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=== Club captains === Since the foundation of the club in 1874, forty three players have been club captain of Aston Villa. [[Jack Devey|John Devey]] who was captain from 1891 to 1898, is their most successful captain, leading Villa to five league titles and two FA Cup triumphs during the club's 'Golden Age'. The present captain is Scotland international [[John McGinn]]. {| |- valign="top" | {| class="wikitable alternance" |- ! style="background-color:#7B003A; color:#F8F8F8; border:3px ##;" scope="col"|Name ! style="background-color:#7B003A; color:#F8F8F8; border:3px ##;" scope="col"|Period |- |{{flagicon|England}} [[Walter H. Price]] || 1874β1876 |- |{{flagicon|Scotland}} [[George Ramsay (footballer, born 1855)|George Ramsay]] || 1876β1884 |- |{{flagicon|Scotland}} [[Archie Hunter]] || 1884β1891 |- |{{flagicon|England}} [[John Devey]] || 1891β1898 |- |{{flagicon|England}} [[Jimmy Crabtree]] || 1898β1902 |- |{{flagicon|England}} [[Howard Spencer]] || 1902β1906 |- |{{flagicon|England}} [[Joe Bache]] || 1906β1914 |- |{{flagicon|England}} [[Andy Ducat]] || 1919β1921 |- |{{flagicon|England}} [[Frank Moss (1895)|Frank Moss]] || 1921β1927 |- |{{flagicon|England}} [[Billy Walker (footballer, born 1897)|Billy Walker]] || 1927β1933 |- |{{flagicon|England}} [[Alec Talbot]] || 1933β1934 |- |{{flagicon|England}} [[Eric Houghton]] || 1934β1936 |- |{{flagicon|Wales}} [[Thomas Griffiths (footballer, born 1906)|Tom Griffiths]] || 1936β1937 |- |{{flagicon|England}} [[Jimmy Allen (footballer, born 1909)|Jimmy Allen]] || 1937-1940 |- |{{flagicon|Scotland}} [[Alex Massie (footballer)|Alex Massie]] || 1940β1945 |- |{{flagicon|Scotland}} [[George Cummings (footballer)|George Cummings]] || 1945β1949 |- |{{flagicon|England}} [[Dicky Dorsett]] || 1949β1951 |} | {| class="wikitable alternance" |- ! style="background-color:#7B003A; color:#F8F8F8; border:3px ##;" scope="col"|Name ! style="background-color:#7B003A; color:#F8F8F8; border:3px ##;" scope="col"|Period |- |{{flagicon|Northern Ireland}} [[Danny Blanchflower]] || 1951β1955 |- |{{flagicon|England}} [[Johnny Dixon (footballer)|Johnny Dixon]] || 1955β1959 |- |{{flagicon|Wales}} [[Vic Crowe]] || 1959β1964 |- |{{flagicon|England}} [[Alan Deakin]] || 1964β1966 |- |{{flagicon|Scotland}} [[Charlie Aitken (footballer, born 1942)|Charlie Aitken]] || 1966β1973 |- |{{flagicon|Northern Ireland}} [[Chris Nicholl]] || 1973β1974 |- |{{flagicon|Scotland}} [[Ian Ross (footballer, born 1947)|Ian Ross]] || 1974β1976 |- |{{flagicon|Northern Ireland}} [[Chris Nicholl]] || 1976β1977 |- |{{flagicon|England}} [[Dennis Mortimer]] || 1977β1984 |- |{{flagicon|Scotland}} [[Allan Evans (footballer)|Allan Evans]] || 1984β1989 |- |{{flagicon|England}} [[Stuart Gray (footballer, born 1960)|Stuart Gray]] || 1989β1992 |- |{{flagicon|England}} [[Kevin Richardson (footballer)|Kevin Richardson]] || 1992β1995 |- |{{flagicon|Republic of Ireland}} [[Andy Townsend]] || 1995β1997 |- |{{flagicon|England}} [[Gareth Southgate]] || 1997β2001<ref>{{cite news |title=Southgate quits Villa captaincy |url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2001/0516/156023-villaa/ |access-date=31 May 2024 |publisher=RTΓ |date=16 May 2001}}</ref> |- |{{flagicon|England}} [[Paul Merson]] || 2001β2002<ref>{{cite news |title=Villa held by Basle |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/uefa_cup/1476447.stm |access-date=31 May 2024 |publisher=BBC Sport |date=7 August 2001}}</ref> |- |{{flagicon|Republic of Ireland}} [[Steve