John McGinn makes his 245th appearance in a Villa shirt (234 Starts) to make it W107 D50 L88, 27 Goals and 29 Assists so far in his Villa career.

Lucas Digne collects his 20th booking in a Villa shirt on his 104th appearance (83 Starts).

Jhon Durán makes his 50th substitute appearance in a Villa shirt (12 Starts) to make it W33 D13 L16 and 15 Goals so far in his Villa career

John McGinn records his 50th draw in a Villa shirt on his 245th appearance.

John McGinn collects his 58th booking in a Villa shirt and is now just one caution behind Villa’s all time record yellow card holder Lee Hendrie

Matty cash makes his 50th start under Unai Emery on his 147th appearance overall and now has a record of W35 D14 L19 in 68 games under the Villa boss.

Referee Chris Kavanagh’s poor peformance equalled a League record with seven yellow cards shown in the first half.

A great team effort at this stage of the season as Unai Emery becomes the first Villa boss to lead his team to 100 goals in a campaign since Ron Saunders in 1976-77.

John McGinn secures his 100th win in a Villa shirt on his 230th appearance for the club (220 Starts) since joining in August 2018 to record W100 D47 L83, 26 Goals, 28 Assists, 54 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Leon Bailey scores his 20th goal in a Villa shirt on his 101st appearance (64 starts) to make it W49 D14 L38, 20 Goals, 20 Assists and 14 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one every 1.60 starts so far in his Villa career.

Diego Carlos secures his 20th win in a Villa shirt on his 36th appearance (26 starts) to make it W20 D6 L10, 1 Goal, 1 Assist and 5 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Matty Cash collects his 30th booking in a Villa shirt on his 138th appearance (120 Starts) to make it W61 D23 L54, 9 Goals, 9 Assists, 30 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Emiliano Martínez makes his 130th appearance in a Villa shirt since joining in September 2023 under Dean Smith to make it W59 D22 L49, 158 Goals Conceded at a rate of 1.21 goals per game, 43 Clean Sheets (33%) and 14 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Meanwhile, and something that will feature in no headlines, or be accompanied by banshee screams of corruption and vendettas. Villa have a 22’ goal ruled out for offside, an offside not committed by either the player crossing the ball or the player heading the ball and which it took a full 3 minutes for the VAR officials to find. Villa should have been leading 2-1 midway through the first half and form would suggest a comfortable victory awaited. It didn’t. Up in Anfield however, and with Liverpool being held to a draw in the final seconds by Fulham, Liverpool ‘score’ a last gasp winner despite an obvious and deliberate foul in the build up to the the goal. No VAR check follows. Liverpool win. Villa draw. Liverpool move onto 31 points when they should have been on 29. Villa gain a single point to sit on 29 when they should have won the game and three points to give them 31. That is how titles are won and lost. That is why VAR is such a clear and obvious mess. Look hard enough and they will find, close their eyes and look the other way and they won't.

Villa make it three wins in four unbeaten games as another thuggish side is swept aside at Villa Park. Villa climb to 10th in the table.

Douglas Luiz secures his 50th win in a Villa shirt on his 140th appearance (123 Starts) to make it W50 D25 L65, 9 Goals, 13 Assists, 33 Bookings and 2 Red Cards so far in his Villa career.

Calum Chambers secures his 10th win in a Villa shirt on his 22nd appearance (14 Starts) to make it W10 D4 L8, 1 Goal and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Bertrand Traoré makes his 50th appearance for the club (33 Starts) to make it W17 D10 L23, 7 Goals, 6 Assists and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

Villa’s squad, has serious experience of playing for this great club, the starting XI contains 6 players with more than 100 appearances: John McGinn (172), Tyrone Mings (154), Douglas Luiz (140), Ezri Konsa (127), Ollie Watkins (105) and Emiliano Martínez (101). Matty Cash is in the 90’s (93) whilst Jacob Ramsey - still only 21 - is on 90 appearances for the mighty Villa.

