Tony Barton's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa can only draw with lowly Stoke to make it 🟩 six wins, 🟨 three draws and 🟥 four defeats in 🕒 thirteen League games this season as they climb to eighth in the table.

Mervyn Day 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 28 makes his debut appearance in a Villa shirt after moving from Orient in August 1983 for £15,000 to become the 624th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Tony Barton's Villa can only draw with struggling Everton to make it eight wins, four draws and five defeats in seventeen League games this season.

Paul Rideout scores for the second successive game to give Villa a deserved lead over Everton but a dodgy penalty decision - missed - threatens to give the home side a deserved point before former Villan scores a cruel last minute equaliser. Such is the tight nature of the table that Villa fall to tenth.

Villa capitulate in the final 30 minutes at Carrow Road as John Deehan inspires Norwich to the win, meanwhile Tony Barton's tolerance breaks and the players are placed well and truly in the dock as Villa slump to 12th.

Tony Barton's Villa lose the latest battle of Carrow Road as John Deehan does the damage against his formative club to make it ten wins, seven draws and nine defeats in twenty six League games this season.

Villa beat Forest to climb back to eighth in the table as Nigel Spink 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 sits on the sidelines after his Highfield Road concussion injury.

Tony Barton's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa win in the League for only the second time in 1984 as they make it 🟩 twelve wins, 🟨 nine draws and 🟥 eleven defeats in 🕒 thirty two League games this season.

Midfielder Steve McMahon 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ⚽ scores his 5th goal in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 39th appearance and his first in 14 games.

Goalkeeper Mervyn Day 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 keeps his ⛔ first clean sheet in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 4th appearance.

Villa make it back to back 1-0 victories as they move into 7th in the table under Tony Barton.

Tony Barton's Villa 🟩 win successive games to make it 🟩 thirteen wins, 🟨 nine draws and 🟥 eleven defeats in 🕒 thirty three League games this season.

Goalkeeper Mervyn Day 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 keeps his ⛔ second successive clean sheet in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 5th appearance.

Villa suffer a surprise defeat to neighbours Birmingham as they are knocked back to 8th.

Tony Barton's Villa lose to near neighbours Birmingham despite Peter Withe's twenty first goal of the season. 

As a result Villa make it thirteen wins, nine draws and twelve defeats in thirty four League games this season.

Villa bounce back from their surprise defeat to neighbours Birmingham with victory over Coventry to move to 7th in the table.

Tony Barton's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa make it 🟩 three wins in five as they see off Coventry at Villa Park and now have 🟩 fourteen wins, 🟨 nine draws and 🟥 twelve defeats in 🕒 thirty five League games this season.

Goalkeeper Mervyn Day 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 keeps his ⛔ third clean sheet in 🕒 four games and has now 🥅 conceded 7 goals in 🕒 7 appearances in a Villa shirt.

Villa fall to ninth in the table as they are beaten at Filbert Street.

Tony Barton's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa fail to score for the tenth time this season and now have 🟩 fourteen wins, 🟨 nine draws and 🟥 thirteen defeats in 🕒 thirty six League games this season. 

Centre back Steve Foster 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 26 makes his debut appearance in a Villa shirt after moving from Brighton in March 1984 for a fee of £150,000 to become the 626th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football. 

Midfielder Paul Kerr 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 19 makes his debut appearance in a Villa shirt after gradutating from the youth ranks to become the 627th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Villa fall to a disputed penalty despite taking the lead at White Hart Lane through Mark Walters to sit ninth in the table under Tony Barton.

Tony Barton's Villa lose successive matches to leave them with fourteen wins, nine draws and fourteen defeats in thirty seven League games this season.

Steve Foster 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 scores the winner on his home debut as Villa beat Graham Taylor's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Watford but remain 9th in the table.

Tony Barton's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa's win is their first in three matches and makes it 🟩 fifteen wins, 🟨 nine draws and 🟥 fourteen defeats in 🕒 thirty eight League games this season.

Centre back Steve Foster 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 scores his ⚽ first goal in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 2nd appearance.

Villa make it back to back wins as Notts County are beaten at Villa Park to climb back to 8th in the first division table under Tony Barton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿.

