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Villa Park	Aston Lower Grounds/ Villa Park Trinity Road Aston Birmingham Warwickshire/West Midlands BH6 6HE P 9 W 4 D 4 L 1 F 13: A 7 67% successful 1899-2005

opened 1897
Home club	Aston Villa FC
Capacity	40,000 [1897], 46,005 [1994], 40,310 [1995], 39,399 [1999], 42,682 [since 2001]
First match	17 April 1897, Aston Villa FC 3 Blackburn Rovers FC 0, a friendly match
Notes	The stadium was built on the park known as Aston Lower Grounds and was not named 'Villa Park' until 1902.
England Career
Venue number	Thirty-three
First match	No. 67, 8 April 1899, England 2 Scotland 1, a British Championship match, as Aston Lower Grounds
Last match	No. 115, 17 March 1913, England 4 Wales 3, a British Championship match
Distinctions	Trial matches were played on the cricket grounds as early as 1881.
1887

1913

1938

2019

1.44

0.778

66.7

Competition	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	FTS	CS	FAv	AAv	Pts%	W/L
British Championship	6	3	2	1	9	6	+3	1	2	1.50	1.00	66.7	+2
Friendly matches	3	1	2	0	4	1	+3	1	2	1.333	0.333	66.7	+1

Tournament Record

British Championship Competition
Type	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	FTS	CS	FAv	AAv	Pts%	W/L
BC 1898-99	1	1	0	0	2	1	+2	0	0	2.00	1.00	100.0	+1
BC 1901-02	1	0	1	0	2	2	=0	0	0	2.00	2.00	50.0	=0
BC 1921-22	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0.00	1.00	0.0	-1
BC 1948-49	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	0	1	1.00	0.00	100.0	+1
BC 1951-52	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	0	1	2.00	0.00	100.0	+1
BC 1958-59	1	0	1	0	2	2	=0	0	0	2.00	2.00	50.0	=0
BC All	6	3	2	1	9	6	+3	1	2	1.50	1.00	66.7	+2

All Competition

Type

FTS

FAv

AAv

Pts%

W/L

1.50

1.00

66.7

1.5

66.7

England's Senior Level Results at Villa Park

67	8 April 1899 - England 2 Scotland 1 [2-0] *(25,590)* as Aston Lower Grounds	G.O.Smith, Settle Morgan	BC	HW
76	3 May 1902 - England 2 Scotland 2 [0-2] *(15,000)* as Aston Lower Grounds	Settle, Wilkes Templeton, Orr	BC	HD
129	8 April 1922 - England 0 Scotland 1 [0-0] *(33,646)*	Wilson	BC	HL
		Walter Winterbottom
243	10 November 1948 - England 1 Wales 0 [1-0] *(68,700)*	Finney	BC	HW
267	14 November 1951 - England 2 Ireland 0 [1-0] *(57,889)*	Lofthouse (2)	BC	HW
328	26 November 1958 - England 2 Wales 2 [1-1] *(40,500)*	Broadbent (2) Tapscott, Allchurch	BC	HD
		Sven-Göran Eriksson
776	28 February 2001 - England 3 Spain 0 [1-0] (41,129)	Barmby, Heskey, Ehiogu	Fr	HW
796	7 September 2002 - England 1 Portugal 1 [1-0] (40,058)	Smith Costinha		HD
824	9 February 2005 - England 0 Netherlands 0 [0-0] (40,705)			HD
		Gareth Southgate
1005	7 June 2020 - Romania vs. England	Postponed because of the Co-Vid19 Pandemic. Replayed in Middlesbrough
		Top scorers: Jimmy Settle, Nat Lofthouse & Peter Broadbent 2

England's Youth Level Results at Villa Park

The England Under-23 Team

Friendly match

92 7 March 1973 -
England 1 Czechoslovakia 0 [1-0] (8,003) George HW

England: A.Stevenson, J.McDowell, J.Robson, D.Mortimer, T.Taylor, W.Maddren, S.Barrowclough, Charlie George, David Johnson, Trevor Whymark, Tony Currie.

1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 0 1 1 0 100 +1

The England Under-21 Team

UEFA Under-21 Championship preliminary match

262

14 October 2008 - England 2 Wales 2 [2-2] (23,812) Huddlestone, Vokes OG
Ramsey, Church HD

Tom Huddlestone

England: Joe Hart, D.Wheater, J.O'Hara, L.Cattermole (F.Muamba), S.Taylorᶜ, M.Mancienne, James Milner, Tom Huddlestone, Gabriel Agbonlahor (Fraizer Campbell), M.Noble, Adam Johnson. (unused: Tom Heaton, A.Taylor, M.Cranie, M.Derbyshire, Adam Lallana).

