Villa make it seven consecutive Championship wins under Steve Bruce.

Villa extend their unbeaten League run against Birmingham to 12 games to make it 15 wins and 6 draws in their last 26 meetings with their neighbours dating back to 1987.

Villa make it twelve games and thirteen years since losing a league match to neighbours Birmingham. 

Villa have now won seven consecutive league games for the first time since the title winning season of 1980-81.

Centre forward Lewis Grabban makes his Villa debut aged 30 as a 79’ substitute after joining from AFC Bournemouth on loan to the end of the season to become the 918th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Sam Johnstone secures his 25th win in a Villa shirt on his 53rd appearance to make it W25 D11 L17, 1 Assist, 53 Goals Conceded and 22 Clean Sheets so far in his Villa career.

Robert Snodgrass makes his 25th start in a Villa shirt on his 25th appearance (24 Starts) to make it W16 D6 L4, 6 Goals, 9 Assists and 6 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Villa lose for the first time in eight Championship games as they are beaten by the League's 'other' form team, Fulham.

Ahmed Elmohamady makes his 25th start in a Villa shirt (30 Appearances) to make it W16 D8 L6, 5 Assists and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Future Villa full back Matt Targett lines up for Fulham.

A leggy Villa side are held at home by lowly Preston but now have one defeat in nine and seven wins in their promotion challenge.

Lewis Grabban scores his first goal for Villa on his 3rd appearance from the spot to rescue a point against Preston and make it W1 D1 L1 and 1 Goal so far in his Villa career.

Mile Jedinak collects his 10th booking in a Villa shirt on his 50th appearance (44 Starts) to make it W24 D13 L13, 1 Goal, 2 Assists and 10 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Birkir Bjarnason collects his 1st caution in a Villa shirt on his 28th appearance (16 Starts) to make it W16 D3 L9, 2 Goals, 2 Assists and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

Villa win for the first time in three in dramatic fashion as cult heroes are made as an eighth win in ten is recorded.

Conor Hourihane scores his 10th goal and secures his 25th win in a Villa shirt on his 50th appearance (45 Starts) to make it W25 D9 L16, 10 Goals, 5 Assists and 8 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Robert Snodgrass contributes his 10th assist in a Villa shirt on his 29th appearance (28 Starts) to make it W17 D7 L4, 7 Goals, 10 Assists and 6 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Glenn Whelan scores his first goal in a Villa shirt on his 25th start (27 Appearances) to make it W14 D7 L6, 1 Goal, 1 Assist and 5 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

What makes a football player a legend for a club’s fans? See Robert Snodgrass on 90’.

John Terry makes his 25th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W13 D6 L6, 1 Goal and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Villa make it consecutive wins to record their ninth victory in eleven as they keep up pressure on the automatic promotion places.

Villa make it two wins on the bounce, scoring seven, to remain in 3rd place with an outside chance of an automatic promotion spot with runaway league leaders Wolverhampton Wanderers up next.

James Chester scores his 5th goal in a Villa shirt on his 82nd appearance to make it W36 D23 L23, 5 Goals, 1 Assist and 8 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Villa hammer Wolverhampton's Champions League ringers as automatic promotion looks to be possible.

Villa put the runaway leaders to the sword in a scintillating second half performance. 

As refreshing as the result was just as welcome was the positive, objective nature of Steve Bruce's post match statements standing in direct contrast to some of his earlier proclamations. Villa had certainly turned a corner in recent months, the boss seemed to have done so too.

Neil Taylor secures his 20th win for Villa on his 38th appearance (36 Starts) to make it W20 D9 L9, 1 Assist, 5 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Albert Adomah contributes his 16th assist in a Villa shirt on his 70th appearance (59 Starts) to make it W34 D16 L20, 18 Goals, 16 Assists, and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

John Terry secures his 15th win in a Villa shirt on his 27th appearance to make it W15 D6 L6, 1 Goal and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

Lewis Grabban contributes his 1st assist and scores his 4th goal in a Villa shirt and for the fourth consecutive game on his 6th appearance (3 Starts) to make it W4 D1 L1, 4 Goals and 1 Assist so far in his Villa career.

Villa suffer a shock defeat - their first in five and only their second in the last thirteen - as they put in a lacklustre performance after the exertions of the previous game.

Robert Snodgrass contributes his 20th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 32nd appearance (31 Starts) to make it W19 D7 L6, 7 Goals, 13 Assists and 6 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Villa suffer a second successive defeat for the first time since their terrible August as their promotion push hits a bump.

