A weakened Villa side provide a shock as they are beaten by Norwich in a Cup competition of any kind for the first time in their history. 

Villa though have a chance of immediate revenge as they are due to return to Carrow Road in a week's time for a League Cup Quarter Final tie.

Tony Barton's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa fail to score for the second time in five games and fourth time this season.

Centre back Dean Glover 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 20 makes his debut in a Villa shirt following his promotion from the Youth Team to become the 625th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Villa 🟩 win consecutive League games for the first time since the opening two matches of the season as they secure an easy victory at Highfield Road - their 🟩 fifth win in their last sixteen first division games. 

Villa climb to 12th in the table, their highest position since October.

Graham Turner's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa make it 🟩 seven wins in 🕒 twenty four League games, whilst 🟥 losing nine. 

Defender David Norton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 19 makes his debut in a Villa shirt after graduating from the youth ranks to become the 630th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Midfielder Steve McMahon 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 🕒 75th appearance in a Villa shirt.

Villa beat Tottenham at White Hart Lane to make it 🟩 six wins in eleven League games in 1985 as Graham Turner's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa 🟩 win for a second consecutive match having not won in the previous five, as are result Villa make it 🟩 eleven wins in thirty three League games, whilst 🟥 losing eleven. 

Goalkeeper Kevin Poole 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 21 makes his debut in a Villa shirt following his promotion from the Youth Team to become the 632nd player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Winger Mark Walters 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 scores his ⚽ 20th goal on his 🕒 107th appearance in a Villa shirt (93 Starts).

Colin Gibson 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 contributes his ⚽ 🔥 30th goal involvement on his 🕒 219th appearance in a Villa shirt.

Centre forward Peter Withe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 🕒 225th appearance in a Villa shirt but has now scored just ⚽ 3 goals since his 🕒 200th appearance as the team continues to struggle under Graham Turner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿.

Villa are beaten at Stamford Bridge to leave them with successive League losses for the first time since September but Graham Turner's side remain 10th in the table after four defeats and seven wins in their last fourteen League games.

Graham Turner's Villa lose for the second successive match to make it twelve wins in thirty six League games, whilst losing thirteen.

Villa hammer second from bottom Sunderland to record their 🟩 ninth win in 🕒 eighteen League games in 1985 and remain 10th in the first division table five points clear of Albion in eleventh.

Graham Turner's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa 🟩 win for a second successive game to make it 🟩 fourteen wins in 🕒 forty League games, whilst also 🟥 losing fourteen.

Colin Gibson 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 scores his ⚽ 12th goal in 🕒 83 matches, having scored ⚽ three in his first 🕒 144 appearances in a Villa shirt.

Centre forward Peter Withe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 scores his ⚽ third goal in 🕒 two games and his ⚽ 90th in a Villa shirt in 🕒 231 appearances having done so at a rate of one every 2.57 games.

Villa lose their penultimate game of the season as they are beaten at Villa Park by Luton.

Villa fail to score for the seventeenth time this season and make it fourteen wins in forty one League games, losing fifteen under Graham Turner.

Gordon Cowans, 26, becomes the latest player forced out of the club by Chairman Herbert Douglas Ellis as he makes his 357th and final appearance of his first spell with Villa before joining Bari in July for a fee of £500,000. 

Cowans is the ninth member of the fourteen man League title winning squad that has now been sold by the Herbert Douglas Ellis regime. Cowans played for Villa between 1975-76 and 1984-85 and his departure followed those of Kenny Swain, Ken McNaught, Jimmy Rimmer, David Geddis. Tony Morley, Eamonn Deacy, Des Bremner and Dennis Mortimer.

Villa stop a run of three successive defeats with a draw against the 1984-85 runners up Liverpool as Nigel Spink 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 saves a last gasp penalty. 

Forward Gary Shaw 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his first home appearance in 18 months after injury and scores his first Villa Park goal since the opening day of the 1983-84 season.

