Injury hit Villa beat Norwich to record their 🟩 first win in 🕒 seven as they have to dip into the depths of the reserves, one of whom, Robert Hopkins 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 with the game already won is "sent on, more as a token gesture" in the 92' and astonishingly scores.

Villa make it 🟩 thirteen wins, 🟨 twelve draws and 🟥 nine defeats in 🕒 thirty four League matches this season. 

Left back Pat Heard 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 20 makes his debut in a Villa shirt after moving from Everton in October 1979 for a fee of £150,000 to become the 613th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Reserve team midfielder Robert Hopkins 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes a surprise debut in a Villa shirt from the subs bench as manager Ron Saunders 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 looks to protect his charges from any further injuries. Happily Hopkins scores what is Villa's most unlikely goal until the appearance of Michael Boulding 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 in 2002.

Centre back Ken McNaught 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 secures his 🟩 50th win in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 129th appearance.

Villa's injury hit squad continue to suffer as the threadbare side lose to Stoke but despite unfamiliar faces in the team and 🟩 one win in 🕒 seven first division games Ron Saunders' 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 side remain joint fifth in the table.

Villa 🟥 lose for the fifth time in seven to make it 🟩 thirteen wins, 🟨 twelve draws and 🟥 ten defeats in 🕒 thirty five League matches this season.

Due to the injury crisis Saunders 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 has to call on reserve team midfielder Robert Hopkins 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 for the second successive squad and the player gets more than the single minute he took to score his unlikely goal last time out however his performance is far from impressive and he would disappear completely from view until another injury crisis two and half years later saw then manager Tony Barton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿hand the still reserve team player a third and final appearance.

As a result of his scant consideration for first team selection, Hopkins 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 holds the record for lowest appearance ratio of any player in the club's history having being played in just 2.34% of Villa's games played from his debut to his final appearance.

Villa, still amidst an injury crisis, beat reigning European champions Forest to jump ahead of Brian Clough’s side as the now sole incumbent of 5th place in the chase to qualify for the UEFA Cup.

Ron Saunders' 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa 🟩 win for the second time in three to make it 🟩 fourteen wins, 🟨 twelve draws and 🟥 ten defeats in 🕒 thirty six League matches this season.

Midfielder Des Bremner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 scores his second ⚽ goal in a Villa shirt 🕒 34 games after his first.

Villa draw with woeful Manchester City despite utterly dominating a team searching for their first win in eighteen.

Villa have goalscorer David Geddis sent off in the final seconds as the game boils over at Maine Road due to the behaviour of perennial irritant Tueart. 

Despite dropping a point, Villa remain fifth in the table with five to play.Ron Saunders' Villa make it fourteen wins, thirteen draws and ten defeats in thirty seven League matches this season.

Villa 🟨 draw for the second successive game as their "inability to turn superiority into goals" strikes again but Ron Saunders' Villa are unbeaten in three to make it 🟩 fourteen wins, 🟨 fourteen draws and 🟥 ten defeats in 🕒 thirty eight League matches this season.

Villa remain 5th in the table with four to play.

Eamonn Deacy 🇮🇪 makes his first start and his 🕒 2nd appearance in a Villa shirt and his first in five months.

Ron Saunders' 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa lose for the first time in four to make it 🟩 fourteen wins, 🟨 fourteen draws and 🟥 eleven defeats in 🕒 thirty nine League matches this season but it's another shocking refereeing performance that decides the game.

The defeat however is all the more poignant as it proved to be the final game for Villa great Brian Little 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿.

The game itself sees Villa suffer a sadly less than surprising Old Trafford refereeing injustice as Manchester United’s first goal is from a cross delivered from beyond the byeline by Steve Coppell. 

The goal comes before a thuggish Joe Jordan 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 - scorer of both the home team’s goals - leaves his mark on Allan Evans 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 

No punishment is forthcoming for the United player but Evans 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 is eventually booked after trying to take out his retaliation. 

Villa remain fifth but have to share the place with Wolves who have played a game less than Ron Saunders’ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 side.

