Villa end a run of 11 games without a win with two late goals to beat Watford.

Since the turn of the year, and the return of their first team goalkeepers, Villa have a win, a draw and a loss in the League and as a result climb back up to 14th place. 

Villa win for the first time in twelve Premier League games and the first time since November as Martin O'Neill's side beat Watford to sit 14th - having been 4th in the table when they last won.

Meanwhile a swathe of changes to the Villa squad are underway with the transfer window now open. 

Right back Phil Bardsley makes his Villa debut aged 21 after joining on loan from Manchester United for the remainder of the season to become the 796th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Full back Jlloyd Samuel, 25, makes his 200th and final appearance in a Villa shirt before moving on to Bolton Wanderers on a free transfer in July 2007. Jlloyd had made his debut aged 18 under John Gregory and over his 9 seasons with Villa had a record of W71 D52 L77, 3 Goals, 10 Assists, 26 Bookings and 1 Red Card. Tragically Jlloyd was killed in a car accident aged just 37 in May 2018. 

Forward Milan Baroš, 25, is put out of his misery as he makes his 51st and final appearance in a Villa shirt (40 Starts) before moving on to Olympique Lyonnais in an exchange deal that brings Villa legend John Carew to the club. Baroš had joined Villa in August 2005 from Liverpool for a fee of £7,960,000 and started with great success with his first 25 appearances delivering 10 Goals and 6 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 1.56 games. Thereafter however things worsened, considerably. Baroš would score three times and create one assist in his second 25 appearances to leave with a record of W14 D19 L18, 13 Goals, 7 Assists and 7 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one for every 2.55 games. His actual performance across those final 26 appearances was one goal involvement every 6.50 games.

Steven Davis secures his 30th win in a Villa shirt on his 97th appearance (80 Starts) to make it W30 D31 L36, 9 Goals, 5 Assists and 3 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Gabriel Agbonlahor secures his 10th win and 11th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 37th appearance (31 Starts) to make it W10 D13 L14, 7 Goals, 4 Assists and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

Wilfred Bouma secures his 10th win in a Villa shirt on his 36th appearance (33 Starts) to make it W10 D10 L16 and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Olof Mellberg collects his 25th booking in a Villa shirt on his 212th appearance to make it W70 D61 L81, 6 Goals, 6 Assists and 25 Bookings at a rate of a card every 8 games so far in his Villa career.

Villa suffer a narrow defeat to make it six defeats in eight Premier League games under Martin O'Neill as the squad sees exciting new arrivals in Ashley Young and John Carew.

A debut goal from Ashley Young and a fine bow from fellow new boy John Carew are not enough to stop Villa falling to defeat as Villa are made painfully aware of what they missed out on with Newcastle's off season shenanigans as James Milner opens the scoring. 

Legendary Villa centre forward Juan Pablo Ángel, 31, makes his 205th and final appearance in a Villa shirt (158 Starts) ahead of his move to the New York Red Bulls in April 2007. Ángel epitomised everything the Villa faithful love in a player - dedication, triumph through adversity, more than a little skill and a strong no. 9. Ángel played for Villa between 2000-01 and 2006-07 leaving with a record of W71 D57 L77, 62 Goals, 18 Assists and 13 Bookings.

Centre forward John Carew makes his debut aged 27 after joining in the swap deal that took Milan Baroš to Olympique Lyonnais. As one Villa legend departed, another arrived - Carew would go on to be one of the greatest cult heroes in the club’s history. 

Winger Ashley Young makes his Villa debut aged 21 after joining from Watford for a fee of £11,880,000 earlier this month to become the 797th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football. Young’s signature was something of a coup for Villa and his arrival showed a new, reinvigorated impetus to drive Villa up the league with an attacking football philosophy. Young would return to Villa in 2021, now a veteran, after a stellar 10 year trophy winning career. 

For all its problems, disappointments and false dawns, the Gregory/Taylor/O'Leary/O'Neill era had now produced not one, not two, not three but seven bona fide club legends in Olof Mellberg, James Milner, Ashley Young, Martin Laursen, Stiliyan Petrov, Juan Pablo Ángel and John Carew. 

Stiliyan Petrov collects his first booking in a Villa shirt on his 23rd appearance to make it W5 D9 L9, 1 Goal, 1 Assist and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

Thomas Sørensen suffers his 50th defeat in a Villa shirt on his 145th appearance to make it W53 D42 L50, 184 Goals Conceded at a rate of 1.27 goals per game and 44 Clean Sheets (33%) so far in his Villa career.

Villa win for the second time in three Premier League games to climb back to 13th in the table under Martin O'Neill.

John Carew scores his first goal in a Villa shirt on his second appearance to make it W1 D0 L1 and 1 Goal so far in his Villa career. 

