Villa bounce back from their 🟥 first defeat in 🕒 twelve first division games to beat Tottenham at White Hart Lane and climb back to 7th in the table.

Ron Saunders' 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa 🟩 win for the first time in four but have now 🟥 lost just once in 🕒 thirteen Division One games to make it 🟩 six wins, 🟨 nine draws and 🟥 four defeats in 🕒 nineteen League matches this season.

Villa fall climb back to seventh in the table. 

Centre forward David Geddis 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 scores his ⚽ first goal in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 15th appearance.

Eamonn Deacy 🇮🇪 21 makes his 🕒 debut appearance in a Villa shirt after joining from Galway Rovers in March 1979 to become the 609th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Left back Colin Gibson 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 🕒 25th appearance in a Villa shirt.

Goalkeeper Jimmy Rimmer 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 🕒 125th appearance in a Villa shirt.

Villa 🟨 draw for the second successive game as their "inability to turn superiority into goals" strikes again but Ron Saunders' Villa are unbeaten in three to make it 🟩 fourteen wins, 🟨 fourteen draws and 🟥 ten defeats in 🕒 thirty eight League matches this season.

Villa remain 5th in the table with four to play.

Eamonn Deacy 🇮🇪 makes his first start and his 🕒 2nd appearance in a Villa shirt and his first in five months.

Ron Saunders' 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa lose for the first time in four to make it 🟩 fourteen wins, 🟨 fourteen draws and 🟥 eleven defeats in 🕒 thirty nine League matches this season but it's another shocking refereeing performance that decides the game.

The defeat however is all the more poignant as it proved to be the final game for Villa great Brian Little 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿.

The game itself sees Villa suffer a sadly less than surprising Old Trafford refereeing injustice as Manchester United’s first goal is from a cross delivered from beyond the byeline by Steve Coppell. 

The goal comes before a thuggish Joe Jordan 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 - scorer of both the home team’s goals - leaves his mark on Allan Evans 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 

No punishment is forthcoming for the United player but Evans 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 is eventually booked after trying to take out his retaliation. 

Villa remain fifth but have to share the place with Wolves who have played a game less than Ron Saunders’ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 side.

Centre back Brendan Ormsby 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 🕒 25th appearance in a Villa shirt.

Midfielder Des Bremner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 scores his ⚽ second goal in 🕒 four games having ⚽ scored once in his 🕒 previous 37.

Goalkeeper Jimmy Rimmer 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 🕒 150th appearance in a Villa shirt.

Forward Brian Little 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 26 makes his 🕒 303rd and final appearance in a Villa shirt (296 Starts) befpre retiring from football due to injury. Little was one of those players that few clubs are ever lucky enough to see and experience, an outstanding talent and servant for the club there is little doubt had injury not intervened that he would have gone on to make many 100s more appearances than the 300 with which he graced the club. Little would retire with a record of 🟩 W136 🟨 D84 🟥 L83, ⚽ 81 Goals and 🔥 63 Assists at a rate of one goal involvement every 2.10 games he played across his outstanding career.

Villa open the 1980-81 season with a win at Leeds as Peter Withe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 creates a goal on debut and Gary Shaw 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 runs the show to set up Villa's opening day win despite conceding a penalty in just the 2' of the game.

Centre Forward Peter Withe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 28 makes his debut appearance in a Villa shirt after joining from Newcastle United in May 1980 for a fee of £500,000 to become the 615th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Gordon Cowans 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 contributes his ⚽ 🔥 40th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 160th appearance (145 Starts) to make it 🟩 W68 🟨 D45 🟥 L47, 21 ⚽ Goals and 🔥 19 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 4.00 games he has played in his career so far.

Eamonn Deacy 🇮🇪 makes his 🕒 fourth appearance in a Villa shirt and his first in four months.

Villa extend their unbeaten run to six games as they beat Leeds in the second leg of the League Cup to make it 🟩 three wins over the Elland Road outfit in the 🕒 last seven games.

Leeds take the lead but Villa fight back as Gary Shaw 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 hits a brace for his ⚽ fifth goal in 🕒 six as Villa progress to the third round of the League Cup at Elland Road.

