Villa secure victory over Manchester United as Didier Six 🇫🇷 makes a promising debut to send Villa back to 10th in the table.

As a result Villa make it 🟩 four wins in 🕒 nine League games, whilst 🟥 losing four. 

But all is not well behind the scenes as Graham Turner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 falls out with another player, this time centre back and recent signing Steve Foster 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿, having already told League and European Cup winners Des Bremner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 and Dennis Mortimer 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 that they can no longer perform in the first division.

Unsurprisingly the number of transfer requests from players disillusioned with life under Ellis and Turner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 reaches epic proportions as the utter mismanagement of the club continues unabated.

Didier Six 🇫🇷 30 makes his debut appearance in a Villa shirt after joining from French club Mulhouse FC 🇫🇷 in September to become the 629th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Six 🇫🇷 becomes the first Frenchman 🇫🇷 to play for the club.

Goalkeeper Mervyn Day 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 keeps his first ⛔ clean sheet in 9 games - his longest run without one and now has ⛔ 6 across his 🕒 24 appearances in a Villa shirt.

Gordon Cowans 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 scores his ⚽ first goal for Villa since breaking his leg 14 months ago as Villa luck in to beat fourth division Scunthorpe in the second round of the League Cup.

Right Back Gary Williams 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 200th start in a Villa shirt (205 Appearances).

Colin Gibson 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 scores his ⚽ 8th goal in 🕒 51 matches, having scored ⚽ three in his first 🕒 144 appearances in a Villa shirt.

Goalkeeper Mervyn Day 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 🕒 25th appearance in a Villa shirt and has now 🥅 conceded 21 goals in his last 10 games having 🥅 conceded 17 in his 🕒 first 15.

Centre forward Paul Rideout 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 scores his ⚽ 10th goal in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 39th appearance.

Centre forward Peter Withe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 secures his 🟩 100th win in a Villa shirt in 🕒 199 appearances.

Villa have five booked, a penalty award against them and are beaten by Everton at Goodison as all remnants of finesse and flair seem to have been drained from the team under Graham Turner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿.

Graham Turner's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa return to League action and 🟥 lose for the third time in four games to make it 🟩 four wins in 🕒 ten League games, whilst 🟥 losing five.

Centre forward Peter Withe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 🕒 200th appearance in a Villa shirt.

Peter Withe’s 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 brace saves Villa from defeat to 17th placed Norwich as Villa make it 🟩 four wins in 🕒 eleven League games, whilst 🟥 losing five. 

Having ⚽ scored four and 🔥 made five goals in his 🕒 last four games there are welcome rumours that Withe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 is about to be offered a new contract to keep him at the club for another three years.

Midfielder Dennis Mortimer 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his first appearance as a 🔁 substitute after 405 starts in what proves to be his fianl game for the club whom he lead to League and European Cup glory.

Graham Turner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 prematurely calls time on the great man’s Villa career before moving him on to Brighton & Hove Albion in August 1985 on a free transfer.

Mortimer 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 became the eighth member of the fourteen man League title winning squad that had now been sold under the Herbert Douglas Ellis regime. Mortimer's departure followed those of Kenny Swain 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿, Ken McNaught 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿, Jimmy Rimmer 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿, David Geddis 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿, Tony Morley 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿, Eamonn Deacy 🇮🇪 and Des Bremner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿. 

Mortimer 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 left with a record of 🟩 W185 🟨 D103 🟥 L118, ⚽ 36 Goals and 🔥73 Assists.

Far less positive things could be said about Turner who whether unable, unwilling or both to keep the old guard, is now also having troubles with even the newest of recruits.

Centre back Steve Foster 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 27 makes just his 17th and final appearance in a Villa shirt before moving on to Luton Town in November for £70,000 just six months after Villa had paid Brighton & Hove Albion £150,000 for his services. 

Foster experienced repeated rows with a manager who had been in post for just two months and who was already patently out of his depth and taking Villa backwards. Foster was a relieved man to make a quick exit with a record of 🟩 W8 🟨 D2 🟥 L7 and ⚽ 3 goals.

Villa then had lost regulars from their midfield and defence as yet more discontent bubbled behind the scenes; the Turner / Ellis axis, had been in place for less than 10 weeks and the wonton destruction had hardly even begun.

Graham Turner's deeply questioned appointment proves to be the mis-step it was widely expected as Villa slump to 16th in the table and have now suffered defeats of 0-3, 0-5, 0-3 and 0-5 in twelve first division games as Turner's policy of insulting then discarding League and European Cup winning players proves the damaging folly it obviously was. 

Graham Turner's Villa lose 0-5 for the second time in nine League games having also lost 0-3 twice. 

This latest chastening defeat came a the hands of third from bottom Leicester City and made it four wins in twelve League games, whilst losing six. Whilst the number of defeats was enough of a concern, the nature of them was even more so and the fears appeared to be well founded for the many who had doubted the credentials of Turner to lead Villa on his appointment.

Life under Graham Turner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 worsens as John Gregory 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 returns to haunt Villa with a winning goal in the third round of the League Cup.

Villa are now without a win in 🕒 four, 🟥 losing three.

Having 🥅 conceded 17 goals in his 🕒 first 15 appearances Goalkeeper Mervyn Day 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 has now 🥅 conceded 31 in his last 14 games in a Villa shirt.

