 Aston Villa have also featured on several occasions in prose . Stanley Woolley , a character in Derek Robinson 's Booker shortlisted novel Goshawk 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 Larkin in his poem about the First World War , MCMXIV . Aston Villa are also mentioned in Harold Pinter 's play The Dumb Waiter . 
 Aston Villa <a href='been_done' title='1'><mark>have</mark></a> also featured on several occasions in prose . Stanley Woolley , a character in Derek Robinson <a href='null_genetive' title='2'><mark>'s</mark></a>Booker shortlisted novel Goshawk Squadron <a href='drop_aux' title='3'><mark>is</mark></a>an Aston Villa fan and <a href='uninflect' title='4'><mark>names</mark></a> a pre @-@ war starting eleven Villa side . Together with The Oval , Villa Park is referenced by the poet Philip Larkin in his poem about the First World War , MCMXIV . Aston Villa are also mentioned in Harold Pinter <a href='null_genetive' title='5'><mark>'s</mark></a>play The Dumb Waiter . 
Aston Villa done also featured on several occasions in prose . Stanley Woolley , a character in Derek Robinson  Booker shortlisted novel Goshawk Squadron an Aston Villa fan and name a pre @-@ war starting eleven Villa side . Together with The Oval , Villa Park is referenced by da poet Philip Larkin in his poem about the First World War , MCMXIV . Aston Villa are also mentioned in Harold Pinter  play TdaDumb Waiter .