On the 90th anniversary of the opening of Villa Park, Villa lose narrowly to Champions elect Everton to leave them 21st, seven points off safety with five to play with third from bottom Charlton up next.

Billy McNeill's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Villa 🟥 lose for the first time in four games but now have just 🟩 thirteen wins in their last sixty four League games losing thirty. 

Midfielder Mark Burke 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 18 makes his debut in a Villa shirt after being promoted from Youth Team football to become the 642nd player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Villa old boy Pat Heard 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 scores the opening goal for Hull from the spot, whilst future Villa midfielder Garry Parker 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 sets up the Tigers' winner as Villa slump to 22nd in the 23 team second division.

Graham Taylor's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa find life in the second tier a real struggle as they record two defeats and no wins in the first three games of the season.

Winger Mark Walters 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 🕒 200th appearance in a Villa shirt (182 Starts).

Graham Taylor's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa remain winless in the second tier.

Villa put in an improved performance and take the lead through a 25 yarder from Kevin Gage 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 but are pegged back in the second half by fellow relegated side City to sit 20th in the second division table after four games.

Full back Kevin Gage 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 scores his ⚽ first goal in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 4th appearance.

Centre forward Simon Stainrod 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 28 makes his 82nd & final appearance in a Villa shirt (76 Starts) before moving on to Stoke City in December 1987 for £90,000 as Graham Taylor’s restructure began. Stainrod played for Villa between 1985-86 and 1987-88 and left with a record of 🟩 W20 🟨 D26 🟥 L36, ⚽ 26 Goals and 🔥 9 Assists.

Villa secure their 🟩 first win of the season as want-away winger Mark Walters 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 runs Leicester ragged and debut boy Mark Lillis 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 lobs the 'keeper to take three points from Filbert Street and climb to 16th in the second division table.

Graham Taylor's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa 🟩 win for the first time in the second tier, and first time in five.

Midfielder Mark Lillis 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 27 makes a ⚽ goalscoring debut in a Villa shirt after joining from Derby County 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 for £130,000 to become the 649th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Centre forward Malcolm Allen 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 20 makes his debut in a Villa shirt after joining on loan from Graham Taylor's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 previous club Watford earlier this month to become the 648th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Villa follow their first win of the campaign with defeat to old Villa boy Bruce Rioch's Boro side who win courtesy of a second half strike from another former Villan, Paul Kerr. Villa sit 18th in the second division after 6 games.

Graham Taylor's Villa now have one win in their first six second tier games as an automatic return to the first division looks a long way off.

Graham Taylor's Villa 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 make it five games unbeaten as they recover from a difficult start to life in the second tier - 🟩 one win and 🟥 three losses in their first six. 

Kevin Gage 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 hits two swerving free kicks over the Sheffield United wall, one scoring the other rattling the bar before Villa concede a second half penalty as hot-headed Martin Keown 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 errs.

Villa survive to extend their unbeaten run to five to sit 10th in the table after 10 second division games.

Centre forward Malcolm Allen 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 20 makes his 4th & final appearance in a Villa shirt before returning to Watford after his loan spell ended without him scoring.

Villa extend their unbeaten run to thirteen as Andy Blair scores after a 14-month lay off with injury to help secure victory over Reading as Villa remain fourth in the second division table.

Graham Taylor's Villa make it fourteen games unbeaten as they record their ninth win in thirteen. 

Meanwhile, Mark Burke made his final appearance for Villa aged 18 before moving on to Middlesbrough in December 1987 for a fee of £50,000. Burke played for Villa in 1986-87 and 1987-88 making 7 appearances.

Graham Taylor's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa are hammered in the meaningless Simod Cup in front of a crowd so small it is barely worth recording.

Midfielder Paul Birch 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 🕒 150th appearance in a Villa shirt (141 Starts).

Midfielder Mark Burke 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 18 makes his 8th & final appearance in a Villa shirt (5 Starts) before moving on to Middlesbrough for £50,000 in December 1987. Burke left with a record of 🟩 W2 🟨 D2 🟥 L4, ⚽ 0 Goals and 🔥1 Assist.