A new season, no change, Gerrard falls flat again and it's now two wins in twelve for Villa.

Brazilian international centre back Diego Carlos makes his Villa debut aged 29 after joining from Sevilla for £27,900,000 in July 2022. Carlos became the fourth Brazilian to sign for Villa alongside Wesley, Douglas Luiz and Phillippe Coutinho. Carlos becomes the 980th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

French international midfielder Boubacar Kamara makes his Villa debut aged 22 after joining from Marseille on a free transfer in July 2022. Boubacar became the third Frenchman in the first team squad alongside Lucas Digne and Morgan Sanson whilst fellow countryman Frédéric Guilbert also remains with the club. Kamara becomes the 981st player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Ezri Konsa makes his 100th appearance for the club aged 25 having joined from Brentford for £11.97m in July 2019 to record W37 D19 L44, 6 Goals, 3 Assists, 14 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Philippe Coutinho makes his 20th appearance in a Villa shirt (17 Starts) since his debut in January 2022 to make it W6 D5 L9, 5 Goals and 4 Assists so far in his Villa career.

Jacob Ramsey, 21, collects his 10th booking on his 40th start in a Villa shirt (64 Appearances) since breaking into the first team in February 2019 to make it W24 D10 L30, 6 Goals, 2 Assists and 10 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Cup finalists Villa embarrass themselves in a poor performance at the Vitality.

Jack Grealish makes his 125th start in a Villa shirt (172 Appearances) to make it W68 D35 L69, 24 Goals, 27 Assists, 27 Bookings and 2 Red Cards so far in his Villa career.

Mbwana Samatta becomes the first Tanzanian to feature in the Premier League, with Tanzania the 117th different nation to be represented in the competition.

Samatta is the first player to score on his league debut (2nd Appearance) for Villa since Rudy Gestede netted in August 2015, also against Bournemouth. 

Villa score their first headed goal of the season and their first headed goal in the Premier League since Ciaran Clark netted against Watford in April 2016. 

Villa remain the only side in the Premier League this season yet to register an away clean sheets. 

Jack Grealish has been fouled 111 times in the Premier League this season, the only player to hit triple-figures in the competition in 2019-20.

Tyrone Mings receives his 10th booking (and one sending off) in 41 games for the club.

Villa ship two in eleven minutes after a 1' penalty award to leave them winless in their two PL games and end the second weekend of the Premier League season 16th in the table.

Douglas Luiz scores his first goal for Villa on his second appearance and first start for the club.

Ahmed Elmohamady makes his 75th start in a Villa shirt (89 Appearances) to make it W45 D22 L22, 2 Goals, 13 Assists and 3 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Villa lose for the 23rd time in 33 Premier League games in 2015-16.

Eric Black loses his second game in charge as caretaker manager 

Villa make it 8 consecutive defeats, 

Villa have now lost 24 of 39 games this season. 

Villa are effectively relegated with 5 to play as they sit 15 points behind fourth from bottom Norwich with a goal difference of -41 compared to Norwich's -22.

Ashley Westwood loses for the 70th time in a Villa shirt on his 134th appearance (128 Starts) to make it W37 D27 L70, 3 Goals, 11 Assists and 24 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Idrissa Gueye contributes his 1st assist in a Villa shirt on his 33rd appearance (32 Starts) to make it W4 D8 L21, 1 Goal, 1 Assist and 8 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Joleon Lescott loses for the eighteenth time in twenty five league games in a Villa shirt on his 26th appearance for the club to make it W3 D5 L18, 1 Goal and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

*Spoiler Alert* Villa suffer their worst ever season (bearing in mind they employed Paul Lambert that is going some). Read on only if you do not suffer from a nervous disposition.

Villa open the season with three surprises, Tim Sherwood remains in post, a team of unknowns and unwanteds line up at the Goldsands and Villa leave with three points.

That however would be as good as the season got. Skip to 2016-17 by all means.

Villa start a campaign without Paul Lambert at the helm for the first time in four seasons and for that alone goodwill abound. 

