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.