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# Chasetown to welcome Aston Villa XI for latest friendly
- URL: https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/chasetown-to-welcome-aston-villa-xi-for-latest-friendly/
- Published: 2024-07-19T07:08:27.000Z
- Updated: 2024-07-19T07:08:37.000Z
- Description: Chasetown will welcome an Aston Villa XI to the Scholars Ground this weekend in their latest pre-season contest.
- Author: Luke Rushbrooke
- Tags: Sport, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-22 18:53

CHASETOWN will welcome an Aston Villa XI to the Scholars Ground this weekend in their latest pre-season contest.

Mark Swann’s men drew both games in their double-header last weekend, as a goal apiece from Ben Lund and Oli Hayward were cancelled out by Brocton, while the other fixture resulted in a 1-1 draw against Eccleshall.

The Scholars are now expecting to host a big crowd this weekend as they take on a claret and blue XI from Premier League side Aston Villa.

New mascot, Stan the Stag is expected to make his Scholars Ground debut for the pre-season blockbuster tomorrow (20th July) too and will be available for photos with fans before the game and during the half-time interval

Following the encounter – which kicks off at 2pm – Chasetown will play another double-header of friendlies against neighbours Lichfield City and Sutton Coldfield next Saturday (27th July), before wrapping up their pre-season campaign with a trip to Stourbridge.