Midfielder Gordon Cowans 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 🕒 150th start in a Villa shirt (165 Appearances) to make it 🟩 W72 🟨 D46 🟥 L47, ⚽ 21 Goals and 🔥 20 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 4.02 games he has played so far in his Villa career. 

Midfielder Des Bremner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 makes his 🕒 50th appearance in a Villa shirt.

Villa record their biggest win of the season to date as they make it 🟩 six wins, 🟨 one draw and 🟥 two defeats in nine League matches this season under Ron Saunders 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿.

Villa remain joint second in the table, three points off leaders Ipswich.

Midfielder Gordon Cowans 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 secures his 🟩 75th win in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 171st appearance (156 Starts) to make it 🟩 W75 🟨 D46 🟥 L50, ⚽ 21 Goals and 🔥 22 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.98 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Forward Gary Shaw 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ⚽ scores to record his 25th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 47th appearance (45 Starts) at a rate of one goal involvement for every 1.88 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Ron Saunders' 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa recover from two goals down to make it 🟩 six wins, 🟨 two draws and 🟥 two defeats in 🕒 ten League matches this season.

Villa take the lead before Manchester United are awarded an Old Trafford penalty and Villa find themselves behind at half time, a Gordon Cowans 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 inspired second half comeback delivers a share of the points for Ron Saunders' men.

Centre forward Peter Withe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 scores his ⚽ first League goal in 🕒 7 games and his third in 10 overall.

Right back Kenny Swain 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 contributes his ⚽ 🔥 15th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 88th appearance at a rate of one every 5.87 games.

Villa beat neighbours Birmingham to remain joint second but are now just a point behind leaders Ipswich.

Ron Saunders' Villa beat neighbours Birmingham at St Andrew's to make it seven wins, two draws and two defeats in eleven League matches this season as they climb to joint second in the Division One table alongside Liverpool, one point behind leaders Ipswich.

Ron Saunders' 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa make it eight unbeaten in the League with 🟩 ten wins, 🟨 two draws and 🟥 two defeats in fourteen League matches this season as they sit first in the Division One table two points ahead of Ipswich.

Villa record their 🟩 fourth successive win and 🟩 seventh in eight unbeaten games.

Forward Gary Shaw 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 🕒 50th start in a Villa shirt (52 Appearances).

Centre forward Peter Withe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ⚽ scores for the third successive game to make it ⚽ four goals in his 🕒 last five games having scored 3 in his first 12.

Winger Tony Morley 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ⚽ scores his tenth goal in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 37th appearance.

Villa ⚽ hit two in four second half minutes to secure their 🟩 fifth successive League win and open their lead at the top of the table to three points. 

Meanwhile in a shock move, the board put the entirety of the Villa reserve team up for sale to counter "financial problems" with Brendan Ormsby 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿, Gary Shelton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿, Terry Bullivant 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 and Pat Heard 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 touted for departure.

Ron Saunders' 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa make it nine unbeaten in the League with 🟩 eleven wins, 🟨 two draws and 🟥 two defeats in 🕒 fifteen League matches this season.

Midfielder Dennis Mortimer 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 secures his 🟩 100th win in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 220th appearance.

Villa suffer a shock defeat to Brighton and the never knowingly right Alan Mullery makes his usual preposterous claims. 

Villa though "shouldn’t be losing to such a lowly side if they have title ambitions" but the adage of playing poorly and winning is not yet in their armoury after a Kenny Swain error gifts the home side the lead.

Ron Saunders' Villa lose for the third time in six to make it thirteen wins, five draws and five defeats in twenty three League matches this season. As a result Villa fall back to second place in the Division One table, one point behind new leaders Liverpool.

Villa extend their run to four wins in five unbeaten games as they beat a newly resilient Manchester City at Villa Park to remain top of the table, level on points with Ipswich and four clear of Liverpool.

Ron Saunders' Villa make it four wins in five unbeaten matches to make it seventeen wins, six draws and five defeats in twenty eight League matches this season. As a result Villa remain in joint first place in the Division One table level with Ipswich.

An exhausted Villa just keep going and despite being held at Stoke they open up a four point lead at the top of the table. 

Although Ron Saunders 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 continues to take nothing for granted, Villa are all but crowned champions, as Ipswich concede the - mathematically still possible - title as their strange mixture of overblown arrogance and naivety haunts them once again.

