Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Aston Villa F.C.

Aston Villa F.C.

 * The following discussion is an archived discussion of the TFAR nomination of the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page unless you are renominating the article at TFAR. For renominations, please add   to the top of the discussion and   at the bottom, then complete a new TFAR nom underneath.

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/August 16, 2014 by BencherliteTalk 20:39, 24 July 2014 (UTC)



Aston Villa Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Witton, Birmingham. Founded in 1874 the club has played at their current home ground, Villa Park (pictured), since 1897. Aston Villa were founder members of The Football League in 1888. They were also founder members of the Premier League in 1992, and have remained there ever since. Aston Villa is one of the oldest and most successful football clubs in the history of English football. They have the fourth highest total of major honours won by an English club, having won the First Division Championship seven times (most recently in the 1980–81 season), the FA Cup seven times (last won in 1957), the Football League Cup five times (last won in 1996) and the UEFA Super Cup in 1982. Villa also won the 1981–82 European Cup, and are thus one of five English clubs to win what is now the UEFA Champions League. The club's traditional kit colours are claret shirts with sky blue sleeves, white shorts and sky blue socks. Their traditional badge is of a rampant gold lion on a light blue background with the club's motto "Prepared" underneath; a modified version of this was adopted in 2007.
 * Most recent similar article(s): Ipswich Town F. C. on May 1st.
 * Main editors: Woody
 * Promoted: 2007
 * Reasons for nomination: 2014–15 Premier League starts Saturday 16 August - be nice to get a relevant club on the mainpage................even if it is Aston Villa. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 04:12, 23 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Support as nominator. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 04:12, 23 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Image swapped from the club badge (non-free) to one of the ground; any better ideas welcome. BencherliteTalk 09:37, 23 July 2014 (UTC)