Tony Barton's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa make it 🟩 sixteen wins, 🟨 nine draws and 🟥 fourteen defeats in thirty nine League games this season.

Winger Mark Walters 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 75th appearance in a Villa shirt (62 Starts).

Midfielder Paul Birch 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 25th appearance in a Villa shirt (24 Starts).

Villa record a 🟩 third successive win as a strong attacking performance and fine goalkeeping display from former Hammers 'keeper Mervyn Day clinch the points.

Tony Barton's Villa 🟩 win a third successive game to climb to eighth in the table and make it 🟩 seventeen wins, 🟨 nine draws and 🟥 fourteen defeats in 🕒 forty League games this season.

Goalkeeper Mervyn Day 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 keeps his ⛔ first clean sheet in 🕒 five games but has only 🥅 conceded 13 goals in 🕒 12 appearances in a Villa shirt.

After three successive wins Villa lose their final home game of the season but climb to joint 7th in the table with one to play having played a game more than some of their rivals.

Tony Barton's Villa lose for the first time in four and fail to score for the eleventh time to make it seventeen wins, nine draws and fifteen defeats in forty one League games this season.

Tony Barton's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa finish the season with 🟩 seventeen wins, 🟨 nine draws and 🟥 sixteen defeats in forty two League. 

Tony Barton's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa 🟥 lose their final game of the season to end their campaign joint eighth.

The final league table however sees them classified 10th level on points with West Ham after the previous season’s 6th placed finish. 

Meanwhile in an act of pure commercial, football and moral vandalism the much derided chairman Herbert Douglas Ellis sacks Tony Barton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 and sets Villa on course for a half decade of abject disaster.

Despite the inconsistency that was a hallmark of the season it was with surprise and great regret that this would prove to be the final game for Villa manager Tony Barton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿.

Having won the European Cup in his first season and achieved two top ten finishes, Barton was forced to work with an increasingly depleted squad as League title and European Cup winners were sold by Ellis without a coherent replacement plan. 

Barton’s 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 departure signalled an acceleration of this break up of a squad that had conquered both England and Europe with Ellis setting the club on an inevitable course of under-performance over the next three seasons,

Midfielder Andy Blair 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 27 makes his 47th & final appearance in a Villa shirt before moving on to Sheffield Wednesday in August 1984 for a fee of £350,000. Blair played for Villa between 1981-82 and 1983-84 before returning once again from 1985-86 to 1987-88 initially leaving with a record of 🟩 W22 🟨 D9 🟥 L16, ⚽ 1 Goal and 🔥 7 Assists.

Left back Eamonn Deacy 🇮🇪 25 makes his 40th and final appearance in a Villa shirt (30 Starts) before moving on to Galway United in July 1984. Deacy 🇮🇪 left with a record of 🟩 W21 🟨 D7 🟥 L12, ⚽ 1 Goal and 🔥 2 Assists.

Deacy 🇮🇪 is the sixth member of the fourteen man League title winning squad to have been sold by Ellis in the two years since winning the European Cup. 

Deacy’s 🇮🇪 departure followed those of Kenny Swain 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿, Jimmy Rimmer 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿, David Geddis 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿, Ken McNaught 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 and Tony Morley 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿.

Left back Tony Dorigo 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 18 makes his debut in a Villa shirt following his promotion from the Youth set up to become the 628th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Midfielder Dennis Mortimer 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 🕒 400th appearance in a Villa shirt.

Villa open the season, their first without either Ron Saunders 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 or Tony Barton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 in eleven years, with a win over Coventry at Villa Park.

Graham Turner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 takes charge of Villa for the first time following Herbert Douglas Ellis' sacking of Tony Barton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 in what as apparently the latest attempt to remove all traces of the League Title and European Cup winning seasons by the unpopular and allegedly bitter Chairman under whose watch success had been absent.

Turner arrives as a respected lower League manager having managed minnows Shrewsbury Town to relative success on a tight budget in recent seasons. 

Despite or maybe because of that his arrival is a shock and far from universally welcomed as a step forward from Barton and far from being of sufficient quality to succeed not only the great Ron Saunders 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 / Tony Barton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 partnership but also before that the tireless work of Vic Crowe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿. 

