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Title: Quickish Quiz: Our complete Honours list
Post by: Legion on September 06, 2010, 09:12:02 PM
From Pravda (http://www.avfc.co.uk/page/HistoryHonours):

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Club Honours

Aston Villa are the fifth most decorated club in English football history.

As well as 19 major domestic honours, including seven league championships, Villa are one of just five British clubs to have won the European Cup.

The club also boasts another European triumph, the 1982-83 European Super Cup, which was won with a two-leg victory over Spanish giants Barcelona.
European Competition
European Cup Winners

1982
European Super Cup Winners

1982-83
Intertoto Cup Winners

2001
Domestic Competition
Football League Champions
(First Division/Premier League)
1893-94, 1895-96, 1896-97, 1898-99, 1899-1900. 1909-10, 1980-81

Football League Runners-Up
1888-89, 1902-03, 1907-08, 1910-11, 1912-13, 1913-14, 1930-31, 1932-33, 1989-90, 1992-93

Division Two Champions
1937-38, 1959-60

Division Two Runners-Up
1974-75, 1987-88

Division Three Champions
1971-72

FA Cup Winners
1887, 1895, 1897, 1905, 1913, 1920, 1957

FA Cup Runners-Up
1892, 1924, 2000

League Cup Winners
1961, 1975, 1977, 1994, 1996

League Cup Runners-Up
1963, 1971, 2010

FA Charity Shield Winners
1981

FA Charity Shield Runners-Up
1910, 1957, 1972

FA Youth Cup Winners
1972, 1980, 2002

EXACTLY what and when is missing?

Prize available for the first poster to provide a full, complete and accurate list for all competitions. Best of luck.

Again, this will be moved to Villa Memories once answered.
Title: Re: Quickish Quiz: Our complete Honours list
Post by: DB on September 06, 2010, 09:15:11 PM
I think you have FA cup winners mixed up with runners up...and 2000 FA cup runners up is missing...

Oh hang-on, the line space placing has mixed me up..... oops.
Title: Re: Quickish Quiz: Our complete Honours list
Post by: Legion on September 06, 2010, 09:16:28 PM
I think you have FA cup winners mixed up with runners up...and 2000 FA cup runners up is missing...

Blame the OS. Thanks.
Title: Re: Quickish Quiz: Our complete Honours list
Post by: paul_e on September 06, 2010, 09:17:36 PM
It's not missing, it's just badly formatted.
Title: Re: Quickish Quiz: Our complete Honours list
Post by: DB on September 06, 2010, 09:18:49 PM
I think that is what I said.
Title: Re: Quickish Quiz: Our complete Honours list
Post by: Legion on September 06, 2010, 09:19:36 PM
It's not missing, it's just badly formatted.

Amended now.
Title: Re: Quickish Quiz: Our complete Honours list
Post by: KevinGage on September 06, 2010, 09:22:18 PM
Thought we were 4th.

Chelsea haven't eclipsed us already have they?

Title: Re: Quickish Quiz: Our complete Honours list
Post by: Karlos96 on September 06, 2010, 09:29:26 PM
I thought we are the fourth most decorated club in English football history?  Or are they counting Charity / Community shields as well?
Title: Re: Quickish Quiz: Our complete Honours list
Post by: serbentoflight on September 06, 2010, 10:37:44 PM
Didnt we "win" or qual. via the inter twobob twice?
Title: Re: Quickish Quiz: Our complete Honours list
Post by: Shrek on September 06, 2010, 10:57:51 PM
Just looked on wiki what's the 'Football League War Cup' we won in 1944.
Title: Re: Quickish Quiz: Our complete Honours list
Post by: dave.woodhall on September 06, 2010, 11:05:14 PM
Just looked on wiki what's the 'Football League War Cup' we won in 1944.

A wartime replacement for the FA Cup. We beat Blackpool in the northern area final then drew with Charlton in the play-off.
Title: Re: Quickish Quiz: Our complete Honours list
Post by: Shrek on September 06, 2010, 11:17:59 PM
Well why is that trophy not on the list?
Title: Re: Quickish Quiz: Our complete Honours list
Post by: Tokyo Sexwhale on September 06, 2010, 11:19:24 PM
I thought we are the fourth most decorated club in English football history?  Or are they counting Charity / Community shields as well?


