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.

Villa have a headless Steve Hunt 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🟨 booked twice and 🟥 sent off within ten minutes necessitating a backs to the wall performance against a second placed Barnsley and could have even snatched all three points with ten on the pitch.

Graham Taylor's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa now have 🟩 one win in their first seven second tier games as an automatic return to the first division looks a long way off.

Villa secure their 🟩 second win of the season as they make light work of Albion at the Hawthorns to climb to 16th in the second division after eight games thanks to a brace from Warren Aspinall 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿.

Graham Taylor's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa 🟩 win for only the second time in eight second tier games.

Centre back Martin Keown 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 🕒 50th appearance in a Villa shirt.

Villa record successive 🟩 wins for the first time this season and the first time under Graham Taylor 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 to climb to 11th in the second division table thanks to a 19' strike from bad boy against Barnsley, Steve Hunt.

Graham Taylor's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa make it 🟩 three Division Two wins in nine.

Neale Cooper 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 23 makes his 🕒 22nd & final appearance (21 Starts) before moving on to Rangers in the summer of 1988 for a fee of £250,000. Villa had bought Cooper only 14 months earlier for £350,000 from Aberdeen and he would leave with a record of 🟩 W3 🟨 D10 🟥 L9, ⚽ 1 Goal and🔥 0 Assists.

Winger Steve Hunt 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 75th appearance in a Villa shirt (71 Starts).

Villa make it three successive wins in all competitions as they beat Middlesbrough at Ayresome Park in the first leg of the League Cup second round.

Graham Taylor's Villa win for the third successive game and for the third consecutive away game as they add a victory in the League Cup to two League wins.

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.

Graham Taylor's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa make it six games unbeaten - 🟨 drawing three and 🟩 winning three.

Alan McInally 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 makes his much anticipated debut after six weeks out with injury since signing from Celtic 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 but Villa fail to 🟩 win at home for the sixth time this season as they climb a place to ninth in the second division table.

Centre forward Alan McInally 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 24 makes his debut in a Villa shirt following his move from Celtic 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 in July 1987 for a fee of £225,000 to become the 650th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Midfielder Warren Aspinall 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 after a slow start to his Villa career ⚽ scores his 8th goal in a Villa shirt to make it 10 goal involvements on his 🕒 23rd appearance at a rate of one every 2.30 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

An Alan McInally inspired Villa take the lead after just 70 seconds and never lose control as they climb to eighth in the table with their strongest win of the season to date.

Graham Taylor's Villa make it seven games unbeaten and win their fourth in six.

Graham Taylor's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa make it eight games unbeaten and win their fifth in seven in all competitions as Paul Birch's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 goal settles the League Cup tie with Boro.

For the second successive game Villa ⚽ score within 80 seconds of the start but Alan McInally 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 is 🟥 sent off by a tetchy referee in the first half for refusing to give his name following a booking for a disputed foul.

Villa though hold on for the win to progress to the third round of the League Cup.

Centre forward Alan McInally 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 is 🟥 sent off on his 🕒 3rd appearance in a Villa shirt.

Midfielder Warren Aspinall 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 🕒 25th appearance in a Villa shirt.

Villa 🟩 win six consecutive away games for the first time since the double winning season of 1896-97.

Villa extend their unbeaten run to nine as they climb to 6th in the table with a strong second half fightback against Leeds.

Graham Taylor's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa 🟩 win their sixth in eight.

Midfielder Warren Aspinall 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ⚽ scores his 10th goal in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 26th appearance (24 Starts).

Full back Kevin Gage 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 creates Warren Aspinall’s ⚽ second goal to contribute his 5th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 15th appearance.

Winger Steve Hunt 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 75th start in a Villa shirt (79 Appearances).

Villa become the first club to score 6,000 goals in League football 

Graham Taylor's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa make it ten games unbeaten as they draw with Bournemouth at Villa Park.

Villa fail to win at home for the seventh game as Nigel Spink 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 suffers a problematic day.

