List of Aston Villa F.C. records and statistics explained

Aston Villa Football Club are an English professional association football club based in Aston, Birmingham, who currently play in the Premier League. The club was founded in 1874 and were founding members of the Football League in 1888, as well as the Premier League in 1992.^[1] They are one of the oldest football clubs in England, having won the First Division Championship seven times and the FA Cup seven times.^[2] In 1982, the club became one of only six English clubs to win the European Cup.^[3]

This list encompasses the honours won by Aston Villa and the records set by the players and the club. The player records section includes details of the club's leading goalscorers and those who have made the most appearances in first-team competitions. Attendance records at Villa Park are also included in the list.

Honours

Aston Villa have won honours both domestically and in European cup competitions. Their most recent domestic honour was a League Cup win in 1996.^[4]

European

• European Cup:
  • Winners (1): 1982
• European Super Cup:
  • Winners (1): 1982–83
• Intertoto Cup:
  • Winners (1): 2001
  • Co-winners (1): 2008

Domestic

League

• Football League First Division:
  • Winners (7): 1894, 1896, 1897, 1899, 1900, 1910, 1981
  • Runners up (9): 1889, 1903, 1908, 1911, 1913, 1914, 1931, 1933, 1990
• Premier League:
  • Runners up (1): 1993
• Football League Second Division:
  • Winners (2): 1938, 1960
  • Runners up (2): 1975, 1988
  • Play-Offs (1): 2019
• Football League Third Division:
  • Winners (1): 1972

Cups

• FA Cup:
  • Winners (7): 1887, 1895, 1897, 1905, 1913, 1920, 1957
  • Runners up (4): 1892, 1924, 2000, 2015
• Football League Cup:
  • Winners (5): 1961, 1975, 1977, 1994, 1996
  • Runners up (4): 1963, 1971, 2010, 2020
• FA Charity Shield:
  • Winners (1): 1981 (shared)
  • Runners up (3): 1910, 1957, 1972
• Sheriff of London Charity Shield

• • Winners (2): 1899, 1901
  • Runners up (1): 1900
• Football League War Cup

• • Winners (1): 1944

Youth

• FA Youth Cup

• • Winners (4): 1972, 1980, 2002, 2021
• FA Premier League Cup
  • Winners (1): 2018
• HKFC Soccer Sevens
  • Winners (7): 2002, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2016, 2023
• NextGen Cup:
  • Winners (1): 2013

Friendly and exhibition

• Football World Championship
  • Winners (3): 1887, 1894,^[5] 1900 (shared)^[6]
• West Bromwich Charity Cup
  • Winners (1): 1890 (shared)^[7]
• Bass Charity Vase
  • Winners (3): 1893, 1894, 2018
• Dublin Tournament
  • Winners (1): 2003^[8]
• Peace Cup

• • Winners (1): 2009
• Cup of Traditions
  • Winners (1): 2017^{[9] [10]}
• Queensland Champions Cup
  • Winners (1): 2022^[11]
• Al Wahda Challenge Cup
  • Winners (1): 2022^[12]
• Orange Trophy
  • Winners (1): 2023^[13]

Player records

See also: List of Aston Villa F.C. players.

Appearances

• Youngest first-team player: Jimmy Brown, 15 years 349 days (v. Bolton Wanderers, Division Two, 17 September 1969).^[14]
• Oldest first-team player: Brad Friedel, 40 years 4 days (v. Liverpool, Premier League, 22 May 2011).

Most appearances

Competitive matches only. Each column contains appearances in the starting eleven, followed by appearances as substitute in brackets.^[15]

width=6%	Rank	width=20%	Player	width=12%	Years	width=12%	League	width=12%	FA Cup	width=12%	League Cup	width=12%	Other	width=14%	Total
1
2		1919 - 1934
3		1976 - 1985 1988 - 1991
4		1900 - 1915
5		1977 - 1989
6		1979 - 1996
7		1919 - 1933
8		1997 - 2009
9		1945 - 1961
10		1975 - 1985

Other competitions include European Cup, UEFA Cup and Intertoto Cup

Goalscorers

• Most goals in a season: Tom 'Pongo' Waring, 50 goals in 1930 - 31 season.^[16]
• Most league goals in a season: Tom 'Pongo' Waring, 49 goals in 1930 - 31 season.^[17]
• In the 1899 - 1900 season Billy Garraty became the top goalscorer in world football scoring 27 goals in just 33 league games and a total 30 goals in 39 league and cup games.
• Most consecutive matches scored in: Len Capewell, 8 games, 1925–26 season.^[18]

