Instead they will play in a special strip to mark their 150th anniversary, which will be all-black ... 1878, Aston Villa became the first team in the UK to put a crest on their playing kit ...

Aston Villa have released a special commemorative ... players will wear a one-off black kit. It's the colour Villa first used for their kits before the transition to claret and blue colours.

Ferro’s decision to wear a Villa-inspired kit went down well with locals, enthused by a homage to the club’s inception. “The Aston Villa colours were only used again in the 2000-01 campaign ...