On This Day

• Villa open the season with a draw against Southampton in Jozef Vengloš' first game in charge to become the first non British or Irish manager to take charge at a top flight club in the League's 102 year history.

• Jozef Vengloš leads Villa for the first time and in so doing becomes the first 'overseas' manager to take charge at a top flight club in the League's 102 year history.

On This Day

• As sure as night follows day Liverpool snatch a late goal to beat Villa as the previous season's top two face off in just the second game of the season whilst new boss Jozef Vengloš 🇨🇿 gains the plaudits for his tactical nous.

• Kent Nielsen 🇩🇰 contributes his 🔥 6th assist on his 🕒 50th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it 🟩 W25 🟨 D10 🟥 L15, ⚽ 2 Goals and 🔥 6 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 6.25 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

• Midfielder Stuart Gray 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 🕒 100th appearance in a Villa shirt (93 Starts) and makes it 🟩 W39 🟨 D27 🟥 L34, ⚽ 14 Goals and 🔥 1 Assist so far in his Villa career.

On This Day

• Villa lose in a game they dominate as the City 'keeper is forced to make multiple saves to deny Tony Daley 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿, Gordon Cowans 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿, David Platt 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 and Kevin Gage 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 before the home side are awarded a soft penalty by referee John Watson for which replays confirmed what the naked eye saw in real time - that no contact had been made. 

• Watson doubled down on the controversy by refusing Villa a spot kick for a clear shove on David Platt 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 with City hitting a second on the break as Villa continued to take the game to them. 

• Unlucky thought the defeat was Villa make it one point from nine in the first division as they fall to 18th in the table under Jozef Vengloš 🇨🇿.

• Full back Kevin Gage 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 🕒 125th appearance in a Villa shirt (124 Starts) and makes it 🟩 W59 🟨 D26 🟥 L40, ⚽ 12 Goals and 🔥 13 Assists so far in his Villa career.

• Paul McGrath 🇮🇪 collects his 🟨 first booking in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 50th appearance.

On This Day

• Villa win for the first time under Jozef Vengloš courtesy of David Platt's 3rd goal in 3 games and most surprisingly, Tony Cascarino's 2nd in 4. 

• Villa climb to 13th in the first division table.

• Dwight Yorke contributes his first assist in a Villa shirt on his 3rd appearance (0 Starts) to make it W1 D0 L2, 0 Goals and 1 Assist so far in his early Villa career.

• Paul McGrath secures his 25th win in a Villa shirt on his 51st appearance to make it W25 D10 L16, 1 Goal, 3 Assists and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

• Gordon Cowans makes his 450th appearance in a Villa shirt (433 Starts) to make it W205 D105 L140, 58 Goals and 80 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.26 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

• Ian Olney’s goalless streak extends to 19 games to make it 70 appearances (52 Starts), W31 D16 L23, 14 Goals and 4 Assists at a goal involvement per game rate of one for every 3.89 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

• Future Villa centre forward Cyrille Regis lines up for the Sky Blues.

On This Day

• Villa make it successive first division wins under Jozef Vengloš after a fine defensive performance at the Baseball Ground.

• David Platt hits his fourth goal in four games as Villa climb to 7th in the early Division One table.

• Tony Daley scores his 25th goal in a Villa shirt on his 173rd appearance (144 Starts) to make it W61 D42 L70, 25 Goals and 23 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.60 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

On This Day

• Villa face Baník Ostrava 🇨🇿 for the first time in competitive football, Baník become the 130th team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football, Villa’s 16th continental European opponents and their first from the Czech Republic 🇨🇿.

• Villa become the first English club to compete in European football after a 5 year ban following the Heysel disaster. 

• Villa recover from conceding an away goal to equalise within 60 seconds as a Gordon Cowans 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 inspired display delivers a 3-1 win for the hosts.

• Villa win a third successive game as David Platt's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 fifth goal in five games helps them recover from an away goal in the UEFA Cup.

• Midfielder David Platt 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🟩 secures his 50th win as he scores to contribute his 60th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 115th appearance to make it 🟩 W50 🟨 D25 🟥 L40, ⚽ 49 Goals and 🔥11 Assists at a rate of one goal involvement for evey 1.92 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

• Ian Olney 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ⚽ scores for the first time in 20 games to make it 🕒 71 appearances (52 Starts), 🟩 W32 🟨 D16 🟥 L23, ⚽ 15 Goals and 🔥 4 Assists at a goal involvement per game rate of one for every 3.55 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

On This Day

• Villa fall behind twice equalising shortly after as they are held by QPR to fall back to 9th in the first division table. 

