Villa Park

One of the oldest grounds in world football and the only English club stadium to have hosted a World Cup match at three different tournaments.

Villa Park has been the home of Aston Villa since 1897, and holds 42,657 spectators for football. The playing surface is grass, and the record attendance of 76,488 was set in a fixture that still gets talked about in Birmingham.

For a matchday, the ground sits in Birmingham and is served by local rail and bus routes; arriving 45 minutes before kick-off is the difference between a queue and a seat. Away supporters are usually housed in one corner block, and the atmosphere is loudest behind the goal at the home end.