1 0 1 0 2 2 =0 0 0 2 2 50 =0

The England Youth Team

Friendly match

u/o? 2 May 1972 - England 0 Scotland 1 [0-1] (2,218) Gray HL

England: G.Moseley, John Gidman, A.Lewis (J.Impey), S.Powell (B.Powell), K.Lockᶜ, Kevin Beattie, P.Bradshaw, Brian Little, S.Cammack, Phil Thompson, M.Buckley.

UEFA Youth preliminary matches

270 4 April 1979 - England 2 Italy 0 [1-0]
Villa Park, Birmingham (2,777) MacKenzie, Allen HW

Les Carter Storgato

England: J.Lukic, K.James, M.Dennis, S.MacKenzie, S.Bruce, B.Ormsby, A.Paul, B.McDermott (J.Fashanu), L.Carter, P.Allen, S.Burke (T.Gibson).

UEFA Under-18 European Championship Finals

311 17 May 1983 - England 0 USSR 2 [0-1] (1,922) Shmarov, Baratashvili (pen) HL

England: P.Suckling, Barry Venisonᶜ, D.Norton, G.Humphries, D.Kerslake (S.Mills), A.Simmons (J.Morrissey), P.Rideout, D.Clarke, B.Little, I.Painter, L.Sinnott.

2 1 0 1 2 2 =0 1 1 1 1 50 =0

The England Under-16 Team

Friendly match

25 9 March 1988 - England 0 Sweden 2 [0-nk] (tbc) HL

England: Ian Walker, M.Alexander, S.Charlton (P.Mitchell), W.Seymour (P.Towler), J.Kavanagh, S.Walters, S.Houghton (P.Williams), H.Dang, Andy Cole, M.Turner, B.Small.

1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 1 0 0 2 0 -1

England's International Trial Results at Aston Lower Cricket Ground

8	5 March 1881 - Birmingham 4 England 5 [2-1] (5,000)	James, Ward, Johnson, Tait Hargreaves (2), Macauley (3)
	Birmingham: E.Ray, C.Dorrance, T.Bryan, Alf Jones, Alf Harvey, A. Growcutt, A.James, A.Ward, George Tait, J.Reeves, Edward Johnson. England: Albemarle Swepstone, Edgar Field, Claud Wilson, S.Law, E.Topham, Jimmy Brown, John Hargreaves, Reg Macauley, R.Whitehead, George Holden.
11	15 January 1883 - The North 0 The South 4 [0-1] (6,000)	Bambridge, Cobbold, Leete, Goodhart
	The North: J.Matthews, Harry Moore, H.Wilkinsonᶜ, H.Chapman, Jack Hudson, Tot Rostron, George Holden, Jimmy Brown, Harry Cursham, Billy Mosforth, John Hargreaves. The South: Albemarle Swepstone, Percy de Paravicini, J.Vintcent, Norman Baileyᶜ, H.Nicholls, Arthur Bambridge, Arthur Dunn, Harry Goodhart, N.Leete, Nevill Cobbold, Horace Barnet.
18	22 January 1887 - The North 4 The South 2 [2-2] *(1,000)*	Green, Shaw, Cooper, Sayer Guy, Cobbold
	The North: Bob Roberts, Tommy Clare, A.Wardle, George Haworth, Charlie Shelton, Jimmy Forrestᶜ, Jimmy Sayer, C.Shaw, Tinsley Lindley, T.Green, L.Cooper. The South: Billy Moon, Arthur Walters, Percy Walters, Ralph Squire, Norman Baileyᶜ, Andrew Amos, George Cotterill, Arthur Dunn, R.Guy, Nevill Cobbold, Charlie Bambridge.

England's International Trial Results at Villa Park

113	18 May 1982 - Aston Villa 3 England 2 [3-1] (9,229)	Little (2), Morley Sansom, Foster
	Aston Villa: Jimmy Rimmer (Nigel Spink), K.Swain, G.Williams (C.Gibson), A.Evans, K.McNaught (P.Heard), D.Mortimerᶜ, D.Bremner, Brian Little (D.Geddis), Peter Withe (Mark Walters), Gordon Cowans, Tony Morley. England: Joe Corrigan, Mick Mills, Kenny Sansom, Ray Wilkins, Steve Foster, Bryan Robson, Kevin Keeganᶜ, Steve Coppell (Paul Goddard³³), Trevor Brooking, Graham Rix, Alan Devonshire.