Centre back Brendan Ormsby 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 🕒 25th appearance in a Villa shirt.

Midfielder Des Bremner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 scores his ⚽ second goal in 🕒 four games having ⚽ scored once in his 🕒 previous 37.

Goalkeeper Jimmy Rimmer 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 🕒 150th appearance in a Villa shirt.

Forward Brian Little 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 26 makes his 🕒 303rd and final appearance in a Villa shirt (296 Starts) befpre retiring from football due to injury. Little was one of those players that few clubs are ever lucky enough to see and experience, an outstanding talent and servant for the club there is little doubt had injury not intervened that he would have gone on to make many 100s more appearances than the 300 with which he graced the club. Little would retire with a record of 🟩 W136 🟨 D84 🟥 L83, ⚽ 81 Goals and 🔥 63 Assists at a rate of one goal involvement every 2.10 games he played across his outstanding career.

Villa's injury crisis continues unabated as they are forced to raid the reserves again and field a side of whom seven are under the age of 21. 

Such is the desperate need for bodies that centre back Noel Blake 🇯🇲, 18, is selected to make his Villa debut after joining from Sutton Town in December 1978. Blake, on the very periphery of the youth set up becomes the 614th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football in one of the most unexpected promotions in Villa's history.

Villa 🟩 win for the second time in five and record their 🟩 first win in four to make it 🟩 fifteen wins, 🟨 fourteen draws and 🟥 eleven defeats in 🕒 forty League matches this season under Ron Saunders.

Villa remain joint 5th with five games to play, three points clear of 6th and three points behind fourth.

Midfielder Gordon Cowans 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 scores his ⚽ 20th goal in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 157th appearance (142 Starts) to make it 🟩 W66 🟨 D45 🟥 L46, ⚽ 20 Goals and 🔥 18 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 4.13 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Colin Gibson 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 🕒 50th appearance in a Villa shirt.

Villa's ongoing injury crisis sees a hugely edifying battle of youngsters unfold. 

Villa field a team with an average outfield age of 20, whilst Coventry have five under 21 players in their side - with both Midlands clubs eschewing the norm of imported and ageing squads. 

Both teams put on a fine attacking display that Villa 🟩 win to remain joint fifth in the first division table with one game left to play. 

Villa 🟩 win for the second game in succession and make it 🟩 sixteen wins, 🟨 fourteen draws and 🟥 eleven defeats in 🕒 forty one Division One matches this season under 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ron Saunders.

Colin Gibson 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 scores his ⚽ second goal in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 51st appearance.

Villa finish the campaign with 🟩 sixteen wins, 🟨 fourteen draws and 🟥 twelve defeats in 🕒 forty two Division One matches under Ron Saunders 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿. 

Losing players of the calibre of Andy Gray 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 and John Gidman 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 early in the season before losing John Deehan's goalscoring credentials 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 was always going to mean a challenging season.

But suffering an injury crisis in the latter stages of the campaign so severe that the club were forced to play peripheral reserve team players Robert Hopkins 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 and Noel Blake 🇯🇲 meant that any top ten finish was something to behold.

Villa actually sat 5th in the table on the final day but fixture congestion meant Forest and Wolves had games still to play and following their final round of matches Villa had fallen to 7th,

Right back Kenny Swain 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 75th 🕒 appearance in a Villa shirt.

A weakened Villa side - without centre forward Peter Withe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿, midfielders Dennis Mortimer 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 and Des Bremner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 - put in their first poor performance under Tony Barton 󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 and are well beaten by title chasing Ipswich.

Reigning Champions Villa make it 🟩 nine wins, 🟨 ten draws and 🟥 eleven defeats after 🕒 30 games of their title defence.

Centre forward Terry Donovan 🇮🇪 24 makes his 🕒 25th & final appearance in a Villa shirt before moving on to Burnley for £25,000 in February 1983. Donovan had made 🕒 15 appearances in 1979-80 ⚽ scoring 5 before returning to the team in 1981-82 for a further 🕒 10 games and ⚽ 6 goals to leave with a record of 🟩 W12 🟨 D6 🟥 L7, ⚽ 11 Goals and 🔥 3 Assists.