Top goalscorers

Competitive matches only, appearances including substitutes appear in brackets.^[19]

width=6%	Rank	width=20%	Player	width=12%	Years	width=12%	League	width=12%	FA Cup	width=12%	League Cup	width=12%	Other	width=14%	Total
011					0 (0)	0 (0)	244 (531)
022		1904–1920			0 (0)	0 (0)	242 (373)
033		1891–1902			0 (0)	0 (2)	187 (308)
044		1900–1914			0 (0)	0 (1)	185 (474)
055		1927–1946			0 (0)	0 (0)	170 (392)
066		1928–1935			0 (0)	0 (0)	167 (226)
077		1945–1961			0 (0)	0 (0)	144 (430)
088		1952–1962			4 (11)	0 (1)	120 (341)
099		1897–1908			0 (0)	1 (3)	112 (258)
1010=		1931–1936			0 (0)	0 (0)	100 (173)
1010=		1921–1930			0 (0)	0 (0)	100 (156)

International

This section refers only to caps won while an Aston Villa player.

• First capped players for England: Arthur Alfred Brown and Howard Vaughton on 18 February 1882.^[20]
• Most capped international player: Olof Mellberg, 69 caps for Sweden between July 2001 and July 2008.^{[21] [22]}
• Most capped player for England: Gareth Southgate, 42 caps.^[23]
• First player to play at the World Cup finals: Peter McParland for Northern Ireland against Czechoslovakia on 8 June 1958.^[24]
• First player to score at the World Cup finals: Peter McParland for Northern Ireland against Argentina on 11 June 1958.
• First player to score in a World Cup for England: David Platt for England against Belgium on 26 June 1990.
• Most World Cup appearances: Paul McGrath, 9 (1990 and 1994),^[25] Steve Staunton, 8 (1994 and 2002), Olof Mellberg, 8 (2002 and 2006).
• Most successful players at the World Cup:
  • Winner: Emi Martínez (2022).^{[26] [27]}
  • 3rd Place: Alpay Özalan (2002), Ron Vlaar (2014).^{[28] [29]}
  • 4th Place: David Platt (1990).^[30]
• Most World Cup finals goals: Peter McParland, 5 (1958).^[24]

Record transfer fees

This section lists the record transfer fees paid by the club for a player. The highest transfer fee received by the club is the £100 million fee paid by Manchester City for Jack Grealish in August 2021. The sale at the time was a British transfer record.^[31] The highest initial fee Aston Villa have ever paid for a player was £50 million for Belgian midfielder Amadou Onana from Everton in July 2024.^[32]

Fees Paid

Rank	Player	Fee	From	Date	Ref.
1		096£50m	Everton	2024-07July 2024
2		096£37.5m	Chelsea	2024-06June 2024	^[33]
3		096£34.2m (rising to £51.9m)	Bayer Leverkusen	2023-07July 2023	^[34]
4		096£33m (rising to £38m)	Norwich City	2021-06June 2021	^[35]
5		096£31.5m	Villarreal	2023-07July 2023	^[36]
6		096£30m	Bayer Leverkusen	2021-08August 2021	^[37]
7		096£28m (rising to £33m)	Brentford	2020-09September 2020	^[38]
8		096£26m	Sevilla	2022-05May 2022	^[39]
9		096£25m (rising to £30m)	Southampton	2021-08August 2021	^[40]
		096£25m	Everton	2022-01January 2022	^[41]

Fees Received

Rank	Player	Fee	To	Date	Ref.
1		096£100m	Manchester City	2021-08August 2021
2		096£50.5m	Al-Ittihad	2022-06July 2024	^[42]
3		096£42.4m	Juventus	2024-06June 2024	^[43]
4		096£32.5m	Liverpool	2015-07July 2015	^[44]
5		096£26m	Manchester City	2010-08August 2010	^[45]
6		096£20m	Liverpool	2011-07July 2011	^[46]
		096£20m	Chelsea	2022-08August 2022	^[47]
8		096£19m	Chelsea	2024-06June 2024	^[48]
9		096£18m	Sheffield United	2023-08August 2023	^[49]
10		096£17m	Manchester United	2011-06June 2011	^[50]

Managerial records

See also: List of Aston Villa F.C. managers.

