Holders Villa hammer bottom tier side Wigan in the 2nd round of the League Cup.

Midfielder Nii Lamptey, 19, makes a goalscoring debut in a Villa shirt after joining from RSC Anderlecht in August 1994 to become the 698th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football. Lamptey, allegedly unable to read or write, had arrived at Villa through the machinations of an errant agent and as a result a very confusing career began.

Dalian Atkinson contributes his 50th goal involvement on his 99th appearance in a Villa shirt (93 Starts) to make it W45 D29 L25, 31 Goals and 20 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 1.94 games he has played so far in his Villa career. 

Dwight Yorke contributes his first assist in 38 games and secures his 50th win in a Villa shirt on his 118th appearance (81 Starts) and make it W50 D32 L36, 31 Goals, 14 Assists and 2 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one for every 2.62 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Villa suffer consecutive Premier League defeats under Ron Atkinson as they succumb to Blackburn at Ewood.

Dalian Atkinson makes his 100th appearance in a Villa shirt (94 Starts) to make it W45 D29 L26, 31 Goals and 20 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 1.96 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Ugo Ehiogu scores his first goal in a Villa shirt on his 43rd appearance (30 Starts) to make it W19 D9 L15, 1 Goal, 1 Assist and 3 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Future Villa boss Tim Sherwood lines up for Blackburn as future Villa centre forward Chris Sutton scores Rovers’ second goal.

Villa's European heroics leave a hangover as they suffer a third successive Premier League defeat to fall to 12th in the table.

After starting the season unbeaten in the league for 5 games, Ron Atkinson’s Villa had now lost three, scoring once.

Earl Barrett makes his 125th start in a Villa shirt (126 Appearances) to make it W57 D33 L36, 2 Goals and 1 Assist so far in his Villa career.

Villa record an 8-0 aggregate victory over Wigan in the League Cup as the mercurial Nii Lamptey hits a brace.

Goalkeeper Michael Oakes, 20, makes his debut in a Villa shirt after joining as a trainee and signing professional forms in July 1991 to become the 699th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Nii Lamptey scores a brace on his 4th appearance in a Villa shirt (2 Starts) to make it W2 D0 L2, 3 Goals and 1 Booking at a goal involvement rate of one for every 1.33 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

After starting the season unbeaten in 5, Villa have now lost their last 4 Premier League fixtures under Ron Atkinson to slump to 14th in the table.

Guy Whittingham scores for the second successive game to make it five goals in a Villa shirt on his 25th appearance (19 Starts), W13 D3 L9, % Goals and 1 Assist at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.57 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Dwight Yorke contributes his first assist in 37 Premier League games and his 15th assist in a Villa shirt on his 122nd appearance (85 Starts) to make it W51 D32 L39, 31 Goals, 15 Assists and 2 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one for every 2.65 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Holders Villa gain respite from their difficult League spell under Ron Atkinson to secure a narrow win over Boro in the League Cup.

Dean Saunders secures his 50th win on his 111th appearance in a Villa shirt (110 Starts) to make it W50 D30 L31, 37 Goals and 8 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 2.47 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Andy Townsend scores his 5th goal in a Villa shirt on his 62nd appearance to make it W29 D13 L20, 5 Goals, 9 Assists and 9 Bookings so far in his Villa career. 

Ugo Ehiogu makes his 50th appearance in a Villa shirt (37 Starts) to make it W21 D10 L19, 1 Goal, 1 Assist and 4 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Mark Bosnich keeps his 25th clean sheet in a Villa shirt on his 70th appearance (69 Starts) to make it W30 D18 L22, 66 Goals Conceded at a rate of 0.94 goals per game and 25 Clean Sheets (36%) so far in his Villa career.

Former Villa defender Neil Cox lines up for Boro.

Villa lose for the 6th time in 7 Premier League games as they slump to 19th in the table under Ron Atkinson ahead of the crucial UEFA Cup second leg against Trabzonspor.

The bottom four of 22 teams will be relegated to Division One this season.

Andy Townsend collects his 10th booking in a Villa shirt on his 63rd appearance to make it W29 D13 L21, 5 Goals, 9 Assists and 10 Bookings at a rate of a card every 6.30 games so far in his Villa career.

Ugo Ehiogu collects his 5th booking in a Villa shirt on his 51st appearance (38 Starts) to make it W21 D10 L20, 1 Goal, 1 Assist and 5 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Former Villa forward Gary Penrice - £1m, 20 appearances, 1 goal - comes on in the 89’ minute and scores the winner on 90’. 

Former Villa midfielder and bête noire of Villa Park, Steve Hodge, lines up for QPR.

Villa line up for their first game since the departure of Ron Atkinson under the temporary stewardship of Jim Barron to win their first league game in 10.

Jim Barron, Atkinson's assistant for the last three years, sees Villa fire into a three nil lead within 27' before Spurs hit back but Dean Saunders has the last laugh as his 90' strike secures the points for the caretaker.

Despite the result the White Hart Lane match would prove to be Barron’s sole game in charge as new boss Brian Little was installed ahead of the following weekend’s fixture. 

Dalian Atkinson makes his 100th start in a Villa shirt (106 Appearances) to make it W48 D30 L28, 34 Goals and 21 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 1.93 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Dean Saunders scores his 40th goal in a Villa shirt on his 116th appearance (115 Starts) to make it W52 D30 L34, 40 Goals and 8 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 2.42 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Mark Bosnich makes it 9 goals conceded in his last 3 games as he concedes his 75th goal in a Villa shirt on his 73rd appearance (72 Starts) and for the first time in his career Bosnich has a concession rate above a goal a game and makes it W31 D18 L24, 75 Goals Conceded at a rate of 1.03 goals per game and 25 Clean Sheets (34%) so far in his Villa career.

Ray Houghton contributes his 25th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 105th appearance (95 Starts) to make it W45 D28 L32, 10 Goals and 15 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 4.20 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Graham Fenton scores his first goals of the season and what would prove to be the final two goals of the three he scored for the club in 39 appearances between 1994 and 1995.

Defender Chris Boden makes his first squad appearance for Villa having come through the youth team set up.

Future Villa centre back Colin Calderwood lines up for Spurs. 

Villa make it three unbeaten under Brian Little but are yet to win under the new boss and remain 20th in the Premier League table 

Nigel Spink makes his 450th appearance for the club since his debut in December 1979 but narrowly avoids an unwanted memory as he charges from goal, misses the ball and only a Bryan Small goal-line clearance prevents disaster.

Centre Forward Guy Whittingham, 30, makes his 33rd and final appearance in a Villa shirt (23 Starts( before moving on to Sheffield Wednesday in November 1995 for a fee of £700,000. Whittingham had played for Villa between 1993-94 and 1994-95 and left with a record of W14 D6 L13, 6 Goals, 2 Assists and 1 Booking at a goal involvement rate of one for every 4.13 games he played in his Villa career. 

Nii Lamptey makes his 9th and final appearance in a Villa shirt before disappearing as quickly and strangely as he came. Lamptey left with a record of W4 D1 L4, 3 Goals - all against lower League side Wigan - and 3 Bookings. Not the oddest signing in Villa’s history but certainly up there.

Kevin Richardson makes his 175th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W76 D46 L53, 16 Goals and 18 Assists so far in his Villa career.

Former Villa centre forward Paul Rideout lines up for Everton.