<sod>They have a fierce local rivalry with [[Birmingham City F.C.|Birmingham City]]. The [[Second City derby]] between Aston Villa and Birmingham City has been played since 1879.<ref name=Derby>{{cite book |last=Matthews |first=Tony |title=The Encyclopedia of Birmingham City Football Club 1875–2000 |chapter=Aston Villa |year=2000|publisher=Britespot |location=Cradley Heath |page=17 |isbn=978-0-9539288-0-4}}</ref> The club's traditional [[Kit (association football)|kit]] colours are [[Wine (color)#Claret|claret]] shirts with sky blue sleeves, white shorts and sky blue socks. Their traditional badge is of a [[rampant]] gold lion with the club's motto "Prepared" underneath; a modified version of this was adopted in 2007.<ref name="new badge" /><eod>
<sod>They have a fierce local rivalry with [[Birmingham City F.C.|Birmingham City]]. The [[Second City derby]] between Aston Villa and Birmingham City has been played since 1879.<ref name=Derby>{{cite book |last=Matthews |first=Tony |title=The Encyclopedia of Birmingham City Football Club 1875–2000 |chapter=Aston Villa |year=2000|publisher=Britespot |location=Cradley Heath |page=17 |isbn=978-0-9539288-0-4}}</ref> The club's traditional [[Kit (association football)|kit]] colours are [[Wine (color)#Claret|claret]] shirts with sky blue sleeves, white shorts and sky blue socks. Their traditional badge is of a [[rampant]] gold lion with the club's motto "Prepared" underneath; a modified version of this was adopted in 2007,<ref name="new badge" /> and a further modification in 2016 removed the motto.<ref name=introducing/><eod>