Villa bounce back from three successive defeats to hammer Bolton at Villa Park and move back into 7th place in the Premier League table.

The Gareth Barry Show. Against a team that had caused Villa so much pain in recent seasons, Gareth Barry scored two and created two to end a run of three successive defeats under Martin O'Neill. 

Winger Wayne Routledge, 23, makes his debut after having joined from Tottenham Hotspur for a fee of £1,530,000 in January 2008 to become the 806th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Scott Carson keeps his 8th clean sheet and his first in 19 games in a Villa shirt on his 31st appearance to make it W14 D8 L9, 3 Assists, 40 Goals Conceded at a rate of 1.29 goals per game, 8 Clean Sheets (26%), 1 Booking and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Marlon Harewood scores his 5th goal in a Villa shirt on his 20th appearance (3 Starts) to make it W8 D6 L6, 5 Goals, 1 Assist and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

Villa open the season after a break of just two months as they travel to Denmark for the Intertoto Cup and concede a last minute equaliser to leave the tie in the balance.

Villa face Odense Boldklub for the first time in competitive football, Odense become the 151st team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football, Villa’s 34th continental European opponents and their first from Denmark.

Midfielder Steve Sidwell makes his Villa debut aged 25 after joining from Chelsea for a fee of £5,670,000 earlier this month to become the 807th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Ashley Young makes his 50th start in a Villa shirt (53 Appearances) to make it W20 D19 L14, 11 Goals, 19 Assists and 18 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one every 1.76 games played so far in his Villa career.

Villa face Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar for the first time in competitive football, Hafnarfjarðar become the 152nd team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football, Villa’s 35th continental European opponents and their second from Iceland after their meeting with Valur Reykavik in their 1981-82 European Cup winning campaign.

Goalkeeper Brad Friedel, 37, makes his Villa debut after joining from Blackburn Rovers for £2,250,000 in July 2008 to become the 808th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Left back Nicky Shorey, 27, makes his Villa debut after joining from Reading for a fee of £3,960,000 earlier this monthto become the 809th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Forward Nathan Delfouneso, 17, makes his Villa debut as a substitute after coming through the ranks as a schoolboy before signing professional forms in July 2008 to become the 810th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Craig Gardner makes his 50th appearance in a Villa shirt (33 Starts) to make it W20 D13 L17, 5 Goals, 1 Assist and 7 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Martin O'Neill's Villa suffer a shock defeat to a bunch of hod carriers in football shirts to fall back to 7th in the table.

Martin Laursen scores his 10th goal on his 70th start in a Villa shirt (72 Appearances) to make it W28 D26 L18, 10 Goals, 3 Assists and 3 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Villa face Hafnarfjarðar in the return leg of the UEFA Cup qualifier and are held after leading for three minutes.

Martin O'Neill's changes see Villa struggle against their opponents but with qualification never in danger after the first leg a UEFA Cup 1st Round place is theirs.

Martin O'Neill changes policy and names a broadly representative side for the UEFA Cup. 

Villa travel to Bulgaria for the UEFA Cup first round and open up a commanding lead as Reo-Coker scores for the second game in succession.

Villa face PFC Litex Lovech for the first time in competitive football, Lovech become the 153rd team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football, Villa’s 36th continental European opponents and their first from Bulgaria.

Centre back Carlos Cuéllar makes his Villa debut aged 27 after joining from Glasgow Rangers for a fee of £9,000,000 in August 2008 to become the 812th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Gareth Barry makes his 400th appearance for Villa as they beat nine men opponents to take three away goals into the second leg. 

Gabriel Agbonlahor makes his 100th appearance in a Villa shirt (93 Starts) to make it W36 D34 L30, 26 Goals, 11 Assists and 7 Bookings.

Brad Friedel concedes his 10th goal in a Villa shirt on his 8th appearance to make it W6 D2 L0, 10 Goals Conceded at a rate of 1.25 goals per game and 0 Clean Sheets so far in his Villa career.

Martin Laursen secures his 30th win on his 75th appearance in a Villa shirt (73 Starts) to make it W30 D27 L18, 10 Goals, 3 Assists and 3 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

After making six changes, Villa lose to Championship side QPR in the League Cup without scoring.

Goalkeeper Brad Guzan who joined from CD Chivas for £900,000 in August, makes his Villa debut to become the 813th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Stiliyan Petrov makes his 75th appearance in a Villa shirt (68 Starts) to make it W30 D24 L21, 4 Goals, 1 Assist and 8 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Isaiah Osbourne makes his 25th appearance in a Villa shirt (13 Starts) to make it W5 D9 L11, 1 Assist and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Villa entertain Litex but can only draw for the second home European game in succession yet still qualify for the second round thanks to their aggregate victory.

Once again Martin O'Neill's cup changes see Villa struggle but their first leg result is enough to see them progress to the UEFA Cup Group Stages. 

Wayne Routledge makes his final appearance for Villa aged 23 before moving on to Queens Park Rangers for a fee of £603,000 in January 2009. Routledge had only joined Villa from Tottenham Hotspur in January 2008 for a fee of £1,530,000 making 8 appearances, 6 as substitute during his 12 months with Villa and a record of W3 D3 L2.

Brad Friedel makes his 10th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W8 D2 L0, 11 Goals Conceded at a rate of 1.10 goals per game and 1 Clean Sheet (10%) so far in his Villa career.