Gary Shaw 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 scores one of the most spell bounding goals of his career as fourth placed Villa beat relegation threatened Birmingham at Villa Park.

Tony Barton's Villa make it 🟩 eighteen wins, 🟨 four draws and 🟥 thirteen losses in 🕒 thirty five League games this season. 

Midfielder Alan Curbishley 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 25 makes his debut appearance in a Villa shirt against the club from whom he had moved in March as part of the swap deal with Villa's unwanted reserve midfielder Robert Hopkins 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿. Curbishley becomes the 619th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Dennis Mortimer hits his first goal in seven months as Villa beat Albion to climb to third in the first division table with five games to play.

Tony Barton's Villa, reigning European Champions, beat near neighbours Albion to make it nineteen wins, four draws and fourteen losses in thirty seven League games this season.

Below par Villa 🟥 lose at West Ham to fall back to fourth place with four games remaining.

Tony Barton's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa, reigning European Champions, fail to score for the fifteenth time this season and make it 🟩 nineteen wins, 🟨 four draws and 🟥 fifteen losses in 🕒 thirty eight League games this season. 

Midfeilder Ray Walker 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 19 makes his debut appearance in a Villa shirt after graduating from the youth set up to become the 620th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Villa hammer Stoke to climb back to joint third in the table with three games to play of the first division season.

Villa, reigning European Champions, make it 🟩 twenty wins, 🟨 four draws and 🟥 fifteen losses in 🕒 thirty nine League games this season under Tony Barton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿.

Midfielder Gordon Cowans 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 contributes his ⚽ 🔥 100th goal involvement as he strikes his ⚽ 50th goal and 🔥 creates his 50th assist in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 320th appearance (305 Starts) to make it 🟩 W149 🟨 D74 🟥 L97, ⚽ 50 Goals and 🔥 50 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.20 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Midfielder Des Bremner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 makes his 🔁 first ever substitute appearance in 🕒 195 appearances in a Villa shirt.

Villa are surprisingly beaten at relegation threatened Swansea - their third defeat in five division one games - to fall back to joint fourth in the table with two games left to play - against champions Liverpool and mid-table Arsenal.

Tony Barton's Villa, reigning European Champions, lose to relegation threatened Swansea and make it twenty wins, four draws and sixteen losses in forty League games this season.

Villa go to champions Liverpool amidst Bob Paisley's celebration send off and take the lead from the spot before Liverpool are gifted a pair of spot kicks, both of which, the original and the retake, are saved by Nigel Spink before Liverpool hit a late equaliser as Villa fall to 5th in the first division table with one to play.

Tony Barton's Villa, reigning European Champions, draw with runaway leaders and newly crowned League champions Liverpool despite a - yep, you guessed it - Anfield penalty, twice taken after they missed the first. As a result Villa make it twenty wins, five draws and sixteen losses in forty one League games this season.

Villa, reigning European Champions, end the season with a 🟩 victory to make it 🟩 twenty one wins, 🟨 five draws and 🟥 sixteen losses in 🕒 forty two League games this season under Tony Barton.

But Villa fall to sixth on the final day of the season despite 🟩 beating Arsenal as teams around them win their games in hand.

Villa also delivered a European Super Cup 🟩 win over Barcelona in what proved another positive season after the highs of 1980-81 and 1981-82. 

Centre Back Ken McNaught 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 28 makes his 260th and final appearance in a Villa shirt before moving on to West Bromwich Albion for a fee of £125,000. McNaught a League and European Cup winner with Villa was an integral part of Villa’s success over the previous five seasons and left with a record of 🟩 W118  🟨 D65 🟥 L77, ⚽ 13 Goals and 🔥 9 Assists.

Centre Forward David Geddis 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 25 makes his 🕒 57th & final appearance in a Villa shirt (52 Starts) before moving on to Barnsley in September 1983 for a fee of £50,000. Geddis left with a record of 🟩 W22 🟨 D15 🟥 L20, ⚽ 16 Goals and 🔥 5 Assists.

As a result, just 12 months after being crowned Champions of Europe, the boardroom regime under Chairman Doug Ellis - who had controversially wrestled back control of the club earlier in the season - had disposed of League Champions and European Cup winning players Kenny Swain 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿, Jimmy Rimmer 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿, David Geddis 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 and Ken McNaught 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿. 

More departures were to follow as Tony Barton’s 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 task was about to be made a whole lot more difficult by the powers that be.

Midfielder Gordon Cowans 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 secures his 🟩 150th win in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 323rd appearance (308 Starts) to make it 🟩 W149 🟨 D74 🟥 L97, ⚽ 50 Goals and 🔥 50 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.23 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Midfielder Dennis Mortimer 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 🕒 350th appearance in a Villa shirt.