They must be.  Everton have won a lot more of them than us (9 to our 1).

Interestingly, Everton have never won the League Cup - that surprised me!
Title: Re: Quickish Quiz: Our complete Honours list
Post by: dave.woodhall on September 06, 2010, 11:21:30 PM
Well why is that trophy not on the list?

Because it was an unofficial competition. If it were official, the War League would count as well, and Birmingham City would have won a league championship. The universe could not survive such upheaval.
Title: Re: Quickish Quiz: Our complete Honours list
Post by: Shrek on September 06, 2010, 11:26:49 PM
Nice one for clearing that one up.
Title: Re: Quickish Quiz: Our complete Honours list
Post by: AV82EC on September 06, 2010, 11:33:12 PM
For me its

7 Leagues
7 FA Cups
5 League Cups
1 European Cup

20 trophies (that matter) in all, which puts us 4th on the list.

Liverpool have 40, Man United 37, Arsenal 27, Villa 20, Spurs 17, Chelsea and Everton 15, Newcastle 11 etc etc

So for all Fergie's bluster they still haven't knocked them off there perch......
Title: Re: Quickish Quiz: Our complete Honours list
Post by: Billy Walker on September 06, 2010, 11:53:25 PM
This Charity Shield business is a bit of a nonsense and can't be taken seriously.  We've won the Cup or League on fourteen occasions combined  yet have only contested four Charity Shields!

Title: Re: Quickish Quiz: Our complete Honours list
Post by: dave.woodhall on September 07, 2010, 12:07:55 AM
This Charity Shield business is a bit of a nonsense and can't be taken seriously.  We've won the Cup or League on fourteen occasions combined  yet have only contested four Charity Shields!



And one of them was when we won the third division.
Title: Re: Quickish Quiz: Our complete Honours list
Post by: cdbearsfan on September 07, 2010, 01:43:15 AM
We won the Sheriff of London Charity Shield (forerunner of the modern Community Shield) in the 1900s.

If you are counting Charity Shield Runners-up as an 'honour' then World Club Cup Runners-up (1983) should also be mentioned.
Title: Re: Quickish Quiz: Our complete Honours list
Post by: eamonn on September 07, 2010, 02:27:12 AM
Everton's record surprised me when I read it in the programme last week. I knew they'd been great in the mid-80s but was surprised by their other post-war success. Better than ours unfortunately.
Title: Re: Quickish Quiz: Our complete Honours list
Post by: VillaZogmariner on September 07, 2010, 02:47:09 AM
Haven't we done this before?

I'm going with the Birmingham Senior Cup
Title: Re: Quickish Quiz: Our complete Honours list
Post by: Legion on September 07, 2010, 06:49:23 AM
There's loads more.
Title: Re: Quickish Quiz: Our complete Honours list
Post by: flybo on September 07, 2010, 07:33:57 AM
FA Charity Shield Winners 1981? Was that not 2-2 with spuds
Title: Re: Quickish Quiz: Our complete Honours list
Post by: *shellac* on September 07, 2010, 07:50:48 AM
Eh...that Peace pot we won at Seville?
Title: Re: Quickish Quiz: Our complete Honours list
Post by: ADVILLAFAN on September 07, 2010, 09:03:45 AM
Are we counting the Reserve League wins and the Youth League which we won recently?
Title: Re: Quickish Quiz: Our complete Honours list
Post by: peter w on September 07, 2010, 09:07:26 AM
Haven't we 'won' the intertoto more than once? Oh, and the Daily Express 5 a-side was definitely won in 1981.
Title: Re: Quickish Quiz: Our complete Honours list
Post by: MarkM on September 07, 2010, 09:18:23 AM
Didn't we win the Mita Copiers competition!! on numerous occasions?

I seem to remember the two Mita Copiers being at the forefront of the team photo's for many a year!

Mark
Title: Re: Quickish Quiz: Our complete Honours list
Post by: darren woolley on September 07, 2010, 09:24:04 AM
I am proud to look at that honour's list, the forth best of all time and hopefully there's many more to come.
Title: Re: Quickish Quiz: Our complete Honours list
Post by: Dave Cooper please on September 07, 2010, 10:15:28 AM
Birmingham Senior Cup winners:

1880, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1885, 1888, 1889, 1890, 1891, 1899, 1903, 1904, 1906, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1912, 1983

Runners-up:

1876, 1881, 1893, 1895, 1901, 1902, 1924, 1983, 1995, 1996
Title: Re: Quickish Quiz: Our complete Honours list
Post by: Dave Javu on September 07, 2010, 10:26:05 AM
What about our legendary Southern Junior Floodlit Cup escapades?