• Villa are unbeaten in four, winning three under Jozef Vengloš, as Derek Mountfield scores for the second successive game and Ian Ormondroyd hits his first of the season.

• Tony Daley makes his 175th appearance in a Villa shirt (146 Starts) to make it W62 D43 L70, 25 Goals and 23 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.65 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

• Ian Ormondroyd makes his 50th appearance in a Villa shirt (39 Starts) to make it W22 D9 L19, 8 Goals and 4 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 4.17 games he has played so far in his Villa career. 

• Derek Mountfield contributes his 15th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 85th appearance to make it W39 D17 L29, 13 Goals and 2 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 5.67 games he has played so far in his Villa career. 

On This Day

• David Platt 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 scores his sixth goal in seven games as Villa secure a narrow victory over Second Division Barnsley to leave them unbeaten in five in all competitions with four wins under Jozef Vengloš 🇨🇿.

• Midfielder David Platt 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 scores his ⚽ 50th goal in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 117th appearance to make it 🟩 W51 🟨 D26 🟥 L40, ⚽ 50 Goals and 🔥11 Assists at a rate of a goal evey 2.34 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

• Centre forward Ian Olney 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 contributes his 🔥 first assist in 24 games and 20th goal involvement in a Villa shirt to make it 🕒 73 appearances (54 Starts), 🟩 W33 🟨 D17 🟥 L23, ⚽ 15 Goals and 🔥 5 Assists at a goal involvement per game rate of one for every 3.48 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

On This Day

• Villa take the lead through David Platt's seventh goal in eight games but Tottenham hit back late on to inflict a first defeat in six on Jozef Vengloš.

• Villa fall back to 11th in the table.

• Chris Price makes his 100th appearance in a Villa shirt (98 Starts) to make it W45 D23 L32, 1 Goal and 3 Assists so far in his Villa career.

On This Day

• Villa win for the fourth time in six and make it a successful trip to the Městský Stadion as Derek Mountfield 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 scores in both legs of the first round UEFA Cup tie with FC Baník Ostrava and soon to be Villa player Ivo Staš 🇨🇿 scores his only goal for the club - an own goal on 59'.

• Midfielder Stuart Gray 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 🕒 100th start in a Villa shirt (107 Appearances) and makes it 🟩 W43 🟨 D28 🟥 L36, ⚽ 14 Goals and 🔥 1 Assist so far in his Villa career.

• Ian Olney 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 🕒 75th appearance in a Villa shirt (56 Starts) to make it 🟩 W34 🟨 D17 🟥 L24, ⚽ 15 Goals and 🔥 5 Assists at a goal involvement per game rate of one for every 3.75 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

On This Day

• Villa make it one defeat in eight and six wins in all competitions under Jozef Vengloš as they climb to 9th in the first division table after a simple win over Sunderland at Villa Park.

• Villa win their fifth match in seven as David Platt scores his eighth of the season.

• Tony Daley makes his 150th start in a Villa shirt (179 Appearances) to make it W65 D43 L71, 26 Goals and 23 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.65 games he has played so far in his Villa career. 

• Chris Price makes his 100th start in a Villa shirt (102 Appearances) to make it W47 D23 L32, 1 Goal and 3 Assists so far in his Villa career.

• Ian Ormondroyd secures his 25th win in a Villa shirt on his 54th appearance (41 Starts) to make it W25 D9 L20, 8 Goals and 4 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 4.50 games he has played so far in his Villa career. 

On This Day

• Villa beat second tier side Barnsley in the League Cup to leave them with just one defeat in nine games and seven wins under Jozef Vengloš.

• Villa win for the sixth time in eight as they progress in the League Cup.

• Tony Daley contributes his 50th goal involvement start in a Villa shirt on his 180th appearance (151 Starts) to make it W66 D43 L71, 27 Goals and 23 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.60 games he has played so far in his Villa career. 

On This Day

• Villa are held to a goalless draw by the anti football and soon to be homeless Wimbledon but extend their run to one defeat in ten games and seven wins under Jozef Vengloš.