Rushian Hepburn-Murphy makes his 10th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W4 D2 L4 so far in his Villa career.

Villa stop a run of two defeats but are winless in three in their promotion challenge as they are held by Hull.

Alan Hutton makes his 150th start in a Villa shirt (163 Appearances) to make it W48 D37 L78, 1 Goal, 7 Assists, 32 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Jack Grealish makes his 100th appearance in a Villa shirt (57 Starts) to make it W33 D19 L48, 7 Goals, 11 Assists, 13 Bookings and 2 Red Cards so far in his Villa career.

Villa lose for the third time in five, winning once, as their automatic promotion push falters.

Albert Adomah makes his 75th appearance in a Villa shirt (64 Starts) to make it W35 D17 L23, 18 Goals, 16 Assists, and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Scott Hogan makes his 50th appearance in a Villa shirt (30 Starts) to make it W22 D10 L18, 10 Goals, 4 Assists and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

James Chester collects his 10th booking in a Villa shirt on his 88th appearance to make it W38 D24 L26, 6 Goals, 1 Assist and 10 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Villa win for the second time in three to keep the race for automatic promotion just about alive.

Sam Johnstone secures his 30th win in a Villa shirt on his 64th appearance to make it W30 D13 L21, 1 Assist, 66 Goals Conceded and 26 Clean Sheets so far in his Villa career.

Jack Grealish makes it 20 goal involvements as he scores for the second consecutive game on his 60th start in a Villa shirt (103 Appearances) to win the six pointer against automatic promotion rivals Cardiff and make it W35 D19 L49, 9 Goals, 11 Assists, 14 Bookings and 2 Red Cards so far in his Villa career.

Fresh from his spectacular late winner against Cardiff last time out, Jack Grealish creates the goal that secures a second successive win for promotion chasing Villa. 

Villa win successive games and for the third time in four as their dream of return to the Premier League remains alive.

Centre back Christopher Samba makes his 14th and final appearance for Villa (7 Starts) aged 34 before being released in July 2017. Samba made 14 appearances, 7 as substitute and scored once in his single season with Villa to leave with a record of W8 D4 L2.

Lewis Grabban scores his fifth goal in a Villa shirt on his 12th appearance (8 Starts) to make it W6 D2 L4, 5 Goals and 1 Assist so far in his Villa career.

Villa record a third consecutive win and their fourth in five games to keep the pressure on the top two and consolidate their play off place.

Conor Hourihane secures his 35th win in a Villa shirt on his 58th appearance (53 Starts) to make it W30 D9 L19, 12 Goals, 5 Assists and 11 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Mile Jedinak secures his 30th win in a Villa shirt on his 50th start (58 Appearances) to make it W30 D14 L14, 1 Goal, 2 Assists and 11 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Henri Lansbury secures his 10th win for Villa on his 29th appearance (23 Starts) to make it W10 D8 L11, 2 Goal, 3 Assists, 3 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Birkir Bjarnason secures his 20th win in a Villa shirt on his 30th appearance (20 Starts) to make it W20 D3 L12, 4 Goals, 3 Assists and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

Villa are held by Derby but although they are four games unbeaten with three wins their automatic promotion chance is gone as they pay the price for a poor start to the season.

After 5 months out with injury, Jonathan Kodjia makes his 50th appearance in a Villa shirt (44 Starts) to make it W22 D14 L14, 20 Goals, 4 Assists, 7 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Lewis Grabban scores his eighth goal in a Villa shirt and for the third game in succession on his 14th appearance (10 Starts) to make it W7 D3 L4, 8 Goals and 1 Assist so far in his Villa career.

John Terry contributes his 1st assist in a Villa shirt on his 33rd appearance to make it W16 D8 L9, 1 Goal, 1 Assist and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Villa end an excellent three-quarters of a season with defeat but it is of little import as fourth place and a first appearance in the play offs is already secured.

Mark Bunn concedes his 33rd goal in a Villa shirt on his 20th appearance (19 Starts) to make it W5 D6 L9, 33 Goals Conceded and 5 Clean Sheets so far in his Villa career.

