Villa recover from a 2' Wednesday goal and going 0-2 down after 30' to win at Hillsborough as three of new boss Ron Atkinson's debutants hit the goals.

New boss Ron Atkinson’s first game in charge comes against the club he left to join Villa and amid an acrimonious atmosphere Villa fall two behind before Atkinson’s new signings inspire a celebrated fight back to claim victory.

Left back Steve Staunton, 22, makes a goalscoring debut after joining from Liverpool for a fee of £1,100,000 earlier in the month to become the 670th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Centre back, and another Villa legend to come, Shaun Teale, 27, makes his debut in a Villa shirt after signing from AFC Bournemouth for £300,000 in July 1991 to become the 671st player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Midfielder Paul Mortimer, 23, makes his debut in a Villa shirt after moving from Charlton Athletic for £350,000 to become the 672nd player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Midfielder Kevin Richardson, 28, makes his debut in a Villa shirt after moving from Real Sociedad for a fee of £450,000 to become the 673rd player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Centre forward and future Villa legend Dalian Atkinson, 23, makes a goalscoring debut after moving from Real Sociedad for a fee of £1,600,000 to become the 674th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Veteran centre forward Cyrille Regis, 33, makes a goalscoring debut for Villa after joining from Coventry City on a free transfer in July 1991 to become the 675th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Villa suffer their first defeat under Ron Atkinson as future Villa boss (2016-18) Steve Bruce scores the winner from the penalty spot. 

Derek Mountfield, 28, makes his 120th and final appearance in a Villa shirt (118 Starts) before moving on to Wolverhampton Wanderers in November 1991 for a fee of £150,000. Part of a legendary defensive group with Paul McGrath and Kent Nielsen who are fondly remembered by all who saw them in claret and blue, Mountfield left with a record of W52 D26 L42, 17 Goals, 2 Assists, 2 Bookings and 1 Red Card at a goal involvement rate of one for every 6.32 games he played across his four seasons with Villa.

Centre forward Gary Penrice’s goalless run extends to his 14th game in a Villa shirt (10 Starts) to make it W4 D3 L7, 0 Goals and 1 Assist so far in his Villa career.

Villa survive an equaliser on the stroke of half time and the loss of Steve Staunton at the interval to hit back and beat the reigning Champions for their second win of the first division season as Tony Daley hits a 30 yard right foot shot that rockets into the net and Gary Penrice scores his first for the club.

Villa bounce back from defeat to Manchester United to win for the second time in three games under Ron Atkinson.

18 year old centre back Ugo Ehiogu makes his debut in a Villa shirt after moving joining from West Bromwich Albion in July 1991 for a fee of £40,000 to become the 676th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Dwight Yorke makes his 25th appearance in a Villa shirt (12 Starts) to make it W7 D7 L11, 2 Goals, and 3 Assist at a goal involvement rate of one for every 5.00 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Centre forward Gary Penrice scores his first goal for Villa on his 15th appearance after his £1 million move in 1991 (11 Starts) to make it W5 D3 L7, 1 Goal and 1 Assist so far in his Villa career.

Villa take the lead through Tony Daley's second goal in as many games but are hit by a West Ham treble as they lose for the second time in four first division games under new boss Ron Atkinson.

Villa lose to newly promoted West Ham to make it two wins and two defeats in the opening four games of the season under Ron Atknson.

Kevin Richardson gives Villa the lead after 91 seconds but Villa are pegged back on 32' by Southampton before an end of match fight leaves Barry Horne injured and Richardson booked.

Dalian Atkinson contributes his third goal involvement in 2 games in a Villa shirt as he sets up Richardson’s goal.

Gordon Cowans makes his 500th appearance in a Villa shirt (483 Starts) to make it W222 D120 L158, 59 Goals and 95 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.25 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Right back Dariusz Kubicki, 28, makes his Villa debut after joining from Legia Warsaw for £200,000 earlier this month to become the 677th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Kevin Richardson scores his first goal in a Villa shirt on his 5th appearance to make it W2 D1 L2 and 1 Goal so far in his Villa career.

Paul McGrath shines once again but Villa lose at home to Palace as Ian Wright hits a 3' goal before the Eagles survive a Villa onslaught.

Villa lose for the third time in six under Ron Atkinson.

Centre forward Ian Ormondroyd, 26, makes his 74th and final appearance in a Villa shirt (56 Starts) before moving to Derby County later this month for a fee of £350,000. ‘Sticks’ left with a record of W29 D17 L28, 10 Goals and 6 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 4.63 games he played across his four seasons with Villa.

Villa are held at home by Tottenham despite dominating the game to sit 14th in the first division table after seven games.

Villa fail to score for the third time in seven and have now recorded just two wins this season under Ron Atkinson.

