• Villa concede a last minute equaliser to draw their 3rd consecutive match under John Gregory but have now lost just once in 20 Premier League games.

• Julian Joachim contributes his 50th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 145th appearance (100 Starts) to make it W62 D33 L50, 38 Goals, 12 Assists and 1 Booking at a goal involvement rate of one for every 2.90 games played so far in his Villa career.

• Dion Dublin makes his 50th start in a Villa shirt (54 Appearances) to make it W23 D14 L17, 26 Goals, 6 Assists and 5 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one for every 1.69 games played so far in his Villa career.

• Lee Hendrie scores his 10th goal in a Villa shirt on his 107th appearance (77 Starts) to make it W50 D25 L32, 10 Goals, 9 Assists, 21 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career at a goal involvement rate of one for every 5.94 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

• Villa's winless Premier League run extends to four under John Gregory as they are held by Wimbledon at Villa Park and are shunted down to 9th in the table.

• Forward Benito Carbone, 28, makes his debut in a Villa shirt after joining from Sheffield Wednesday on a short term deal earlier this month for a fee of £250,000 to become the 742nd player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

• Villa avoid defeat but are now winless in four Premier League games under John Gregory to leave them fourth in the table and sinking with their title challenge seemingly all but over. 

• Lee Hendrie makes his 50th start in a Villa shirt (64 appearances) to make it W32 D13 L19, 5 Goals, 9 Assists, 10 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

• Villa secure their 4th consecutive Premier League win and extend their unbeaten run to 5 under John Gregory as they take the outright lead at the top of the table.

• Paul Merson, 30, makes a goalscoring debut after joining from Middlesbrough for a fee of £5,400,000 earlier this month to become the 727th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

• Alan Wright secures his 75th win in a Villa shirt on his 159th appearance (157 Starts) to make it W75 D38 L46, 3 Goals, 10 Assists and 7 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

• Julian Joachim secures his 25th win in a Villa shirt on his 63rd appearance (32 Starts) to make it W25 D11 L27, 14 Goals, 4 Assists and 1 Booking at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.50 games played so far in his Villa career.

• Villa lose successive matches to leave them with 1 win in 7 Premier League games under Brian Little.

• Brian Little quits his post much to the heartbreak of the fanbase who were largely still with the legendary Villa man.

• Little becomes the second successive Villa manager to leave their post after a defeat to bogey side Wimbledon after Ron Atkinson in November 1994. 

• Ugo Ehiogu contributes his 5th assist in a Villa shirt on his 212th appearance (198 Starts) to make it W89 D52 L71, 12 Goals, 5 Assists, 25 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

• Villa lose at home to Wimbledon as form continues to waver under Brian Little as they fall to 11th in the table.

• Savo Milošević contributes his 10th assist in a Villa shirt on his 93rd appearance (88 Starts) to make it W43 D24 26, 26 Goals, 10 Assists and 10 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one for every 2.58 games he has played so far in his Villa career. 

• Simon Grayson makes his 10th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W4 D1 L5, 0 Goals and 0 Assists so far in his Villa career.

• Villa make it three successive wins under Brian Little and climb to 4th in the Premier League table as Wimbledon are beaten at Selhurst Park.

• Villa hammer Wimbledon to extend their winning run to 5 Premier League games under Brian Little.

• Savo Milošević scores a brace for his first goals in 12 games on his 63rd appearance in a Villa shirt (60 Starts) to make it W32 D16 L15, 18 Goals, 8 Assists and 8 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one for every 2.42 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

• Saša Ćurčić contributes his first assist in a Villa shirt on his 14th appearance (13 Starts) to make it W7 D3 L4, 0 Goals, 1 Assist and 3 Bookings at a goal so far in his Villa career.

• Mark Bosnich makes his 150th appearance in a Villa shirt (149 Starts) to make it W68 D35 L48, 147 Goals Conceded at a rate of 0.98 goals per game and 55 Clean Sheets (37%) so far in his Villa career.

• Andy Townsend makes his 150th start in a Villa shirt (151 Appearances) to make it W73 D34 L44, 11 Goals, 23 Assists, 23 Bookings and 4 Red Cards so far in his Villa career.

• Fernando Nélson secures his 10th win in a Villa shirt on his 19th appearance (18 Starts) to make it W10 D5 L4 and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

• Future Villa midfielder Øyvind Leonhardsen lines up for Wimbledon.

• Holders Villa surrender the League Cup to Wimbledon in the 4th Round at their typically sparsely populated temporary home of Selhurst Park. 

• Ugo Ehiogu makes his 150th appearance in a Villa shirt (136 Starts) to make it W65 D37 L48, 7 Goals, 2 Assists, 18 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

• Future Villa midfielder Øyvind Leonhardsen lines up for Wimbledon.