Indeed this is an appointment more akin to the desperate days of the late 1960’s and not one of recent European champions. The appointment does however meet favour with the miserly intentions of the Chairman.

Midfielder Gordon Cowans 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 🕒 first appearance in a Villa shirt in 15 months after missing the entirety of the 1983-84 campaign with injury.

Midfielder Steve McMahon 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 🕒 50th appearance in a Villa shirt.

Goalkeeper Mervyn Day 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 keeps his ⛔ fifth clean sheet in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 15th appearance having 🥅 conceded just 17 goals since his debut.

Midfielder Des Bremner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 scores his ⚽ 10th goal in a Villa shirt in 🕒 224 appearances and his ⚽ first in 🕒 79 games to win it for Villa.

Graham Turner's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa make it consecutive wins at the start of the campaign as both Villa’s oldest and youngest players score.

Villa sit top of the table after two games on goal difference ahead of Newcastle who are up next.

Gordon Cowans 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 🕒 325th appearance in a Villa shirt (310 Starts) to make it 🟩 W152 🟨 D75 🟥 L98, ⚽ 50 Goals and 🔥 50 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.25 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Winger Mark Walters 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 scores a brace to contribute his ⚽ 🔥 25th goal involvement on his 🕒 79th appearance in a Villa shirt (66 Starts).

Midfielder Steve McMahon 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 contributes his ⚽ 🔥 10th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 51st appearance.

Midfielder Des Bremner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 makes his 🕒 225th appearance in a Villa shirt and contributes his 🔥 10th assist and ⚽ 🔥 20th goal involvement for the club.

Villa lose for the first time this season and the first under Graham Turner as they are well beaten by a Chris Waddle inspired Newcastle.

Fans worst fears are realised as the rot sets in quickly under Graham Turner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 who presides over one of the worst ever performances seen at Villa Park. 

Villa had now conceded eight without reply in two games under Turner as they slump to 11th in the early table.

Meanwhile, Herbert Douglas Ellis’ desecration of the squad continues.

Des Bremner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 32 makes his 🕒 227th & final appearance in a Villa shirt (222 Starts) before being sold to of all places Birmingham City later this month for a paltry fee of £25,000. Bremner's departure comes just two games after he was seen to be back to his best form and was moved on by Ellis, despite, and maybe because of the influence he held at Villa. 

Bremner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 was the seventh member of the fourteen man League title winning squad that had now been forced out of the club and left with a record of 🟩 W104 🟨 D52 🟥 L71, ⚽ 10 Goals and 🔥 10 Assists.

Villa under Ellis had now discarded Kenny Swain 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿, Ken McNaught 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿, Jimmy Rimmer 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿, David Geddis 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿, Tony Morley 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿, Eamonn Deacy and Bremner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿.

Gordon Cowans 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 suffers his 🟥 100th defeat in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 327th appearance (312 Starts) to make it 🟩 W152 🟨 D75 🟥 L100, ⚽ 50 Goals and 🔥 50 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.27 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Right Back Gary Williams 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 🕒 200th appearance in a Villa shirt (195 Starts).

Graham Turner's Villa bounce back from two heavy defeats to score four past Chelsea with Gordon Cowans, Peter Withe and Steve Foster prominent.

Villa are held at Vicarage Road as Peter Withe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 and Steve Foster 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 both ⚽ score for the second successive game to leave Villa 7th in the table under Graham Turner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 after six games.

It's Peter Withe's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 fourth ⚽ in five games. 

As a result Villa have now 🟩 won three League games in 🕒 six, 🟥 lost two and 🟨 drawn one.

Having 🥅 conceded 17 goals in his 🕒 first 15 appearances Goalkeeper Mervyn Day 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 has now 🥅 conceded 14 in 5 games without keeping a ⛔ clean sheet - his longest run without one.

Graham Turner's Villa are beaten at home by Tottenham to make it three wins in seven League games, losing three.

Villa lose for the third time in five games under Graham Turner as they fall back to 10th in the first division table.

Fourth division Scunthorpe run Graham Turner’s 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa close in the second round of the League Cup as Villa need a brace on only his second appearance from 17 year old Paul Kerr 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 to take a one goal lead into the second leg at Villa Park.