Left back Pat Heard 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 🕒 10th appearance in a Villa shirt and his first in 22 months and first in 92 games as he contributes his 🔥 first assist for the club.

Villa and Arsenal fight out in a fabulous attacking game but despite taking a 2-0 first half lead at Highbury with Pat Heard 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 scoring one and creating one Villa come out second best on a thrilling day and make it consecutive - though very different - defeats under Tony Barton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿.

After eight League games Barton 󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮has now 🟩 won three, 🟨 drawn three and 🟥 lost twice to make it 🟩 nine wins, 🟨 ten draws and 🟥 twelve defeats after 🕒 31 games of Villa's title defence. 

Midfielder Terry Bullivant 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 25 makes his 🕒 14th & final appearance in a Villa shirt (11 Starts) before moving on to Charlton Athletic in July for a fee of £90,000. Bullivant made 7 appearances in 1979-80 before not being selected for 21 months. Bullivant returned to the first team set up for a further 7 appearances in 1981-82 and left with a record of 🟩 W4 🟨 D2 🟥 L8.

Left back Pat Heard 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 scores his ⚽ first goal in a Villa shirt and creates an 🔥 assist for the second successive game on his 🕒 11th appearance.

Villa recover from successive defeats as a defensive Albion once again focus on the offside trap over football but this time Villa triumph ahead of their European Cup semi final date with Anderlecht.

Reigning Champions Villa stop a run of 🟥 two League defeats as Tony Barton's men 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 make it 🟩 four wins, 🟨 three draws and 🟥 two defeats under the new boss to record 🟩 ten wins, 🟨 ten draws and 🟥 twelve defeats after 🕒 32 games of their title defence.

Centre forward Peter Withe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 contributes his ⚽ 🔥 50th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 80th appearance doing so at a rate of one every 1.62 games.

Villa record a second successive 3-0 victory to make it four consecutive wins in all competitions under Tony Barton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 but Villa remain 13th in the table following their dismal start to the campaign under Ron Saunders 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿.

In total Barton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 had now led Villa for 🕒 fifteen games and 🟩 delivered eight wins, 🟨 four draws and 🟥 three defeats since taking over from Ron Saunders 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿.

Saunders' 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 record over 🕒 35 games in had been 🟩 fifteen wins, 🟨 eight draws and 🟥 twelve losses.

Centre forward David Geddis 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 scores his ⚽ 15th goal in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 49th appearance.

Goalkeeper Jimmy Rimmer 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 🕒 250th appearance in a Villa shirt.

Tony Barton's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa snatch a 🟩 fifth successive win in all competitions in a perfect warm up for their European Cup semi final in Belgium 🇧🇪 as they climb to 11th in the table -  their highest position since October.

Barton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 had now led Villa for 🕒 sixteen games and delivered 🟩 nine wins, 🟨 four draws and 🟥 three defeats since taking over from Ron Saunders 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿.

Saunders' record over 🕒 35 games had been 🟩 fifteen wins, 🟨 eight draws and 🟥 twelve defeats.

Centre forward David Geddis 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 50th 🕒 appearance in a Villa shirt.

Villa are held by Manchester City to a goalless home draw but Villa climb back to eleventh having suffered just four defeats in twenty since Tony Barton took over. 

Meanwhile, Anderlecht are held equally to blame for the crowd trouble in the European Cup and though Villa must play their next home tie behind closed doors they are free to compete, with a full backing of fans, in the Rotterdam final in three weeks time.

Reigning Champions Villa make it seven Division One wins, five draws and three defeats under Tony Barton. In total Barton had now led Villa for twenty games and delivered nine wins, seven draws and four defeats since taking over from Ron Saunders whose record over 35 games in 1981-82 had been fifteen wins, eight draws and twelve losses. Villa’s unsuccessful title defence now consisted of thirteen wins, twelve draws and thirteen defeats after 38 games.

