The A-Z of Aston Villa Football Club
Mat Kendrick & Steve Wollaston Sat, 28 March 2026 at 9:00 am UTC·12 min read It's no mean feat trying to condense Aston Villa's history down to 26 letters, but we have picked out our Aston Villa alphabet with an entry for every letter.A - Aston Villa The club’s name is believed to derive from the Aston Villa Wesleyan Chapel situated close to a Georgian house called Aston Villa where Villa Road, Lozells Road and Heathfield Road meet in Lozells.Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement In his excellent Villa book, Children of the Revolution, author Richard Whitehead wrote: “There are loads of Uniteds, lots of Citys and Towns, a goodly sprinkling of Wanderers and Rovers and even a...