Tim Sherwood’s mass changes for the League Cup nearly backfire as they are held to a full time draw by League Two Notts County and need three equalisers to take the tie to extra time. 

Goalkeeper Mark Bunn makes his Villa debut aged 30 after joining from Norwich City on a free transfer in July 2015 to become the 883rd player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Left back Joe Bennett scores his first goal in a Villa shirt on his 38th and final appearance for Villa (31 Starts) aged 25 before moving on to Cardiff City on a free transfer in August 2016. Villa had spent £2,840,000 on Bennett’s services in August 2012 and after four seasons with the club left with a record of W12 D8 L18, 1 Goal, 3 Assists, 7 Bookings and 1 Red Card.

Midfielder Joe Cole makes his 16th and final appearance for Villa (5 Starts) aged 33 before moving on to Coventry City on a free transfer in January 2016 with a record of W6 D3 L7, 1 Goal and 2 Assists.

Jack Grealish contributes a brace of assists to make it 5 in a Villa shirt and a record of W13 D4 L10, 5 Assists, 2 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Adama Traoré, scores his first goal in a Villa shirt on his first start and 2nd appearance to make it W1 D0 L1 and 1 Goal so far in his Villa career.

Scott Sinclair scores his 6th goal in a Villa shirt on his 15th appearance (9 Starts) to make it W6 D0 L9 but it is only 2 goals in 11 games for the newly permanent signing so far in his Villa career.

Rémi Garde’s Villa had now lost five in ten and could only draw with League Two side Wycombe.

Tempers finally boiled over after fourteen defeats in twenty two games this season. 

Midfielder Jordan Lyden made his Villa debut aged 19 after coming through the youth team ranks to become the 886th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Villa bounce back from anarchy at Adams Park to secure their 2nd win in 21 Premier League games.

Villa win their first game under Rémi Garde at the 11th attempt and record just their 2nd win in 21 League games.

Mark Bunn keeps his first clean sheet in a Villa shirt on his 3rd appearance to make it W2 D1 L0, 4 Goals Conceded and 1 Clean Sheet so far in his Villa career.

Jordan Ayew makes his 20th appearance in a Villa shirt (14 Starts) to make it W4 D5 L11, 5 Goals and 5 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Ciaran Clark makes his 150th appearance in a Villa shirt (135 Starts) to make it W46 D37 L67, 8 Goals, 5 Assists, 45 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career. Clark has now picked up a card every 3.26 games he has played.

Joleon Lescott wins for the first time in thirteen league games in a Villa shirt on his 14th appearance for the club to make it W2 D3 L9, 1 Goal and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

Villa draw against the surprise package of the season to leave them unbeaten in 2 League games for only the second time this season. 

Rudy Gestede scores his 5th goal in a Villa shirt on his 24th appearance (13 Starts) to make it W2 D7 L15, 5 Goals and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Joleon Lescott avoids defeat for the fifth time in fourteen league games in a Villa shirt on his 15th appearance for the club to make it W2 D4 L9, 1 Goal and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

Villa make it 5 games unbeaten in all competitions under Rémi Garde and are now unbeaten in 3 in in the League for the first time this season.

Despite remaining rooted to the bottom of the table and ten points adrift from safety, Villa have lost only 5 of Rémi Garde's 14 matches in charge.

Tim Sherwood had delivered 10 losses in 14 games. 

Villa, under Garde, have also gone three League games without defeat for the first time since December 2014 and have 2 clean sheets in their last 3 Premier League games after keeping only two in their previous 20.

Joleon Lescott manages to avoid defeat for the sixth time in fifteen league games in a Villa shirt on his 16th appearance for the club to make it W2 D5 L9, 1 Goal and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

Meanwhile, Philippe Senderos leaves the club by mutual consent having last appeared in a Villa shirt on 8 November 2014 - his 9th and final appearance.

Villa lose for the 15th time in 24 Premier League games.

Villa lose for the first time in 4 League games under Rémi Garde.

Villa have now lost 7 of the 16 games played under Garde's leadership.

Villa have lost 16 of 30 games so far in 2015-16.

Villa have now won just twice in 24 Premier League matches in 2015-16.

Villa remain bottom of the table, 10 points from safety.

Jordan Ayew gets himself sent off on his 25th appearance in a Villa shirt (19 Starts) to make it W5 D7 L13, 5 Goals, 5 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career. Rumours abound that Ayew had wanted a holiday. He would not return to the side until 1 March.

Joleon Lescott loses for the tenth time in sixteen league games in a Villa shirt on his 17th appearance for the club to make it W2 D5 L10, 1 Goal and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

Villa win for the second time in 5 Premier League games under Rémi Garde to deliver their best run of the season - 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat.

Villa win  in the Premier League for the second time under Rémi Garde and for only the third time in 25 games this season. 

Villa remain bottom of the table under Rémi Garde but have closed the gap to safety to 8 points. 

Gabriel Agbonlahor scores his 85th goal in a Villa shirt on his 366th appearance (329 Starts) to make it W128 D102 L136, 85 Goals, 44 Assists, 47 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Gabriel Agbonlahor’s strike - his first in twenty one games - means he has now scored in eleven consecutive Premier League seasons for Villa.

Idrissa Gueye makes his 25th appearance in a Villa shirt (24 Starts) to make it W4 D8 L13, 1 Goal and 4 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Joleon Lescott wins for the second time in seventeen league games in a Villa shirt on his 18th appearance for the club to make it W3 D5 L10, 1 Goal and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

Villa lose for the 16th time in 26 Premier League games.