Centre back Ken McNaught 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 makes his 🕒 200th appearance in a Villa shirt.

Pat Heard is the hero at the Hawthorns as he secures victory for reigning champions and European Cup finalists Villa whilst Cyrille Regis is sent off for Albion after a tussle with Ken McNaught.

Reigning Champions Villa win for the first time in four League games and make it eight Division One wins, five draws and four defeats under Tony Barton. 

In total Barton had now led Villa for twenty two games and delivered ten wins, seven draws and five defeats since taking over from Ron Saunders whose record over 35 games in 1981-82 had been fifteen wins, eight draws and twelve losses. Villa’s unsuccessful title defence now consisted of fourteen wins, twelve draws and fourteen defeats after 40 games.

Villa suffer defeat to Everton as they drop back to twelfth with one game to play on the day that they officially relinquish the title to new champions Liverpool.

Villa 🟥 lose for the third time in five League games to make it 🟩 eight Division One wins, 🟨 five draws and 🟥 five defeats under Tony Barton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿.

In total Barton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 had now led Villa for twenty three games, 🟩 delivering ten wins, 🟨 seven draws and 🟥 six defeats since taking over from Ron Saunders 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 whose record over 35 games in 1981-82 had been 🟩 fifteen wins, 🟨 eight draws and 🟥 twelve losses. 

Villa’s unsuccessful title defence now consisted of 🟩 fourteen wins, 🟨 twelve draws and 🟥 fifteen defeats after 41 games.

Gordon Cowans 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 contributes his 75th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 264th appearance (249 Starts) to make it 🟩 W120 🟨 D69 🟥 L75, ⚽ 37 Goals and 🔥 38 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.52 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Midfielder Andy Blair 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 makes his 25th appearance in a Villa shirt (12 Starts).

Right back Kenny Swain 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 175th 🕒 appearance in a Villa shirt.

Villa open the season with a home defeat to Sunderland despite Gordon Cowans having opened the scoring on 22'.

Tony Barton's Villa, reigning European Champions, open the season with a disappointing defeat to Sunderland despite taking a first half lead.

Villa, pointless after two games and bottom of the table, suffer a shocking defeat at Goodison having conceded eight in their first pair of matches.

Tony Barton's Villa, reigning European Champions, suffer a second successive defeat at the start of the 1982-83 campaign as they are hammered by Everton, failing to score for the first time this season. 

Right back Kenny Swain 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 30 makes his 🕒 179th and final appearance in a Villa shirt before moving on to Nottingham Forest in early 1983 for a fee of £25,000. Swain a League and European Cup winner with Villa left with a record of 🟩 W78 🟨 D51 🟥 L50, ⚽ 5 Goals and 🔥 17 Assists.

Swain 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 becomes the first member of the all conquering squad to be discarded.

Midfielder Dennis Mortimer 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 🕒 300th appearance in a Villa shirt.

Villa concede after 2' and look like another heavy defeat in on the cards but thereafter it is Tony Barton's side in the ascendancy as only Peter Shilton saves Southampton from a hammering. 

Villa though remain pointless and bottom of the table with three played losing 🟥 for the third successive game and failing to score for the second time this season as they sit rock bottom of the first division after three matches.

Right back Mark Jones 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 🕒 third appearance in a Villa shirt and his first for 6 months.

Centre forward David Geddis 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 50th 🕒 start in a Villa shirt.

Villa put four past Luton to end a run of 🟥 three defeats and record their 🟩 first win of the season. 

Tony Barton's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa, reigning European Champions climb off the bottom of the table to 19th.

Centre forward Peter Withe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 secures his 🟩 50th win in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 96th appearance.

Midfielder Des Bremner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 makes his 🕒 150th appearance in a Villa shirt.

Midfielder Dennis Mortimer 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ⚽ scores his 25th goal in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 302nd appearance.

Winger Tony Morley 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 🕒 125th appearance in a Villa shirt.

