Ko nga mema o te Villa Cross Wesleyan Chapel i Handsworth i hangaia i te Poutu-te-rangi 1874, koinei te waahanga o Birmingham. Ko nga kaiwhakaara e wha o Aston Villa ko Jack Hughes, Frederick Matthews, Walter Price me William Scattergood. Ko te tukinga tuatahi a Aston Villa ki te kapa Rugby o Aston Brook St Mary. Hei tikanga o te tukinga, me whakaae te taha o Villa ki te purei i te haurua tuatahi i raro i nga ture Rugby me te haurua tuarua i raro i nga ture Association. I muri i te neke ki te papa o Wellington Road i te 1876, ka noho wawe a Villa hei tetahi o nga kapa pai rawa atu i te Midlands, i wikitoria i to raatau honore tuatahi, te Birmingham Senior Cup i te tau 1880, i raro i te rangatira o Scotsman George Ramsay.
Ko Aston Villa