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Revealed: Why Aston Villa are wearing black shirts for FA Cup home clash against West Ham

Aston Villa left viewers of their FA Cup clash against West Ham confused on Friday evening when they were seen wearing an all-black kit.

This is different to the usual claret and blue strip that Unai Emery's side sport for matches, but there was a reason behind the change.

Villa announced earlier this week that the players would be wearing the special one-off kit to mark the club's 150th anniversary.

This kit will only be worn once and has a proper retro feel to it, with just numbers on the back of shirts, with no names.