Villa lose out in the second round of the Zenith Data to Forest but no-one much cares as Villa play in front of what will be their lowest crowd for the next thirty years and counting.

Right back Neil Cox, 20, makes his debut in a Villa shirt after joining from Scunthorpe United in February 1992 for a fee of £400,000 to become the 681st player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Midfielder Stefan Beinlich, 20, makes his debut in a Villa shirt after joining from PFV Bergmann-Borsig in October 1991 for a fee of £100,000 to become the 682nd player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Centre Forward Martin Carruthers, 19, makes his debut in a Villa shirt after coming through the youth ranks to become the 683rd player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Ian Olney makes his 100th appearance in a Villa shirt (74 Starts) to make it W44 D22 L34, 20 Goals and 6 Assists at a goal involvement per game rate of one for every 3.85 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Mark Blake makes his 25th appearance in a Villa shirt (20 Starts) to make it W13 D5 L7, 1 Goal and 3 Assists so far in his Villa career.

Villa lose for the first time in six games.

With Ron Atkinson absent Andy Gray takes charge as Villa put in one of their poorest performances of the season as they are well beaten as a rare Nigel Spink error allows Forest to score their second.

Villa win for the fourth time in six first division games despite having Ian Olney sent off before half time for fighting but remain ninth in the table.

Kevin Richardson contributes his 5th assist to secure his 20th win in a Villa shirt on his 49th appearance to make it W20 D12 L17, 6 Goals and 5 Assists so far in his Villa career.

Ian Olney is sent off on his 112th appearance (82 Starts) and for the first time in a Villa shirt to make it W48 D26 L38, 21 Goals, 7 Assists, 7 Bookings and 1 Red Card at a goal involvement per game rate of one for every 4.00 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Coventry, having put five past Liverpool in their previous game, inflict Villa's biggest ever defeat against Cov and only their seventh loss to the Highfield Road side in fifty six years.

Ray Houghton makes his 25th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W11 D9 L5, 1 Goal and 6 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.57 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Meanwhile, Dean Saunders’ Premier League goalless streak extends to 7 games.

Villa batter Boro at Villa Park to remain in the outright lead at the top of the Premier League table under Ron Atkinson and a first League title in 12 years looks and feels possible.

Dean Saunders scores for the third successive top flight game to make it 23 appearances, W13 D7 L3, 12 Goals and 3 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 1.53 games played so far in his Villa career.

Dwight Yorke scores for the first time in 14 games - equalling his longest goalless run to date in his Villa career that ran from debut through to his 14th appearance and 5th start in a Villa shirt.

Dwight Yorke scores his 21st goal in a Villa shirt on his 79th appearance (57 Starts) to make it W34 D21 L24, 21 Goals, 12 Assists and 1 Booking at a goal per game rate of one for every 3.76 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Paul McGrath scores his 5th goal in a Villa shirt on his 168th appearance to make it W71 D44 L53, 5 Goals, 7 Assists and 5 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Shaun Teale scores his 3rd goal in a Villa shirt on his 78th appearance to make it W35 D21 L22, 3 Goals and 8 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Garry Parker scores his 10th goal in a Villa shirt and for the second successive game on his 59th appearance to make it W27 D16 L16, 10 Goals and 3 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 4.54 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Villa were now unbeaten in 7 winning 5 and had lost only 3 of their last 27 games under Ron Atkinson

Villa field two Germans for the first time in their history albeit for only 6 minutes as Stefan Beinlich comes on as a 74th minute sub before Matthias Breitkreutz leaves the pitch on 80'.

Matthias Breitkreutz contributes his first assist in a Villa shirt on his 11th appearance (8 Starts) to make it W5 D3 L3 so far in his Villa career.

Villa are beaten by lowly Southampton to leave them third in the Premier League table after their first defeat in eight games.

Villa lose for only the 4th time in their last 28 under Ron Atkinson.

Villa's football reaches heights rarely seen in the modern day as they sweep aside Ipswich in style with an awesome attacking display.

Dean Saunders hits one of the most spectacular goals seen at Villa Park. Receiving a short ball from Ray Houghton wide on the right, he swivels and volleys the ball from 40 yards out looping it high over the back-peddling Clive Baker.

Dean Saunders scores his 15th goal on his 29th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W16 D9 L4, 15 Goals and 3 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 1.53 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Mark Bosnich keeps his second successive clean sheet and first in the League on his 4th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W2 D1 L1, 3 Goals Conceded and 2 Clean Sheets so far in his Villa career.

Steve Staunton contributes his 15th goal involvement on his 79th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W35 D23 L21, 5 Goals, 10 Assists and 4 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Ray Houghton contribubtes his 10th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 33rd appearance to make it W16 D12 L5, 2 Goals and 8 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3,30 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Steve Froggatt makes his 25th start in a Villa shirt (31 Appearances) to make it W15 D9 L7, 2 Goals and 7 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.44 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Villa lose to lowly Palace as beating the top flight also rans begins to seem like an achilles heel for Ron Atkinson's exciting side.