• Jozef Vengloš' Villa fail to score for the first time but have now lost just once in ten games.

On This Day

• Villa win in what is described as "arguably the best performance an English club side has ever produced in Europe." as the appointment of Jozef Vengloš continues to pay dividends. 

• Villa face Inter Milan for the first time in competitive football, Inter become the 131st team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football, Villa’s 17th continental European opponents and their second from Italy following their meeting with Juventus in their 1982-83 European Cup campaign.

• Villa put on one of the great Villa Park European nights - a setting for which these games were seemingly made. A stunning victory over Italian giants Inter Milan in the 1st leg left Villa’s prospects for progression looking very promising. 

• Villa were now unbeaten in the last five and had now lost just once in eleven games under Jozef Vengloš winning eight.

• Kent Nielsen scores his third goal for the club and in so doing contributes his 10th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 61st appearance (58 Starts) to make it W32 D12 L17, 3 Goals and 7 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 6.10 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

• Gordon Cowans contributes his 85th assist in a Villa shirt on his 460th appearance (443 Starts) to make it W212 D107 L141, 58 Goals and 85 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.22 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

On This Day

• Jozef Vengloš shocks football with his innovative prescription of vitamin pills and glucose minerals to restore lost energy following the Inter game but the comedown still proves too much as Villa are held to a goalless draw by Leeds. 

• Vengloš' superb run continues however with one defeat in twelve games and eight wins including the famous victory over Inter Milan last time out.

• Jozef Vengloš' Villa fail to score and draw 0-0 for the second consecutive League game but have now lost just once in twelve games and sit eighth in the table.

On This Day

• Villa see off Second Division Millwall in the League Cup as David Platt 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 hits his tenth of the season. 

• Villa secure their 🟩 ninth win in 🕒 thirteen games under Jozef Vengloš 🇨🇿.

• Villa progress in the League Cup to their 8th place League placing and UEFA Cup achievements under the new boss.

• Meanwhile former Villa great Bruce Rioch returns to Villa Park with his Millwall side, an incongruous match-up of ‘pragmatic’ management given his sublime on field skills.

• Midfielder David Platt 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 🕒 125th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it 🟩 W56 🟨 D28 🟥 L41, ⚽ 54 Goals and 🔥 12 Assists at a rate of one goal involvement every 1.89 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

• Chris Price 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 secures his 🟩 50th win in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 107th appearance (105 Starts) to make it 🟩 W50 🟨 D25 🟥 L32, ⚽ 1 Goal and 🔥 3 Assists so far in his Villa career.

• Tony Cascarino scores his ⚽ 5th goal in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 22nd appearance to make it ⚽ 5 Goals and 🔥 5 Assists so far in his Villa career.

On This Day

• As Jozef Vengloš becomes the first foreign manager to be awarded Manager of the Month, Villa concede an early goal and lose for the the first time in seven and only the second time in fourteen under the new boss. 

• Jozef Vengloš' Villa fail to score for the third consecutive League game and lose their first match in eight. 

• Meanwhile, left back Bernie Gallacher made his final Villa appearance aged 23 before on moving to Doncaster Rovers in September 1991. Gallacher played for Villa between 1986-87 and 1990-91 making 72 appearances and scoring once.

On This Day

• An utterly shocking refereeing performance from Aleksey Spirin hands the tie to Inter Milan despite their ability to win through without his help. 

• There was no debate that it had happened just whether it was done intentionally or through incompetence, three decades later we still do not know.

• One of the most controversial games in Villa’s history, heading into the 2nd leg Villa held a 2-0 lead and victory, while not assured, was certainly a strong possibility. 

• The game however would not play out that way and a controversial refereeing performance - including allowing an Inter Milan goal despite the cross having clearly been delivered from a position out of play - saw Villa harshly penalised throughout and Inter the beneficiaries of the referee’s largesse. 

• Such were the scale of the ‘errors’ by the officials on the night that still today there are real suspicions as to whether something altogether more sinister was going on. Internazionale would go on to win the UEFA Cup. 

• Undeservedly then, Jozef Vengloš’ Villa were dumped out of the UEFA cup and had now lost twice in as many games. 

• This demoralising defeat acted almost as a watershed moment for Vengloš’ Villa as their strong start to the season - losing only twice in fourteen games and winning nine - gave way to relegation form and a tumble down the table.