• First manager/secretary of the club: George Ramsay, in charge of 1327 games from August 1884 to 5 May 1926.^[17]
• Longest serving manager: George Ramsay.^[17]
• Most successful manager: George Ramsay, 6 League Championships and 6 FA Cups.^[17]

Club records

Goals

• Most league goals scored in a season: 128 (in 42 matches in the 1930 - 31 season, Division One).^[51]
• Fewest league goals scored in a season: 27 goals (in 38 matches in the 2015 - 16 season, Premier League).^[52]
• Most league goals conceded in a season: 110 goals (in 42 matches in the 1935 - 36 season, Division One).^[52]
• Fewest league goals conceded in a season: 32 goals (in 46 matches in the 1971 - 72 season, Division Three).^[53]

Points

• Most points in a season:
  • Two points for a win: 70 points (in 46 matches in the 1971 - 72 season, Division Three).^[54]
  • Three points for a win: 83 points (in 46 matches in the 2017 - 18 season, Championship).
• Fewest points in a season:
  • Two points for a win:
    • 18 points (in 22 matches in the 1890 - 91 season, Division One).^[54]
    • 29 points (in 42 matches in the 1966 - 67 season, Division One / 1969 - 70 season, Division Two).^[54]
  • Three points for a win:
    • 17 points (in 38 matches in the 2015–16, Premier League).^[55]

Matches

Firsts

• First match: Aston Villa 1 - 0 Aston Brook St Mary's, March 1874.^[56]
• First league match: Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 - 1 Aston Villa, 8 September 1888.^[56]
• First match at Villa Park: friendly; 3 - 0, Blackburn Rovers, on 17 April 1897.^[57]
• First FA Cup match: Stafford Road Works 1 - 1 Aston Villa, 13 December 1879. Aston Villa won the replay 3 - 1 on 24 January 1880.^[56]
• First League Cup match: Aston Villa 4 - 1 Huddersfield Town, 12 October 1960.^[58]
• First European match: Royal Antwerp 4 - 1 Aston Villa, 17 September 1975, UEFA Cup.^[59]

Record wins

• Record Football League win: 12 - 2 (v. Accrington, 12 March 1892).^[17]
• Record Premier League win: 7 - 1 (v. Wimbledon, 11 February 1995).^[60]
• Record FA Cup win: 13 - 0 (v. Wednesbury Old Athletic, 1st round, 3 October 1886).^[61]
• Record League Cup win: 8 - 1 (v. Exeter City, 2nd round, 9 October 1985).^[17]
• Record European win: 5 - 0 (v. Valur in the European Cup, 16 September 1981, v. Vitória de Guimarães in the UEFA Cup, 28 September 1983 and v. Hibernian in the Europa Conference League, 23 August 2023).^{[62] [63]}

Record defeats

• Record defeat: 0–8 (v. Chelsea, Premier League, 23 December 2012).
• Record FA Cup defeat: 1 - 8 (v. Blackburn Rovers, 3rd round, 16 February 1889).^[17]
• Record League Cup defeat: 1 - 6 (v. West Bromwich Albion, 2nd round, 14 September 1966).
• Record European defeat: 1 - 4 (v. Royal Antwerp, 1st round UEFA Cup, on 17 September 1975).^[64]

Attendances

• Highest attendance at Villa Park:
  • League game: 69,492 (v. Wolverhampton Wanderers, 27 December 1949).^[65]
  • FA Cup game: 76,588 (v. Derby County, sixth round, 2 March 1946).^[17]
  • As an all-seater stadium: 42,788 (v. Manchester United, 10 February 2010).^[66]
• Lowest attendance at Villa Park:
  • League game: 2,900 (v. Bradford City, Division One, 13 February 1915).^[65]
• Highest attendance at Wellington Road:
  • League game: 20,000 (v. Sunderland, 5 October 1895; v. Everton, 26 September 1896).^[67]
  • FA Cup game: 26,849 (v. Preston North End, fifth round, 7 January 1888).^[67]
• Lowest attendance at Wellington Road
  • League game: 600 (v. Accrington, 27 October 1888).^[67]

