Forward Graham Fenton, 19, makes his debut in a Villa shirt after joining as a trainee and signing professional forms in August 1993 to become the 695th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Dwight Yorke is now goalless in 10 Premier League games - his worst ever League goalscoring return - following a 9 game spell (2 Starts) at the start of his career. Yorke’s record is now 104 Appearances, 74 Starts, W46 D27 L31, 27 Goals, 13 Assists and 1 Booking at a goal per game rate of one for every 3.85 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Dean Saunders is a substitute for the first time on his 83rd appearance in a Villa shirt (82 Starts).

Earl Barrett makes his 100th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W48 D28 L24, 2 Goals and 1 Assist so far in his Villa career.

Former Villa midfielder Steve McMahon proves the villain as his underhand tactics cost Villa victory from the penalty spot.

In a truly memorable game, Villa overturn their first leg deficit to beat First Division side Tranmere Rovers on penalties and qualify for their 6th appearance in the League Cup final and first Wembley date in 17 years.

Mark Bosnich proves the penalty shoot out hero as Villa draw the tie after an exhilarating second leg of the League Cup semi final to make it 49 Appearances, 48 Starts, W24 D11 L14, 42 Goals Conceded at a rate of 0.86 goals per game and 19 Clean Sheets (39%) so far in his Villa career.

Andy Townsend contributes his 10th goal involvement to secure his 20th win in a Villa shirt on his 36th appearance and make it W20 D9 L7, 4 Goals, 6 Assists and 3 Bookings so far in his Villa career. 

Shaun Teale scores his 5th goal in a Villa shirt on his 136th appearance (135 Starts) to make it W64 D37 L35, 5 Goals, 16 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Neil Cox makes his 50th appearance in a Villa shirt (32 Starts) to make it W27 D8 L15, 4 Goals and 3 Assists so far in his Villa career.

Villa beat Coventry at Highfield Road to make it 4 wins in 7 unbeaten Premier League games under Ron Atkinson to climb to 5th in the table.

Mark Bosnich keeps his 20th clean sheet to earn his 25th win on his 50th start in a Villa shirt (51 Appearances) to make it W25 D12 L14, 43 Goals Conceded at a rate of 0.84 goals per game and 20 Clean Sheets (20%) so far in his Villa career.

Earl Barrett secures his 50th win in a Villa shirt on his 103rd appearance to make it W50 D29 L24, 2 Goals and 1 Assist so far in his Villa career.

Villa suffer a shock home defeat to Ipswich - their first loss in eight Premier League matches as Mark Bosnich makes a rare goalkeeping error.

Villa lose for the first time in the league for 8 games under Ron Atkinson.

Ugo Ehiogu makes his 25th appearance in a Villa shirt (12 Starts) to make it W14 D4 L7 and 1 Assist so far in his Villa career.

Villa suffer a second successive Premier League defeat under Ron Atkinson for the first time since December 1993 to leave them 7th in the table and desperate to regain form ahead of the League Cup final.

Dwight Yorke extends his goalless Premier League run to 12 games - his worst ever League goalscoring return - to make it 106 Appearances, 74 Starts, W46 D27 L33, 27 Goals, 13 Assists and 1 Booking at a goal per game rate of one for every 3.93 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Villa's troubling form ahead of the League Cup final continues as they lose a third successive Premier League game but they score for the first time in three to remain 7th in the table.

Villa lose three successive league games for the first time since May 1993.

Ray Houghton makes his 75th start in a Villa shirt (82 Appearances) to make it W39 D23 L20, 8 Goals and 12 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 4.10 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Villa win their first major trophy since lifting the European Cup in 1982 as they sweep aside Manchester United in a dominant League Cup final display.

Villa win their first trophy under Ron Atkinson and their fourth League Cup in an outstanding Wembley performance despite coming into the game on the back of three successive poor Premier League defeats.