On This Day

• Villa score for the first time in four League games but can only draw at home to Forest as David Platt 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 misses a penalty but 60 seconds later sets up Kent Nielsen 🇩🇰 to open the scoring before a late Forest equaliser pegs Villa back. 

• Villa thought make it just three defeats in sixteen games under Jozef Vengloš 🇨🇿.

• Kent Nielsen 🇩🇰 scores his ⚽ fourth goal in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 66th appearance (63 Starts) to make it 🟩 W33 🟨 D14 🟥 L19, ⚽ 4 Goals and 🔥 7 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 6.00 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

• Tony Cascarino 🇮🇪 makes his 🕒 25th appearance in a Villa shirt having scored ⚽ 5 goals and created 🔥 5 assists so far in his Villa career.

On This Day

• Derek Mountfield is sent off just after half time as Villa fall to a third defeat in four games and fourth in seventeen, fail to score for the fifth time in eight games and lose their second League game in three to fall back to 13th in the table under Jozef Vengloš.

• Derek Mountfield is sent off for the first time in his Villa career on his 98th appearance (96 Starts) to make it W45 D20 L33, 14 Goals, 2 Assists, 3 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

On This Day

• Villa suffer a jarring defeat to lowly Luton as the season, which had begun with such promise, begins to unravel post Milan. 

• Villa fail to score for the sixth time in nine games and lose their third League game in four

• Villa fall to a fourth defeat in five games and fifth in eighteen under Jozef Vengloš to fall back to 14th in the first division table.

• Gordon Cowans makes his 450th start in a Villa shirt (467 Starts) to make it W213 D109 L145, 58 Goals and 85 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.27 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

On This Day

• Villa win for the first time in six in all competitions as they see off Second Division Middlesbrough to progress to the quarter finals of the League Cup.

• Villa make it ten wins and five defeats in nineteen games under Jozef Vengloš.

• Derek Mountfield makes his 100th appearance in a Villa shirt (98 Starts) to make it W46 D20 L34, 14 Goals and 2 Assists so far in his Villa career.

On This Day

• Villa make it successive wins in all competitions and record a first League win in eight under Jozef Vengloš as David Platt scores his twelfth of the season.

• Villa now have eleven wins and five defeats in twenty games under Jozef Vengloš to sit 12th in the first division table.

• Chris Price scores his second goal and in so doing contributes his 5th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 114th appearance (112 Starts) to make it W52 D26 L36, 2 Goals and 3 Assists so far in his Villa career.

On This Day

• Villa score their first away goal in nearly 8 hours of football to secure only their second away point of the season but Jozef Vengloš now has eleven wins and just five defeats in twenty one games.

• Jozef Vengloš' Villa go three games unbeaten as David Platt scores his thirteenth of the season.

On This Day

• Villa earn a creditable draw against an Arsenal side shorn of their jailed captain Tony Adams but who are on a club record eighteen game unbeaten run as Jozef Vengloš now has eleven wins and just five defeats in twenty two games.

• Jozef Vengloš' Villa go four games unbeaten but fail to score for the seventh time in thirteen games.

On This Day

• Villa lose their Boxing Day match with Everton as David Platt clears a goalbound header for his own team off the line in the final minutes to leave Villa beaten by a goal to nil. Before that point Jozef Vengloš' side had proved vastly superior to their hosts and only a slip from captain Stuart Gray allowed Everton to score with a rare chance.

• Jozef Vengloš' Villa lose for the first time in five but have now failed to score for the eighth time in fourteen games.

On This Day

• Villa bounce back from their unlucky afternoon at Goodison to hold Manchester United at Old Trafford as Jozef Vengloš makes it 11 wins and just 6 defeats in his first 24 games.

• Villa end the year with just one defeat in six games under Jozef Vengloš. 

• Dwight Yorke makes his first start in a Villa shirt on his 8th appearance to make it W1 D3 L4 and 1 Assist so far in his early Villa career.

• Derek Mountfield makes his 100th start in a Villa shirt (102 Appearances) to make it W46 D21 L35, 14 Goals and 2 Assists so far in his Villa career.

On This Day

• Villa beat Palace on New Years' Day as David Platt makes up for his Goodison Park error to score a brace and leave Jozef Vengloš with twelve wins and just six defeats in twenty five games.

