Villa are held at home in the fourth round of the FA Cup by division two side Orient.

Villa face Leyton Orient for the first time in competitive football, Orient become the 75th team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football.

Villa are held at home in the fourth round of the FA Cup by division two side Orient. 

Meanwhile, midfielder Norman Swales made his Villa debut aged 20 after joining from Middlesbrough in November 1928.

Pongo Waring scores a hat-trick as Villa put eight past Orient in the fourth round of the FA Cup.

Pongo Waring scores a second successive hat-trick as Villa extend their unbeaten run to five with four wins 

Villa make it fourteen wins, three draws and nine defeats in their twenty six division one games.

Villa climb to outright 4th in the table.

Villa suffer injury after injury in the first half at the Baseball Ground before Tommy Smart is forced to retire from the game for good and Villa play the entire second half with ten men.

Villa lose for the third successive game to make it sixteen wins, four draws and twelve defeats in their thirty two division one games.

Billy Cook scores for the second successive gameas Villa record consecutive wins following a four match losing run 

Villa make it eighteen wins, four draws and twelve defeats in their thirty four division one games.

Villa go joint 15th.

Villa demonstrate life under Billy Smith in miniature as they concede four and lose two days after scoring five and winning. 

Villa make it eighteen wins, four draws and thirteen defeats in their thirty five division one games. 

Meanwhile, three great servants of Villa made their final appearances: 

Forward Len Capewell who had scored 100 goals in his 157 appearances, including the only goal of his final game, made his last appearance for Villa aged 34 before moving on to Walsall in February 1930. 

Forward Billy Cook also made the last of his 61 appearances during which time he hit forty goals having only joined the club as a 32 year old before moving on to Tottenham in July aged 34. 

Centre back Vic Milne played his last game for Villa aged 31 after 174 appearances and one goal across his 6 seasons with the club before retiring from football.

Villa bounce back from defeat at Filbert Street to beat Leicester at Villa Park as Billy Walker scores a brace. 

Villa make it nineteen wins, four draws and thirteen defeats in their thirty six division one games.

Villa remain 5th in the table.

Villa fall to a sixth defeat in eight off the back of a run of just three losses in fifteen. 

Villa make it twelve wins, four draws and eleven defeats in their twenty seven division one games. 

Villa remain joint 8th.

Goalkeeper Fred Biddlestone, 25, and forward Bob Brocklebank, 21, made their Villa debuts after joining from Walsall and Finchley AFC earlier this month and in May 1929 respectively. 

Moving the other way was midfielder Norman Swales, 23, who made his eight and final appearance for Villa before moving on to Scarborough in May 1932.