• Villa face Blackpool for the first time in competitive football, Blackpool become the 76th team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football.

• Villa stop a run of successive defeats but are held at Bloomfield to make it eight wins, four draws and four defeats in their sixteen division one games having scored FORTY FOUR goals.

Jack Mandley scores in successive games but Villa draw to leave them with one win in the last eight having started the season with seven wins in ten, nevertheless in their seventeen division one games Villa have now scored FORTY SIX goals.

• Pongo Waring scored his TWENTY THIRD goal in eighteen games as Villa win for the second time in six to make it nine wins, five draws and four defeats in their eighteen division one games having scored FIFTY goals.

• Pongo Waring scores his TWENTY FOURTH goal in nineteen games as Villa record successive victories for the first time since September to make it ten wins, five draws and four defeats in their nineteen division one games having scored FIFTY FOUR goals.

• Villa are hard done by at Maine Road as 'keeper is compromised by a first half injury before referee Woodward refuses a blatant penalty for a trip on Jack Mandley in the second half. 

• Pongo Waring scores his TWENTY FIFTH goal in twenty games as Villa lose for the first time in five to make it ten wins, five draws and five defeats in their twenty division one games having scored FIFTY FIVE goals.

• Pongo Waring scored his TWENTY SIXTH goal in twenty one games as Villa win for the third time in four to make it eleven wins, five draws and five defeats in their twenty one division one games having scored FIFTY SEVEN goals.

• Pongo Waring scores his TWENTY EIGHTH goal in twenty two games but leaves the field in the second half with injury as Villa are held by Chelsea to make it eleven wins, six draws and five defeats in their twenty two division one games having scored SIXTY goals.

• Jack Mandley, Eric Houghton and George Brown each hit braces as Villa hit Manchester United for seven to record their biggest win of the season.

• Villa make it twelve wins, six draws and five defeats in their twenty three division one games having scored SIXTY SEVEN goals.

• Villa are selected to play away from home on New Years Day for the 15th time in the 16 fixtures they have played on 1st January.

• Villa had played their first New Years Day fixture in January 1891 and have now played just one home game on 1st January in 40 years.

• Villa lose for the 12th time in 16 New Years Day fixtures

• Villa fail to score for the first time this season.

• Villa open 1931 with a shock result as a team that had scored SIXTY SEVEN goals in their previous twenty three games drew a blank as they lose at St James' Park to make it twelve wins, six draws and six defeats in their twenty four division one games.

• Joe Beresford hits two as Villa score five at Upton Park but are held to a a draw but that only tells some of the story..

• Terrible conditions, forwards dominating as defenders struggle for control, it's to and fro until West Ham take a convincing 5-3 lead into the interval.

• Villa though come out and win the second half to equalise on 61' but amazingly despite 10 goals in the first hour, the final 30 minutes sees no addition to the score and a classic is born.

• Villa hit five away from home but are held at Upton Park to make it twelve wins, seven draws and six defeats in their twenty five division one games having scored SEVENTY TWO goals.

• Billy Walker scores in successive games as Villa go two up in 15' at Highbury but the hosts luck in with an equaliser with just 2' to go.

• Villa are held at Highbury in the third round of the FA Cup ahead of a Villa Park replay.

• Two goals up in the original fixture until the last knockings of the game and with 75% of the attacking play in the replay at Villa Park but Villa still lose to an 'efficient' Arsenal side and are out the Cup.

• A record mid-week attendance was set of 73,668 on 14 January 1931 for the FA Cup 3rd round replay with Arsenal. The receipts were £5,137 4s. 3d. 

• Pongo Waring scores his TWENTY NINTH goal in twenty three games after a four match absence but Villa are beaten in the third round of the FA Cup at Villa Park.

• Villa, already dominating, see Bolton lose their 'keeper to injury half way through the first half and the visitors are forced to play with 10 and outfield player Gosling in goal.

• Pongo Waring scores his THIRTIETH goal in twenty four games as Villa record a first League victory in three and first in 1931 to make it thirteen wins, seven draws and six defeats in their twenty six division one games having scored SEVENTY FIVE goals. 

• Meanwhile, goalkeeper Percy Maggs made his fourteenth and final appearance for Villa aged 24 before moving on to Blackpool in August 1932.