Despite the misgivings of many, and the patchy, though ultimately successful 16 game managerial cameo from Sherwood, he was backed to the hilt by the support.

Yet nagging doubts remain as the semi-successful Tim Sherwood of 2014-15 has been kept on and now his squad has been stripped of proven talent (albeit under performing) and is now littered with a raft of unknowns, new to the Premier League and largely new to English football. 

But worse is that the problem goalkeeping position remains unaddressed. That alone means the odds are against him from the start.

Whilst it subsequently transpires that Sherwood had little input in the transfers, it feels a huge ask to expect acclimatisation and performance to be delivered in short order. It wasn’t. 

Centre back Micah Richards, 27, makes his debut in a Villa shirt after joining from Manchester City on a free transfer in July 2015 despite having been mainly known for an injury ravaged spell in the North West. Richards becomes the 876th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Midfielder Idrissa Gueye, 25, makes his debut in a Villa shirt after joining from LOSC Lille for a fee of £8,100,000 in July 2015 to become the 877th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Midfielder Jordan Veretout, 22, makes his debut in a Villa shirt after joining from FC Nantes for a fee of £9,000,000 in July 2015 to become the 878th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Forward Jordan Ayew, 23, makes his debut in a Villa shirt after joining from FC Lorient for a fee of £10,800,000 in July 2015 to become the 879th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Left back Jordan Amavi, 21, makes his debut in a Villa shirt after joining from OGC Nice for a fee of £9,900,000 in July 2015 to become the 880th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Forward Rudy Gestede, 26, makes his debut in a Villa shirt after joining from Blackburn Rovers for a fee of £7,650,000 in July 2015 to become the 881st player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

In total Villa fielded £45.5m of new talent which seemed a significant outlay for five players without Premier League experience.

Leandro Bacuna collects his 10th booking in a Villa shirt on his 65th appearance (47 Starts) to make it W24 D12 L29, 5 Goals, 6 Assists and 10 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Villa beat Championship side Bournemouth's second string in the 4th round of the FA Cup to provide respite from their League struggles under Paul Lambert.

Tom Cleverley makes his 20th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W5 D5 L10 and 4 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Carles Gil scores his first goal in a Villa shirt on his 2nd appearance and first start to make it W1 D0 L1 so far in his Villa career.

Leandro Bacuna contributes his 1st assist in a Villa shirt on his 48th appearance (34 Starts) to make it W15 D11 L22, 4 Goals, 1 Assist and 7 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Villa make it consecutive victories to open a three point outright lead at the top of the table once again as Tony Daley continues to impress.

Villa have now lost just three in twenty nine Division Two games, winning eighteen under Graham Taylor.

Tony Daley scores his 10th goal in a Villa shirt on his 80th appearance (60 Starts) to make it W19 D23 L38, 10 Goals and 10 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 4.00 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Villa beat second placed Bournemouth to push them down to third in the table and open up a four point lead over the south coast side who retain their game in hand. Meanwhile, Notts County win to lift them to second, three behind Villa with two games in hand. 

Meanwhile, Villa fall behind before losing Fred Turnbull to concussion and under pressure Geoff Vowden, who was booed at kick off, scores, gestures and leaves the field to cheers.

Vic Crowe's Villa record five successive wins for the second time this season and make it ten wins in eleven and twenty wins, two draws and six defeats in division three so far this campaign. 

As a result of winning the promotion 'four pointer', Villa (played 28, points 42) open a four point gap to Bournemouth (played 27, points 38) as Notts County go second (played 26, points 39).

Villa face Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic (AFC Bournemouth) for the first time in competitive football, Bournemouth become the 105th team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football.

Vic Crowe's Villa's promotion 4-pointer ends in heavy defeat dropping Villa to fourth in the table, four points behind their victorious opponents and leaders Bournemouth. As a result Villa make it eight wins, one draw and five defeats in division three so far this campaign, with three of those losses coming in the last four League matches.