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On this day
Born on this day
Debuts on this day
Player | Debut Season | Villa Career |
|---|---|---|
W Mike Kenning | 🏴 | #483 | | 1960-61 | 1961 🕒 3 | ✅ 3 | 🔁 (-) | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 1 | 🇺 - | #483 | |
Final Appearances on this day
Player | Final Season | Villa Career |
|---|
Results
The Players
Game Records
P | W | D | L | W% | L% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
🕒 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🟩 % | 🟥 % | |
Games | 5769 | 2458 | 1341 | 1970 | 43% | 34% |
Competition: | 🕒 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🟩 % | 🟥 % |
League | 4947 | 2024 | 1187 | 1736 | 41% | 35% |
Europe | 111 | 54 | 24 | 33 | 49% | 30% |
FA Cup | 431 | 222 | 82 | 127 | 52% | 29% |
League Cup | 258 | 150 | 46 | 62 | 58% | 24% |
Other | 22 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 36% | 55% |
Total | 5769 | 2458 | 1341 | 1970 | 43% | 34% |
Venue: | 🕒 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🟩 % | 🟥 % |
Home | 2855 | 1595 | 634 | 626 | 56% | 22% |
Away | 2845 | 832 | 697 | 1316 | 29% | 46% |
Neutral | 69 | 31 | 10 | 28 | 45% | 41% |
Total | 5769 | 2458 | 1341 | 1970 | 43% | 34% |
Games
🕒 Last Game: Brugge (h) 12 Mar 25
🕒 Last Premier League Game: Brentford (a) 8 Mar 25
🕒 Last European Game: Brugge (h) 12 Mar 25
🕒 Last FA Cup Game: Cardiff (h) 28 Feb 25
🕒 Last League Cup Game: Palace (h) 30 Oct 24
🟩 Last Win: Brugge (h) 12 Mar 25
🟩 Last Premier League Win: Brentford (a) 8 Mar 25
🟩 Last European Win: Brugge (h) 12 Mar 25
🟩 Last FA Cup Win: Cardiff (h) 28 Feb 25
🟩 Last League Cup Win: Wycombe (a) 24 Sep 24
🟩 Last Home win was against: Brugge (h) 12 Mar 25
🟩 Last Away win was against: Brentford (a) 8 Mar 25
🟨 Last Home draw was against: Liverpool (h) 19 Feb 25
🟨 Last Away draw was against: Arsenal (a) 18 Jan 25
🟥 Last Home defeat was against: Palace (h) 30 Oct 24
🟥 Last Away defeat was against: Palace (a) 25 Feb 25
Goals
⚽ Last League Goal: Ollie Watkins | 🏴 | Brentford (a) 8 Mar 25
⚽ Last European Goal: Marco Asensio | 🇪🇸 | Brugge (h) 12 Mar 25
⚽ Last Cup Goal: Marco Asensio | 🇪🇸 | Cardiff (h) 28 Feb 25
🥅 Last Own goal: Jacob Ramsey | 🏴 | United (h), 6 Nov 22
🥅 Last Dodgy Own goal: Jores Okore | 🇩🇰 | Luton (a) EFL Cup 10 Aug 16
⚽ Last Penalty scored: Marco Asensio | 🇪🇸 | Brugge (a) 4 Mar 25
🥅 Last Penalty conceded: Fulham (a) 19 Oct 24
⚽ ⚽ ⚽ Last League Hat-trick: Ollie Watkins | 🏴 | Brighton (h), 30 Sep 2023
⚽ ⚽ ⚽ Last European Hat-trick: Morgan Rogers | 🏴 | Celtic (h) 29 Jan 25
⚽ Leading Goalscorer: Billy Walker | 🏴 | 1919-20 to 1933-34, 245 goals
⚽ Leading League Goalscorer: Harry Hampton | 🏴 | 1904-05 to 1919-20, 215 goals
⚽ Leading Top Flight Goalscorer: Harry Hampton | 🏴 | 1904-05 to 1919-20, 215 goals
⚽ Leading Premier League Goalscorer: Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 | 2006-07 to 2015-16, 74 Goals
