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 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.