Biggest Trophy Villa ever won...

[SirSteveUK]

As the friendly against Burton is being played for the Bass Charity Vase - would be appropriate to show the Sheriff of London's Charity Shield - won in 1899 and  1901 It's the one you can't miss  lol. Replaced soon after by THE Charity Shield

[dcdavecollett]

Good post, mate.

In those days, trophies were TROPHIES!!

[ADVILLAFAN]

It’s no Inter TOTO Cup....

[MorrisNielson]

'Standing over six feet tall' according to Wiki.
Put it in goal!

[Pat McMahon]

Is that photo outside St Philips church?

[SirSteveUK]

Yes

[olaftab]

Great post. That's a proper shield.

[Damo70]

I remember as a kid having a Panini sticker album (I think it was the 1978 one) and they had included stickers of various trophies. If I remember right the relatively modestly sized Scottish Cup had a round base as big as a dining room table.

[The Moose]

I don't think that is by St Philip's cathedral. The cathedral has different designs on the balustrades and windows.
Weren't there buildings of a similar construction actually part of Villa Park at that time?

[SirSteveUK]

By Jove, you are correct. You may also be correct in the possible location at VP. Some of the oldest buildings were around the current location of the players car park, I believe - and at the time the picture was taken, they would have been extant.

Says a lot about the architectural style of the Lower Gounds.

[wittonwarrior]

that was even bigger than the one we won pre season in Dusburg