Colin Gibson 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 scores his ⚽ 7th goal in 🕒 48 matches, having scored ⚽ three in his first 🕒 144 appearances in a Villa shirt.

Having 🥅 conceded 17 goals in his 🕒 first 15 appearances Goalkeeper Mervyn Day 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 has now 🥅 conceded 18 in 7 games without keeping a ⛔ clean sheet - his longest run without one.

Graham Turner's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa lose for the second successive game and are heavily beaten without reply once again to make it 🟩 three wins in 🕒 eight League games, 🟥 losing four.

Referee David Letts and linesman Paul Alcock contrive to 🟥 send off two Villa players in two minutes as Graham Turner's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 side are defeated at Portman Road to leave them 14th in the table. 

Paul Rideout 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ⚽ equalises on 54’ but it's controversially disallowed by referee Letts who 🟥 sends off Peter Withe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 for “making an obscene gesture.” before 🟥 sending off Colin Gibson 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 two minutes later.

Colin Gibson 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 is 🟥 sent off for the third time in 🕒 193 appearances.

Having 🥅 conceded 17 goals in his 🕒 first 15 appearances Goalkeeper Mervyn Day 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 has now 🥅 conceded 20 in 8 games without keeping a ⛔ clean sheet - his longest run without one.

Centre forward Peter Withe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 is 🟥 sent off for the second time in 🕒 197 appearances and now has 🟨 28 Yellow Cards and 🟥 2 Red Cards to his name.

Villa secure victory over Manchester United as Didier Six 🇫🇷 makes a promising debut to send Villa back to 10th in the table.

As a result Villa make it 🟩 four wins in 🕒 nine League games, whilst 🟥 losing four. 

But all is not well behind the scenes as Graham Turner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 falls out with another player, this time centre back and recent signing Steve Foster 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿, having already told League and European Cup winners Des Bremner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 and Dennis Mortimer 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 that they can no longer perform in the first division.

Unsurprisingly the number of transfer requests from players disillusioned with life under Ellis and Turner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 reaches epic proportions as the utter mismanagement of the club continues unabated.

Didier Six 🇫🇷 30 makes his debut appearance in a Villa shirt after joining from French club Mulhouse FC 🇫🇷 in September to become the 629th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Six 🇫🇷 becomes the first Frenchman 🇫🇷 to play for the club.

Goalkeeper Mervyn Day 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 keeps his first ⛔ clean sheet in 9 games - his longest run without one and now has ⛔ 6 across his 🕒 24 appearances in a Villa shirt.

Gordon Cowans 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 scores his ⚽ first goal for Villa since breaking his leg 14 months ago as Villa luck in to beat fourth division Scunthorpe in the second round of the League Cup.

Right Back Gary Williams 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 200th start in a Villa shirt (205 Appearances).

Colin Gibson 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 scores his ⚽ 8th goal in 🕒 51 matches, having scored ⚽ three in his first 🕒 144 appearances in a Villa shirt.

Goalkeeper Mervyn Day 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 🕒 25th appearance in a Villa shirt and has now 🥅 conceded 21 goals in his last 10 games having 🥅 conceded 17 in his 🕒 first 15.

Centre forward Paul Rideout 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 scores his ⚽ 10th goal in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 39th appearance.

Centre forward Peter Withe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 secures his 🟩 100th win in a Villa shirt in 🕒 199 appearances.

Villa have five booked, a penalty award against them and are beaten by Everton at Goodison as all remnants of finesse and flair seem to have been drained from the team under Graham Turner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿.

Graham Turner's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa return to League action and 🟥 lose for the third time in four games to make it 🟩 four wins in 🕒 ten League games, whilst 🟥 losing five.

Centre forward Peter Withe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 🕒 200th appearance in a Villa shirt.

Peter Withe’s 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 brace saves Villa from defeat to 17th placed Norwich as Villa make it 🟩 four wins in 🕒 eleven League games, whilst 🟥 losing five. 

Having ⚽ scored four and 🔥 made five goals in his 🕒 last four games there are welcome rumours that Withe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 is about to be offered a new contract to keep him at the club for another three years.

