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• Ground Name: Villa Park
• Capacity: 42,640
• Address: Trinity Rd, Birmingham B6 6HE
• Year Opened: 1897
• Pitch Size: 115 x 72 yards
• Record Attendance: 76,588 v Derby County, FA Cup 6th Round, March 2nd, 1946

The Stadium has been home the Aston Villa since 1897, the club having previously played at Aston Park from 1874 to 1876 and at Perry Barr from 1876 to 1897

The current stadium has a capacity of 42, 640, and comprises four stands; Holte End, Trinity Road Stand, North Stand and the Doug Ellis Stand.

The Club have planning permission to extend the North Stand by 'filling in' the corners. This will increase the capacity to approximately 50,000.

Villa Park is the most used stadium in FA Cup semi-final history, having hosted 55 semi-finals.

It was also the first English ground to stage international football in three different centuries.

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