For all the history you want about the Villa, including information about a new and forthcoming history to be published, please see
http://hp-h.com/p/astonvilla/Concerning the forthcoming history publication, if anyone has any pre-1915 material (photos, histories, reliable anecdotes) that they would care to donate to the book, please contact me via my e-mail address (see profile or my my website) and
I would be happy to discuss a good discount on a copy of the publication (due mid-2007).