Villa need an 83' equaliser to draw with Oldham as they fall back to 6th in the table under Ron Atkinson.

Villa are now unbeaten in 9, winning 6 under Ron Atkinson. 

Midfielder Dave Farrell, 20, makes his debut in a Villa shirt after joining from Redditch United in January 1992 for a fee of £45,000 to become the 692nd player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Dalian Atkinson makes it eight goals in 15 games this season and nine in 32 appearances in a Villa shirt (29 Starts) to make it W13 D12 L7, 9 Goals and 8 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 1.88 games he has played so far in his Villa career and one for every 1.50 games he has played in 1992-93.

Dwight Yorke makes his 50th start in a Villa shirt (70 Appearances) to make it W28 D19 L23, 20 Goals, 10 Assists and 1 Booking at a goal involvement rate of one for every 2.33 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Dean Saunders contributes his first assist in a Villa shirt on his 8th appearance to make it W5 D3 L0, 6 Goals and 1 Assist so far in his Villa career.

Former Villa forward Ian Olney scores Oldham’s goal.

Villa extend their unbeaten run in all competitions to eleven, winning eight as QPR are swept aside at Villa Park. 

Villa climb back to 4th in the Premier League table under Ron Atkinson.

Dean Saunders scores his 8th goal on his 10th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W7 D3 L0, 8 Goals and 1 Assist so far in his Villa career at a goal involvement rate of one for every 1.11 games played.

Dalian Atkinson makes it nine goals in 17 games this season and ten in 34 appearances in a Villa shirt (31 Starts) to make it W15 D12 L7, 10 Goals and 9 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 1.79 games he has played so far in his Villa career and one for every 1.42 games he has played in 1992-93.

Villa open 1994 with defeat and fall to 10th in the Premier League table under Ron Atkinson having been leaders at the same point the previous season.

Andy Townsend makes his 25th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W13 D7 L5, 3 Goals, 3 Assists and 3 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Shaun Teale appears as a substitute for the first time in his Villa career after 127 starts to make it W58 D35 L35, 4 Goals and 16 Bookings.

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 put in another below par performance to leave them with one win in nine Premier League games and six defeats as they slump to 10th in the table under Ron Atkinson.

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.

Villa record an 8-0 aggregate victory over Wigan in the League Cup as the mercurial Nii Lamptey hits a brace.

Goalkeeper Michael Oakes, 20, makes his debut in a Villa shirt after joining as a trainee and signing professional forms in July 1991 to become the 699th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Nii Lamptey scores a brace on his 4th appearance in a Villa shirt (2 Starts) to make it W2 D0 L2, 3 Goals and 1 Booking at a goal involvement rate of one for every 1.33 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Holders Villa suffer the embarrassment of defeat to Palace in the League Cup despite Dalian Atkinson’s 5th goal in 6 games. 

Midfielder Dave Farrell, 23, is handed a rare start by new boss Brian Little in what proves to be his 8th and final appearance in a Villa shirt before moving on to Division Two Wycombe Wanderers in September 1995 for a fee of £100,000, leaving with a record of W3 D1 L4, 0 Goals and 0 Assists.

Ugo Ehiogu is sent off for the first time in a Villa shirt on his 57th appearance (44 Starts) to make it W23 D11 L23, 2 Goals, 1 Assist, 6 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Villa have now conceded 14 in their last 5 games as Mark Bosnich makes his 75th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W31 D19 L25, 81 Goals Conceded at a rate of 1.07 goals per game and 25 Clean Sheets (33%) so far in his Villa career.

In the latest example of poor business acumen and short sighted decision making, Villa are taken to the High Court after former club Leicester seek an injunction to stop Brain Little from working for the club. The real issue is money, more to the point the failure of the parsimonious Chairman to compensate the Foxes for Little’s move. Rather than do the decent thing Villa are forced to plead with Mr Justice Smith in the High Court doing no-one any favours.

Future Villa centre back Gareth Southgate, currently known as a midfielder, scores twice for Palace.