Current Leading Premier League Scorer: Ollie Watkins | 🏴 | 2020-21-, 72 Goals
⚽ Most Individual Goals in a Season: 50: Pongo Waring | 🏴 | 1930-31
⚽ Most Individual Goals in a League Season: 49: Pongo Waring | 🏴 | 1930-31
⚽ Best Games per Goals Ratio (Scoring more than 15): 1.28: Harold Halse | 🏴 | 29 Goals 1912-13
⚽ Best Games per Goals Ratio in the Premier League Era (Scoring more than 15): 2.06: Christian Benteke | 🇧🇪 | 49 Goals 2012-15
Players
🟢 Most Debuts in a Single Game: 16: Liverpool (h), FA Cup, 8 Jan 21
Most Youthful First XI Fielded: 18.80: Liverpool (h), FA Cup, 8 Jan 21
🕒 Most Appearances: 660: Charlie Aitken | 🏴 | 1961-76
🕒 Most Starts in a Season: 61: Gordon Cowans | 🏴 | Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 | 1981-82
🔁 Most Substitute Appearances: 77: Darius Vassell | 🏴 |
🇺 Most Unused Sub (Goalkeeper): 170: Brad Guzan | 🇺🇸 | 2008-16
🇺 Most Unused Sub Appearances: 73: Nathan Delfouneso | 🏴 | 2008-14
🇺 Most Unused Sub without playing: 34: Andy Marshall | 🏴 | 2010-13
🇺 Most Unused Sub without playing: 15: Lee Collins | 🏴 | 1997-98
Transfers
🆕 Last Signing: Marco Asensio | 🇪🇸 | 29 | Loan, 3 Feb 25
🟢 Last Debut: Axel Disasi | 🇫🇷 | Ipswich (h) 15 Feb 25
🟢 Last Youth Team promotion: Bradley Burrowes | 🏴 | West Ham (h) 10 Jan 25
💰 Record Signing: Amadou Onana | 🇧🇪 | Everton, €59.35m / £50.02m, 22 Jul 24
🔴 Last Departure: Jhon Durán | 🇨🇴 | Al-Nassr, €77.00m / £64.56m, 31 Jan 25
➡️ Last Loan out: Kadan Young | 🏴 | 18 | Youth | Antwerp, 3 Feb 25
💰 Record Sale: €117.50m / £105.75m: Jack Grealish | 🏴 | 5 Aug 21
Managers
Last Appointment: Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 | appointed 24 Oct 22 ⭐
Most Games in a Tenure: 1,324: George Ramsay | 🏴 | 1886-1926
Least Games in a Tenure: 12: Roberto Di Matteo | 🇮🇹 | 2016-17
Best Record after 25 games: John Gregory | 🏴 | 2.40 Points per Game
Best Record after 50 games: Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 | 1.98 Points per Game ⭐
Best Record after 75 games: Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 | 1.89 Points per Game ⭐
Best Record after 100 games: Joe Mercer | 🏴 | 1.78 Points per Game
Best Record after 125 games: Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 | 125 games: 🕒 125 | 🟩 | 65 🟨 | 25 🟥 35 | 1.76 Points per Game ⭐
Best Top Flight Record after 125 games: Ron Atkinson | 🏴 | 1.67 Points per Game
Quickest to 25 wins: George Ramsay | 🏴 | 42 Games
Quickest to 50 wins: Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 | 91 Games ⭐
Highest points per game earned: Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 | 1.77 PPG ⭐
Highest Win Rate: Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 | 🟩 52.38% ⭐
Highest Top Flight Win Rate: Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 | 🟩 51.09% ⭐
Highest Home Win Rate: Tony Barton | 🏴 | 🟩 70.59%
Highest Away Win Rate: Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 | 🟩 42.62% ⭐
