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Aston Villa U21

Aston Villa Under 21

Kit impression

Founded

1872

Years standing

154

Home ground

Villa Park (league matches) Bescot Stadium (cup matches)

Capacity

42,60011,300 seats

The Trophy Cabinet

FA Women's Premier League (Northern Division) (Level 2) Winners (4): 1992–93, 1994–95, 2002–03, 2010–11
FA Women's National League Cup Winners (1): 2012–13
FA Women's Championship (Level 2) Winners (1): 2019–20

Nickname: The Villans, The Villa, The Lions

Reasons To Adopt

Aston Villa U21 work as a second team because they come with their own geography: England, Villa Park (league matches) Bescot Stadium (cup matches), and a set of rivalries you will absorb faster than you expect.

The calendar you inherit
England EFL Trophy is cold-weather football: mud in February, breath visible under the lights, and a fixture list that rewards anyone who sticks it out. England does not do easy neutrals.
Deep roots
Founded in 1872, Aston Villa U21 were playing organised football before floodlights, substitutes or televised highlights existed. You are adopting 154 years of accumulated grudges.
Something to defend
The cabinet is not empty: FA Women's Premier League (Northern Division) (Level 2) Winners (4): 1992–93, 1994–95, 2002–03, 2010–11 and FA Women's National League Cup Winners (1): 2012–13. Small enough to recite from memory, big enough to argue about in a pub.
Cathedral football
Villa Park (league matches) Bescot Stadium (cup matches) holds around 4,260,011,300. Even a routine league game arrives with a noise floor most clubs only reach in a semi-final.

Matchday Trip

Ground: Villa Park (league matches) Bescot Stadium (cup matches). Go in a day early, find the pre-match pub, buy the programme.

Nearest airport

Manchester Airport (MAN)

43 km / 27 miles from the ground

Nearest station

Pipe Gate railway station

1.7 km / 1 miles out

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Around the ground

Things To Do Near Villa Park (league matches) Bescot Stadium (cup matches)

Everything within a short walk of the turnstiles: landmarks, museums and the places worth arriving early for.

Landmarks within a 4 km radius

Matchday Shortlist

Opens a map centred on the ground. Two hours before kick-off is the sweet spot.

Route Planner

Getting to Villa Park (league matches) Bescot Stadium (cup matches)