 Aston Villa have also featured on several occasions in prose . Stanley Woolley , a character in Derek Robinson 's Booker shortlisted novel <unk> Squadron is an Aston Villa fan and names a pre @-@ war starting eleven Villa side . Together with The Oval , Villa Park is referenced by the poet Philip <unk> in his poem about the First World War , <unk> . Aston Villa are also mentioned in Harold <unk> 's play The <unk> <unk> . 