Winger Mark Walters 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 scores his ⚽ 25th goal on his 🕒 118th appearance in a Villa shirt (104 Starts).

Winger Tony Daley 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 contributes his 🔥 first assist in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 6th appearance (4 Starts).

Villa 🟥 lose for the second time in 🕒 three games under Graham Turner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 to sit 21st in the early first division table.

Graham Turner’s 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa have now 🟥 lost four of their 🕒 last five. 

Even more concerning is that having already sold Paul Rideout 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿, a fellow shining light of the 1984-85 season goes. 

Midfielder Steve McMahon 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 24 makes his 91st and final appearance in a Villa shirt before moving on to Liverpool in September 1985 for a fee of £350,000. McMahon left with a record of 🟩 W35 🟨 D21 🟥 L35, ⚽ 7 Goals and 🔥6 Assists.

Villa, winless in four under Graham Turner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 are held to a 🟨 goalless draw at the Dell despite Southampton having Jimmy Case sent off late on.

Graham Turner’s 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa sit 21st in the table and have now failed to 🟩 win any of their last six games.

Midfielder Steve Hodge 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 22 makes his debut appearance in a Villa shirt after moving from Nottingham Forest earlier this month for a fee of £400,000 to become the 634th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Villa win for the first time in five League games as an injury and illness hit side go three up against Luton in the first half and hold on for their first victory of the season to climb to 14th.

Graham Turner’s 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa 🟩 win for the first time this season and for the first time in seven matches as they score as ⚽ many goals in the first forty five minutes of the game as they had managed in their previous four matches. 

Defender David Norton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 scores his ⚽ first goal in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 5th appearance since his promotion from the Youth Team.

Steve Hodge 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 scores his first for the club. 

Villa put four successive League defeats aside as they hammer second tier Leeds at Elland Road in the third round of the League Cup.

Graham Turner’s Villa seek solace in the League Cup as a Simon Stainrod double helps them see off the racists of Leeds.

Villa win for the first time in six League games to climb back to 15th in the table as Simon Stainrod continues his scoring run.

Graham Turner’s Villa end a run of four successive League defeats as they beat 18th placed Oxford at Villa Park to make it four wins in fifteen Division One games.

Villa see two first half goals disallowed for 'technical' offsides not interfering with play prompting an Andy Gray meltdown as Villa are held at Vicarage Road.

Graham Turner’s Villa make it two games unbeaten but they now have just four wins in sixteen Division One games and six defeats as Andy Gray scores only his second League goal in fourteen matches since his return to the club.

Villa extend their unbeaten run to four but are held for the second successive game as they fall back to 16th in the first division table under Graham Turner.

Graham Turner’s Villa make it three games unbeaten but they now have just four wins in seventeen Division One games and six defeats as they fall back to 16th place in the table.

Graham Turner’s 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa can only 🟨 draw at home in the League Cup with bottom of the table Albion. 

Simon Stainrod 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 scores his ⚽ 10th goal in twelve games as Villa come back from two goals down against the run of play to earn a replay at the Hawthorns in the 4th round of the League Cup.

Colin Gibson 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 25 makes his 238th and final appearance in a Villa shirt (233 Starts) before moving on to Manchester United later this month for a fee of £275,000. Gibson left with a record of 🟩 W111 🟨 D50 🟥 L77, ⚽ 17 Goals and 🔥 17 Assists.

Gibson 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 was the eleventh member of the fourteen man League title winning squad that had now been sold under Chairman Herbert Doug Ellis’ ridiculous & counter-productive purge.

following on from Kenny Swain 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿, Ken McNaught 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿, Jimmy Rimmer 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿, David Geddis 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿, Tony Morley 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿, Eamonn Deacy 🇮🇪, Des Bremner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿, Dennis Mortimer 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿, Gordon Cowans 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 and Peter Withe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿.

Right Back Gary Williams 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 250th start in a Villa shirt (255 Appearances).

Villa lose for the first time in four first division games as they are beaten at Stamford Bridge to remain 16th in the table.

