ Internationals Cardiff City 100+ 25–99 1–24 Captains Internationals Coventry City 100+ Internationals POTY Derby County 100+ POTY Hull City Leeds United Luton Town 100+ POTY Middlesbrough Millwall Norwich City 100+ 25–99 Hall of Fame POTY Oxford United Plymouth Argyle 100+ POTY Portsmouth Preston North End 100+ POTY Queens Park Rangers Sheffield United 100+ 25–99 Internationals POTY Sheffield Wednesday All Internationals POTY Stoke City 100+ 25–99 1–24 POTY Sunderland Swansea City 100+ Internationals Watford 50+ 1–49 POTY West Bromwich Albion
League One	Barnsley Birmingham City 100+ 25–99 1–24 Blackpool Bolton Wanderers 100+ 25–99 1–24 POTY Bristol Rovers 100+ 25–99 Internationals POTY Burton Albion Cambridge United Charlton Athletic Crawley Town Exeter City Huddersfield Town Leyton Orient Lincoln City 100+ 25–99 Mansfield Town Northampton Town Peterborough United Reading 100+ 25–99 1–24 Internationals POTY Rotherham United Shrewsbury Town Stevenage Stockport County Wigan Athletic Wrexham 100+ 25–99 1–24 Wycombe Wanderers
League Two	Accrington Stanley AFC Wimbledon Barrow Bradford City 50+ 1–49 Bromley Carlisle United Cheltenham Town Chesterfield Colchester United 100+ 25–99 1–24 POTY Crewe Alexandra Doncaster Rovers 100+ 1879–1918 Fleetwood Town Gillingham 50+ 25–49 1–24 Grimsby Town Harrogate Town Milton Keynes Dons Morecambe Newport County Notts County Port Vale 25+ 1–24 POTY Salford City Swindon Town Tranmere Rovers 100+ 1921–1939 1945–present Walsall
Non-League	Bradford (Park Avenue) Bury 100+ 25–99 1–24 Chester 100+ 25–99 1–24 Darlington 100+ 25–99 1–24 Dagenham & Redbridge Nelson Oldham Athletic 100+ 25–99 1–24 Rochdale 100+ 25–99 1–24 Southend United Torquay United Yeovil Town 100+ Internationals York City 100+ 25–99 1–24 POTY
Defunct	Halifax Town Hereford United Macclesfield Town Scarborough Wanderers Wigan Borough
Clubs are grouped by their division in the 2024–25 season. Includes the Welsh clubs where lists have been created. 'POTY' = 'Player of the Year / Season'.

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