Aston Villa Former Players Association Since our formation and with the invaluable assistance of both the Professional Footballers Association and Aston Villa Football Club, The Aston Villa FPA has been able to help many former players who have required and this will remain the core purpose of our existence So, it appeared whilst the established Aston Villa Old Stars football team was raising huge sums of money around the country for very worthy causes, the plight of "our own" was inadvertently being overlooked