Dean Saunders scores his 30th and 31st goals for the club and contributes his 6th assist on his 90th appearance in a Villa shirt (89 Starts) to make it W44 D24 L22, 31 Goals and 6 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 2.43 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Paul McGrath secures his 100th win in a Villa shirt on his 231st appearance to make it W100 D60 L71, 8 Goals, 9 Assists and 8 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Kevin Richardson contributes his 30th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 148th appearance to make it W69 D38 L41, 15 Goals and 15 Assists so far in his Villa career.

Villa come back down to earth after their fourth League Cup win as they are held at home to a goalless draw with Everton to leave them winless in four Premier League games, scoring once under Ron Atkinson.

Winger Steve Froggatt, 21, makes his 44th and final appearance in a Villa shirt (36 Starts) before moving on to Wolverhampton Wanderers in July 1994 for a fee of £1,000,000 leaving with a record of W18 D13 L13, 3 Goals and 7 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 4.40 games he played across his Villa career.

Dwight Yorke makes his 75th start in a Villa shirt but extends his goalless Premier League run to 14 games - equalling his worst ever League goalscoring return - to make it 108 Appearances, W46 D28 L34, 27 Goals, 13 Assists and 1 Booking at a goal per game rate of one for every 4.00 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Villa fail to score for the fourth time in five Premier League games under Ron Atkinson but despite poor recent  League form it is still a shock to be beaten by relegation threatened Manchester City.

Kevin Richardson makes his 150th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W69 D39 L42, 15 Goals and 15 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 5.00 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Dwight Yorke extends his goalless Premier League run to 15 games - his worst ever League goalscoring return - to make it 109 Appearances, 75 Starts, W46 D27 L35, 27 Goals, 13 Assists and 1 Booking at a goal per game rate of one for every 4.04 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Mark Bosnich concedes his 50th goal in a Villa shirt on his 57th appearance (56 Starts) to make it W26 D13 L18, 52 Goals Conceded at a rate of 0.91 goals per game and 22 Clean Sheets (37%) so far in his Villa career.

Villa extend their winless run to six Premier League games as they fail to score for the fifth time.

Villa's horror run continues as they fail to score for the sixth time in seven winless Premier League games, losing five.

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.

Holders Villa hammer bottom tier side Wigan in the 2nd round of the League Cup.

Midfielder Nii Lamptey, 19, makes a goalscoring debut in a Villa shirt after joining from RSC Anderlecht in August 1994 to become the 698th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football. Lamptey, allegedly unable to read or write, had arrived at Villa through the machinations of an errant agent and as a result a very confusing career began.

Dalian Atkinson contributes his 50th goal involvement on his 99th appearance in a Villa shirt (93 Starts) to make it W45 D29 L25, 31 Goals and 20 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 1.94 games he has played so far in his Villa career. 

Dwight Yorke contributes his first assist in 38 games and secures his 50th win in a Villa shirt on his 118th appearance (81 Starts) and make it W50 D32 L36, 31 Goals, 14 Assists and 2 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one for every 2.62 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Villa suffer consecutive Premier League defeats under Ron Atkinson as they succumb to Blackburn at Ewood.

Dalian Atkinson makes his 100th appearance in a Villa shirt (94 Starts) to make it W45 D29 L26, 31 Goals and 20 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 1.96 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Ugo Ehiogu scores his first goal in a Villa shirt on his 43rd appearance (30 Starts) to make it W19 D9 L15, 1 Goal, 1 Assist and 3 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Future Villa boss Tim Sherwood lines up for Blackburn as future Villa centre forward Chris Sutton scores Rovers’ second goal.

Villa's European heroics leave a hangover as they suffer a third successive Premier League defeat to fall to 12th in the table.

After starting the season unbeaten in the league for 5 games, Ron Atkinson’s Villa had now lost three, scoring once.

Earl Barrett makes his 125th start in a Villa shirt (126 Appearances) to make it W57 D33 L36, 2 Goals and 1 Assist 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.

Villa concede in the second minute and never recover as they fall to their fifth defeat in six winless Premier League games as they remain in sixteenth but Ron Atkinson remains optimistic that having played "some of our best football ever" the results will start to flow.

