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.