Lowest Loss Rate: Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 | 26.32%
Best post-war goal per game rate: Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 | 1.73 Goals per Game ⭐
Most European games led: Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 | 23 🇪🇺 ⭐
Last Ownership Change: Wes Edens | 🇺🇸 | & Nassef Sawiris | 🇪🇬 | July 18
Cards
🟥 Last Sending off: Jhon Durán | 🇨🇴 | Saudi Arabia (a) 26 Dec 24
🟨 Most Bookings in a season: 16: Douglas Luiz | 🇧🇷 | 2023-24
🟨 Current Most Bookings in a season: 10: Morgan Rogers | 🏴 | ⭐
🟨 🟥 Most Carded Player: 63: Lee Hendrie | 🏴 | 1995-06 🟨 59 🟥 4
🟨 Most Booked Player: 62: John McGinn | 🏴 | 2018– ⭐
Europe 🏆
🇪🇺 Total European Seasons: 18
🏆 European Trophies Won: 1: 1981-82
🏆 Last European Cup win: 26 May 24 vs. Bayern Munich under Tony Barton | 🏴 | (First win)
🇪🇺 Last European Season: 2024-25 under Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 | (18th season) ⭐
🇪🇺 Total European Games: 111 (Excludes 1982 Super Cup and 1982 World Club Championship)
Most European games led: Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 | 24 🇪🇺 ⭐
🟩 Total European Wins: 54
🟩 Most European Wins: Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 | 15 🇪🇺 ⭐
🟩 Most European Cup / Champions League Wins: Tony Barton | 🏴 | Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 | 7 🇪🇺 ⭐
League 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
🏆 League Champions: 7: 1893-94, 1895-96, 1896-97, 1898-99, 1899-00, 1909-10, 1980-81
4️⃣ Last Final League Position: 4th, 2023-24 Premier League
Top Flight Seasons: 121 (Founders of the football league in 1888), 89%
🏆 Highest League Finish: Champions (Seven times)
🏆 Last League Title: 1980-81 under Ron Saunders | 🏴 | (Villa's Seventh League Title)
🥈 Last Runners Up: 1992-93 under Ron Atkinson | 🏴 | (Villa's 10th)
🥉 Last Top 3 Finish: 1992-93 under Ron Atkinson | 🏴 | (Villa's 19th)
⚃ Last Top 4 Finish: 2023-24 under Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 | (Villa's 26th) ⭐
⚄ Last Top 5 Finish: 2023-24 under Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 | (Villa's 30th) ⭐
⚅ Last Top 6 Finish: 2023-24 under Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 | (Villa's 46th) ⭐
🎱 Last Top 8 Finish: 2023-24 under Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 | (Villa's 47th) ⭐
🔟 Last Top 10 Finish: 2023-24 under Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 | (Villa's 73rd) ⭐
⬇️ Last Relegation: 2015-16 under Tim Sherwood | 🏴 | Rémi Garde | 🇫🇷 |
🆙 Last Promotion: 2018-19 under Dean Smith | 🏴 |
Seasons outside the top flight: 15
Second Tier Seasons: 13: 1936-37, 1937-38, 1959-60, 1967-68, 1968-69, 1969-70, 1972-73, 1973-74, 1974-75, 1987-88, 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19
Third Tier Seasons: 2: 1970-71, 1971-72
Lowest League finish: 1970-71 4th Division Three, 48th in League football:
