Aston Villa Quiz

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1. From which club did Aston Villa sign goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez in 2020?

   • Arsenal
   • Chelsea
   • Reading
   • Sheffield United
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   Answer: Arsenal

   Martinez left Arsenal for regular first-team football at Villa in September 2020.

2. Which former Liverpool captain managed Aston Villa from 2021 until October 2022?

   • Jamie Carragher
   • John Terry
   • Steven Gerrard
   • Roy Keane
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   Answer: Steven Gerrard

   Steven Gerrard managed Villa for roughly 11 months before being dismissed.

3. Aston Villa signed midfielder John McGinn in 2018 from which Scottish club?

   • Hibernian
   • Celtic
   • Rangers
   • Aberdeen
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   Answer: Hibernian

   McGinn joined from Hibernian and went on to captain Villa.

4. Which future England manager captained Aston Villa in the mid-1990s after signing from Crystal Palace?

   • Stuart Pearce
   • Tony Adams
   • Gareth Southgate
   • Steve Bruce
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   Answer: Gareth Southgate

   Southgate spent several years at Villa before eventually managing the England national team from 2016.

5. Aston Villa were knocked out of the 2024-25 Champions League in the quarter-finals by which eventual winners?

   • Barcelona
   • Internazionale
   • Real Madrid
   • Paris Saint-Germain
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   Answer: Paris Saint-Germain

   Villa lost narrowly to eventual champions Paris Saint-Germain across the two quarter-final legs.

6. Which Aston Villa committee member is credited as the founder of the Football League?

   • Herbert Chapman
   • Charles Alcock
   • William McGregor
   • Ebenezer Cobb Morley
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   Answer: William McGregor

   Scot William McGregor, on Villa's committee, proposed the league in a letter to fellow clubs and became its first chairman.

7. In October 2020 Aston Villa produced a shock home thrashing of reigning champions Liverpool by what scoreline?

   • 7-2
   • 5-3
   • 3-0
   • 4-1
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   Answer: 7-2

   Villa stunned Liverpool 7-2 at Villa Park early in the 2020-21 season.

8. In which season did Aston Villa win the very first Football League Cup?

   • 1966-67
   • 1970-71
   • 1960-61
   • 1957-58
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   Answer: 1960-61

   Villa won the inaugural League Cup in 1960-61, the competition's debut season.

9. Who was Aston Villa's manager when they won the 1982 European Cup?

   • Ron Atkinson
   • Tony Barton
   • Ron Saunders
   • Graham Taylor
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   Answer: Tony Barton

   Barton had taken charge only months earlier, following the shock resignation of the title-winning manager.

10. Under which manager did Aston Villa win the 1980-81 First Division title?

    • Graham Turner
    • Ron Saunders
    • Ron Atkinson
    • Tony Barton
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    Answer: Ron Saunders

    Ron Saunders built the championship-winning side, then resigned midway through the following season.

11. Which famous stand at Villa Park is one of the largest single-tier ends in English football?

    • The Shed End
    • The Kop
    • The Stretford End
    • The Holte End
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    Answer: The Holte End

    The Holte End is named after Sir Thomas Holte of nearby Aston Hall and is Villa Park's traditional home end.

12. After keeper Jimmy Rimmer went off injured early in the 1982 European Cup final, which young substitute goalkeeper starred for Villa?

    • Mark Bosnich
    • Nigel Spink
    • David James
    • Neville Southall
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    Answer: Nigel Spink

    Making only his second senior appearance, 23-year-old Nigel Spink produced a string of crucial saves.

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