Graham Turner’s Villa lose for the first time in four League games but they now have just four wins in eighteen Division One games and seven defeats as they remain in 16th place in the table.

Graham Turner’s 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa beat bottom of the table Albion in the League Cup fourth round replay at the Hawthorns.

Midfielder Paul Birch 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 🕒 75th appearance in a Villa shirt (71 Starts).

Forward Gary Shaw 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 🕒 first appearance for Villa since August as having missed the entirety of the previous campaign with injury further troubles have ruled him out for the past 3 months.

Centre forward Andy Gray 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 contributes his 🔥 25th assist in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 162nd appearance.

Villa lose consecutive games and now have one win in five League games under Graham Turner as they sit 16th in the first division table.

Graham Turner’s Villa lose for the second consecutive League game and now have just four wins in nineteen Division One games and eight defeats as they remain in 16th place in the table.

Villa's first half display warrants more but they are left well beaten in the second half to leave them winless in five League games under Graham Turner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 and 16th in the table.

Villa lose for the third consecutive League game and now have just four wins in twenty Division One games and nine defeats under Turner.

Centre back Paul Elliott 21 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his debut appearance in a Villa shirt following his move from Luton Town earlier this month for a fee of £400,000 to become the 636th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Villa win for the first time in seven first division games after four consecutive defeats to climb back to 17th in the table.

Graham Turner’s Villa win for the first time in seven League games and end a run of four consecutive losses but they now have just five wins in twenty two Division One games and ten defeats and sit in 17th place in the table.

Villa crash to 18th in the table as they are beaten by a Leicester side who sat just one place above them at the start of play.

Graham Turner’s Villa lose for the fifth time in six League games and now have just five wins in twenty three Division One games and eleven defeats as they fall to 19th place in the table.

Villa sit 18th in the table one point off the relegation places as Graham Turner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 presides over his 🟥 seventh defeat in twelve first division games 🟩 winning once.

Graham Turner’s 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa continue their woeful League form as they lose for the 🟥 seventh time in ten and now have just 🟩 five wins in twenty seven Division One games and 🟥 thirteen defeats.

Forward Gary Shaw 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 200th appearance in a Villa shirt (194 Starts) but only 8 of those have come in the last 2 years as injuries have derailed his career.

Winger Mark Walters 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 🕒 150th appearance in a Villa shirt (136 Starts).

Centre forward Simon Stainrod 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 25th appearance in a Villa shirt.

Villa fight back to draw in the League Cup quarter final thanks to Dean Glover's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ⚽ first goal for the club ahead of a Highbury replay to earn the right to play Oxford United in the Semis.

A diabolical performance against second tier Millwall that is either due to incompetence, indifference or maybe both as patience finally breaks and the charlatans masquerading as chairman and manager face the fans' ire. 

Graham Turner’s Villa can only draw with second division side Millwall in the FA Cup fourth round.

Villa follow one diabolical performance with another and are knocked out of the FA Cup by second tier Millwall.

Graham Turner’s Villa import their woeful League form into the FA Cup as they lose to mid table second tier side Millwall in the fourth round. 

Meanwhile, the man Turner replaced, Tony Barton, skewers Herbert Douglas Ellis as only a man of his dignity and integrity could.

Villa, playing for the first time in the League in four games, are held to a goalless 🟨 draw at Villa Park leaving them with 🟩 one win in 🕒 thirteen division one games under Graham Turner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿.

Villa's draw with 15th placed Southampton at Villa Park sees them fall to 19th in the table, two points clear of the relegation places. 

Villa now have just 🟩 five wins in 🕒 twenty eight Division One games and 🟥 thirteen defeats.

Goalkeeper Kevin Poole 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 keeps his ⛔ 5th clean sheet in his first 🕒 11 games for the club.

Villa earn a shock Highbury 🟩 win - only their second victory in sixteen games - to set up a two legged League Cup Semi final with Oxford thanks to an excellent display from Paul Birch 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿.