• Leaky Villa let Wimbledon back into a game which ends in a 3-3 draw after Brian Little's side squander chance after chance.

• Villa remain 4th in the Premier League table.

• Forward Julian Joachim, 21, makes his debut in a Villa after joining from Leicester City earlier this month for a fee of £1,890,000 to become the 713th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

• Future Villa midfielder Øyvind Leonhardsen lines up for Wimbledon.

• Villa make it three wins from three at Villa Park to leave them in outright third place in the Premier League table after six games under Brian Little.

• Dwight Yorke contributes his 20th assist in a Villa shirt on his 160th appearance (120 Starts) to make it W65 D41 L54, 39 Goals, 21 Assists and 2 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one for every 2.67 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

• Mark Bosnich makes his 100th appearance in a Villa shirt (99 Starts) to make it W42 D24 L24, 106 Goals Conceded at a rate of 1.05 goals per game and 35 Clean Sheets (34%) so far in his Villa career.

• Gary Charles secures his 10th win in a Villa shirt on his 21st appearance (19 Starts) to make it W10 D6 L5 and 2 Assists so far in his Villa career.

• Future Villa midfielder Øyvind Leonhardsen lines up for Wimbledon.

• Villa bounce back from a first defeat in nine Premier League games to batter Wimbledon at Villa Park, putting seven past the homeless Dons and exorcise a decade of misery against the long ball side.

• Tommy Johnson scores his first goal for the club before going on to hit a first half perfect hat-trick as Villa record their biggest League win since beating Leicester City 8-3 on 21 April 1962. 

• Villa have now lost just 2 of their last 13 Premier League games under Brian Little having won 5 and drawn 6 to climb to 9th in the table as relegation are looking long gone under the new boss. 

• Left back Bryan Small, 23, makes his 45th and final appearance in a Villa shirt (39 Starts) before moving on to Bolton Wanderers in March 1996 on a free transfer leaving with a record of W19 D11 L15 and 1 Assist across his 4 seasons with the club.

• Tommy Johnson scores a hat-trick in his 6th appearance in a Villa shirt (4 Starts) to make it W4 D0 L2 and 3 goals so far in his Villa career.

• Gary Charles contributes his 1st assist in a Villa shirt on his 4th appearance (2 Starts) to make it W3 D0 L1 and 1 Assist so far in his Villa career.

• Steve Staunton contributes his 20th assist in a Villa shirt on his 156th appearance (155 Starts) to make it W70 D40 L46, 12 Goals, 20 Assists and 6 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

• Shaun Teale contributes his second assist in a Villa shirt to secure his 75th win on his 167th appearance (166 Starts) and makes it W75 D45 L47, 5 Goals, 2 Assists, 18 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

• Future Villa midfielder Øyvind Leonhardsen lines up for Wimbledon.

• Villa lose for the 8th time in their last 9 Premier League fixtures under Ron Atkinson to remain in 19th place of 22 teams in a season where the bottom four would be relegated to Division One. 

• Villa fall behind within ten minutes, recover to be leading by 38’ before Andy Townsend is sent off two minutes later. Being down to ten men didn’t stop Villa opening up a 3-1 lead shortly after half time before a bizarre incident as referee David Elleray - never a subtle individual - sends Townsend off for a second time as the midfielder tried to take a seat with the substitutes. That proved the trigger for the fightback as Wimbledon scored three including a last minute winner to condemn Villa to an eighth defeat in nine Premier League games under Ron Atkinson.

• Even so few expected what was to happen next as Chairman Herbert Douglas Ellis exacted a long simmering revenge for what he saw as the dismissive and flippant attitude to the his embarrassing pomposity and sacked Ron Atkinson. In doing so Ellis could only reference results, avoiding mentioning the continued high standards of performance even during the fallow period following Villa’s famous victory over Inter Milan just weeks before.

• Atkinson’s departure was predictably far from universally welcomed and the charismatic boss still had plenty of credit left from his Premier League Runners Up achievement in 1992-93 and League Cup win in 1993-94. Atkinson’s team however was showing its age and results were increasingly concerning. Although a shame for his reign to end this way, Atkinson is fondly remembered. 

• Andy Townsend is sent off TWICE on his 66th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W30 D13 L23, 5 Goals, 9 Assists, 10 Bookings and 2 Red Cards at a rate of a card every 5.50 games so far in his Villa career.

• Kevin Richardson appears as a substitute for the first time in his Villa career after 171 starts.

• Future Villa midfielder Øyvind Leonhardsen scores Wimbledon’s 89’ winner.