Title: Re: Quickish Quiz: Our complete Honours list
Post by: cdbearsfan on September 07, 2010, 06:25:42 PM
We won the Coca-Cola Cup (Japan) before the start of the 1993-4 season, a good omen for the rest of the campaign.

We've won the Hong Kong Soccer Sevens loads of times.

I imagine we've also won Staffordshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire County Cups... I think we've competed in all three.

We may have also won the Mayor of Birmingham Charity Cup. We definitely lost in the final in 1897.

Peter W, we only 'won' the InterToto once. That was when there were three finals and each winner was given a trophy. They later changed the format to eleven finals. The winners all qualified for the UEFA Cup and whichever team won that was judged to be InterToto Cup Winner. It wasn't us.
Title: Re: Quickish Quiz: Our complete Honours list
Post by: eamonn on September 07, 2010, 06:58:16 PM
Did we actually get a trophy for the Intertoto in 2002? Any pics of the presentation?
Title: Re: Quickish Quiz: Our complete Honours list
Post by: exigo on September 07, 2010, 07:03:06 PM
Birmingham Senior Cup winners:

1880, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1885, 1888, 1889, 1890, 1891, 1899, 1903, 1904, 1906, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1912, 1983

Runners-up:

1876, 1881, 1893, 1895, 1901, 1902, 1924, 1983, 1995, 1996

Did we beat ourselves in the 1983 final? <winky>
Title: Re: Quickish Quiz: Our complete Honours list
Post by: Exeter 77 on September 07, 2010, 07:04:17 PM
Didnt we "win" or qual. via the inter twobob twice?
Only once, although certain DVDs claim Villa won the 2008 version ('Planet Villa' which I got for my birthday at the weekend being one) Braga got to the last 16 when we were knocked out in Moscow in the last 32.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intertoto_Cup_2008#Overall_winners
Title: Re: Quickish Quiz: Our complete Honours list
Post by: Tokyo Sexwhale on September 07, 2010, 07:31:39 PM
For me its

7 Leagues
7 FA Cups
5 League Cups
1 European Cup

20 trophies (that matter) in all, which puts us 4th on the list.

Liverpool have 40, Man United 37, Arsenal 27, Villa 20, Spurs 17, Chelsea and Everton 15, Newcastle 11 etc etc

So for all Fergie's bluster they still haven't knocked them off there perch......

I'd agree with this - the only trophies that count are Old Division 1/Premier League; FA Cup; League Cup; European Cup/Champions League; Cup Winners Cup; UEFA Cup/Europa Cup.

I've read somewhere that in the 80s, the Liverpool players used to give each trophy a "weighting" - so League/European Cup = 5; FA Cup, Other European = 3; League Cup = 2; Anything else = 1.

That sounds about right to me.
Title: Re: Quickish Quiz: Our complete Honours list
Post by: cdbearsfan on September 07, 2010, 07:48:29 PM
Did we actually get a trophy for the Intertoto in 2002? Any pics of the presentation?

Look in Merson's hand...

(http://i617.photobucket.com/albums/tt255/cdvillafan/2001.jpg)
Title: Re: Quickish Quiz: Our complete Honours list
Post by: Ad@m on September 07, 2010, 11:04:34 PM
Did we actually get a trophy for the Intertoto in 2002? Any pics of the presentation?

Look in Merson's hand...

(http://i617.photobucket.com/albums/tt255/cdvillafan/2001.jpg)

We never wore a shirt that purple did we?!  Are you sure that's not Harchester United...
Title: Re: Quickish Quiz: Our complete Honours list
Post by: Billy Walker on September 07, 2010, 11:11:35 PM
Didnt we "win" or qual. via the inter twobob twice?
Only once, although certain DVDs claim Villa won the 2008 version ('Planet Villa' which I got for my birthday at the weekend being one) Braga got to the last 16 when we were knocked out in Moscow in the last 32.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intertoto_Cup_2008#Overall_winners

