Stadium Guide: Villa Park

(Capacity: 42,785)

The ground was originally built in a Victorian amusement park on the site of a Jacobean home- with a great view facing onto the street of the Holte End; it makes Villa Park different to other grounds.

The Stadiums are split between four stands- with the Holte End to the South, the Trinity Road Stand to the West; The Doug Ellis Stand is opposite the Trinity Road Stand while the North Stand is behind the northern goal. Three of the stands are composed of two tiers except the Trinity Road Stand that has three

The Lowest average attendance at the ground was 15,237 in the 1987-1986 season while the highest record attendance was 76,588 on March 2 1946 in FA CUP match. The Stadium is a short distance away from two railway stations- with Witton being 500 metres away and Aston being 1.5 kilometres away.

A few sports have taken place on this ground over the years, such as athletics, cycling, boxing and rugby- with two rugby union touring sides running onto the famous pitch. New Zealand hammed a North Midlands select side 40-3, back in 1924 and in 1953 Midlands Country XV were thumped 18-3 by the All Blacks. This Kiwi side included Bob Stuart, Richard White and Peter Jones but were an unsuccessful group due to poor results by losing to Cardiff and drawing with Swansea.

The ground will host two 2015 Rugby World Cup matches.

                 Sat Sep 26 South Africa v Samoa (Pool B)

                 Sun Sep 27 Australia v Uruguay (Pool A).

Location:  Trinity Road, Birmingham 

Field Size: 105 × 68 metres

                  344 × 226 feet

Surface: Desso Grass Master

Open: 1897