Albert Adomah makes his 80th appearance in a Villa shirt (67 Starts) to make it W38 D18 L24, 18 Goals, 16 Assists and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Conor Hourihane makes his 60th appearance in a Villa shirt (55 Starts) to make it W30 D10 L20, 12 Goals, 5 Assists and 11 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Villa take a crucial first leg lead in their first ever appearance in the play offs as a masterclass from Jack Grealish earns Villa a slender lead ahead of the home leg with a Wembley play off date tantalisingly close. 

Glenn Whelan secures his 20th win in a Villa shirt on his 34th appearance (30 Starts) to make it W20 D8 L6, 1 Goal, 1 Assist and 5 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Robert Snodgrass collects his 10th booking in a Villa shirt on his 41st appearance (39 Starts) to make it W23 D9 L9, 7 Goals, 14 Assists and 10 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Former Villa winger Adama Traoré lines up for Boro and manages to stay on the pitch for 90’ but can do nothing to stop his old club.

Villa are held to a goalless draw but their first leg win at the Riverside proves enough to see them qualify for their first ever Play Off final against Championship form team Fulham. 

Sam Johnstone keeps his 30th clean sheet in a Villa shirt on his 69th appearance to make it W33 D15 L21, 1 Assist, 67 Goals Conceded and 30 Clean Sheets so far in his Villa career.

Jack Grealish collects his 15th booking in a Villa shirt on his 109th appearance (65 Starts) to make it W38 D21 L50, 9 Goals, 13 Assists, 15 Bookings and 2 Red Cards so far in his Villa career.

Former Villa winger Adama Traoré lines up for Boro…. still does nothing.

Off the pitch it is announced that former Villa full back Jlloyd Samuel had died in a road traffic accident aged just 37. Samuel had played for Villa between 1997 and 2008 making 200 Appearances (168 Starts) scoring 3 goals and assisting 9.

Villa end an excellent campaign in severe disappointment as they lose in a highly controversial play off final only to face a fight for their very existence just days after.

Villa saved what was arguably their poorest performance of the season for the biggest game of an entertaining campaign. 

Although Fulham were a popular team with the pundits, in truth they were fortunate to win the game in an evenly matched contest and were additionally fortunate not to have seen players sent off early in the game for some abysmal tackles. 

For Villa’s part it was almost as if the players had a hangover and looked a shadow of their best form with no spearhead in attack and seemingly treading water in midfield. 

Jack Grealish shone, despite Fulham’s assaults, and was involved in the best moves of the match however a solitary Fulham goal was enough for them to triumph and lap up the pundit plaudits. 

For Villa the explanation of the seemingly distracted performance became clearer when it was revealed - through boardroom acrimony - that Villa were on the brink financially and in danger of going out of business. 

The new owner had gambled the house on promotion and coming away losers signalled impending disaster. The immediate fallout was the loss of players who had contributed so much but who Villa simply couldn’t afford to keep in their now revealed straightened circumstances. 

Alan Hutton suffers his 80th defeat in a Villa shirt on his 168th appearance (154 Starts) to make it W49 D39 L80, 1 Goal, 7 Assists, 34 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Goalkeeper Sam Johnstone makes his 70th and final appearance in a Villa shirt aged 25 before returning to Manchester United at the end of his season and a half long loan to leave with a record of W33 D15 L22, 1 Assist, 68 Goals Conceded and 30 Clean Sheets.

Winger Robert Snodgrass makes his 43rd and final appearance for Villa (41 Starts) aged 30 before returning to West Ham United at the end of his season long loan. In his short time with Villa Snodgrass had become a cult hero as he played an instrumental role in driving Villa up the Championship table. Snodgrass left the club with a record of W23 D10 L10 7 Goals, 14 Assists and 11 Bookings.

Midfielder Josh Onomah makes his 37th and final appearance for Villa (23 Starts) aged 21 before returning to Tottenham Hotspur at the end of his season long loan. Onomah had made 37 appearances, 14 as substitute and scored 4 goals in his stop start season with Villa to leave with a record of W19 D8 L10, 4 Goals, 3 Assists and 4 Bookings.

Centre back John Terry makes his 36th and final appearance for Villa aged 37 before retiring from football. Terry returned to Villa as assistant manager in 2018-19 but left with a playing record of W17 D9 L10, 1 Goal, 1 Assist and 2 Bookings.

Centre Forward Lewis Grabban makes his 18th and final appearance of his loan spell from Bournemouth to leave with a record of W8 D4 L6, 8 Goals and 1 Assist.

Future Villa right back Matt Targett lines up for Fulham.