• Villa fall to a poor defeat as tempers flare in the stands after another poor team and referee performance proves too much.

• Villa, without a league win in 5 matches, face bogey team Wimbledon, lose again, and drop to 8th in the table under Ron Atkinson. 

• Legendary midfielder Gordon ‘Sid’ Cowans makes the final appearance of his third spell with Villa at the age of 35 before moving on to Derby County in February 1994 for £80,000. Sid had played for Villa in three spells between 1976 and 1985, 1988 to 1992 and in 1993 accumulating a total of 527 Appearances, 505 Starts, W231 D131 L165, 59 Goals and 95 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.42 games he played across his Villa career. 

• Shaun Teale makes his 125th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W57 D35 L33, 4 Goals and 15 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

• Dalian Atkinson makes his 75th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W35 D24 L16, 24 Goals and 15 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 1.92 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

• Future Villa centre forward John Fashanu lines up for Wimbledon.

• Villa are held to a second successive draw by regular foes Wimbledon.

• Villa remain unbeaten but have won just once in the first three games of the campaign.

• Kevin Richardson scores his 10th goal in a Villa shirt on his 105th appearance to make it W47 D29 L28, 10 Goals and 9 Assists so far in his Villa career.

• Ray Houghton makes his 50th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W24 D16 L10, 4 Goal and 10 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.57 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

• Future Villa centre forward John Fashanu scores Wimbledon’s 86’ equaliser.

• Villa have the deep misfortune to face Wimbledon for the fourth time this season. 

• Villa maintain their two point lead at the top of the Premier League table after their latest victory with 11 games left to play.

• Villa are now unbeaten in 12 of their last 14 games, winning 9 under Ron Atkinson.

• Neil Cox makes his 25th appearance in a Villa shirt (12 Starts) to make it W14 D4 L7, 2 Goals and 2 Assists so far in his Villa career.

• Wimbledon knock Villa out of the FA Cup for the third time in four years as Kevin Richardson misses the crucial sudden death penalty. 

• Meanwhile, the ever appalling Vinnie Jones tries to start a fight with Jim Barron on the Villa bench.

• Despite defeat Mark Bosnich keeps his first clean sheet in a Villa shirt on his 3rd appearance to make it W1 D1 L1, 3 Goals Conceded and 1 Clean Sheet so far in his Villa career.

• Wimbledon in a microcosm as the deeply confused Joe Kinnear claims Villa fans pelted him with bricks. Meanwhile on the pitch the thugs of Wimbledon once again set out to maim Villa's players. Kinnear didn't explain where fans had found a brick or why no-one else saw the incident. Kinnear did however find time to excuse his appalling club and team he led. The 21 June 2004, still 12 years away, was a happy day for football as the club who inflicted so much damage on the game, physically and metaphorically, was finally dissolved. It wasn’t romantic, it was thuggery.

• Steve Staunton makes his 75th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W33 D22 L20, 5 Goals, 9 Assists and 4 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

• Dean Saunders makes his 25th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W14 D8 L3, 14 Goals and 3 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 1.47 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

• Dalian Atkinson scores the greatest goal in Premier League history and possibly Villa’s greatest goal. 

• Villa are now unbeaten in 6 games, winning 5 as Ron Atkinson’s Villa climb to 5th in the table.

• Villa record their fourth win in five unbeaten Premier League games. 

• Dean Saunders scores his third successive top flight brace to make it 6 goals in his first 5 games in a Villa shirt and 6 in his last 3 Premier League outings.

• Dalian Atkinson makes it six goals in 12 games this season and seven in 29 appearances in a Villa shirt (26 Starts) to make it W12 D10 L7, 7 Goals and 8 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 1.93 games he has played so far in his Villa career and one for every 1.50 games he has played in 1992-93.

• Dwight Yorke contributes his 10th assist in a Villa shirt on his 68th appearance (48 Starts) to make it W27 D18 L23, 20 Goals, 10 Assists and 1 Booking at a goal involvement rate of one for every 2.27 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

• Earl Barrett makes his 25th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W11 D8 L6 so far in his Villa career.

• Villa make it five first division games without a goal as they drop back to 10th in the table under Ron Atkinson.

• Villa are now without a League win in six and are yet to record a Division One victory in 1992.

• Villa make it three consecutive League wins - their best run of the season to date - as they sweep aside Wimbledon at Villa Park with another fine attacking performance as life under Ron Atkinson begins to blossom.