Tony Daley makes his 175th start in a Villa shirt (205 Appearances) to make it W72 D52 L81, 30 Goals and 23 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.87 games he has played so far in his Villa career. 

Villa take the lead at Anfield only to see a blatant dive from Ronny Rosenthal awarded with an equalising penalty hit by the now underwhelming former Villa youth Mark Walters.

Villa now have two wins in eight games under Ron Atkinson as they make a slow start to life under the new Villa boss.

Although not yet a regular starter, Dalian Atkinson contributes an assist for third successive game to make it four goal involvements in 3 games at a goal involvement rate of one for every 0.75 games he has played.

Villa fall to defeat in the capital for the 3rd time in 3 games under Ron Attkison this season as they don't take their chances as well as having two decent penalty shouts turned down by referee Brian Hill.

Villa now have 2 wins in their last 9 games under Ron Atkinson and have now won in 6, losing 3 and scoring 3 to fall to 18th in the table.

Paul McGrath makes his 100th appearance in a Villa shirt and makes it W40 D25 L35, 1 Goal, 4 Assists and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Villa record their first victory in 7 under Ron Atkinson thanks to a two minute second half brace with Kevin Richardson scoring his 2nd in 3, Dwight Yorke his first of the season and Mark Blake his first on his first appearance of the campaign.

Villa concede a bizarre own goal just 12 seconds into the game after Shaun Teale hits the ball back to the 'keeper despite Nigel Spink having left his line. 

Kevin Richardson scores his 3rd goal in his first 10 appearances in a Villa shirt to make it W3 D3 L4 so far in his Villa career.

Dwight Yorke contributes his 5th assist in a Villa shirt on his 30th appearance (15 Starts) to make it W8 D9 L13, 3 Goals and 5 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.75 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Cyrille Regis makes his 10th appearance in a Villa shirt and contributes his 2nd assist to make it W3 D3 L4, 1 Goal and 2 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.33 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Mark Blake scores his first goal in a Villa shirt on his 18th appearance (13 Starts) to make it W8 D4 L6, 1 Goal and 1 Assist so far in his Villa career.

Ron Atkinson's Villa are held to a draw by Second Division Grimsby Town in the League Cup ahead of the second leg at Villa Park.

Steve Staunton makes his 10th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W3 D4 L3 and 2 Goals so far in his Villa career.

Villa concede a first half strike to Peter Ndlovu before maintaining an almost permanent assault on the Highfield Road goal but to no avail as they lose for the second time in three first division games. 

Villa had now won just once in their last nine matches under Ron Atkinson.

Centre forward Gary Penrice, 27, makes his 20th and final appearance in a Villa shirt (14 Starts) before moving on to Queens Park Rangers for a fee of £625,000 in October. Penrice had moved to Villa from Watford 6 months earlier for a fee of £1,000,000 and left with a record of 1 Goal, 2 Assists, W6 D3 L11 across his brief Villa career.

Villa record their second win in 10 and biggest win of the season as Dalian Atkinson hits a brace of assists to climb to 14th in the First Division table under Ron Atkinson.

Meanwhile, goalscorer Paul Mortimer gives the Holte End a two fingered salute. Despite only recently arriving at the club, Mortimer would soon be ushered out the exit door by Atkinson having made 13 Appearances, 11 Starts, W4 D4 L5, 1 Goal and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

Dalian Atkinson has now contributed an assist on each of his first four appearances in a Villa shirt to make it 1 Goal and 5 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 0.67 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Kent Nielsen makes his 100th appearance in a Villa shirt (95 Starts) to make it W42 D25 L33, 5 Goals and 7 Assists so far in his Villa career.

Cyrille Regis scores his first goal in a Villa shirt since scoring on debut on the opening day of the season to make it 13 Appearances, W4 D4 L5, 2 Goals and 2 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.25 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Dwight Yorke contributes his 10th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 33rd appearance (18 Starts) to make it W9 D10 L14, 4 Goals, 6 Assists and 1 Booking at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.30 he has played so far in his Villa career.

Villa concede a second half penalty to second tier Grimsby after Steve Sherwood makes a string of saves to see Villa out of the League Cup on away goals. 

Centre back Shaun Teale’s first goal for the Villa can’t prevent an exit from the League Cup on away goals. Teale scores on his 14th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W4 D5 L5, 1 Goal and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Steve Staunton contributes his 1st assist in a Villa shirt on his 13th appearance to make it W4 D5 L4, 2 Goals and 1 Assist so far in his Villa career.

Paul Mortimer makes his 13th and final appearance in a Villa shirt (12 Starts) just 4 days after scoring his first goal for the club and 4 days after giving the Holte End the bird. No onw is really sure why but his Villa career is over with a record of W4 D5 L5, 1 Goal and 1 Booking.