avfc1874
jack hughes frederick matthews walter price and william scattergood where members of the cross wesleyan chapel cricket team who were looking for a sporting pursuit to keep them occupied during the winter months between cricket seasons and after witnessing an impromptu game of football in a meadow off heathfield rd founded the mighty villa in a house on heathfield rd under a gas lantern in 1874. villa were one of the founding members of the first football league in 1888. GARETH BARRY IS A TRAITOR!!!!