An kafa kungiyar kwallon kafa ta Aston Villa a watan Maris na shekara ta 1874, ta membobin Villa Cross Wesleyan Chapel a Handsworth wanda yanzu yana cikin Birmingham. Masu kafa hudu na Aston Villa sune Jack Hughes, Frederick Matthews, Walter Price da William Scattergood. Wasannin farko na Aston Villa ya kasance da kungiyar Rugby ta Aston Brook St Mary. A matsayin yanayin wasan, bangaren Villa ya yarda ya buga wasan farko a karkashin dokokin Rugby kuma rabi na biyu a karkashin dokokin Association. Bayan ya koma filin wasa na Wellington Road a shekara ta 1876, Villa ba da daɗewa ba ya kafa kansa a matsayin daya daga cikin mafi kyawun kungiyoyi a Midlands, inda ya lashe lambar yabo ta farko, Birmingham Senior Cup a 1880, a karkashin kyaftin din Scotsman George Ramsay. Tambaya: Wadanne kulob din kwallon kafa ne suka fara wasan farko da kungiyar Rugby wacce aka hada dokokin kwallon kafa da rugby?
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