Right back Mark Jones 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his first appearance in 4 months.

Villa open the season with an all action win over Albion as they share six goals in the first half before Brendan Ormsby 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 clinches the points for Tony Barton's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa on 66'.

Lining up for Albion is one Ken McNaught 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿, another League and European Cup winning victim of Herbert Douglas Ellis' thirst for dismantling Tony Barton's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 squad.

Midfielder Steve McMahon 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 22 makes his debut in Villa shirt after moving from Everton in May 1983 for a fee of £250,000 to become the 621st player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Forward Gary Shaw 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 🕒 175th appearance in a Villa shirt (173 Starts).

Centre back Brendan Ormsby 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ⚽ scores his first goal in a Villa shirt on what is his first appearance for the club since October 1982 and his 🕒 47th appearance overall (43 Starts).

Centre forward Peter Withe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 celebrates his 🟩 75th win in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 142nd appearance.

Mark Walters hits a spectacular volley after 73' to secure victory over Sunderland and make it two wins from two under Tony Barton.

Tony Barton's Villa make it two wins from two at the start of the campaign. 

Paul Birch made his Villa debut aged 20 after joining from school football in 1978.

Tony Barton's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa 🟥 lose for the first time this season as Peter Withe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ⚽ scores at both ends to make it 🟩 two wins and 🟥one defeat in three League games. 

Although Withe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 hits a last minute consolation but its not enough as Villa's League and European Cup winning striker's own goal at the other end leaves Villa 8th in the first division table.

The Loftus Road pitch however was the real man of the match. An artificial covering that all but the Rangers' players castigated. Newly promoted QPR had an entirely unmerited home advantage that threatened to engulf top flight football in controversy. 

Centre forward Paul Rideout 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 19 makes his debut appearance in a Villa shirt after moving from Swindon Town in June 1983 for a fee of £350,000 to become the 623rd player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Forward Gary Shaw 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 175th start in a Villa shirt (177 Appearances).

Tony Barton's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa bounce back from a first loss of the season to record a draw after being pegged back twice by Forest. 

Villa take the lead before Gary Shaw 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 misses two penalties, one retaken, hitting in the rebound of the latter but Forest score five minutes from the end to take a share of the points as Villa stay 8th.

Villa make it 🟩 two wins, 🟨 one draw and 🟥 one defeat in 🕒 four League games so far this season. 

Lining up for Forest, one Kenny Swain 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 of League and European Cup winning fame with Villa. A player who Herbert Douglas Ellis had moved on the previous season in order to "cut costs." 

Barton's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 management was effectively being carried out with one hand constantly being tied behind his back.

Right Back Gary Williams 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 🕒 150th appearance in a Villa shirt (145 Starts).

Centre Back Brendan Ormsby 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 🕒 50th appearance in a Villa shirt (46 Starts).

Dennis Mortimer 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 - a player whom Herbert Douglas Ellis had insisted was to be sold in order to "cut costs".- ⚽ scores early and Villa hold on for a 🟩 deserved victory to send them 6th in the table - where they had finished the previous season.

Tony Barton's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa make it 🟩 three wins, 🟨 one draw and 🟥 one defeat in 🕒 five League games so far this season. 

Colin Gibson 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 150th appearance in a Villa shirt.

Villa fall to a late penalty in Portugal to carry a deficit into the second leg at Villa Park.

Villa face Vitória Guimarães for the first time in competitive football, Vitória become the 127th team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football, Villa’s 14th continental European opponents and their first from Portugal.

Tony Barton's Villa suffer a surprise defeat in the UEFA Cup and fail to score for the first time this season as they narrowly lose at the Estádio D. Afonso Henriques thanks to an over-generous referee and soft penalty.

Tony Barton's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa suffer a second successive defeat in all competitions as they lose at reigning champions Liverpool and fall back to 8th in the first division table.

Villa concede two in the last twenty minutes before Steve McMahon 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 is 🟥 sent off by referee David Hutchinson despite the Villa midfielder's assailant Graeme Souness getting away with a clear kick. 

That injustice added to Phil Neal escaping with a booking for denying Villa a clear goalscoring opportunity in the early minutes of the first half. 

As a result Villa make it 🟩 three wins, 🟨 one draw and 🟥 two defeats in 🕒 six League games so far this season. 

Colin Gibson 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 scores his ⚽ 5th goal in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 152nd appearance but it is his ⚽ second in his last 🕒 8 games.

Meanwhile, Herbert Douglas Ellis faces a challenge to his dictatorship.

Villa bounce back from their Anfield defeat to climb back to 6th in the table after a strong midfield performance from Steve McMahon 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 and Dennis Mortimer 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 help see off Southampton.

