1879
First Official Match
Villa plays Stafford Road in the FA Cup, its first recognised competitive fixture.
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Wolverhampton in Great Britain. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Villa plays Stafford Road in the FA Cup, its first recognised competitive fixture.
Villa begins its Football League history with a draw against Wolverhampton Wanderers.
Elected Member of Parliament for Wolverhampton
Says in 20 yrs time the "black man will have the whip hand". "Rivers of blood" speech, criticising immigration policies of the Labour Government
Is returned for Wolverhampton South West with a majority of 14,467, the largest majority of his parliamentary career there.
Provenance
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