| LC control no. | n 78056735 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Corporate name heading | Aston Villa (Soccer team) |
| Variant(s) | Villa (Soccer team) Aston Villa Football Club AVFC (Aston Villa Football Club) |
| Beginning date | 1874 |
| Associated country | Great Britain England |
| Located | Aston (Birmingham, England) |
| Field of activity | Soccer |
| Found in | Woolley R. Play up Villa, 1977 (subj.) t.p. (Villa) p. 20 (Aston Villa) Rippon, A. The story of Aston Villa, c1981: p. 2 (Aston Villa Football Club) Its Official website, viewed 6 March 2019: home page (Aston Villa Football Club) contact page (Aston Villa FC, Villa Park, Birmingham B6 6HE) Wikipedia, viewed 6 March 2019 (Aston Villa F.C.; Aston Villa Football Club; professional football club based in Aston, Birmingham, England; nicknames: Villans, The Villa, The Lions [in crest], The Claret & Blue Army (home colours); short name: Villa, AVFC [in badge]; formed in March 1874 by members of the Villa Cross Wesleyan Chapel in Handsworth (now part of Birmingham); played at Aston Park (1874-1876) and Wellington Road (1876-1897), then moved to their present home, the Aston Lower Grounds, in 1897: supporters coined the name "Villa Park"; no official declaration listed the ground as Villa Park) |
| Associated language | eng |
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