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.

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.

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 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.

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.

Villa draw at Carrow Road as Allan Evans 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 hits two penalties but lose Steve McMahon 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 to injury in the first half before conceding a last minute equaliser to remain 10th in the table.

Villa make it just nine wins in twenty eight League games, whilst losing ten under Graham Turner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿.

Darren Bradley 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 19 makes his debut in a Villa shirt following promotion through the youth ranks to become the 631st player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Villa survive a crazy decision from referee Ron Bridges to draw with Arsenal and remain 10th in the table.

Graham Turner's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa fail to score for the thirteenth time this season but earn a second successive 🟨 draw to make it 🟩 nine wins in 🕒 twenty nine League games, whilst 🟥 losing ten.

Right Back Gary Williams 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 225th appearance in a Villa shirt (220 Starts).

Villa hit a late penalty to hold League leaders Everton and hold on to tenth in the table under Graham Turner.

Graham Turner's Villa draw for the third successive fame to make it nine wins in thirty League games, whilst losing ten.

Villa hammer second from bottom Sunderland to record their 🟩 ninth win in 🕒 eighteen League games in 1985 and remain 10th in the first division table five points clear of Albion in eleventh.

Graham Turner's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa 🟩 win for a second successive game to make it 🟩 fourteen wins in 🕒 forty League games, whilst also 🟥 losing fourteen.

Colin Gibson 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 scores his ⚽ 12th goal in 🕒 83 matches, having scored ⚽ three in his first 🕒 144 appearances in a Villa shirt.

Centre forward Peter Withe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 scores his ⚽ third goal in 🕒 two games and his ⚽ 90th in a Villa shirt in 🕒 231 appearances having done so at a rate of one every 2.57 games.

Villa are held by bottom club Albion at Villa Park as ex Villan Steve Hunt scores again but Villa climb back to 17th despite having recorded just one win in nine first division games.

Graham Turner’s Villa can only draw with bottom club Albion and now have just five wins in twenty four Division One games and eleven defeats as they sit in 18th place in the table.

Graham Turner’s Villa open 1986 with a sixth loss in eight League games as they lose to 16th placed Manchester City managed by Billy McNeill. 

As a result, Villa now have just five wins in twenty five Division One games and twelve defeats as they sit in 18th place in the table, three points off the drop zone.

Villa open 1986 with defeat and now have one win in ten first division games under an increasingly pressurised Graham Turner. Meanwhile youth team coach Brian Little quits as Turner refuses to back him in improving the set up.

Villa survive a refereeing shocker to earn a replay against second tier Portsmouth at Villa Park in the third round of the FA Cup.

Graham Turner’s Villa can only draw with second division Portsmouth in the FA Cup at Fratton Park.

Villa fritter away a 2' lead to fall 1-3 behind by half time before equalising and missing a penalty in the second. Villa sit 18th in the table, one point off the relegation places.

Graham Turner’s 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa now have just 🟩 five wins in 🕒 twenty six Division One games and 🟥 twelve defeats as they remain in 18th place in the table, and are now just a single point off the drop zone.

Centre forward Andy Gray 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 scores his ⚽ 75th goal in a Villa shirt, just his 6th ⚽in 🕒 27 appearances since re-joining the club and over 8 years since his 50th ⚽.

Centre forward Andy Gray 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 contributes his ⚽ 🔥 100th goal involvement in a Villa shirt at a rate of one every 1.68 games.

Villa need extra time to beat second tier Portsmouth in the third round of the FA Cup in a scruffy but ultimately successful performance.

Graham Turner’s Villa squeeze past second division Portsmouth in the third round of the FA Cup as flat-track bully Simon Stainrod scores against lower league opposition once again.

Villa sit 18th in the table one point off the relegation places as Graham Turner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 presides over his 🟥 seventh defeat in twelve first division games 🟩 winning once.

Graham Turner’s 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa continue their woeful League form as they lose for the 🟥 seventh time in ten and now have just 🟩 five wins in twenty seven Division One games and 🟥 thirteen defeats.

Forward Gary Shaw 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 200th appearance in a Villa shirt (194 Starts) but only 8 of those have come in the last 2 years as injuries have derailed his career.

Winger Mark Walters 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 🕒 150th appearance in a Villa shirt (136 Starts).

Centre forward Simon Stainrod 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 25th appearance in a Villa shirt.

Villa, playing for the first time in the League in four games, are held to a goalless 🟨 draw at Villa Park leaving them with 🟩 one win in 🕒 thirteen division one games under Graham Turner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿.

Villa's draw with 15th placed Southampton at Villa Park sees them fall to 19th in the table, two points clear of the relegation places. 

Villa now have just 🟩 five wins in 🕒 twenty eight Division One games and 🟥 thirteen defeats.

Goalkeeper Kevin Poole 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 keeps his ⛔ 5th clean sheet in his first 🕒 11 games for the club.

Villa earn a shock Highbury 🟩 win - only their second victory in sixteen games - to set up a two legged League Cup Semi final with Oxford thanks to an excellent display from Paul Birch 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿.