FA Cup 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
🏆 FA Cup Wins: 7: 1886-87, 1894-95, 1896-97, 1904-05, 1912-13, 1919-20, 1956-57
🏆 Last FA Cup win: 1956-57 vs. Manchester United under Eric Houghton | 🏴 | (Villa's 7th FA Cup Win - then a record)
🏆 Last FA Cup Final: 30 May 15 vs. Arsenal under Tim Sherwood | 🏴 | (Villa's 11th appearance in the FA Cup final)
🥈 Runners up: 4: 1891-92, 1923-24, 1999-00, 2014-15
Semi Final: 21: 1900-01, 1902-03, 1913-14, 1928-29, 1933-34, 1937-38, 1958-59, 1959-60, 1995-96, 2009-10
Quarter Final: 30: 1929-30, 1945-46, 1952-53, 1961-62, 1976-77, 1979-80, 1982-83, 1989-90, 2024-25 ⭐
5th Round: 43: 1882-83, 1887-88, 1927-28, 1960-61, 1964-65, 1968-69, 1973-74, 1974-75, 1981-82, 1993-94, 1997-98, 2005-06, 2008-09, 2010-11
League Cup 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
🏆 League Cup Wins: 5: 1960-61, 1974-75, 1976-77, 1993-94, 1995-96
🏆 Last League Cup win: 1995-96 vs. Leeds United under Brian Little | 🏴 | (Villa's 5th League Cup Win - then a record)
🏆 Last League Cup Final: 1 Mar 20 vs. Abu Dhabi under Dean Smith | 🏴 | (Villa's 9th appearance in the League Cup final)
🥈 Runners up: 4: 1962-63, 1970-71, 2009-10, 2019-20
Semi Final: 6: 1964-65, 1983-84, 1985-86, 1999-00, 2003-04, 2012-13
Quarter Final: 5: 1981-82, 1988-89, 1990-91, 2002-03, 2010-11
Attendances
Villa Park
🧑🏼🤝🧑🏼 Last 40,000+ Crowd: 42,423 vs. Chelsea (h) 22 Feb 25 ⭐
🧑🏼🤝🧑🏼 Last Sub 40,000 League Crowd: 39,978 vs. Wolves, 21 Sep 24
🧑🏼🤝🧑🏼 Last Sub 35,000 League Crowd: 34,892 vs. Sheffield United 8 Feb 19
🧑🏼🤝🧑🏼 Last Sub 30,000 League Crowd: 27,331 vs. Preston 2 Oct 18
🧑🏼🤝🧑🏼 Last Sub 20,000 League Crowd: 19,254 vs. Man City 22 Feb 94
🧑🏼🤝🧑🏼 Highest Attendance: 1948-49 : 69,191
🧑🏼🤝🧑🏼 Highest Season Average Attendance: 1948-49 : 47,320
🧑🏼🤝🧑🏼 Last Season Average Attendance Over 40,000: 2023-24 : 41,921
🧑🏼🤝🧑🏼 Last Season Average Attendance 30,000 - 40,000: 2018-19 : 36,027
🧑🏼🤝🧑🏼 Last Season Average Attendance below 30,000: 1994-95 : 29,756
🧑🏼🤝🧑🏼 Lowest Season Average Attendance in Premier League Era: 1992-93 : 29,594,
🧑🏼🤝🧑🏼 Last Season Average Attendance below 20,000: 1987-88 : 18,342
🧑🏼🤝🧑🏼 Lowest Season Average Attendance: 1914-15 : 13,680
Wellington Road, Perry Barr
🧑🏼🤝🧑🏼 Last Season Average Attendance below 10,000: 1894-95 : 8,680
🧑🏼🤝🧑🏼 Lowest Season Average Attendance: 1888-89 : 4,555
Wins
🟩 Most Wins in a 38 Game Premier League season: 2023-24 under Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 | : 20 ⭐
🟩 Most League Wins in a top flight season: 1980-81 under Ron Saunders | 🏴 | : 26
🟩 Most League Wins in a season: 1971-72 under Vic Crowe | 🏴 | : 32
🟩 Most Consecutive Wins: 1913-14 under George Ramsay | 🏴 | : 11
🟩 Most Consecutive League Wins: 2018-19 under Dean Smith | 🏴 | : 10
🟩 Most Consecutive Home League Wins: 2023-24 under Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 | : 15 ⭐
