17 April 1897
Opening Match at Villa Park
Villa defeats Blackburn Rovers 3-0 in its first match at Aston Lower Grounds.
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Browse historical events and people recorded at Villa Park in Great Britain. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Villa defeats Blackburn Rovers 3-0 in its first match at Aston Lower Grounds.
Ramsay's team secures a fourth league championship in the 1898/99 season.
Garraty contributes to the team that secures Villa's fourth league championship.
Aston Villa retains the championship under Ramsay during the 1899/1900 season.
Villa retains the Football League championship for the first time in club history.
Ramsay guides Villa to a sixth league title in the 1909/10 season.
Hampton leads Villa's scoring during the club's sixth league-title season.
Walker scores twice on his debut and begins a club-record scoring career.
Waring scores fifty goals during the 1930/31 campaign, a Villa single-season record.
Walker ends his Villa career as the club's record goalscorer with 244 goals.
Aston Villa is relegated from the top division for the first time.
Hogan leads Aston Villa back to the top flight as Second Division champions.
Mercer begins rebuilding Aston Villa after relegation to the Second Division.
Mercer leads Villa back to the First Division as second-tier champions.
Villa defeats Rotherham United 3-2 on aggregate in the first League Cup final.
Villa is relegated after six consecutive seasons in the top division.
Aston Villa falls into the third tier for the first time.
Little makes his first-team debut during Villa's record-breaking promotion campaign.
Lochhead scores nineteen goals as Villa wins the Third Division title.
Crowe leads Aston Villa to the 1971/72 Third Division title with seventy points.
Saunders begins a tenure that produces promotion, domestic cups and a league championship.
Saunders is appointed manager and begins rebuilding Aston Villa.
League Cup success qualifies Aston Villa for European competition for the first time.
Villa finishes second in the Second Division and returns to the top flight.
Saunders leads Villa to its first league championship for seventy-one years.
Mortimer captains Aston Villa to the First Division championship.
Withe scores twenty league goals during Villa's championship-winning season.
Villa begins its first European Cup campaign with a decisive victory over Valur.
Barton guides Villa past Dynamo Kyiv after replacing Ron Saunders.
Cowans scores in extra time as Villa wins the European Super Cup 3-1 on aggregate.
Barton leads Villa to a 3-0 second-leg victory over Barcelona after extra time.
Aston Villa is relegated five years after becoming European champion.
Taylor leads Villa back to the top division at the first attempt.
Aston Villa begins the inaugural Premier League season as a founder member.
Atkinson's team finishes second in the first Premier League season.
Villa's under-18 team defeats Liverpool 2-1 to win the FA Youth Cup.
Villa defeats Manchester City 3-1 to win the FA Youth Cup for a fifth time.
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