Villa have the deep misfortune of visiting the rancid Selhurst Park for the second time in three games and the third time this season with the only bright spot of defeat being no need to visit for at least the rest of the season.

Paul McGrath makes his 175th appearance in a Villa shirt and makes it W74 D46 L55, 6 Goals, 8 Assists and 5 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Earl Barrett makes his 50th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W23 D16 L11 so far in his Villa career.

Villa go two up within 20 minutes and never look in trouble as they brush aside relegation threatened Everton to consolidate first place in the Premier League table.

Villa are now unbeaten in 11 of their last 13 games, winning 8 with 12 games left to play.

Earl Barrett scores his first goal and contributes his first assist to secure his 25th win in a Villa shirt on his 52nd appearance to make it W25 D16 L11, 1 Goal and 1 Assist so far in his Villa career.

A second successive 2-2 draw - and a second successive game in which Villa scored an own goal - sees Villa remain 6th in the Premier League table under Ron Atkinson.

Kevin Richardson's 128 game ever present run comes to an end as injury rules him out.

Neil Cox contributes his 5th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 38th appearance (23 Starts) to make it W20 D8 L10, 3 Goals and 2 Assists so far in his Villa career.

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.

Mark Bosnich makes it five penalty saves in two games following his League Cup heroics to help Villa leave White Hart Lane with a point.

Mark Bosnich makes his 50th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W24 D12 L14, 43 Goals Conceded at a rate of 0.86 goals per game and 19 Clean Sheets (38%) so far in his Villa career.

With no goal involvements in his previous 12 games and only one in his last 26, Garry Parker has now contributed 5 in his last 8 to make it 93 appearances in a Villa shirt (91 Starts), W42 D25 L26, 13 Goals and 6 Assists so far in his Villa career.

Villa score twice in a Premier League game for the first time since February as the end a run of seven games without a win to beat relegation threatened Sheffield United at Bramall Lane.

Villa's terrible run of form continues under Ron Atkinson as they are hit for five to leave them with one win in ten Premier League games and seven defeats.

Villa lose for the 7th time in 10 Premier League games under Ron Atkinson as Paul McGrath is the subject of an AWOL controversy once again.

Stefan Beinlich scores his first and only goal in a Villa shirt on his 15th appearance (5 Starts) to make it W6 D2 L7 so far in his Villa career.

Steve Staunton makes his 125th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W57 D34 L34, 8 Goals, 16 Assists and 4 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

With nine goals conceded in two games, more Paul McGrath controversy swirling and one win and eight defeats in eleven Premier League matches, 1993-94 ends in ignominy away from home as fans' let their frustration be known on the fixtures and fittings of the Dell pitch.

Villa receive their first red card in the Premier League with goalkeeper Nigel Spink being sent off with 11 minutes plus stoppage time to go in the second half. 

Having scored his first and only goal in a Villa shirt last time out, Stefan Beinlich contributes his first and only assist on his 16th appearance (6 Starts) to make it W6 D2 L8, 1 Goal and 1 Assist so far in his Villa career.

Right back Neil Cox, 22, makes his 57th and final appearance in a Villa shirt (37 Starts) before moving on to Middlesbrough in July 1994 for a fee of £1,000,000. Cox left with a record of W29 D9 L19, 4 Goals, 3 Assists and 4 Bookings across his 3 seasons in and around the first team.

Midfielder Matthias Breitkreutz, 22, makes his 14th and final appearance in a Villa shirt (10 Starts) before moving on to Hertha Berlin in July 1994 for a fee of £130,000 leaving with a record of W5 D3 L6 and 1 Assist across his 3 seasons with the club.

The final day of the standing only Holte End is celebrated with Villa’s second Premier League win in 12 under Ron Atkinson to finish 10th in the table and League Cup winners having been Premier League runners up the previous season.

Midfielder Stefan Beinlich, 22, makes his 17th and final appearance in a Villa shirt before moving on to Hansa Rostock for a fee of £130,000 leaving with a record of W7 D2 L8, 1 Goal and 1 Assist across his 3 seasons with the club.

Winger Tony Daley, 26, makes his 291st and final appearance in a Villa shirt (242 Starts) before moving on to Wolverhampton Wanderers in June 1994 for a fee of £1,250,000. Across his 9 seasons in the first team Tony recorded W110 D72 L109, 38 Goals and 31 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 4.22 games he played in his Villa career scoring some of Villa’s most spectacular goals and making some of the most electric runs down the wing imaginable. Although not always having an end product to those runs Tony Daley was and remains a bona fide Villa legend.

Dwight Yorke scores his first goals in a Villa shirt in 17 Premier League games and his first League goals this season, on the final day, and his first League goals since March 1993 following his worst ever League goalless run of 16 games without a goal. As a result Yorke scores his 29th goal in a Villa shirt on his 111th appearance (75 Starts) to make it W47 D29 L35, 29 Goals, 13 Assists and 1 Booking at a goal per game rate of one for every 3.83 games he has played so far in his Villa career.