Aston Villa
Manager: Martin O' Neill
Chairman: Randy Lerner
To date Aston Villa have spent 98 seasons in the top flight; the only club who have managed a longer run is Everton, who have been in England's highest league for a massive 105 seasons. The result of this is that Aston Villa versus Everton is the most played fixture in English top flight football.
Aston Villa are the fouth most successful club in English football history, having won 21 major honours, which is why their recent barren spell often leaves them with the title of sleeping giants.
2007-2008 Squad
1 Thomas Sorensen (Denmark)
2 Wilfred Bouma (Holland)
4 Olof Mellberg (Sweden)
5 Martin Laursen (Denmark)
6Gareth Barry (England)
7 Ashley Young (England)
8 Luke Moore (England)
9 Marlin Harewood (England)
10 John Carew (Norway)
11 Gabriel Agbonlahor (England)
13 Stuart Taylor (England)
Villa Park
15 Curtis Davis (England)
16 Zat Night (England)
19 Stilliyan Petrov (Bulgaria)
20 Nigel Reo-Coker (England)
22 Scott Carson (England)
23 Patrik Berger (Czech Republic)
26 Craig Gardner (England)
27 Isaiah Osbourne (England)
28 Shaun Maloney (Scotland)
29 Stephen O'Halloran (Republic Of Ireland)
- Moustapha Salfou (Togo)
Aston Villa`s star player of the Premier League
We have chosen Paul McGrath to be Aston Villa`s star player of the Premier League because he was a classy defender but also he was an un-compromising defender with his physical presence at the heart of the Aston Villa Defence.
Paul McGrath was nicknamed (GOD) by the villa faithful, it was a tribute to McGrath who`s loyalty and commitment was there for all to see by the Aston Villa fans.