🟩 Most Consecutive Games Unbeaten: 1896-97 under George Ramsay | 🏴 | : 18
🟩 Least Wins in a Season: 2015-16 under Rémi Garde | 🇫🇷 | Tim Sherwood | 🏴 | : 6
Goals - Seasons, Games
⚽ Last 100+ Goals in a Season: 2023-24 under Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 | ⭐
⚽ 100+ Goals in a Season: 1891-92, 1912-13, 1928-29, 1929-30, 1930-31, 1931-32, 1960-61, 1971-72, 1974-75, 1976-77, 2023-24 ⭐
⚽ Most Goals Scored in a Season: 1930-31 under Billy Smith | 🏴 | 131 @ 2.97 Goals per Game (English Top Flight Record)
⚽ Most League Goals Scored in a Season: 1930-31 under Billy Smith | 🏴 | 128 @ 3.04 Goals per Game
🥅 Least Goals Conceded in a Season: 1999-00 under John Gregory | 🏴 | : 42 across 52 games @ 0.81 Goals per Game
⚽ Most Goals in a Victory: Wednesbury Old Athletic, 30 Oct 1886 under George Ramsay | 🏴 | : 13
⚽ Most Goals in a League Win: Accrington, Football League, 12 Mar 1892, under George Ramsay | 🏴 | : 12
⚽ Most Individual Goals in a Season: Pongo Waring | 🏴 | 1930-31 : 50
⚽ Most Individual Goals: Billy Walker | 🏴 | 1919-34 : 245
⚽ Most Individual League Goals: Harry Hampton | 🏴 | 1904-20 : 215
⚽ Best Games per Goals Ratio (Scoring more than 15): Harold Halse | 🏴 | 1912-13 : 29 Goals @ 1.28
⚽ Best Games per Goals Ratio in the Premier League Era (Scoring more than 15): Christian Benteke | 🇧🇪 | 2012-15 : 49 Goals @ 2.06
⚽ Least Goals Scored in Season: 2015-16 under Rémi Garde | 🇫🇷 | Tim Sherwood | 🏴 | : 37 @ 0.84 Goals per Game
⚽ Least League Goals Scored in a Season: 2015-16 under Rémi Garde | 🇫🇷 | Tim Sherwood | 🏴 | : 27 @ 0.71 Goals per Game
🥅 Most Goals Conceded in a Loss: Chelsea, 23 Dec 2012, under Paul Lambert | 🏴 | : 8
🥅 Most Goals Conceded in a Season: 1935-36 under Jimmy McMullan | 🏴 | : 111 across 43 games @ 2.58 Goals per Game
Assists
🔥 Most career assists (since 1959): Gordon Cowans: | 🏴 | : 95
🔥 Current Most assists: Ollie Watkins | 🏴 | : 37
🔥 Most Premier League assists: Ashley Young | 🏴 | Gareth Barry | 🏴 | : 47
🔥 Current Most Premier League assists: Ollie Watkins | 🏴 | : 32
⚽ 🔥 Most goal involvements (since 1959): Gordon Cowans | 🏴 | : 154
⚽ 🔥 Current Most goal involvements: Ollie Watkins | 🏴 | : 120
⚽ 🔥 Most Premier League goal involvements: Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 | : 113
⚽ 🔥 Current Most Premier League goal involvements: Ollie Watkins | 🏴 | : 104
Losses
🟥 Most Losses in a League Season: 2015-16 under Tim Sherwood | 🏴 | Rémi Garde | 🇫🇷 | : 27
🟥 Fewest Losses in a League Season: 1896-97, under George Ramsay | 🏴 | : 4
🟥 Highest % Managerial Losses: 2015-16 under Tim Sherwood | 🏴 | Rémi Garde | 🇫🇷 | : 57%
🟥 Lowest % Managerial Losses: 2006-10 under Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 | : 26%
🟥 Most Consecutive Losses: 2015-16 under Rémi Garde | 🇫🇷 | (Eric Black | 🏴 |), 1962-63 under Joe Mercer | 🏴 | : 11
🟥 🟨 Most Consecutive Games Without a Win: 2015-16 under Tim Sherwood | 🏴 | Rémi Garde | 🇫🇷 | : 15