Streaks

• Longest winning runs (consecutive wins):
  • Multiple competitions:
    • 11 games in the 1896–97 Football League, 1897–98 Football League and 1896–97 FA Cup (20 March – 18 September 1897)^[68]
  • League:
    • 10 games in the 2018–19 EFL Championship (2 March 2019 – 22 April 2019)^[69]
• Longest unbeaten runs (without loss):
  • Multiple competitions:
    • 22 games in the 1896–97 Football League, 1897–98 Football League, and 1896–97 FA Cup (16 January 1897 – 18 September 1897)^[70]
  • League:
    • 13 games in the 1898–99 Football League (17 September 1898 – 24 December 1898)^{[71] [72]}
    • 13 games in the 2008–09 Premier League (9 November 2008 – 7 February 2009)^[73]
• Longest losing run (consecutive losses):
  • 11 games in the 1962–63 Football League (23 March 1963 – 20 April 1963)^[74]
  • 11 games in the 2015–16 Premier League (14 February 2016 – 30 April 2016)^[75]
• Longest run without a win:
  • Multiple competitions:
    • 16 games in the 2015–16 Premier League, 2015–16 FA Cup and 2015–16 Football League Cup (22 September 2015 – 12 January 2016^[76]
  • League
    • 19 games in the 2015–16 Premier League (14 August 2015 – 1 January 2016)^[77]

National records

• Most League Cup matches played (252) and won (148)
• All-Time record for the most top-flight goals scored in a season, scoring 128 in season 1930–31.^[78]
• First football club in the world to appoint a paid manager, George Ramsay in 1886.^[79]
• First top-flight club to appoint a manager from outside the British Isles, Jozef Vengloš in July 1990.^[80]
• Villa Park was the first English stadium to stage international football in three different centuries.^[81]
• Villa Park has hosted more FA Cup Semi-Finals than any other ground, 55 to date.^[82]
• Highest FA Cup attendance (pre-World War I): 121,919 (Aston Villa vs Sunderland, Final at Crystal Palace, 19 April 1913)^[83]
• First football club to have a player score in every round of the FA Cup, when captain Archie Hunter led the club to its first FA Cup trophy in 1887.
• First football club to pay more than £100 for a player, for Willie Groves in 1893.
• First English football club to have a Black player on the scoresheet in the English Football League, when Willie Clarke scored on Christmas Day 1901, in a 3–2 victory over Everton.^[84]
• First English club to have a player score a hat-trick of penalty kicks in a league match, Billy Walker doing so in a 7–1 win against Bradford City in November 1921.^[85]
• First football club to have a player win both the PFA Young Player of the Year and PFA Players' Player of the Year in the same season, Andy Gray in 1976–77.

Aston Villa in UEFA competitions

As of July 2023, Aston Villa are one of only six English clubs to have won the European Cup, doing so in 1982.^{[86] [87]} Aston Villa's scores are noted first in both results columns.