Ray Houghton makes his 100th appearance in a Villa shirt (90 Start) to make it W42 D28 L30, 10 Goals and 14 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 4.17 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Future Villa winger Steve Stone scores for Forest in the 70’ minute to condemn Villa to defeat whilst future Villa centre forward Stan Collymore also lines up for Forest.

Villa lose for the 6th time in 7 Premier League games as they slump to 19th in the table under Ron Atkinson ahead of the crucial UEFA Cup second leg against Trabzonspor.

The bottom four of 22 teams will be relegated to Division One this season.

Andy Townsend collects his 10th booking in a Villa shirt on his 63rd appearance to make it W29 D13 L21, 5 Goals, 9 Assists and 10 Bookings at a rate of a card every 6.30 games so far in his Villa career.

Ugo Ehiogu collects his 5th booking in a Villa shirt on his 51st appearance (38 Starts) to make it W21 D10 L20, 1 Goal, 1 Assist and 5 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Former Villa forward Gary Penrice - £1m, 20 appearances, 1 goal - comes on in the 89’ minute and scores the winner on 90’. 

Former Villa midfielder and bête noire of Villa Park, Steve Hodge, lines up for QPR.

Villa lose for the 8th time in their last 9 Premier League fixtures under Ron Atkinson to remain in 19th place of 22 teams in a season where the bottom four would be relegated to Division One. 

Villa fall behind within ten minutes, recover to be leading by 38’ before Andy Townsend is sent off two minutes later. Being down to ten men didn’t stop Villa opening up a 3-1 lead shortly after half time before a bizarre incident as referee David Elleray - never a subtle individual - sends Townsend off for a second time as the midfielder tried to take a seat with the substitutes. That proved the trigger for the fightback as Wimbledon scored three including a last minute winner to condemn Villa to an eighth defeat in nine Premier League games under Ron Atkinson.

Even so few expected what was to happen next as Chairman Herbert Douglas Ellis exacted a long simmering revenge for what he saw as the dismissive and flippant attitude to the his embarrassing pomposity and sacked Ron Atkinson. In doing so Ellis could only reference results, avoiding mentioning the continued high standards of performance even during the fallow period following Villa’s famous victory over Inter Milan just weeks before.

Atkinson’s departure was predictably far from universally welcomed and the charismatic boss still had plenty of credit left from his Premier League Runners Up achievement in 1992-93 and League Cup win in 1993-94. Atkinson’s team however was showing its age and results were increasingly concerning. Although a shame for his reign to end this way, Atkinson is fondly remembered. 

Andy Townsend is sent off TWICE on his 66th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W30 D13 L23, 5 Goals, 9 Assists, 10 Bookings and 2 Red Cards at a rate of a card every 5.50 games so far in his Villa career.

Kevin Richardson appears as a substitute for the first time in his Villa career after 171 starts.

Future Villa midfielder Øyvind Leonhardsen scores Wimbledon’s 89’ winner.

Villa line up for their first game since the departure of Ron Atkinson under the temporary stewardship of Jim Barron to win their first league game in 10.

Jim Barron, Atkinson's assistant for the last three years, sees Villa fire into a three nil lead within 27' before Spurs hit back but Dean Saunders has the last laugh as his 90' strike secures the points for the caretaker.

Despite the result the White Hart Lane match would prove to be Barron’s sole game in charge as new boss Brian Little was installed ahead of the following weekend’s fixture. 

Dalian Atkinson makes his 100th start in a Villa shirt (106 Appearances) to make it W48 D30 L28, 34 Goals and 21 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 1.93 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Dean Saunders scores his 40th goal in a Villa shirt on his 116th appearance (115 Starts) to make it W52 D30 L34, 40 Goals and 8 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 2.42 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Mark Bosnich makes it 9 goals conceded in his last 3 games as he concedes his 75th goal in a Villa shirt on his 73rd appearance (72 Starts) and for the first time in his career Bosnich has a concession rate above a goal a game and makes it W31 D18 L24, 75 Goals Conceded at a rate of 1.03 goals per game and 25 Clean Sheets (34%) so far in his Villa career.