• Dwight Yorke with 4 Goals in his first 35 appearances scores for the second successive game to make it 37 Appearances (22 Starts), W12 D11 L14, 6 Goals, 7 Assists and 1 Booking at a goal per game rate of one for every 6.17 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

• Cyrille Regis contributes his third goal involvement in 4 games to make it 16 Appearances, W6 D5 L5, 3 Goals and 3 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 2.67 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

• Tony Daley secures his 75th win in a Villa shirt on his 209th appearance (179 Starts) to make it W75 D53 L81, 31 Goals and 23 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.87 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

• Ian Olney scores his 20th goal in a Villa shirt and contributes his 25 goal involvement on his 97th appearance (71 Starts) to make it W42 D22 L33, 20 Goals and 6 Assists at a goal involvement per game rate of one for every 3.59 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Jozef Vengloš' Villa  lose for the third time in five and are without a win in six as they remain 17th in the table, six points clear of the drop zone.

• Villa and Jozef Vengloš lose a game they dominated in the final minute of extra time to a deflected Wimbledon strike to dump them out of the Cup and consign them to just their seventh defeat in twenty seven games.

• Jozef Vengloš' Villa lose to Wimbledon in the FA Cup to make it two defeats and one win in their last five matches.

• Villa extend their run to one defeat in 8 under Jozef Vengloš but can only draw at home with Wimbledon in the FA Cup third round.

• Villa score their first ever Villa Park goal against Wimbledon but Jozef Vengloš sees enough and hooks a brace of players in despair at an uncharacteristically poor performance.

• Gordon Cowans makes his 475th appearance in a Villa shirt (458 Starts) to make it W216 D113 L146, 58 Goals and 85 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.32 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

• Dwight Yorke makes his 10th appearance in a Villa shirt (7 Starts) to make it W2 D4 L4 and 1 assist so far in his Villa career.

• Ian Ormondroyd makes his 50th start in a Villa shirt (65 Appearances) to make it W29 D14 L22, 9 Goals and 6 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 4.33 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

• Villa suffer a shock defeat - their first since December - as they miss an early penalty before the referee is hoodwinked by gamesmanship from John Fashanu to award Wimbledon a game changing penalty. Despite the loss, Villa remain first in the table and two points clear of Liverpool.

• Graham Taylor’s Villa lose for the first time in eight League games as they fall back to 2nd place, one point behind leaders Liverpool.

• Villa make it seven first division victories in eight games as they rise to a season high of joint first in the table, alongside reigning champions Arsenal.

• Villa make it consecutive first division victories to climb to their highest position since the end of the title winning season in 1980-81.

• Villa record their first ever competitive victory over Wimbledon as Tony Daley scores one and makes one whilst David Platt hits his eleventh of the season.

• Kent Nielsen contributes an assist for the second successive game to make it W7 D4 L5, 1 Goal and 2 Assists so far in his Villa career.

• Villa are beaten by the hated and hateful Wimbledon for the third consecutive time as they fall back to 12th in the table but there is reckoning coming for the Dons thuggish behaviour with the authorities no longer willing to turn their blind eyes to a an over-hyped fairytale. 

• Graham Taylor's Villa lose at Wimbledon to make it three League defeats in five.

• A horrific game in which Villa outclassed Wimbledon in play and personality but lose. Wimbledon have a player sent off for a deliberate elbow but only two others booked despite 22 fouls and a penalty. 

• Villa had ten attempts, Wimbledon had only one that forced the keeper to react - the goal - whilst Villa had five, including the penalty which brought repeated excellent saves from Segers.

• Graham Taylor's Villa's troubled January continues as they are dumped out of both Cups and record one League win. 

• Meanwhile, a seeming casualty of Villa's poor form is midfielder Andy Gray who makes his final appearance for Villa aged just 24 before moving on to Queens Park Rangers in February 1989 for a fee of £450,000. Villa had bought Gray from Crystal Palace in November 1987 for £150,000 and played in 1987-88 and 1988-89 making 42 appearances and scoring 6 goals.

• Graham Taylor's Villa lose and fail to score for the second successive match and drop to 17th in the table. 

• Villa slump to successive defeats after their six game unbeaten start as a late Wimbledon goal condemns them to 17th in the table after seven games,

• Wimbledon take the lead with a late late strike but Villa still have the time and opportunity to equalise but a combination of luck and positioning saves the Dons.

• Garry Thompson makes his final appearance for Villa aged 29 before moving to Watford later this month for a fee of £350,000. Thompson played for Villa between 1986-87 and 1988-89 making 70 appearances and scoring 18 goals after signing him from Sheffield Wednesday for £450,000 in June 1986.

• Villa face Wimbledon for the first time in competitive football, Wimbledon become the 129th team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football.

• Graham Turner's Villa had now won just six of their last twenty nine league games, losing fourteen as they lost their opening two games of the season.