If you go on UEFA.com and check out the Villa page it is confirmed that we are officially credited with four UEFA trophies - two of them being Inter Totos.
Title: Re: Quickish Quiz: Our complete Honours list
Post by: Billy Walker on September 07, 2010, 11:14:15 PM
Didnt we "win" or qual. via the inter twobob twice?
Only once, although certain DVDs claim Villa won the 2008 version ('Planet Villa' which I got for my birthday at the weekend being one) Braga got to the last 16 when we were knocked out in Moscow in the last 32.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intertoto_Cup_2008#Overall_winners

If you go on UEFA.com and check out the Villa page it is confirmed that we are officially credited with four UEFA trophies - two of them being Inter Totos.

I stand corrected...they have changed it!  Looks like it's only the one InterToto.
Title: Re: Quickish Quiz: Our complete Honours list
Post by: Small Rodent on September 08, 2010, 11:46:27 AM
Is it only in recent years that the European Super Cup has been latched onto by the media? I'm sure when we won it was a highlight show on Sportsnight.

Also the Community/Charity Shield...never seen as anything but a pre-season friendly. When was it first televised. Again when we played Spurs it was just highlights on Match of the Day.

And when was the League Cup first televised? Was always a Saturday game played alongside league matches until shifted to a Sunday.

Or is my memory totally bollocksed?
Title: Re: Quickish Quiz: Our complete Honours list
Post by: Dave Cooper please on September 08, 2010, 11:48:16 AM
Birmingham Senior Cup winners:

1880, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1885, 1888, 1889, 1890, 1891, 1899, 1903, 1904, 1906, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1912, 1983

Runners-up:

1876, 1881, 1893, 1895, 1901, 1902, 1924, 1983, 1995, 1996

Did we beat ourselves in the 1983 final? <winky>

Well spotted sir!

The 1983 "win" should read 1985.
Title: Re: Quickish Quiz: Our complete Honours list
Post by: Dave Cooper please on September 08, 2010, 11:54:51 AM

I imagine we've also won Staffordshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire County Cups... I think we've competed in all three.
 

Never won the Staffs Senior Cup.

There isn't a Warwickshire county cup as such, Warwickshire teams have always been affiliated to the Birmingham FA (well Birmingham was in Warwickshire after all!).

We have however won the Worcestershire Senior Cup in 1939 and 1954.
Title: Re: Quickish Quiz: Our complete Honours list
Post by: Legion on September 08, 2010, 07:04:28 PM
Plenty or honours pre-WWII that have not yet been mentioned.
Title: Re: Quickish Quiz: Our complete Honours list
Post by: Dave Clark Five on September 08, 2010, 07:24:09 PM
There is a photo in the Legends Lounge proclaiming Villa as the first Birmingham club to win the Birmingham Senior Cup.
Title: Re: Quickish Quiz: Our complete Honours list
Post by: cdbearsfan on September 08, 2010, 09:31:52 PM
Birmingham Cup.
Birmingham League.
Birmingham Combination.
Birmingham & District League.

Plus all the honours mentioned in the recent WW2 Villa thread.
Title: Re: Quickish Quiz: Our complete Honours list
Post by: joe_c on September 08, 2010, 09:42:51 PM
Well why is that trophy not on the list?



Because it was an unofficial competition. If it were official, the War League would count as well, and Birmingham City would have won a league championship. The universe could not survive such upheaval.

And that's where the phrase "God help us if there's a war" originated from.
Title: Re: Quickish Quiz: Our complete Honours list
Post by: bertlambshank on September 08, 2010, 09:52:53 PM
The bollocks that is the fair play league?
Title: Re: Quickish Quiz: Our complete Honours list
Post by: dave.woodhall on September 08, 2010, 09:54:45 PM
Sheriff of London's Shield?
Title: Re: Quickish Quiz: Our complete Honours list
Post by: Dave Cooper please on September 09, 2010, 12:02:38 PM
There is a photo in the Legends Lounge proclaiming Villa as the first Birmingham club to win the Birmingham Senior Cup.

Which is correct as the four previous winners were Tipton, Wednesbury Old Athletic (twice) and Shrewsbury Town.
Title: Re: Quickish Quiz: Our complete Honours list
Post by: cdbearsfan on September 11, 2010, 12:52:54 AM
Yum roight, Tipton un Wensbree ay Brummagem am they?
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