Graham Turner’s 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa line up for their sixth Cup match in the last nine fixtures and 🟩 win for only the second time in that run, but it is a victory at Highbury that takes them through to the League Cup semi finals.

Midfielder Paul Birch 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ⚽ scores one and 🔥 creates one to make it ⚽ 🔥 20 Goal Involvements in 🕒 88 appearance in a Villa shirt (84 Starts).

Centre forward Andy Gray 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 makes his 175th appearance in a Villa shirt.

After a month of postponed games Villa are well beaten at Goodison Park as they fall to 20th in the table, in the relegation places and one point from safety.

Graham Turner’s Villa play only their second League game in seven and continue their woeful form to leave them with just five wins in twenty nine Division One games and fourteen defeats.

Villa concede early and need a fine Paul Birch performance topped by a left-footed volley of an equaliser to bring Villa back into the game they are ultimately lucky to draw to keep the semi final tie alive.

Graham Turner’s Villa line up for their seventh Cup match in the last ten fixtures and can only draw in the home leg of the League Cup semi final against an Oxford United side having a worse League season than Villa.

Villa are well beaten at the Manor Ground, scoring a late goal that disguises the gulf between the teams as Oxford knock Villa out of the League Cup semi final and pressure mounts on the Villa hierarchy.

Graham Turner’s Villa lose the away leg of the League Cup semi final against an Oxford United side having an even worse League season than Villa.

Villa play a five man defence but two of them - Allan Evans and Paul Elliott - gift QPR their winner to make it three consecutive defeats under Graham Turner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 as they sit bottom of the first division table.

Villa lose their 🟥 third of three games so far this season under Graham Turner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Graham Turner's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa had now won just six of their last thirty league games, 🟥 losing fifteen.

Centre back Martin Keown 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 20 made his debut in a Villa shirt after moving from Arsenal 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 in June 1986 for a fee of £200,000 to become the 638th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Villa secure their first win of the season thanks to a brace from substitute, and frustrated sixth choice striker, Paul Kerr 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿.

Graham Turner's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa win for the first time this season but had now 🟩 won just seven of their last thirty one league games, 🟥 losing fifteen.

Winger Steve Hunt 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 25th appearance in a Villa shirt (21 Starts).

Midfielder Paul Kerr 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 scores his ⚽ 5th & 6th goals in a Villa shirt (27 Appearances).

Villa lose for the fourth time in five games to fall back to twentieth in the first division table.

Graham Turner's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa had now lost four of their five Division One games this season and won just seven of their last thirty two, losing sixteen.

Villa win consecutive games as they secure a comfortable victory over second division Reading in the League Cup to make it four games unbeaten since Billy McNeill's appointment.

Billy McNeill's Villa make it three games unbeaten and two wins as they see off Second Division Reading at Villa Park in the League Cup second leg.

Billy McNeill's Villa continue their upturn in form under his leadership, unbeaten in four with three wins and as a result have won nine of their last thirty seven league games losing eighteen.

Paul Elliott scores a brace as Villa win for the third time in an unbeaten five-match run to climb to eighteenth place in the table.

Villa face second division Derby for the third time in five games to beat them in the unloved and inconvenient Full Members Cup.

Villa win for the 🟩 seventh time in eleven games under Billy McNeill 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿.

On his first appearance in 7 months, Forward Gary Shaw 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ⚽ scores a brace to record his 100th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 206th appearance in a Villa shirt (200 Starts) at a rate of one goal involvement for every 2.06 games he has played so far in his Villa career. 

Winger Tony Daley 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ⚽ scores his 5th goal in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 44th appearance (35 Starts) to make it 🟩 W13 🟨 D12 🟥 L19, ⚽ 5 Goals and 🔥 5 Assists so far in his Villa career.

Billy McNeill's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Villa lose to Southampton in the fourth round of the League Cup.

But it occurs following one of the worst refereeing performances of all time as the highly suspect David Axcell allows Mark Dennis to commit horrific fouls throughout the game without punishment before Villa have two players sent off for lesser offences and two legitimate goals chalked off.

On his 🕒 15th appearance, centre back Martin Keown 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 is 🟥 sent off for the first time in his Villa career.

Right Back Gary Williams 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 is 🟥 sent off for the second time in 🕒 5 appearances having not been sent off in his first 🕒 273 games in a Villa shirt.

Strong performances from Nigel Spink and David Norton earn Villa a point at fourth placed West Ham as Billy McNeill now boasts two defeats in his first nine first division games to sit sixteenth in the table, three points clear of the relegation places.

Billy McNeill's Villa draw with 4th placed West Ham but are now without a win in three and have eleven wins in their last forty three League games losing twenty.

Billy McNeill's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Villa 🟥 lose for only the fourth time in 🕒 fifteen games under his leadership but this heavy defeat at home to the League leaders means it is four games without a win and 🟩 eleven wins in their last forty four League games 🟥 losing twenty one.

Despite an upturn in form since Billy McNeill's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 appointment Villa are now without a 🟩 win in four League games, ⚽ two goals and 🟥 two defeats.