Midfielder Dennis Mortimer 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his first appearance as a 🔁 substitute after 405 starts in what proves to be his fianl game for the club whom he lead to League and European Cup glory.

Graham Turner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 prematurely calls time on the great man’s Villa career before moving him on to Brighton & Hove Albion in August 1985 on a free transfer.

Mortimer 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 became the eighth member of the fourteen man League title winning squad that had now been sold under the Herbert Douglas Ellis regime. Mortimer's departure followed those of Kenny Swain 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿, Ken McNaught 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿, Jimmy Rimmer 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿, David Geddis 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿, Tony Morley 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿, Eamonn Deacy 🇮🇪 and Des Bremner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿. 

Mortimer 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 left with a record of 🟩 W185 🟨 D103 🟥 L118, ⚽ 36 Goals and 🔥73 Assists.

Far less positive things could be said about Turner who whether unable, unwilling or both to keep the old guard, is now also having troubles with even the newest of recruits.

Centre back Steve Foster 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 27 makes just his 17th and final appearance in a Villa shirt before moving on to Luton Town in November for £70,000 just six months after Villa had paid Brighton & Hove Albion £150,000 for his services. 

Foster experienced repeated rows with a manager who had been in post for just two months and who was already patently out of his depth and taking Villa backwards. Foster was a relieved man to make a quick exit with a record of 🟩 W8 🟨 D2 🟥 L7 and ⚽ 3 goals.

Villa then had lost regulars from their midfield and defence as yet more discontent bubbled behind the scenes; the Turner / Ellis axis, had been in place for less than 10 weeks and the wonton destruction had hardly even begun.

Graham Turner's deeply questioned appointment proves to be the mis-step it was widely expected as Villa slump to 16th in the table and have now suffered defeats of 0-3, 0-5, 0-3 and 0-5 in twelve first division games as Turner's policy of insulting then discarding League and European Cup winning players proves the damaging folly it obviously was. 

Graham Turner's Villa lose 0-5 for the second time in nine League games having also lost 0-3 twice. 

This latest chastening defeat came a the hands of third from bottom Leicester City and made it four wins in twelve League games, whilst losing six. Whilst the number of defeats was enough of a concern, the nature of them was even more so and the fears appeared to be well founded for the many who had doubted the credentials of Turner to lead Villa on his appointment.

Life under Graham Turner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 worsens as John Gregory 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 returns to haunt Villa with a winning goal in the third round of the League Cup.

Villa are now without a win in 🕒 four, 🟥 losing three.

Having 🥅 conceded 17 goals in his 🕒 first 15 appearances Goalkeeper Mervyn Day 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 has now 🥅 conceded 31 in his last 14 games in a Villa shirt.

Villa are held to a 🟨 goalless draw at home by West Ham as they remain 16th in the table under Graham Turner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿.

Villa are now without a win in five and make it 🟩 four wins in 🕒 thirteen League games, whilst 🟥 losing six.

Goalkeeper Mervyn Day 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 keeps his second ⛔ clean sheet in 15 games and now has ⛔ 7 across his 🕒 30 appearances in a Villa shirt. Day 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 had kept his ⛔ fifth clean sheet in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 15th appearance having at that point 🥅 conceded just 17 goals since his debut. Since then Day 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 had 🥅 conceded another 31 goals.

Villa take an early lead at Highbury but an offside equaliser robs them of a desperately needed win as the standard of refereeing continues to shock this season.

Graham Turner's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa are now without a win in six and have just 🟩 four wins in 🕒 fourteen League games, 🟥 losing six and sit 17th in the table.

Gordon Cowans 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 🕒 325th start in a Villa shirt (340 Appearances) to make it 🟩 W156 🟨 D79 🟥 L105,⚽  51 Goals and 🔥 53 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.27 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Colin Gibson 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 🕒 200th appearance in a Villa shirt.

Didier Six 🇫🇷 scores his first ⚽ for the club to put them two up at half time but a typically thuggish Southampton - with six booked - score twice to take a share of the points in the second half.

Graham Turner's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa are now without a win in seven and make it 🟩 four wins in 🕒 fifteen League games, whilst 🟥 losing six.

Centre forward Didier Six 🇫🇷 scores his ⚽ first goal in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 9th appearance.