Villa's longest unbeaten home run in the FA Cup spanned 13 years and 19 games, from 1888 to 1901. [79] In 2011, the club supported a supporter-based initiative for an official anthem to boost the atmosphere at Villa Park. This remained the first choice strip for six years. In 1878 they purchased a set of black shirts emblazoned with the Scottish lion rampant. For a few years after that (1877–79) the team wore several different kits from all white, blue and black, red and blue to plain green. They were the original wearers of the claret and blue. [54] The partnership continued until 2010 when a commercial sponsor replaced Acorns, with the hospice becoming the club's Official Charity Partner. In 2006 the club announced the creation of an "Aston Villa Hall of Fame." Check out the evolution of Aston Villa's soccer jerseys on Football Kit Archive. In the 1971–72 season they returned to the Second Division as Champions with a record 70 points. Football Kit Archive. [11], The club won their first FA Cup in 1887 with captain Archie Hunter becoming one of the game's first household names. rivalry, List of Aston Villa F.C. [63], On 14 August 2006, it was confirmed that Randy Lerner, then owner of the National Football League's Cleveland Browns, had reached an agreement of £62.6 million with Aston Villa for a takeover of the club. In the sitcom Porridge, the character Lennie Godber is a Villa supporter. Thus, it was the first English ground to stage international football in three different centuries. The current training ground is located at Bodymoor Heath near Kingsbury in north Warwickshire, the site for which was purchased by former chairman Doug Ellis in the early 1970s from a local farmer. [112] When filming began on Dad's Army, Villa fan Ian Lavender was allowed to choose Frank Pike's scarf from an array in the BBC wardrobe; he chose a claret and blue one – Aston Villa's colours. Our Aston Villa football shirts and kits come officially licensed and in a variety of styles. This marked a pinnacle though and Villa's fortunes declined sharply for most of the 1980s, culminating in relegation in 1987. [78] The new owners have also initiated several surveys aimed at gaining the opinions of Villa fans and to involve them in the decision making process. ", "ASTON VILLA'S EUROPEAN CUP WINNERS JOIN HALL OF FAME", "Sport: Popular Petrov to be added to Iconic Villa Hall of Fame", "Christian Purslow: Aston Villa appoint ex-Liverpool MD as chief executive", "Aston Villa appoint Johan Lange as new sporting director", "Aston Villa appoint Richard O'Kelly as assistant head coach from Brentford", "Craig Shakespeare named Aston Villa assistant head coach", "Goalkeeper coach Neil Cutler leaves West Brom for Aston Villa", "Dean Smith's 18-man support team and their role at the club", "The soul of Aston Villa in 50 moments, page 2", "The soul of Aston Villa in 50 moments, page 9", "Stud Marks: We won't lie to you, another famous fan signs up for Aston Villa", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Aston_Villa_F.C.&oldid=980327057, Association football clubs established in 1874, Football clubs in Birmingham, West Midlands, Football clubs in the West Midlands (county), Wikipedia indefinitely semi-protected pages, Short description is different from Wikidata, Football team templates which use short name parameter, Articles containing potentially dated statements from 2019, All articles containing potentially dated statements, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.