All looks rosy in Slavia's garden of Eden; VILLA IN EUROPE.

Byline: By Roger Clarke 

WHO are Slavia Prague?

SK Slavia Praha opened their pounds 30million Eden Stadium in May against Oxford University - their first English opponents in 1899 - and until last weekend had yet to concede a goal.

They are four points clear of Mlada Boleslav in the Gambrinus liga having won all six home matches so far with a record of 18 goals scored with just one against - scored last weekend by Brno substitute Sural, ending a run of 11 hours and 55 minutes of Eden clean sheets.

Founded in 1892, Slavia claim the world record for unchanged kit having worn the same red and white shirt design with a five pointed star from their first appearance on March 25, 1896.

They have won the Czech championship 25 times and reached the Champions' League six times, reaching the knockout stages for the first time last season losing 7-0 at Arsenal but then drawing 0-0.

Best known Slavia player of all time is forward Josef "Pepi" Bican, who was a member of the Austrian Wunderteam of the 1930s and scored around 800 goals (some authorities claim 5,000) with a documented 643 in league games, (1.75 a game) from 1928 to 1955. Bican, a 10.8 sec 100m runner, was the highest scorer in Europe five times racking up 395 for Slavia in 11 years.

Players for Slavia in the 1990s included Villa's own Patrik Berger, Karel PoborskY and Pavel Kuka while currently at the club are defender Martin Latka, on loan at Blues in 2006, and midfielder Vladimir smicer who was at Liverpool from 1999 to 2005.