Aston Villa FC

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Aston Villa FC - nicknamed The Villa or The Villans - is a professional football club playing in the English Premier League. Aston Villa FC is the fourth most successful club in the history of English football, having won the league 7 times (most recently in 1981), the FA Cup 7 times and the League Cup 5 times.

In European football, Aston Villa FC is one of only 4 English clubs to have won the UEFA Champions League. Also they won the UEFA InterToto cup in 2001.

Aston Villa FC plays their home games at Villa Park, a 42,000 capacity all-seater stadium, and home ground to the club since 1897. The club has planning permission to extend the stadium that, if and when completed, will increase the capacity to 51,000.

Club owner and chairman is Randy Lerner, an American entrepreneur and sports investor, who took over Aston Villa FC in September 2006. Since then he has invested heavily in re-inforcing the squad, in order to bring back the former glory of the club.

Aston Villa FC manager is Martin O'Neill, a former Northern Ireland international, and a hugely successful manager with all the clubs he has managed. He is also a very popular TV pundit - and a very sharp analyser of the game.

Team captain is Martin Laursen, a very strong and composed centre back, and Danish International.

Other key players in the squad are: Brad Friedel (GK), Gareth Barry (M), James Milner (M) and Gabriel Agbonlahor (A). 

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Aston Villa FC Squad 2007-2008

1. Brad Friedel
2. Luke Young
3. Wilfred Bouma
4. Steve Sidwell
5. Martin Laursen
6. Gareth Barry
7. Ashley Young
8. James Milner
9. Marlon Harewood
10. John Carew
11. Gabriel Agbonlahor
13. Stuart Taylor
14. Nathan Delfouneso
15. Curtis Davies
16. Zat Knight
17. Moustapha Salifou
18. Wayne Routledge
19. Stiliyan Petrov
20. Nigel Reo-Coker
21. Nicky Shorey
22. Bradley Guzan
24. Carlos Cuellar
26. Craig Gardner
27. Isaiah Osbourne
29. Stephen O'Halloran

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  • bluegetth Dec 10, 2010 @ 7:38 pm | delete
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  • bluegetth Dec 10, 2010 @ 7:38 pm | delete
    English Premier League Highlights, Uefa Champions League, Europa League, Uefa Cup, FA Cup, Football Highlights, EPL Match of The Day, Soccer Clips, Bundeslia, La Liga, Serie A

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  • Clive Elliott Apr 17, 2008 @ 3:28 am | delete
    You have a quality manager, the man who should have got the England job ahead off McClaren.

    He is buying well so maybe a trophy is around the corner.

    http://www.tottenhammemorabilia.co.uk
  • sam blues nose Aug 9, 2007 @ 9:31 am | delete
    scum (villa) to get relegated think there all big with their money youv only bought in 2 players and both of them are cons

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