Villa lose their three game unbeaten run at the start of the season as they unluckily lose a narrow game against last season’s title rivals Manchester United.

Centre forward Guy Whittingham, 28, makes his Villa debut after joining from Portsmouth for a fee of £1,300,000 to become the 694th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Dalian Atkinson makes his 50th start in a Villa shirt (53 Appearances) to make it W23 D18 L12, 17 Goals and 11 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 1.89 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Future Villa boss Steve Bruce, future Villa assistant manager Roy Keane and future Villa ‘keeper Peter Schmeichel line up for Manchester United.

Villa win their first game since the opening day of the season as they move up to 6th in the early Premier League table. 

Dean Saunders secures his 25th win in a Villa shirt on his 49th appearance to make it W25 D14 L10, 17 Goals, 3 Assists and 2 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one for every 2.45 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Future Villa centre back Colin Calderwood lines up for Tottenham.

Villa record successive wins for the first time this season as Guy Whittingham scores on his full debut.

Guy Whittingham makes it 2 wins in a row for Villa with his first strike of the season as Villa climb to 6th in the table under Ron Atkinson.

Guy Whittingham scores his first goal in a Villa shirt on his first start (3 Appearances) to make it W2 D0 L1 so far in his Villa career.

Steve Staunton makes his 100th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W45 D28 L27, 8 Goals, 14 Assists and 4 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Dalian Atkinson secures his 25th win in a Villa shirt on his 55th appearance (52 Starts) to make it W25 D18 L12, 17 Goals and 11 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 1.96 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Dean Saunders makes his 50th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W26 D14 L10, 17 Goals, 3 Assists and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Former Villa forward Paul Rideout lines up for Everton.

Villa are held to a goalless draw at home by Coventry as the forward line is guilty of missing a raft of chances for Ron Atkinson's side.

Villa bounce back from successive goalless draws to win at Portman Road and climb to 3rd in the Premier League table under Ron Atkinson.

Andy Townsend scores his first goal in a Villa shirt on his 6th appearance to make it W3 D3 L0, 1 Goal and 1 Assist so far in his Villa career. 

Kevin Richardson contributes his 20th goal involvement in a Villa shirt to secure his 50th win on his 111th appearance and make it W50 D31 L30, 10 Goals and 10 Assists so far in his Villa career.

Villa face off against neighbours Birmingham City for the first time since their 6-0 victory in November 1988.

Despite the loss of Nigel Spink to injury, a penalty and the 'excitement' of one of Birmingham's biggest gates in years, Villa ease past the second division side in the League Cup.

Kevin Richardson scores his 11th goal in a Villa shirt on his 112th appearance to make it W51 D31 L30, 11 Goals and 10 Assists so far in his Villa career.

Mark Bosnich keeps his 10th clean sheet in a Villa shirt on his 20th appearance (and first as a substitute) to make it W10 D4 L6, 14 Goals Conceded at a rate of 0.70 goals per game and 10 Clean Sheets (50%) so far in his Villa career.

Villa are held at Boundary Park after conceding an early goal and missing a raft of chances but remain in 3rd place in the league table under Ron Atkinson.

Paul McGrath makes his 200th appearance in a Villa shirt and makes it W86 D54 L60, 8 Goals, 9 Assists and 7 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Villa secure a home win against ŠK Slovan Bratislava to win 2-1 on aggregate and progress to the UEFA Cup 2nd Round.

Shaun Teale secures his 50th win in a Villa shirt on his 110th appearance to make it W50 D31 L29, 3 Goals and 13 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Villa suffer only their second Premier League defeat of the season but it is an embarrassing one as an angry Ron Atkinson lashes out post match.

Andy Townsend makes his 10th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W5 D4 L1, 2 Goals, 1 Assist and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

Former Villa loanee Malcolm Allen scores the opening goal for Newcastle from the penalty spot.

Despite playing in a new midfield role, Dalian Atkinson scores on 6' to secure Villa's first win in four Premier League games as they sit 7th in the table under Ron Atkinson.