width=11"	Season	width=27%	Competition	width=9%	Round	width=18%	Country	width=19%	Opponent	width=8%	Home	width=8%	Away
1975–76	UEFA Cup	1R	Belgium	Antwerp	0–1	1–4
1977–78	UEFA Cup	1R	Turkey	Fenerbahçe	4–0	2–0
		2R	Poland	Górnik Zabrze	2–0	1–1
		3R	Spain	Athletic Bilbao	2–0	1–1
		QF	Spain	Barcelona	2–2	1–2
1981–82	European Cup (Winners)	1R	Iceland	Valur	5–0	2–0
		2R		Dynamo Berlin	0–1	2–1
		QF		Dynamo Kyiv	2–0	0–0
		SF	Belgium	Anderlecht	1–0	0–0
		F		Bayern Munich	1–0
1982–83	UEFA Super Cup (Winners)	F	Spain	Barcelona	3–0	0–1
	Intercontinental Cup	F	Uruguay	Peñarol	0–2
	European Cup	1R	Turkey	Beşiktaş	3–1	0–0
		2R	Romania	Dinamo București	4–2	2–0
		QF	Italy	Juventus	1–2	1–3
1983–84	UEFA Cup	1R	Portugal	Vitória de Guimarães	5–0	0–1
		2R		Spartak Moscow	1–2	2–2
1990–91	UEFA Cup	1R		Baník Ostrava	3–1	2–1
		2R	Italy	Inter Milan	2–0	0–3
1993–94	UEFA Cup	1R	Slovakia	Slovan Bratislava	2–1	0–0
		2R	Spain	Deportivo La Coruña	0–1	1–1
1994–95	UEFA Cup	1R	Italy	Inter Milan	1–0	0–1
		2R	Turkey	Trabzonspor	2–1	0–1
1996–97	UEFA Cup	1R	Sweden	Helsingborg	1–1	0–0
1997–98	UEFA Cup	1R	France	Bordeaux	1–0	0–0
		2R	Spain	Athletic Bilbao	2–1	0–0
		3R	Romania	Steaua București	2–0	1–2
		QF	Spain	Atlético Madrid	2–1	0–1
1998–99	UEFA Cup	1R	Norway	Stromsgodset	3–2	3–0
		2R	Spain	Celta Vigo	1–3	1–0
2000–01	Intertoto Cup	3R	Czech Republic	Dukla Pribram	3–1	0–0
		SF	Spain	Celta Vigo	1–2	0–1
2001–02	Intertoto Cup (Winners)	3R	Croatia	Slaven Belupo	2–0	1–2
		SF	France	Rennes	1–0	2–1
		F	Switzerland	Basel	4–1	1–1
	UEFA Cup	1R	Croatia	Varteks	2–3	1–0
2002–03	Intertoto Cup	3R	Switzerland	Zürich	3–0	0–2
		SF	France	Lille	0–2	1–1
2008–09	Intertoto Cup (Co-winners)	3R	Denmark	Odense	1–0	2–2
	UEFA Cup	2QR	Iceland	Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar	1–1	4–1
		1R	Bulgaria	Litex Lovech	1–1	3–1
		GS	Netherlands	Ajax	2–1
		Czech Republic	Slavia Prague	1–0
		Slovakia	Žilina	1–2
		Germany	Hamburger SV	1–3
		R32		CSKA Moscow	1–1	0–2
2009–10	Europa League	P/O	Austria	Rapid Wien	2–1	0–1
2010–11	Europa League	P/O	Austria	Rapid Wien	2–3	1–1
2023–24	Europa Conference League	P/O		Hibernian	3–0	5–0
		GS		Legia Warsaw	2–1	2–3
				Zrinjski Mostar	1–0	1–1
				AZ	2–1	4–1
		R16		Ajax	4–0	0–0
		QF		Lille	2–1	1–2
		SF		Olympiacos	2–4	0–2

Key

• 2QR = Second qualifying round
• P/O = Play-off round
• 1R = First round
• 2R = Second round
• 3R = Third round
• GS = Group stage
• R32 = Round of 32
• R16 = Round of 16
• QF = Quarter-finals
• SF = Semi-finals
• F = Final

Record by competition

Footnotes

A.  The Premier League took over from the First Division as the top tier of the English football league system upon its formation in 1992. The First Division then became the second tier of English football, the Second Division became the third tier, and so on. The First Division is now known as the Football League Championship, while the Second Division is now known as Football League One.

B In 1981, the Charity Shield was shared in the event of a draw.

C Aston Villa won their 3rd round, final tie of the 2008 Intertoto Cup and were named a co-winner of the tournament, as a result they qualified for the 2008-09 UEFA Cup. The outright winner of the Intertoto Cup was the team that progressed furthest in the UEFA Cup that season, which was SC Braga.^[88]

D The home team are listed first.

References

Specific

General

• Book: Goodyear, David . Matthews, Tony . Aston Villa A Complete Record 1874 - 1988 . 1988 . Breedon Books (1988) . 0-907969-37-2.
• Book: Hayes, Dean . The Villa Park Encyclopedia: A-Z of Aston Villa . Mainstream Publishing . 2 October 1997 . 978-1-85158-959-3.
• Book: Holt . Frank Lee . Bishop . Rob . Aston Villa: The Complete Record . Derby Books Publishing . Derby . 2010 . 978-1-85983-805-1.
• Book: Ward . Jeremy . Griffin . The essential history of Aston Villa . Headline book publishing . 2002 . 0-7553-1140-X.

External links

• Web site: Billy Garraty – Top Goalscorer In World Football 1899–1900 For Aston Villa. 19 November 2018. 21 April 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150421202519/http://billygarraty.com/. live.
• Web site: Premier League seasons. Soccerbase.com. 30 August 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20070807134048/http://www.soccerbase.com/league2.sd?competitionid=1. 7 August 2007. dead.
• Web site: Player data. Lerwill-Life. 30 August 2007. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20070928001341/http://www.lerwill-life.org.uk/astonvilla/a_villan01.htm. 28 September 2007.
• Web site: Aston Villa Match Results and Team Line-ups 1871-present. Jorgen Bohlin. 5 February 2009. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090212140032/http://www.dromelvan.net/villamatches. 12 February 2009.