• Villa make it one loss in seven, winning three under Jozef Vengloš

• Kent Nielsen makes his 75th appearance in a Villa shirt (72 Starts) to make it W36 D17 L22, 4 Goals and 7 Assists so far in his Villa career.

On This Day

• 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.

• Midfielder Stuart Gray 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 🕒 125th appearance in a Villa shirt (118 Starts) and makes it 🟩 W50 🟨 D35 🟥 L40, ⚽ 15 Goals and 🔥 2 Assists so far in his Villa career.

• Dwight Yorke 🇹🇹 makes his 🕒 10th appearance in a Villa shirt (7 Starts) to make it 🟩 W2 🟨 D4 🟥 L4 ⚽ 0 Goals 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.

• Nigel Callaghan 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his first appearance since March 1990.

On This Day

• 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.

On This Day

• Villa record their sixth consecutive home draw against Liverpool as Jozef Vengloš' team "share a match of outstanding quality" to leave them with twelve wins and just seven defeats in twenty eight games..

• Jozef Vengloš' Villa bounce back from their FA Cup loss to hold 2nd place Liverpool to a draw at Villa Park however have now failed to score for the tenth time in nineteen games.

On This Day

• Villa suffer their eighth defeat in 29 games under Jozef Vengloš. 

• Villa lose in the League Cup quarter final at Elland Road to a side who only recorded a resounding scoreline in the final 10 minutes as Villa chased the game. 

• That however did not stop a massive over reaction from the Birmingham Evening Mail whose barely concealed vendetta against the dignified Czech boss seemed to escalate. Leeds would go on to win the League title the following season.

• Paul McGrath makes his 75th appearance in a Villa shirt and makes it W34 D17 L24, 1 Goal, 2 Assists and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

  • Ian Ormondroyd scores his 10th goal in a Villa shirt on his 66th appearance (50 Starts) to make it W29 D14 L23, 10 Goals and 6 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 4.13 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

On This Day

• Villa are undone by a late goal once again as they are beaten at Highfield Road to make it successive defeats in all competitions and their 🟥 ninth defeat in thirty games under Jozef Vengloš 🇨🇿.

• Jozef Vengloš' 🇨🇿 Villa lose at Highfield Road despite David Platt's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 opener. Villa had now not won in five and had won just three in their last seventeen as Jozef Vengloš 🇨🇿 debut season began to unravel. 

• Meanwhile, midfielder and Villa cult hero Paul Birch 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 made his 223rd & final appearance in a Villa shirt (192 Starts) aged 28 before moving on to Wolverhampton Wanderers in February for a fee of £400,000. Birchy had played for Villa between 1983-84 and 1990-91 and left with a record of 🟩 W80 🟨 D59 🟥 L84, ⚽ 25 Goals and 🔥 28 Assists across his Villa career. Birch, who tragically passed away aged just 46 from cancer in 2009, is still the subject of one of the most popular terrace chants that rings out from Villa home and away. A wonderful player who will never be forgotten.

• Midfielder David Platt 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 scores his ⚽ 60th goal in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 142nd appearance to make it 🟩 W59 🟨 D34 🟥 L49, ⚽ 60 Goals and 🔥13 Assists at a rate of a goal evey 2.37 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

On This Day

• Villa bounce back from their late defeat to Coventry to secure their first win in 6 and second in their last 11 as David Platt 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 misses his first game of the season. 

• Meanwhile the Evening Mail still aren't happy because Jozef Vengloš' 🇨🇿 🟩 13th win in 31 games (9 defeats) wasn't exciting enough despite his side sitting 13th in the table.

• Winger Nigel Callaghan 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿, 26, makes his 🕒 31st and final appearance in a Villa shirt (27 Starts) two years after Villa paid Derby County £650,000 for his services. In total Callaghan proved to be one of the least successful signings in Villa’s history leaving with a record of 🟩 W7 🟨 D9 🟥 L15, ⚽ 1 Goals and 🔥 4 Assist across his underwhelming Villa career.

• Chris Price 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 🕒 125th appearance in a Villa shirt (123 Starts) to make it 🟩 W54 🟨 D31 🟥 L40, ⚽ 2 Goals and 🔥 4 Assists so far in his Villa career.

On This Day

• Villa miss out on a second consecutive victory as they are undone by a late goal once again - this time from the hated Steve Hodge who scores an 88' equaliser for Forest.