Villa are held to a 🟨 goalless draw at home by West Ham as they remain 16th in the table under Graham Turner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿.

Villa are now without a win in five and make it 🟩 four wins in 🕒 thirteen League games, whilst 🟥 losing six.

Goalkeeper Mervyn Day 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 keeps his second ⛔ clean sheet in 15 games and now has ⛔ 7 across his 🕒 30 appearances in a Villa shirt. Day 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 had kept his ⛔ fifth clean sheet in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 15th appearance having at that point 🥅 conceded just 17 goals since his debut. Since then Day 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 had 🥅 conceded another 31 goals.

Villa take an early lead at Highbury but an offside equaliser robs them of a desperately needed win as the standard of refereeing continues to shock this season.

Graham Turner's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa are now without a win in six and have just 🟩 four wins in 🕒 fourteen League games, 🟥 losing six and sit 17th in the table.

Gordon Cowans 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 🕒 325th start in a Villa shirt (340 Appearances) to make it 🟩 W156 🟨 D79 🟥 L105,⚽  51 Goals and 🔥 53 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.27 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Colin Gibson 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 🕒 200th appearance in a Villa shirt.

Didier Six 🇫🇷 scores his first ⚽ for the club to put them two up at half time but a typically thuggish Southampton - with six booked - score twice to take a share of the points in the second half.

Graham Turner's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa are now without a win in seven and make it 🟩 four wins in 🕒 fifteen League games, whilst 🟥 losing six.

Centre forward Didier Six 🇫🇷 scores his ⚽ first goal in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 9th appearance.

Villa visit QPR for the second time in five and former Villan John Gregory 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 does the  damage once again as Graham Turner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes it 🟩 no wins in 🕒 nine games with Villa seventeenth in the table, two points above the relegation places.

Villa make it 🟩 four wins in 🕒 sixteen League games, whilst 🟥 losing seven.

Centre Back Brendan Ormsby 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 🕒 100th appearance in a Villa shirt (96 Starts).

Goalkeeper Mervyn Day 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 🕒 33rd and final appearance in a Villa shirt. Day had a strong start to his Villa career and after 🕒 15 games had kept ⛔ five clean sheets having 🥅 conceded just 17 goals since his debut. Thereafter things changed however and over the next 18 games through to his final appearance, Day kept just ⛔ two clean sheets and 🥅 conceded 36 goals an a rate of 2.00 per game. Day would leave for Leeds United in January 1985 with a record of 🟩 W12 🟨 D7 🟥 L15.

Villa record their second win in three months as they score four as Paul Rideout wins a penalty and scores another three to push Villa to 15th in the table.

Graham Turner's Villa record their biggest win of the season to date as the win for the second time in three games to make it six wins in twenty League games, whilst losing eight.

Villa concede late to leave them with a draw at Hillsborough thanks to Paul Rideout's fourth goal in two games but fall back to 17th in the table under Graham Turner.

Graham Turner's Villa fail to win for the eleventh time in thirteen games to make it five wins in twenty one League games, whilst losing eight.

Villa hit a late penalty to hold League leaders Everton and hold on to tenth in the table under Graham Turner.

Graham Turner's Villa draw for the third successive fame to make it nine wins in thirty League games, whilst losing ten.

Villa's strong start to 1985 is brutally ended as Mark Hughes scores a 7' hat-trick by the 19' and Villa have a second defeat in nine League games to fall back to 11th in the table.

Graham Turner's Villa lose by three goals or more without reply for the fifth time this season and fail to score for the fourteenth game. As a result make it nine wins in thirty one League games, whilst losing eleven.

Villa bounce back from their heavy Old Trafford reverse to beat bottom of the table Stoke and climb back to 10th in the table.

Graham Turner's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa 🟩 win for the first time in six games to make it 🟩 ten wins in 🕒 thirty two League games, whilst 🟥 losing eleven.

Centre forward Didier Six 🇫🇷 scores ⚽ his second goal in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 15th appearance for the club.

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 make it 🟩 three consecutive wins and three clean sheets as Villa remain 10th in the table under Graham Turner with 🟥 two defeats and 🟩 seven wins in their last 🕒 twelve League games.

Since the turn of the year Villa had 🟩 won four consecutive League games, followed by a five game winless run, and were now on another winning streak with eight left to play and a top ten finish - which had seemed so unlikely before the new year - looking possible.

Centre back Brendan Ormsby 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 scores his ⚽ 5th goal in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 119th appearance.

Centre forward Paul Rideout 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 scores his ⚽ 20th goal in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 57th appearance (50 Starts) having scores his first 10 ⚽ in 🕒 42 games.

Villa concede after 10' and lose to Albion at the Hawthorns for only their 🟥 third defeat in thirteen League games as they remain 10th in the first division.

Graham Turner's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa see their three game winning run end as they fail to score for the fifteenth time this season.

This goalscoring blank however was an extraordinary one with Villa laying almost constant siege to the Albion goal from first to last. 

Villa make it 🟩 twelve wins in 🕒 thirty five League games, whilst also 🟥 losing twelve. 

Centre forward Didier Six 🇫🇷 makes his 18th and final appearance in a Villa shirt (14 Starts) before moving on to Metz 🇫🇷 in June. Six 🇫🇷 had only joined Villa in October and left with a record of 🟩 W6 🟨 D6 🟥 L6, ⚽ 2 Goals and 🔥 2 Assists.