Graham Turner’s 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa line up for their sixth Cup match in the last nine fixtures and 🟩 win for only the second time in that run, but it is a victory at Highbury that takes them through to the League Cup semi finals.

Midfielder Paul Birch 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ⚽ scores one and 🔥 creates one to make it ⚽ 🔥 20 Goal Involvements in 🕒 88 appearance in a Villa shirt (84 Starts).

Centre forward Andy Gray 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 makes his 175th appearance in a Villa shirt.

After a month of postponed games Villa are well beaten at Goodison Park as they fall to 20th in the table, in the relegation places and one point from safety.

Graham Turner’s Villa play only their second League game in seven and continue their woeful form to leave them with just five wins in twenty nine Division One games and fourteen defeats.

Villa concede early and need a fine Paul Birch performance topped by a left-footed volley of an equaliser to bring Villa back into the game they are ultimately lucky to draw to keep the semi final tie alive.

Graham Turner’s Villa line up for their seventh Cup match in the last ten fixtures and can only draw in the home leg of the League Cup semi final against an Oxford United side having a worse League season than Villa.

Villa are destroyed in the second half at Villa Park despite taking an early lead in what it described as a "capitulation" and "quite one of their worst displays for many years" as Villa remain twentieth in the table, in the relegation places and now four points from safety. 

Villa 🟥 lose successive League games and continue their woeful form to leave them with just 🟩 five wins in thirty Division One games and 🟥 fifteen defeats. 

As a result Graham Turner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 and Chairman Ellis' resignations are demanded as both the local media and fans call time on their incompetent regime.

Darren Bradley 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 20 makes his his 23rd and final appearance in a Villa shirt (19 Starts) before moving on to West Bromwich Albion for a fee of £90,000 later this month. Bradley left with a record of 🟩 W7 🟨 D6 🟥 L10.

Villa are well beaten at the Manor Ground, scoring a late goal that disguises the gulf between the teams as Oxford knock Villa out of the League Cup semi final and pressure mounts on the Villa hierarchy.

Graham Turner’s Villa lose the away leg of the League Cup semi final against an Oxford United side having an even worse League season than Villa.

Graham Turner’s Villa 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 can only draw with Billy McNeill's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Manchester City and now have just 🟩 six wins and 🟥 sixteen defeats in thirty four Division One games to sit nineteenth in the table, only out of the bottom three on goal difference.

Centre forward Simon Stainrod 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 contributes his 20th goal involvement on his 🕒 34th appearance in a Villa shirt (32 Starts).

Midfielder Andy Blair 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 contributes his 10th goal involvement on his 🕒 51st appearance in a Villa shirt (37 Starts).

Villa are well beaten at Hillsborough as they lose for the second time in ten games to remain five points clear of the relegation zone in 16th with two games to play.

Graham Turner’s Villa lose for the first time in seven games as they fall back to seventeenth place but remain three points clear of the drop zone with two games left to play. Villa's defeat means they have nine wins in forty Division One games and seventeen defeats.

Billy McNeill's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Villa 🟥 lose for the third time in 🕒 four games as they are beaten by second division Ipswich in the Full Members Cup. 

Villa's winless run extends to five. Although it is only the full members cup the nature of defeat against a second tier side proves concerning.

Paul Kerr 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 22 makes his 35th and final appearance in a Villa shirt (23 Starts) before moving on to Middlesbrough in January 1987 for a fee of £50,000. Kerr left with a record of 🟩 W8 🟨 D12 🟥 L15 and ⚽ 6 Goals.

Villa lose for the fourth time in five games, for the third successive game and for the sixth time in seventeen games under Billy McNeill.

Villa have just eleven wins in their last forty five League games having lost twenty two.

Villa hit the post twice and concede two disputed goals as their winless League run extends to five.

Villa tumble to nineteenth in the table after eighteen games.

Tony Daley makes his 50th appearance in a Villa shirt (40 Starts) to make it W13 D14 L23, 5 Goals and 5 Assists so far in his Villa career.