Tony Barton's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa stop a run of 🟥 two defeats as they see off high flying Southampton at Villa Park to make it 🟩 four wins, 🟨 one draw and 🟥 two defeats in 🕒 seven League games so far this season.

Centre forward Peter Withe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 collects his 🟨 20th booking in a Villa shirt in 🕒 149 appearances.

Villa hammer Vitória in the second half of their first round UEFA Cup tie at Villa Park as Peter Withe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 hits a ⚽ hat-trick.

After a surprise defeat in the away leg Tony Barton's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa  progress to the UEFA Cup second round. 

Vitória however leave their mark on Villa Park with a thuggish performance that delivered just the one red card from referee Werner Föckler.

Right Back Gary Williams 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 150th start in a Villa shirt (155 Appearances).

Colin Gibson 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ⚽ scores for the second successive game and for the third time in his last 🕒 10 appearances having scored ⚽ three in his previous 🕒 144 appearances in a Villa shirt.

Centre forward Peter Withe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ⚽ scores a hat-trick on his 🕒 150th appearance in a Villa shirt.

Villa fall to an early second half penalty as Gary Williams 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 fouls Frank Bunn in a game littered with fouls. Villa fall to 11th.

Tony Barton's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 fail to score for the second time this season.

Villa make it 🟩 four wins, 🟨 one draw and 🟥 three defeats in 🕒 eight League games so far this season as they fall back to 11th in the table.

Colin Gibson 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 🕒 150th start in a Villa shirt (155 Appearances).

Villa need two goals in the final four minutes to rescue a League Cup 🟨 draw with second tier Portsmouth at Fratton Park.

Colin Gibson 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 scores his ⚽ 3rd goal in 🕒 5 matches, and for the ⚽ fourth time in his last 🕒 12 appearances having scored ⚽ three in his first 🕒 144 appearances in a Villa shirt.

Thuggish Birmingham resort to fists and butts as they are widely condemned for their "disgraceful' behaviour, meanwhile Villa claim another three points to climb back to 8th in table.

A typically embarrassing performance from Small Heath sees the yobbish protagonists being led by two players who couldn't make the grade at Villa. The toe curlingly embarrassing Robert Hopkins and Noel Blake simply highlighted the gulf in class between the two clubs on and off the pitch. 

Tony Barton's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa make it 🟩 five wins, 🟨 one draw and 🟥 three defeats in 🕒 nine League games as Peter Withe's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ⚽ eighth of the season dispatches near neighbours Birmingham at Villa Park.

Colin Gibson 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 is 🟥 sent off for the second time in his Villa career on his 🕒 157th appearance.

Midfielder Des Bremner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 makes his 🕒 200th appearance in a Villa shirt but for the third time in 🕒 6 games it is from the 🔁 substitutes bench.

Tony Barton's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa dispense with lowly Leicester at Villa Park to make it 🟩 three wins in four unbeaten 🕒 games as they climb back to 6th in the table.

Villa make it 🟩 seven wins, 🟨 three draws and 🟥 four defeats in 🕒 fourteen League games this season.

Right Back Gary Williams 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 contributes his 🔥 5th assist in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 166th appearance.

Midfielder Steve McMahon 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 scores his ⚽ first goal in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 19th appearance.

Centre forward Paul Rideout 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 scores his ⚽ first goal in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 10th appearance.

Centre forward Peter Withe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 contributes his ⚽ 🔥 100th goal involvement in a Villa shirt in 🕒 162 appearances at a rate of one every 1.62 games.

Villa concede five for the second time in seven games to fall back to 9th in the table.

Villa make it 🟩 seven wins, 🟨 three draws and 🟥 five defeats in 🕒 fifteen League games this season as they fall to 9th in the table. 

Right back Mark Jones 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 22 makes his 🕒 33rd & final appearance for Villa before moving on to Brighton in March 1984 in exchange for centre back Steve Foster. Jones left with a record of 🟩 W15 🟨 D2 🟥 L16, ⚽ 0 Goals and 🔥 1 Assist.

Midfielder Dennis Mortimer 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 contributes ⚽ 🔥 his 100th goal involvement on his 🕒 371st appearance in a Villa shirt.

Tony Barton's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa recover from defeat in the League to beat Albion once again and progress to the fifth round of the League Cup.

Villa triumph through adversity and progress to the League Cup Quarter Final.

Villa have all three forwards injured in the first fifteen minutes of another thuggish derby as Albion have a player sent off on half time but not before Peter Withe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 is taken to hospital with injuries sustained. 

Winger Mark Walters 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 50th appearance in a Villa shirt (39 Starts).