Winger Mark Walters 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ⚽ scores to contribute his 80th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 213th appearance (195 Starts) and make it 🟩 W80 🟨 D52 🟥 L81, ⚽ 45 Goals & 🔥 35 Assists at a rate of one goal involvement for every 2.66 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Villa take a second minute lead for the third time in five games as Palace are destroyed by a Mark Walters 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 hat-trick to send Villa 5th in the second division table.

Graham Taylor's Villa 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 make it eleven games unbeaten as they hammer Palace at Villa Park to record their 🟩 seventh win in ten. 

Winger Steve Hunt 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 31 makes his 81st & final appearance in a Villa shirt (77 Starts) before retiring from football. Hunt had played for Villa in two spells in 1975-76 and 1986-88 and left with a record of 🟩 W25 🟨 D24 🟥 L32, ⚽ 9 Goals and 🔥 6 Assists.

Winger Mark Walters 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ⚽ scores his first ever hat-trick in a Villa shirt and scores two or more goals in a game for the 5th time in 214 appearances (196 Starts).

Graham Taylor's Villa make it twelve games unbeaten.

Villa extend their unbeaten run to twelve as they climb to fourth in the second division table but are held at the Victoria Ground as tempers fray off the pitch as the Chairman once again is accused of idiotic interference in team matters.

Villa beat top flight Spurs 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 in a rousing League Cup third round performance at Villa Park.

Graham Taylor's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa make it thirteen games unbeaten as they record their eighth win in twelve. Villa's latest scalp is Tottenham 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 who sit in eighth place in Division One.

Centre forward Alan McInally 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 scores his ⚽ first goal in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 7th appearance.

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.

Despite a poor refereeing performance and being reduced to ten men, Villa climb to second in the second division table after equalling their best post war unbeaten run of fifteen games.

Graham Taylor's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa record their 🟩 tenth win in fourteen.

Midfielder Andy Blair 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 contributes his 🔥10th assist on his 🕒 65th appearance in a Villa shirt (50 Starts).

Winger Mark Walters 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 is 🟥 sent off for the first time in his Villa career on his 🕒 217th appearance in a Villa shirt (199 Starts).

Graham Taylor's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa lose for the first time in sixteen games.

Martin Keown 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 scores from a Mark Walters 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 shimmy and cross on 25' but by that time Villa, unbeaten in their last fifteen, are two down to lowly Millwall on the way to their first defeat since September.

Winger Mark Walters 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 🕒 200th start in a Villa shirt (218 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.

Villa recover from their first defeat in thirteen League games to beat Oldham and climb back to fourth in the table having collected 23 points from a possible 30 away from home so far this season,

Graham Taylor's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa have now lost just once in fourteen Division Two games, winning eight.

Winger Mark Walters 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🔥 sets up Garry Thompson’s 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ⚽ second goal to record his 85th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 220th appearance (202 Starts).

Bernie Gallacher 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 makes his 25th appearance in a Villa shirt.

Graham Taylor's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa lose in the League Cup to first division side Sheffield Wednesday. 

Thuggish first division Wednesday see the ever angry Gary Merson sent off for either his high dangerous kick at Paul Birch 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 or his forearm in the face of Mark Lillis 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 before Tony Galvin’s elbow on Andy Blair 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿.

The ten men though score a late winner created by Galvin, who wouldn’t, if a better referee than George Courtney was in charge, have been on the pitch. 

Full back Kevin Gage 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 🕒 25th appearance in a Villa shirt.

Central defender Steve Sims 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 🕒 25th appearance in a Villa shirt.

Midfielder Andy Blair 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 27 makes his 🕒 69th & final appearance in a Villa shirt before moving on to Kidderminster Harriers in 1989. Blair played for Villa in two spells between 1981-82 and 1987-88 and finally left with a record of 🟩 W31 🟨 D13 🟥 L25, ⚽ 2 Goals and 🔥 10 Assists.

Garry Thompson hits a second successive brace to make it six in four games as Villa make it nine away victories out of twelve and remain third in the second division table, four points off first place.

Graham Taylor's Villa have now lost just once in seventeen Division Two games, winning eleven.