Notes and References

1. Hayes, Dean; p.63
2. Web site: FA Cup history . Football Association (FA) . 2 July 2007 . dead . https://archive.today/20060326180409/http://www.thefa.com/TheFACup/TheFACup/History/Postings/2006/01/FACup_History.htm . 26 March 2006 .
3. News: European Cup Win . Aston Villa F.C. . 26 June 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20060211203957/http://www.avfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/EuroWinDetail/0%2C%2C10265~676380%2C00.html . 11 February 2006 . dead .
4. Web site: AVFC club Honours. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20110916125118/http://www.avfc.co.uk/page/HistoryHonours. 16 September 2011. 2 March 2011. Aston Villa F.C..
5. https://www.londonhearts.com/scores/images/1894/1894040902.htm Aston Villa v. Celtic.
6. https://www.londonhearts.com/scores/images/1900/1900050401.htm Dual Champions.
7. Book: Matthews, Tony . Mackenzie, Colin . Albion! A Complete Record of West Bromwich Albion 1879-1987 . Breedon Books . 1987 . 0-907969-23-2 . 209.
8. Web site: Aston Villa hit St Pats for six . . 10 August 2003 . 28 April 2022 . 28 April 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220428124302/https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/soccer/arid-30109224.html . live .
9. Web site: Everybody needs to take a look at the Cup of Traditions trophy Aston Villa just won . . 23 July 2017 . 28 April 2022 . 18 September 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230918112416/https://www.irishnews.com/magazine/daily/2017/07/23/news/everybody-needs-to-take-a-look-at-the-cup-of-traditions-trophy-aston-villa-just-won-1091240/ . live .
10. Web site: Aston Villa win Cup of Traditions tournament in Germany . . 28 April 2022 . 28 April 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220428095538/https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11677/10958929/aston-villa-win-cup-of-traditions-tournament-in-germany . live .
11. Web site: 20 July 2022 . Villa win the Queensland Champions Cup . 2022-07-20 . Aston Villa Football Club . 20 July 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220720131834/https://www.avfc.co.uk/news/2022/july/20/gallery--queensland-champions-cup/ . live .
12. Web site: 11 December 2022 . Aston Villa 1-0 Chelsea . 2022-12-11 . Aston Villa Football Club . 11 December 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221211162203/https://www.avfc.co.uk/news/2022/december/11/aston-villa-v-chelsea/ . live .
13. Web site: 2023-08-05 . Valencia 1-2 Aston Villa . 2023-08-05 . Aston Villa Football Club . 5 August 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230805211753/https://www.avfc.co.uk/news/2023/august/05/valencia---aston-villa/ . live .
14. Hayes, Dean; p.191
15. Barry: Web site: Gareth Barry: All time playing career . Soccerbase . Centurycomm . 21 July 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100715121815/http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=14130 . 15 July 2010 . live.
    Others: Ward, Adam; Griffin, Jeremy, pp.300 - 319.
16. Goodyear, David; Matthews, Tony, p.31.
17. Ward, Adam; Griffin, Jeremy; pp.192 - 193
18. Web site: 28 February 2023 . Ollie Watkins rewriting Villa history books . 2023-02-28 . Aston Villa Football Club . 28 February 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230228162846/https://www.avfc.co.uk/news/2023/february/28/watkins-rewriting-villa-history-books/ . live .
19. All Top goalscorers statistics sourced to pp.300 - 319 of Ward, Adam; Griffin, Jeremy
20. Web site: Short biographical notes of the world's top international goal scorers for each year; 1882. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20171015203330/http://iffhs.de/?c02bc4ac1398c433ccdd52b9b95405fdcdc3bfcdc0aec70aeeda083f11. 15 October 2017. 15 January 2008. International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS).
21. News: Mellberg joins Villa . BBC Sport . 18 July 2001 . 5 January 2023 . 9 December 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191209153146/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/a/aston_villa/1444827.stm . live .
22. Web site: 23 June 2009 . MELLBERG JOINS OLYMPIACOS . 5 January 2023 . Eurosport.
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