Ray Houghton contributes his 25th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 105th appearance (95 Starts) to make it W45 D28 L32, 10 Goals and 15 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 4.20 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Graham Fenton scores his first goals of the season and what would prove to be the final two goals of the three he scored for the club in 39 appearances between 1994 and 1995.

Defender Chris Boden makes his first squad appearance for Villa having come through the youth team set up.

Future Villa centre back Colin Calderwood lines up for Spurs. 

Brian Little - one of Villa’s greatest ever players - takes charge of the team for the first time in his new role as Villa boss and sees Villa take the lead only to be pegged back by Wednesday to leave them with one Premier League in their last eleven.

Future Villa midfielder Ian Taylor makes a 81’ substitute appearance for Wednesday.

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.

Brian Little returns to his former employers just two games after leaving them to join his boyhood club, Villa. 

But doesn't have to look too far to see nearly 20,000 reasons why he chose to leave as a laughable display of acrimony shouts small club mentality. 

Meanwhile, local pundits, who should know better, pile in on the 'dropped' Paul McGrath. 

Almost unnoticed however is Villa's 3 game Premier League unbeaten run since the departure of Ron Atkinson. 

Despite the relative upturn, Villa fall to 20th in the table.

Defender Chris Boden, 21, makes his sole appearance in a Villa shirt after joining the club as a trainee to become the 700th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football. Boden would move on to Derby County in March 1995 for a fee of £169,000. 

Bryan Small made his first start of the campaign having last played for Villa as a 46’ substitute in the final game of the 1993-94 season. 

‘Dropped’ Paul McGrath makes his first substitute appearance in a Villa shirt after 255 Starts to make it W108 D66 L82, 8 Goals, 9 Assists and 10 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Former Villa ‘keeper Kevin Poole, former Villa centre forward Ian Ormondroyd and former Villa midfielder Mark Blake line up for Leicester. 

Future Villa midfielder Mark Draper, future Villa winger Franz Carr and future Villa forward Julian Joachim also feature for the Foxes.

Villa make it three unbeaten under Brian Little but are yet to win under the new boss and remain 20th in the Premier League table 

Nigel Spink makes his 450th appearance for the club since his debut in December 1979 but narrowly avoids an unwanted memory as he charges from goal, misses the ball and only a Bryan Small goal-line clearance prevents disaster.

Centre Forward Guy Whittingham, 30, makes his 33rd and final appearance in a Villa shirt (23 Starts( before moving on to Sheffield Wednesday in November 1995 for a fee of £700,000. Whittingham had played for Villa between 1993-94 and 1994-95 and left with a record of W14 D6 L13, 6 Goals, 2 Assists and 1 Booking at a goal involvement rate of one for every 4.13 games he played in his Villa career. 

Nii Lamptey makes his 9th and final appearance in a Villa shirt before disappearing as quickly and strangely as he came. Lamptey left with a record of W4 D1 L4, 3 Goals - all against lower League side Wigan - and 3 Bookings. Not the oddest signing in Villa’s history but certainly up there.

Kevin Richardson makes his 175th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W76 D46 L53, 16 Goals and 18 Assists so far in his Villa career.

Former Villa centre forward Paul Rideout lines up for Everton.

Villa lose successive games for the first time under Brian Little after referee Roger Gifford misses a blatant Colin Hendry handball to prevent a certain goal.

Villa lose for the fourth time in their last 17 Premier League games having won 6 and drawn 7 to fall back to 14th in a tight table.

Tommy Johnson makes his 10th appearance in a Villa shirt (8 Starts) to make it W5 D1 L4, 4 Goals and 3 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Villa are without a win in four but had lost only four of their last 18 Premier League games under Brian Little winning 6 and drawing 8.

Villa fail to score for the second successive match but manage to draw on Ron Atkinson's first return to Villa Park since his shock sacking in November.

Former Villa midfielder Kevin Richardson and future centre forward Dion Dublin line up for Coventry.