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title: "Aston Villa Former Players Association Faces Winding Up Petition"
url: https://windinguppetitionsolicitors.co.uk/aston-villa-former-players-association-faces-winding-up-petition/
date: 2015-04-27
modified: 2026-06-02
author: "Winding-up Petition Lawyer"
description: "Aston Villa Former Players Association (\"AVFPA\"), an organisation created to help charities and ex-players, faces a winding-up petition. It has been reported that the ex-commercial manager of AVFPA, John Wade, has issued..."
categories:
  - "Insolvency"
  - "Legal"
  - "Winding-Up Petitions"
tags:
  - "Football Clubs"
  - "Insolvency"
  - "Winding Up Petition"
  - "Winding-Up"
word_count: 246
---

# Aston Villa Former Players Association Faces Winding Up Petition

*Aston Villa Former Players Association ("AVFPA"), an organisation created to help charities and ex-players, faces a winding-up petition. It has been [reported](http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/former-aston-villa-players-association-9111611) that the ex-commercial manager of AVFPA, John Wade, has issued a winding-up petition against the company.*

[![AVFPA Logo](https://windinguppetitionsolicitors.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/AVFPA-Logo.gif)](https://windinguppetitionsolicitors.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/AVFPA-Logo.gif)

## Mr Wade Seeks Winding up Order Against AVFPA

John Wade has previously won a legal battle against AVFPA over an unpaid debt of £20,000. Despite this legal victory, Mr Wade has reportedly said that he has received no payments from AVFPA.

[John Wade's legal representative, Paul Griffiths, had this to say:](https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/former-aston-villa-players-association-9111611)

> *“Our client, Mr John Wade, having obtained a judgement against AVFPA Ltd on November 25, 2014, for a sum of £22,181 together with interest and costs, and in respect of which nothing has been paid by the company, has issued a winding up petition against the company in the Chancery Division of the High Court in Birmingham.*
>
> *The petition is listed for hearing on May 28, 2015, and seeks a winding up order whereby a liquidator can be appointed who will have the power to investigate the previous conduct of the directors of the AVFPA and, in particular, the history of its financial dealings.”*

## Winding-up Petition Solicitors

If you have received a winding up petition our legal experts are able to provide legal advice and representation. Our team of solicitors and barristers can obtain a [court adjournment](https://windinguppetitionsolicitors.co.uk/obtaining-an-adjournment-adjourning-winding-up-petition-lawyers-london/); CVA’s or successfully challenge the validity of the winding up petition to ensure that the petition is dismissed, often without public advertisement.