• Villa, who remain 13th, now have 13 wins and 9 defeats in 32 games under Jozef Vengloš.

• Paul McGrath contributes his 5th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 78th appearance to make it W35 D18 L25, 1 Goal, 4 Assists and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

• Derek Mountfield scores his 15th goal in a Villa shirt on his 105th appearances (103 Starts) to make it W48 D22 L35, 15 Goals and 2 Assists so far in his Villa career.

On This Day

• A Kevin Gage error allows Sheffield United to open the score but Villa's right back almost steals a point in the last minutes with a fierce shot but Villa fall to defeat for the tenth time in thirty three games under Jozef Vengloš (thirteen wins).

• Jozef Vengloš' Villa lose for the first time in three and fall back to 14th place in the table.

On This Day

• David Platt 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 misses a second half penalty to allow Luton victory and inflict a second successive defeat on Villa as they drop to 16th in the first division table following their 🟥 eleventh loss in thirty four games under Jozef Vengloš 🇨🇿 (thirteen wins).

• Centre forward Gary Penrice 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 26 makes his debut appearance in a Villa shirt joining moving from Watford for a fee of £1,000,000 the previous day to become the 669th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

• Midfielder Stuart Gray 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 30 makes his 🕒 131st and final appearance in a Villa shirt (124 Starts) before moving on to Southampton in September 1991 for £200,000. Villa had paid Barnsley £175,000 for his services 4 years earlier. Gray left with a record of 🟩 W51 🟨 D35 🟥 L45, ⚽ 15 Goals and 🔥 2 Assists, 🟨 7 Bookings & 🟥 1 Red Card across his Villa career.

On This Day

• Villa see off Tottenham and climb to 15th.

• David Platt 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 hits a Gordon Cowans 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 inspired hat-trick - his first in the League for Villa - to record Villa's 🟩 fourteenth win in thirty five games under Jozef Vengloš 🇨🇿(eleven defeats).

• David Platt 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 scores his first hat-trick in a Villa shirt for the first time since hitting 4 in the League Cup tie against Ipswich in November 1988.

• Midfielder David Platt’s 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ⚽ hatrick makes it 75 goal involvements in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 144th appearance to make it 🟩 W60 🟨 D34 🟥 L50, ⚽ 63 Goals and 🔥14 Assists at a rate of one goal involvement for evey 1.87 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

On This Day

• Villa win a second consecutive game as David Platt 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 scores his ⚽ twentieth of the season.

• Having scored six in two games and recorded consecutive top flight wins to climb to 14th in the table, the Birmingham Evening Mail decides to lead with the headline "CAS DOUBLE LIFTS VILLA GLOOM" as Villa record their fifteenth win in thirty six games under Jozef Vengloš (eleven defeats).

• Gary Penrice 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 contributes his 🔥 first assist in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 3rd appearance.

• Derek Mountfield 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 secures his 🟩 50th win in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 109th appearance (107 Starts) to make it 🟩 W50 🟨 D22 🟥 L37, ⚽ 16 Goals and 🔥 2 Assists so far in his Villa career.

• Tony Cascarino 🇮🇪 scores his ⚽ 10th goal in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 44th appearance (41 Starts) to make it 🟩 W16 🟨 D15 🟥 L13, ⚽ 10 Goals and 🔥 6 Assists so far in his Villa career.

On This Day

• Villa recover from two goals down to hit an 89' equaliser and extend their unbeaten first division run to three and make it fifteen wins in thirty seven games under Jozef Vengloš (eleven defeats) as they climb to 13th in the table.

• Gordon Cowans contributes his 150th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 486th appearance (469 Starts) to make it W219 D116 L151, 59 Goals and 91 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.24 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

On This Day

• Villa are swept aside by champions elect Arsenal at Highbury conceding three in six second half minutes before Nigel Spink is forced to leave the field injured and midfielder David Platt takes over goalkeeping duties for the final 15 minutes, conceding once.

• Jozef Vengloš' Villa end a run of three unbeaten with a heavy defeat at Highbury. Already 0-3 behind, 

• Villa lose 'keeper Nigel Spink to injury forcing Mark Blake to take on the gloves with no substitute goalkeeper available. Blake concedes a further two goals in the final 10 as Villa drop back to 16th in the table.