Staunton]] || 2002β2003<ref>{{cite news |title=Staunton's knife fear |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/2272431.stm |access-date=31 May 2024 |publisher=BBC Sport |date=21 September 2002}}</ref> |} | {| class="wikitable alternance" |- ! style="background-color:#7B003A; color:#F8F8F8; border:3px ##;" scope="col"|Name ! style="background-color:#7B003A; color:#F8F8F8; border:3px ##;" scope="col"|Period |- |{{flagicon|Sweden}} [[Olof Mellberg]] || 2003β2006<ref>{{cite news |title=Mellberg fears derby mayhem |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/a/aston_villa/3185442.stm |access-date=31 May 2024 |publisher=BBC Sport |date=12 October 2003}}</ref> |- |{{flagicon|England}} [[Gareth Barry]] || 2006β2009<ref>{{cite news |title=Gareth Barry: The Aston Villa years |url=https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/gareth-barry-the-aston-villa-years-240665 |access-date=31 May 2024 |work=Birmingham Mail |date=2 June 2009}}</ref> |- |{{flagicon|Denmark}} [[Martin Laursen]] || 2008β2009<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kendrick |first1=Mat |title=Martin Laursen set to stay as Aston Villa captain |url=https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/martin-laursen-set-to-stay-as-aston-68109 |access-date=31 May 2024 |work=Birmingham Mail |date=21 August 2018}}</ref> |- |{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Stiliyan Petrov]] || 2009β2012<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jones |first1=Steve |title=Stiliyan Petrov: A tribute to the man who joined Aston Villa ten years ago today |url=https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/stiliyan-petrov-tribute-man-who-11818037 |access-date=31 May 2024 |work=Birmingham Mail |date=30 August 2016}}</ref> |- |{{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Ron Vlaar]] || 2012β2015<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bailey |first1=Graeme |title=Aston Villa captain Ron Vlaar wants more consistency from the team |url=https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11677/8136344/aston-villa-captain-ron-vlaar-wants-more-consistency-from-the-team |access-date=31 May 2024 |publisher=Sky Sports |date=3 October 2012}}</ref> |- |{{flagicon|England}} [[Gabriel Agbonlahor]] || 2015β2016<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lansley |first1=Peter |title=Tim Sherwood urges Aston Villa's Gabriel Agbonlahor to show bottle |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/aug/30/tim-sherwood-aston-villa-gabriel-agbonlahor-sunderland |access-date=31 May 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=30 August 2015}}</ref> |- |{{flagicon|England}} [[John Terry]] || 2017β2018<ref>{{cite news |title=John Terry named Aston Villa captain for 2017/18 season - but suffers defeat to Shrewsbury |url=https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11677/10949620/john-terry-named-aston-villa-captain-for-2017-18-season-but-suffers-shrewsbury-defeat |access-date=31 May 2024 |publisher=Sky Sports |date=15 July 2017}}</ref> |- |{{flagicon|England}} [[Jack Grealish]] || 2018β2021 |- |{{flagicon|England}} [[Tyrone Mings]] || 2021β2022<ref name=mcginn/> |- |{{Flagicon|Scotland}} [[John McGinn]] |2022β<ref name=mcginn>{{cite news |title=Aston Villa: Tyrone Mings loses captaincy to John McGinn |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/62326887 |access-date=31 May 2024 |publisher=BBC Sport |date=27 July 2022}}</ref> |} |}
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