Villa extend their unbeaten League run to four but are held to a home goalless draw by Albion as they remain third in the division two table, three points off the top,

Graham Taylor's Villa have now lost just once in eighteen Division Two games.

Villa extend their unbeaten League run to five but are held for the second successive game to fall back to fourth in the division two table, four points off the top,

Graham Taylor's Villa have now lost just once in nineteen Division Two games, winning eleven but had now drawn seven including the last two.

Villa break a run of 🟨 three draws to hammer Hull into submission on New Years' Day 1988 as Nigel Spink 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 foils old boy Pat Heard's penalty before a second half four goal onslaught sends Villa joint top of the second division.

Graham Taylor's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa start 1988 with the biggest win under his leadership to date and have now 🟥 lost just once in twenty one Division Two games, 🟩 winning twelve.

Midfielder Paul Birch 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 🕒 150th start in a Villa shirt (159 Appearances).

Centre forward Garry Thompson 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🔥 creates Andy Gray’s 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ⚽ goal to contribute his 20th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 47th appearance doing so at a rate of one goal involvement for every 2.35 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Midfielder Mark Lillis 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 🕒 25th appearance in a Villa shirt.

Games on successive days prove no problem for Villa as they triumph in a tightly fought game thanks to a thrilling chip over the goalkeeper by Paul Birch 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 before the midfielder sets up Alan McInally's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 volley to secure Villa's 10th away victory of the season and take the outright lead in the table, three points clear.

Graham Taylor's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa have now lost just once in twenty two Division Two games, winning thirteen.

Full back Kevin Gage 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 creates Warren Aspinall’s ⚽ goal to contribute his 10th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 33rd appearance.

Defender David Norton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 🕒 first appearance in a Villa shirt in 10 months and first under Graham Taylor 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿.

Midfielder Warren Aspinall 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ⚽ scores his 15th goal in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 43rd appearance (40 Starts).

Graham Taylor's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa beat Leeds in the FA Cup to leave them unbeaten in nine with 🟩 six wins in all competitions.

Villa 🟩 win for the twelfth time away from home this season as they survive a bizarre refereeing decision to allow Leeds a goal despite the scorer elbowing Nigel Spink 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿.

Centre back Martin Keown 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 🕒 75th appearance in a Villa shirt (74 Starts).

An early Martin Keown 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 strike is enough to secure Villa the points as a strong rearguard action and a Gary Shaw 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 cameo on his final appearance keeps Villa clear at the top of the table.

Graham Taylor's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa have now 🟥 lost just once in twenty three Division Two games, 🟩 winning fourteen. 

League and European Cup winning Villa forward Gary Shaw 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 26 makes his 212th & final appearance in a Villa shirt before moving on to BK Frem Copenhagen in May 1988. Shaw played for Villa between 1978 and 1988 leaving with a record of 🟩 W98 🟨 D46 🟥 L68, ⚽ 79 Goals & 🔥 22 Assists. Sadly injuries had stalled Shaw's career however as he made just 18 appearances over his final four seasons with the club. 

Villa now boasted just one player who had won the title seven years earlier - defender Allan Evans 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿.

Centre forward Garry Thompson 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 🕒 50th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it 🟩 W16 🟨 D15  🟥 L19, ⚽ 14 Goals and 🔥 7 Assists at a rate of one goal involvement for every 2.38 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Villa make it 🟩 thirteen away wins as they open a six point gap at the top of the table after Tony Daley 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 - out with injury since August - makes one and scores one to make it eleven unbeaten.

Graham Taylor's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa have now 🟥 lost just once in twenty four Division Two games, 🟩 winning fifteen.

Centre forward Alan McInally 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 sets up Tony Daley’s 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 opener to contribute his 10th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 22nd appearance.

Graham Taylor's Villa lose to runaway First Division leaders Liverpool in the fourth round of the FA Cup.

Tony Daley makes his 75th appearance in a Villa shirt (56 Starts) to make it W16 D23 L36, 8 Goals and 6 Assists so far in his Villa career.