The England men’s national team are set to play their next home World Cup qualifier away from Wembley Stadium with Villa Park pencilled in to host the Three Lions' clash with Andorra in September.
The decision to move England’s next match away from the capital is in keeping with the FA’s desire to allow other parts of the country to see the national team in action. Over the past five years, St James’ Park, Old Trafford, Molineux, and the Riverside Stadium have all hosted England matches.
England’s next home match, a friendly against Senegal in June, is also set to be played away from the national stadium with the City Ground in Nottingham set to host.
Previous England matches at Villa Park
The clash with Andorra in September will be the first time that England have played at Villa Park since Sven-Goran Eriksson's side faced the Netherlands in a friendly in 2005. On that occasion, the two sides played out a bore 0-0 draw so it’s not much of a surprise that the Three Lions haven't returned since.
However, there is now more enthusiasm around the national team than there was back then so excitement should be in the air in the Midlands when Thomas Tuchel and his team arrive this Autumn.
The home of Aston Villa is the biggest stadium in Birmingham and was used on more than one occasion in the period between 2000 and 2007 when the new Wembley Stadium was being built in place of the old one.
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Old Trafford was used for the biggest England matches during that period with Villa Park only selected for three matches, all of which were international friendlies. Prior to that period in the early to mid-2000s, Villa Park hadn’t been used for international fixtures since the 1950s.
In recent years, a different midlands stadium has been preferred by the FA for England fixtures with Molineux, the home of Wolverhampton Wanderers, selected to host two matches in June 2022 as part of the Three Lions’ UEFA Nations League campaign.
However, if things had gone differently, then Villa Park would have hosted England’s final Euro 2020 warm-up match in June 2020 against Romania. Unfortunately, the COVID-19 pandemic saw the match cancelled.
Full list of England matches at Villa Park
The full list of England matches played at Villa Park is as follows:
- England 2-1 Scotland (08/04/1899)
- England 2-2 Scotland (03/05/1902)
- England 0-1 Scotland (08/04/1922)
- England 1-0 Wales (10/11/1948)
- England 2-0 Republic of Ireland (14/11/1951)
- England 2-2 Wales (26/11/1958)
- England 3-0 Spain (28/02/2001)
- England 1-1 Portugal (07/09/2002)
- England 0-0 Netherlands (09/02/2005)