Sheffield Wednesday, Leeds United, Nottingham Forest, Coventry City, Bradford City, Barnsley, Sheffield United, Charlton Athletic, Middlesbrough, Derby County, Leicester City, Portsmouth, Watford, Crystal Palace, Ipswich Town etc etc...
Just read those team names that you have listed. They are not nor ever have been in the same bracket as Aston Villa. They are nothing teams and have been for a long time. Why don't you go the whole hog and mention Accrington Stanley?
Because they have never been relegated from the Premier League so aren't relevant to this discussion maybe??
Yes I was being facetious mentioning some of those sides BUT how can you possibly say these teams are not or ever have been in the same bracket as Aston Villa? How many times did Forest win the European Cup?