Villa make it 🟩 twenty five wins, 🟨 eight draws and 🟥 seven defeats in forty League matches this season as they sit four points clear of Ipswich at the top of the Division One table with just two games, and four points to play for. Ipswich however have three games left to play.

Centre forward Peter Withe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 scores his ⚽ 20th goal of the season on his 🕒 38th appearance.

Villa ⚽ score for the first time in five games but can only 🟨 draw with second from bottom Boro - their 🟨 seventh League draw in fourteen as the reigning champions sit fourteenth in the table thirteen points off the top.

Villa make it 🟩 three wins, 🟨 seven draws and 🟥 four defeats in their title defence.

Midfielder Gordon Cowans 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 scores his ⚽ 30th goal in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 227th appearance (212 Starts) to make it 🟩 W103 🟨 D62 🟥 L62, ⚽ 30 Goals and 🔥 29 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.85 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Left back Eamonn Deacy 🇮🇪 makes his 🕒 fourteenth appearance in a Villa shirt and his first in seven months.

Ron Saunders' 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa 🟩 beat second division Leicester in the League Cup third round replay at Villa Park - their first win in any competition in six games.

Not for the first time this season Villa meet an inspired goalkeeper, this time Mark Wallington. Despite his heroics however he can’t stop his side losing but does keep the scoreline down from the hammering the performance warrented.

Midfielder Gordon Cowans 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 contributes his ⚽ 🔥 60th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 228th appearance (213 Starts) to make it 🟩 W104 🟨 D62 🟥 L62, ⚽ 31 Goals and 🔥 29 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.80 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Centre forward Peter Withe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 contributes his ⚽ 🔥 40th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 61st appearance at a goal involvement rate of one for every 1.53 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Villa make it three games unbeaten as the reigning champions 🟩 win for the first time in 🕒 four League games to climb to 13th thanks to a Des Bremner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 brace.

Reigning Champions Villa make it 🟩 four wins, 🟨 seven draws and 🟥 four defeats as after 15 matches their title defence looks way off the pace, thirteen points behind leaders Ipswich.

Colin Gibson 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 🕒 100th appearance in a Villa shirt.

Centre forward Peter Withe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 scores his ⚽ 30th goal in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 62nd appearance.

Midfielder Des Bremner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 ⚽ scores his first brace in a Villa shirt to make it ⚽ 8 goals in 🕒 114 appearances and ⚽ 3 in his last 🕒 13.

Villa meet yet another inspired goalkeeper as after fourth division Wigan take an early lead in the fourth round league cup tie Roy Tunks keeps Villa largely at bay until a Gordon Cowans 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 pen and 87' Peter Withe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 strike send Villa through.  

Villa face Wigan Athletic for the first time in competitive football, Wigan become the 119th team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football.

Ron Saunders' 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa beat fourth division Wigan in the League Cup to make it five games unbeaten and 🟩 three wins.

Goalkeeper Jimmy Rimmer 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 secures his 🟩 100th win in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 224th appearance.

Reigning Champions Villa 🟥 lose for the first time in six in all competitions to make it 🟩 four wins, 🟨 seven draws and 🟥 five defeats in their title defence.

Manchester's smaller club receive the benefit of a shocking refereeing decision that allows them to take a free kick despite a stricken Villa player needing treatment for a head wound. 

Midfielder Des Bremner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 would require stitches but Shaw and Manchester City stooped low to secure tainted points.

Goalkeeper Jimmy Rimmer 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 🕒 225th appearance in a Villa shirt.

Reigning Champions Villa 🟥 lose for the second successive Division One game to make it 🟩 four wins, 🟨 seven draws and six 🟥 defeats in their title defence as surprise package Swansea go top of the table. By contrast Villa slump to seventeenth, fourteen points behind.

Midfielder Ivor Linton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 22 makes his first appearance in 2 months in what was to be his 30th & final appearance in a Villa shirt (17 Starts) before moving on to Peterborough United in July 1982. Linton had made 28 appearances in 1978-79 and 1979-80 but had to wait 61 games to make his 🕒 29th and penultimate appearances in 1981-82. Linton left with a record of 🟩 W11 🟨 D5 🟥 L14.