Paul Rideout scores for the third successive game as Villa hammer Ipswich to climb back to seventh in the table.

Tony Barton's Villa hammer Ipswich at Villa Park to make it nine wins, four draws and five defeats in eighteen League games this season.

Tony Barton's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa suffer a Boxing Day nightmare as they fall three behind to Watford before a late fightback sees them lose 3-2. 

Villa's poor first half defensive performance is exacerbated by Eamonn Deacy's 🇮🇪 🟥 red card on the hour after a succession of fouls yet still Watford are left hanging on against the ten men.

As a result, Villa make it 🟩 nine wins, 🟨 four draws and 🟥 six defeats in 🕒 nineteen League games this season to fall back to 9th in the table.

Midfielder Alan Curbishley 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 scores his ⚽ first goal in a Villa shirt on his 24th appearance.

Villa are held to a goalless draw at home to remain ninth in the table.

Tony Barton's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa fail to score for the third time this season and make it 🟩 nine wins, 🟨 five draws and 🟥 six defeats in 🕒 twenty League games this season.

Midfeilder Alan Curbishley 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 🕒 25th appearance in a Villa shirt.

Villa fall behind but fight back to beat QPR and climb back to 7th in the table.

Tony Barton's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa close 1983 with a 🟩 win over 6th placed QPR and climb to 7th in the table as they make it 🟩 ten wins, 🟨 five draws and 🟥 six defeats in 🕒 twenty one League games this season.

Centre Back Brendan Ormsby 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 🕒 75th appearance in a Villa shirt (72 Starts).

Villa lose an astonishing game in which Albion score all three of their goals in the final five minutes to inflict a second successive defeat on Tony Barton’s men.

Tony Barton's Villa are beaten by near neighbours Albion who feature Ken McNaught and Tony Morley and are yet to record a win in 1984 to make it ten wins, six draws and seven defeats in twenty three League games this season.

Tony Barton's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa don't have long to wait to get revenge for their defeat in the FA Cup as they beat Norwich at Carrow Road to set up a League Cup semi final with Everton in February. 

But the game suffers a bizarre incident on 11' as the referee sends off Paul Rideout 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 for wearing rings only to change his mind after a volatile protest from Villa players and staff.

Forward Gary Shaw 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ⚽ scores the opener to make it 75th goals in a Villa shirt on his 186th appearance (183 Starts) at a rate of a goal every 2.48 games.

Right Back Gary Williams 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 175th appearance in a Villa shirt.

Centre forward Paul Rideout 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 scores his ⚽ 5th goal in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 20th appearance having scored 1 in his first 10 games.

Villa take the lead but concede three second half goals to Ian Rush as they fall back to 9th in the table.

Tony Barton's Villa lose to Liverpool despite taking a first half lead as a second half hat-trick makes it ten wins, six draws and eight defeats in twenty four League games this season.

Villa are held to a goalless draw at home to remain 9th in the table.

Tony Barton's Villa fail to score for the third time in nine games and fifth time this season as they draw with Luton to make it ten wins, seven draws and eight defeats in twenty five League games this season.

Villa capitulate in the final 30 minutes at Carrow Road as John Deehan inspires Norwich to the win, meanwhile Tony Barton's tolerance breaks and the players are placed well and truly in the dock as Villa slump to 12th.

Tony Barton's Villa lose the latest battle of Carrow Road as John Deehan does the damage against his formative club to make it ten wins, seven draws and nine defeats in twenty six League games this season.

Two blunders and a missed penalty award see Villa have it all to do in the League Cup semi final second leg at Villa Park.

Tony Barton's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa fail to score for the fourth time in ten games and sixth time this season as Everton take a decisive lead in the League Cup semi final.

Centre forward Peter Withe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 with ⚽ one goal in his last 14 games makes his 175th appearance in a Villa shirt.

A second successive goalkeeping error in an otherwise improved performance sees Villa leave Highbury with a point they deserved at a minimum but Tony Barton's men sit 10th in the table after their recent wobble.

Tony Barton's Villa can only draw with struggling Arsenal and make it ten wins, eight draws and nine defeats in twenty seven League games this season. 

Meanwhile, inspirational Villa captain Dennis Mortimer makes it 300 league appearances for Villa.

Paul Rideout 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 scores 2' after coming on but it's not enough to turn around a tie lost in the first leg as Villa are knocked out of the League Cup semi finals by a resurgent Everton.

Tony Barton's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa win the home leg of the League Cup semi final but Everton triumph on aggregate after their win at Goodison Park.

Midfielder Colin Gibson 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 🕒 175th appearance in a Villa shirt.

Midfielder Des Bremner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 secures his 🟩 100th win in a Villa shirt in 🕒 217 appearances.