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Aston Villa vs Chelsea
Sat 27 Apr 2024 19:00

Established
1897 (127 years old)

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United Kingdom

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27/04	Aston Villa	-	Chelsea		7:00pm
28/04	Aston Villa	-	West Ham Wom		1:00pm
02/05	Aston Villa	-	Olympiakos		7:00pm
13/05	Aston Villa	-	Liverpool		7:00pm
18/05	Aston Villa	-	Manchester C		2:00pm

Past Events

21/04	Aston Villa	3 - 1	Bournemouth
11/04	Aston Villa	2 - 1	Lille
06/04	Aston Villa	3 - 3	Brentford
30/03	Aston Villa	2 - 0	Wolves
24/03	Aston Villa	1 - 3	Arsenal WFC

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Villa Park is a football stadium in Aston, Birmingham, with a seating capacity of 42,640. It has been the home of Premier League club Aston Villa since 1897. The ground is less than a mile from both Witton and Aston railway stations and has hosted sixteen England internationals at senior level, the first in 1899 and the most recent in 2005. Villa Park has hosted 55 FA Cup semi-finals, more than any other stadium, and it is the 10th largest in England.

In 1897, Aston Villa moved into the Aston Lower Grounds, a sports ground in a Victorian amusement park in the former grounds of Aston Hall, a Jacobean stately home. The stadium has gone through various stages of renovation and development, resulting in the current stand configuration of the Holte End, Trinity Road Stand, North Stand and Doug Ellis Stand.

Before 1914, a cycling track ran around the perimeter of the pitch where regular cycling meetings were hosted as well as athletic events. Aside from football-related uses, the stadium has seen various concerts staged along with other sporting events including boxing matches and international rugby league and rugby union matches. In 1999, the last final of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup took place at Villa Park. Villa Park also hosted the 2012 FA Community Shield, as Wembley Stadium was in use for the final of the Olympic football tournament.

Aston Villa have plans to redevelop the North Stand: this would increase the capacity of Villa Park from 42,640 to 50,065. Such plans also include the construction of an accompanying commercial and entertainment venue dubbed "Villa Live". In December 2022, the plans were approved by Birmingham City Council. The renovations were planned to be completed by UEFA Euro 2028. However, in December 2023, President of Football Operations Chris Heck announced that the redevelopment plans had been indefinitely postponed.


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