villa park
- it is the home of Aston villa football club and has been since 1897
- it was built in 1897 at a cost of around £16,733
- it has a total capacity on 42,788
- the four stands are called the north stand, the Doug Ellis stand, the trinity road stand, and the holte end
- it hosted games in the 1996 European championships
- it has hosted 55 FA cup semi-finals (more than any other ground)
- the record standing attendance is 76,588 in 1946 against derby county
- the record seated attendance 42,788 in 2009 against Liverpool
- villa are planning to rebuild the north stand raising the capacity above 50,000
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