Mark Bosnich makes his 25th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W12 D7 L6, as his remarkable start to life as Villa’s ‘keeper continues with 16 Goals Conceded at a rate of 0.64 goals per game and 13 Clean Sheets (32%) so far in his Villa career.

Guy Whittingham makes his 10th appearance in a Villa shirt (8 Starts) to make it W6 D2 L2 and 1 Goal at a goal involvement rate of one for every 10.00 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Former Villa centre forward Tony Cascarino arrives as a 78’ substitute for Chelsea - and doesn't score.

Villa progress to the 4th Round of the League Cup after what seems a resounding victory on Wearside but it took an outstanding goalkeeping performance from Mark Bosnich to get Villa to victory over second tier Sunderland in the League Cup.

Dalian Atkinson scores his 20th goal in a Villa shirt on his 66th appearance (63 Starts) to make it W31 D22 L13, 21 Goals and 13 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 1.94 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Ray Houghton scores his 5th goal in a Villa shirt on his 60th appearance to make it W28 D20 L12, 5 Goals and 11 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.75 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Villa claim their 6th league win of the season under Ron Atkinson but not before surviving a late open goal scare against Swindon. 

Villa win consecutive Premier League games for the first time since August and climb to 5th in the table.

Ugo Ehiogu secures his 10th win in a Villa shirt on his 17th appearance (9 Starts) to make it W10 D3 L4 and 1 Assist so far in his Villa career.

Dariusz Kubicki makes his first appearance for eleven months and only his second in nineteen months to make it 33 appearances in a Villa shirt (31 Starts), W13 D9 L11, 2 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Despite losing goalkeeper Mark Bosnich and falling behind, Villa score a 90’ winner to rise to 3rd in the table under Ron Atkinson.

Villa weather the Highbury storm to win a third consecutive Premier League game for the first time this season under Ron Atkinson.

Guy Whittingham scores for the first time in 10 games and the second time in a Villa shirt on his 13th appearance (10 Starts) to make it W9 D2 L3 and 2 Goals at a goal involvement rate of one for every 4.33 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Dean Saunders contributes his 25th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 64th appearance to make it W33 D19 L12, 21 Goals and 4 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 2.56 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Andy Townsend contributes his 5th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 18th appearance to make it W10 D6 L2, 3 Goals, 2 Assists and 3 Bookings so far in his Villa career. 

Former Villa centre back Martin Keown and future Villa midfielder Paul Merson line up for Arsenal.

Villa win for the fourth consecutive game but it is their least convincing performance of the four as Guy Whittingham scores late on to snatch the points to send Villa second.

With one goal in his first 12 appearances Guy Whittingham scores for the second successive game to make it 14 appearances (11 Starts) W10 D2 L2 and 3 Goals at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.50 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Tony Daley secures his 100th win in a Villa shirt on his 225th start (268 Appearances) to make it W100 D68 L100, 37 Goals and 27 Assists so far in his Villa career.

Former Villa defender Kevin Gage lines up for Sheffield United.

Villa fall to a shock defeat to Southampton at Villa Park and fall to 3rd place in the table. 

Villa lose for the first time in five Premier League games as they are beaten by Matt Le Tissier at Villa Park

Right back Dariusz Kubicki, 30, with four appearances in the last 20 months makes his 34th and final appearance in a Villa shirt (32 Starts) before moving on to Sunderland in July 1994 for a fee of £100,000 leaving with a record of W13 D9 L12, 2 Bookings and 1 Red Card across his Villa career.

Kevin Richardson makes his 125th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W58 D34 L33, 12 Goals and 11 Assists so far in his Villa career.

A second successive defeat pushes Villa down to 5th in the table. 

Villa suffer a second successive Premier League defeat as yet again Liverpool luck into an underserved win. 

Former Villa winger Mark Walters comes on as a 81’ substitute for Liverpool.

Villa fall to a poor defeat as tempers flare in the stands after another poor team and referee performance proves too much.

Villa, without a league win in 5 matches, face bogey team Wimbledon, lose again, and drop to 8th in the table under Ron Atkinson. 

