Q 01/05

Aston Villa are said to have been founded in 1874 by four chapel cricketers meeting where?

A) Beneath a dim gas lamp

B) In a parish church vestry

C) At a cricket pavilion

D) In a Handsworth public house

Answer · why

A) Beneath a dim gas lamp

Beneath a dim gas lamp in Heathfield Road, the four agreed that the rugby match they had just watched was too rough for them and chose association foo...

Q 02/05

Aston Villa's first win, over rugby club Aston Brook St Mary's, was played under what compromise?

A) Rugby until the first goal

B) A half under each code

C) Two games, one per code

D) Football rules, rugby scoring

Answer · why

B) A half under each code

A half under each code: St Mary's played rugby, so the match was split between rugby and association rules, and founder Jack Hughes scored the only go...

Q 03/05

Which club's 'combination football' influenced George Ramsay, who joined Villa in 1876?

A) Third Lanark

B) Celtic

C) Queen's Park

D) Rangers

Answer · why

C) Queen's Park

Queen's Park pioneered the Scottish short-passing game; Ramsay's skill in a Villa practice match so impressed the players that they invited him to joi...

Q 04/05

Villa's 1886 advert, at £100 a year, is credited with creating which football job?

A) Club doctor

B) Paid manager

C) Chief scout

D) Paid referee

Answer · why

B) Paid manager

Paid manager: club secretary George Ramsay got the job, often called the first of its kind anywhere, and went on to win six league titles and six FA C...

Q 05/05

Which Villa captain became the first player to score in every round of the FA Cup, in 1887?

A) Archie Hunter

B) Charlie Athersmith

C) Howard Spencer

D) John Devey

Answer · why

A) Archie Hunter

Archie Hunter collapsed with a heart attack during a league match in January 1890 and never played again; he died four years later, aged 35.