Villa suffer their heaviest defeat at Villa Park since losing 1-7 to Arsenal in December 1935 

This was only the second time Villa had conceded 6 at home since October 1983 (against Arsenal again in a 2-6 defeat). 

Villa have now 8 in 18 games under Rémi Garde and 17 in 32 this season.

Mark Bunn concedes his 10th goal in a Villa shirt on his 8th appearance to make it W3 D3 L2, 13 Goals Conceded, 3 Clean Sheets and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Jores Okore loses for the 20th time in a Villa shirt on his 44th appearance (40 Starts) to make it W13 D11 L20, 1 Goal and 7 Bookings. Okore would later be accused of match fixing at Aalborg Boldspilklub.

Micah Richards loses for the 15th time in a Villa shirt on just his 23rd appearance to make it W4 D4 L15, 2 Goals, 1 Assist and 3 Bookings so far in his Villa career. Richards' wins had come against newly promoted Bournemouth and lower League clubs Birmingham and Wycombe and fellow relegation candidates Norwich.

Idrissa Gueye makes his 25th start in a Villa shirt (26 Appearances) to make it W4 D8 L14, 1 Goal and 4 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Joleon Lescott loses for the eleventh time in eighteen league games in a Villa shirt on his 19th appearance for the club to make it W3 D5 L11, 1 Goal and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career but finds time to tweet about his new car.

Villa lose for the 17th time in 27 Premier League games.

Villa lose for the 9th time in 19 under Rémi Garde and for the 18th time in 33 games this season.

Mark Bunn concedes his 15th goal in a Villa shirt on his 9th appearance to make it W3 D3 L3, 15 Goals Conceded, 3 Clean Sheets and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Idrissa Gueye collects his 5th booking in his 15th defeat in a Villa shirt on his 27th appearance (26 Starts) to make it W4 D8 L15, 1 Goal and 5 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Joleon Lescott loses for the twelfth time in nineteen league games in a Villa shirt on his 20th appearance for the club to make it W3 D5 L12, 1 Goal and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

Villa lose for the 26th time in 36 Premier League games.

Eric Black loses his 5th successive game as caretaker manager.

Villa have now lost 27 of their last 42 games.

Villa equal their worst ever run of 11 consecutive league losses in a season set in 1962-63 under Joe Mercer. 

The 1962-63 team scored 5 and conceded 27 over their 11 game losing run. 

The 2015-16 team has also hit 5 but have conceded 32 - at a rate of almost 3 goals per game between 14 February 2016 and today to make this the worst ever League run in Villa’s long history.

Aly Cissokho is sent off on his 45th appearance in a Villa shirt on his (44 Starts) to make it W9 D9 L27, 4 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Leandro Bacuna makes his 75th start in a Villa shirt (97 Appearances) to make it W27 D19 L51, 6 Goals, 6 Assists and 17 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Rudy Gestede suffers his 25th defeat in a Villa shirt on his 36th appearance (18 Starts) to make it W3 D8 L25, 6 Goals, 3 Assists and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Ashley Westwood contributes his 17th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 137th appearance (131 Starts) to make it W37 D27 L73, 5 Goals, 12 Assists and 24 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Ciaran Clark contributes his 15th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 159th appearance (143 Starts) to make it W48 D37 L74, 10 Goals, 5 Assists, 46 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career. Clark has now picked up a card every 3.38 games he has played.

Idrissa Gueye collects his 10th booking in a Villa shirt on his 36th appearance (35 Starts) to make it W4 D8 L24, 1 Goal, 1 Assist and 10 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Joleon Lescott loses for the twentieth first time in twenty eight league games in a Villa shirt on his 29th appearance for the club to make it W3 D5 L21, 1 Goal and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Gabriel Agbonlahor resigns as Villa captain following an investigation into his off-field behaviour.

Villa gain their first  point since February as they manage to keep a rare clean sheet against fellow relegated side Newcastle.

Eric Black earns his first point as caretaker manager and Villa’s first in 12 matches to make it one point gained from a potential 36. 

Villa ended their joint worst ever run of consecutive league losses in a season.

Ciaran Clark makes his 160th and final appearance in a Villa shirt aged 26 before moving on to Newcastle United for a fee of £5,400,000 in August 2016. Clark made 160 appearances (144 Starts) over his 8 seasons with the club to leave with a record of W48 D38 L74, 10 Goals, 5 Assists, 47 Bookings and 1 Red Card. Across his Villa career Clark had picked up cards at the extraordinary rate of one every 3.33 games he had played.

Alan Hutton collects his 25th booking in a Villa shirt on his 99th appearance (92 Starts) to make it W18 D25 L56, 1 Goal, 4 Assists, 25 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Joleon Lescott avoids defeat for only the eighth time in twenty nine league games in a Villa shirt on his 30th appearance for the club to make it W3 D6 L21, 1 Goal and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Off the pitch it is announced that Gabriel Agbonlahor will see out the remainder of the season in the reserves due to fitness and behaviour concerns in a telling sign of the utter turmoil and unprofessionalism that has infected the squad.

Villa lose for the 27 time in 38 Premier League games in 2015-16.

Eric Black loses his 6th game in 7 as caretaker manager.

Villa make it 28 in 44games this season. 

Villa record their lowest ever total of League points - regardless of the size of the division - at 17.