Villa record successive 4-1 Villa Park 🟩 wins to climb to 14th in the table under Tony Barton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿.

Villa make it 🟩 two wins and 🟥 three losses in five League games this season.

Centre forward Peter Withe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 scores his ⚽ 40th goal and makes it ⚽ 🔥 60 goal involvements in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 97th appearance.

Villa face Besiktas 🇹🇷 for the first time in competitive football, Besiktas become the 123rd team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football, Villa’s 11th continental European opponents and their second from Turkey 🇹🇷 following their meeting with Fenerbahçe 🇹🇷 in their 1977-78 UEFA Cup campaign.

Tony Barton's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa, reigning European Champions, begin their defence with a resounding victory over Beşiktaş 🇹🇷 at Villa Park however they are forced to play behind closed doors as punishment following crowd disturbances involving Aston Villa supporters at the previous season’s European Cup semi-final against Anderlecht in Brussels. The only spectators were the press and members of the club’s administrative staff totally 167 souls.

Villa record their third successive win as Beşiktaş are beaten at Villa Park but Tony Barton isn't happy. 

Gordon Cowans 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 secures his 🟩 125th win in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 272nd appearance (257 Starts) to make it 🟩 W125 🟨 D69 🟥 L78, ⚽ 41 Goals and 🔥 38 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.44 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Forward Gary Shaw 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 🕒 125th appearance in a Villa shirt (123 Starts).

Right Back Gary Williams 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 🕒 100th appearance in a Villa shirt (96 Starts) and contributes his 🔥 2nd assist.

Meanwhile Herbert Douglas Ellis once again demonstrates his lack of commercial foresight.

Villa suffer a shock defeat in the first leg of the second round of the League Cup at home to Notts County. 

Tony Barton's Villa, reigning European Champions, fail to win for the third consecutive game as they lose to first division Notts County in the home leg of the League Cup.

Tony Barton's Villa 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿, reigning European Champions, 🟥 lose to Notts County for the second successive game, and are this time hammered in the League to make it 🟩 four wins and 🟥 five losses in 🕒 nine League games this season. 

Villa fall back to 10th in the table with Peter Withe's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 penchant for dissent getting him in trouble yet again.

Centre forward Peter Withe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 is 🟥 sent off for the first time in 🕒 104 appearances in a Villa shirt and now has 🟥 one red card and 🟨 18 bookings to his name.

Left back Pat Heard 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 🕒 25th appearance in a Villa shirt.

Reserve team midfielder Robert Hopkins 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 gets a surprise call up to the first team for the first time in two and a half years and the first time in 127 games in what would proved to be his third & final appearance in a Villa shirt. Hopkins 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 would be shipped out by Tony Barton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 in exchange for midfielder Alan Curbishley 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 from Birmingham City and left with a record of 🟩 W1 🟨 D0 🟥 L2, ⚽ 1 Goal and 🔥 0 Assists. 

There were other records however - As a result of his scant consideration for first team selection, Hopkins 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 holds the record for the lowest appearance ratio of any player in the club's history having being played in just 2.34% of Villa's games played from his debut to his final appearance.

And Hopkins did have the memory of being the scorer of Villa's most unlikely goal until the appearance of Michael Boulding 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 in 2002 after he made a 92’ appearance as a substitute "sent on, more as a token gesture”, scoring within a minute and seconds before the final whistle.

Tony Barton's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa, the reigning European Champions, contrive to 🟥 lose for the first time in eight against 10-man Arsenal who have an outfield player in goal for nearly 30 minutes. 

Villa miss the chance to go joint top of the first division as they make it 🟩 ten wins, 🟨 a draw and 🟥 seven losses in 🕒 eighteen League games this season. 

Left back Pat Heard 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 22 makes his 🕒 26th and final appearance in a Villa shirt two months after his last game before moving on to Sheffield Wednesday for £60,000 in January 1983. Heard left with a record of 🟩 W11 🟨 D3 🟥 L12, ⚽ 2 Goals and 🔥 3 Assists.