Notts County maintain their hoodoo with a 🟩 sixth win in seven against Villa to knock Tony Barton's side out of the League Cup.

Left back Eamonn Deacy 🇮🇪 makes his 🕒 twentieth appearance in a Villa shirt and his first in eleven months.

Villa are held to a goalless draw at Highfield Road to fall back to 10th in the first division table. Meanwhile the club sacks four people accused of being whistleblowers regarding alleged unconventional financial practices.

Tony Barton's Villa, reigning European Champions, fail to score for the seventh time this season but draw with near neighbours Coventry to make it six wins, a draw and six losses in thirteen League games this season.

Villa make it 🟩 three wins in four unbeaten games as Peter Withe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 leaves it late to secure victory over Brighton

Villa climb to 7th in the first division table under Tony Barton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 after 🟩 seven wins, 🟨 a draw and 🟥 six losses in 🕒 fourteen League games this season.

Winger Tony Morley 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 contributes his 🔥 25th assist in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 141st appearance.

Centre back Ken McNaught 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 secures his 🟩 100th win in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 224th appearance.

Tony Barton's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa, reigning European Champions, concede the advantage in the European Cup 3rd Round as Juventus 🇮🇹 win at Villa Park with two away goals.

Villa concede after 40 seconds but fight back against an outstanding Juventus side to equalise through Gordon Cowans 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 but the Italians 🇮🇹 hit a late winner to leave Villa with it all to do in Turin.

Villa face Juventus 🇮🇹 for the first time in competitive football, Juventus become the 126th team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football, Villa’s 13th continental European opponents and their first from Italy 🇮🇹.

Left back Eamonn Deacy 🇮🇪 makes his 🕒 twenty third appearance in a Villa shirt and his first in four months.

Villa beat Norwich, despite a European hangover, to remain 5th in the first division table under Tony Barton.

Tony Barton's Villa, reigning European Champions, stop a run of two defeats to beat Norwich at Villa Park and make it fourteen wins, three draws and twelve losses in twenty nine League games this season.

Left back Eamonn Deacy 🇮🇪 scores his ⚽ only goal in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 24th appearance.

Villa climb to fourth in the table after they 🟩 beat recent bogey side Notts County at Villa Park despite Gordon Cowans 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 missing his third penalty of the season. 

Villa however have plenty of unwelcome injury issues ahead of their two crucial cup games against Arsenal and Juventus 🇮🇹.

Villa make it 🟩 fifteen wins, 🟨 three draws and 🟥 twelve defeats in 🕒 thirty League games this season.

Left back Eamonn Deacy 🇮🇪 makes his 🕒 25th appearance in a Villa shirt.

Villa are beaten in their first of two crucial cup ties as they are beaten at Highbury in the FA Cup quarter finals.

Tony Barton's Villa, reigning European Champions, fail to score for the twelfth time this season as they fall to Arsenal in the FA Cup quarter final.

Centre forward Paul Rideout 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 19 scores his second ⚽ goal in a Villa shirt as Tony Barton's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 team record a narrow win over second placed West Ham to climb back to seventh in the table.

Villa make it 🟩 eight wins, 🟨 three draws and 🟥 five defeats in 🕒 sixteen League games this season.

Winger Tony Morley 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 29 makes his 180th & final appearance in a Villa shirt (170 Starts) before moving on to West Bromwich Albion later this month for a fee of £75,000. Morley left with a record of 🟩 W86 🟨 D36 🟥 L58, ⚽ 34 Goals and 🔥 34 Assists.

Morley 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 became the fifth player from the 14 man League winning squad to be idiotically disarded within just 18 months of the team being crowned Champions of Europe.

Left back Eamonn Deacy 🇮🇪 makes his 🕒 twenty seventh appearance in a Villa shirt and his first in nine months.

Tony Barton's Villa can only draw with struggling Everton to make it eight wins, four draws and five defeats in seventeen League games this season.

Paul Rideout scores for the second successive game to give Villa a deserved lead over Everton but a dodgy penalty decision - missed - threatens to give the home side a deserved point before former Villan scores a cruel last minute equaliser. Such is the tight nature of the table that Villa fall to tenth.

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).

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.