Legendary midfielder Gordon ‘Sid’ Cowans makes the final appearance of his third spell with Villa at the age of 35 before moving on to Derby County in February 1994 for £80,000. Sid had played for Villa in three spells between 1976 and 1985, 1988 to 1992 and in 1993 accumulating a total of 527 Appearances, 505 Starts, W231 D131 L165, 59 Goals and 95 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.42 games he played across his Villa career. 

Shaun Teale makes his 125th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W57 D35 L33, 4 Goals and 15 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Dalian Atkinson makes his 75th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W35 D24 L16, 24 Goals and 15 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 1.92 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Future Villa centre forward John Fashanu lines up for Wimbledon.

Villa are well beaten by sometime title rivals Manchester United at Old Trafford to leave them winless in six Premier League games and 9th in the table under Ron Atkinson.

Neil Cox makes his 25th start in a Villa shirt (40 Appearances) to make it W20 D8 L12, 4 Goals and 2 Assists so far in his Villa career.

A 3 minute second half brace earns Villa a first win in 7 Premier League games under Ron Atkinson as they climb back to 8th in the table.

Kevin Richardson contributes his 25th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 130th appearance to make it W60 D35 L35, 13 Goals and 12 Assists so far in his Villa career.

Steve Staunton secures his 50th win in a Villa shirt on his 109th appearance to make it W50 D31 L28, 8 Goals, 16 Assists and 4 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Dwight Yorke appears for the first time in over 7 months following injury to make it 98 Appearances (73 Starts), W43 D26 L29, 26 Goals, 13 Assists and 1 Booking at a goal involvement rate of one for every 2.51 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

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.

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.

Another great European night at Villa Park as Villa beat Italian giants Inter to square the tie and win the resultant shootout thanks to Phil King's winner on a raucous late September evening.

Ray Houghton scores his 10th goal in a Villa shirt on his 95th appeaarance (86 Starts) to make it W42 D27 L26, 10 Goals and 14 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.96 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Earl Barrett makes his 125th appearance in a Villa shirt (124 Starts) to make it W57 D33 L35, 2 Goals and 1 Assist so far in his Villa career.

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.

After starting the season unbeaten in 5, Villa have now lost their last 4 Premier League fixtures under Ron Atkinson to slump to 14th in the table.

Guy Whittingham scores for the second successive game to make it five goals in a Villa shirt on his 25th appearance (19 Starts), W13 D3 L9, % Goals and 1 Assist at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.57 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Dwight Yorke contributes his first assist in 37 Premier League games and his 15th assist in a Villa shirt on his 122nd appearance (85 Starts) to make it W51 D32 L39, 31 Goals, 15 Assists and 2 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one for every 2.65 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Villa stop a run of four consecutive Premier League defeats but are held at home by Norwich to leave them without a league win in five as they fall back to 16th in the table.

Garry Parker contributes his 20th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 107th appearance (104 Starts) to make it W46 D29 L32, 13 Goals and 7 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 5.35 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Villa face Trabzonspor for the first time in competitive football, Trabzonspor become the 134th team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football, Villa’s 20th continental European opponents and their third from Turkey following Fenerbahçe and Besiktas in previous campaigns.

Villa suffer a narrow defeat in the away leg of the UEFA Cup 2nd Round

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.

Holders Villa gain respite from their difficult League spell under Ron Atkinson to secure a narrow win over Boro in the League Cup.

Dean Saunders secures his 50th win on his 111th appearance in a Villa shirt (110 Starts) to make it W50 D30 L31, 37 Goals and 8 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 2.47 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Andy Townsend scores his 5th goal in a Villa shirt on his 62nd appearance to make it W29 D13 L20, 5 Goals, 9 Assists and 9 Bookings so far in his Villa career. 

Ugo Ehiogu makes his 50th appearance in a Villa shirt (37 Starts) to make it W21 D10 L19, 1 Goal, 1 Assist and 4 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Mark Bosnich keeps his 25th clean sheet in a Villa shirt on his 70th appearance (69 Starts) to make it W30 D18 L22, 66 Goals Conceded at a rate of 0.94 goals per game and 25 Clean Sheets (36%) so far in his Villa career.

Former Villa defender Neil Cox lines up for Boro.

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.