Ashley Young contributes his first assist on his second appearance in a Villa shirt to make it 1 Goal and 1 Assist so far in his Villa career. 

Liam Ridgewell, 22, makes his 93rd and final appearance in a Villa shirt aged 22 before moving on to Birmingham City for £2,700,000 in August 2007. Ridgewell, who made his Villa debut aged 18 under Graham Taylor, left with a record of W30 D27 L36, 6 Goals, 2 Assists, 11 Bookings and 1 Red Card.

Villa lose for the second time in three Premier League games but once again out-play the opposition only to be beaten as Martin O'Neill's new charges continue to bed in.

Martin O'Neill's side recover from their torrid 'keeper-less and win-less form of December 2006 to stabilise results in the new year after an excellent opening 15 games but results continued to be of a topsy turvy nature with the last 5 games delivering a run of LWLWL however the continued bedding in of Ashley Young and John Carew meant hopes were high that greater point accumulating consistency could be found to the end of the season.

Shaun Maloney, 24, makes his debut in a Villa shirt after joining from Celtic for £1,350,000 in January 2007 to become the 799th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Stiliyan Petrov makes his 25th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W6 D9 L10, 1 Goal, 1 Assist and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

Gary Cahill makes his 25th appearance in a Villa shirt (24 Starts) to make it W6 D6 L13, 1 Goal, 1 Assist and 6 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Villa get a fortunate opener to claim a point at Fulham as John Carew scores his second goal in three games.

Gavin McCann collects his 30th card in a Villa shirt on his 124th appearance to make it W45 D38 L41, 5 Goals, 4 Assists, 28 Bookings and 2 Red Cards at a rate of a card every 4.10 games so far in his Villa career.

Villa suffer another narrow defeat to leave them winless in three Premier League games under Martin O'Neill to leave them with two wins, two draws and four league defeats in 2007.

Gavin McCann makes his 125th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W45 D38 L42, 5 Goals, 4 Assists, 28 Bookings and 2 Red Cards so far in his Villa career.

Gary Cahill makes his 25th start in a Villa shirt (27 Appearances) to make it W6 D7 L14, 1 Goal, 1 Assist and 7 Bookings at a rate of a card every 3.57 games so far in his Villa career.

Villa earn a hard fought draw against Liverpool but it could have been more but for more poor officiating in 2006-07.

Martin O'Neill's Villa build on their unlucky and narrow defeat to Arsenal with a 2nd draw in 3 games under Martin O’Neill.

Lee Mason - a referee who would pain Villa continually over the following two decades - makes his presence known as he denies Villa a nailed on spot kick to save Liverpool from defeat.

Thomas Sørensen makes his 150th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W54 D44 L52, 188 Goals Conceded at a rate of 1.25 goals per game and 50 Clean Sheets (33%) so far in his Villa career.

Villa make it successive draws but are winless in five Premier League games, losing twice and now have just two wins in their last twenty games in all competitions under Martin O'Neill.

Villa draw for the 3rd time in 4 under Martin O’Neill as some stability returns to a side that had found it difficult to get a foothold over the last three months.

Villa now have 3 wins in their last 20 games under Martin O’Neill and fall back to 14th place. 

David O'Leary had delivered 3 wins in his last 12 Premier League games, losing 7 and drawing 2. 

Martin O'Neill had now delivered 9 losses, 8 draws and just 3 wins during Villa’s current 20 game barren run.

Villa win for the third time in twenty one games under Martin O'Neill as they win their third Premier League game in nine in 2007.

Villa win for only the 2nd time in 7 games but are now unbeaten in 3 under Martin O'Neill - their best run since November.

Villa climb the table for the first time since February as they rise to 13th with 6 games to play.

Patrik Berger scores his 1st goal in a Villa shirt on his 19th appearance (5 Starts) to make it W6 D4 L9, 1 Goal, 2 Assists and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

Phil Bardsley contributes his 1st assist in a Villa shirt on his 9th appearance to make it W3 D3 L3 and 1 assist so far in his Villa career.

Martin Laursen makes his 20th start in a Villa shirt (22 Appearances) after having again missed most of the season due to injury to make it W6 D10 L6, 1 Goal and 3 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Villa extend their unbeaten run to four Premier League games but are held by Wigan at Villa Park.

Villa make it four games unbeaten - their best run since October - but can only draw at home to relegation threatened Wigan and fall back to 14th in the table as a result.

Gabriel Agbonlahor scores his 10th goal in a Villa shirt on his 46th appearance (39 Starts) to make it W12 D17 L17, 10 Goals, 4 Assists and 2 Bookings.

Villa beat Boro at the Riverside to extend their unbeaten run to five Premier League games.

Villa make it five games unbeaten for the first time since October and Martin O'Neill's men were back in the form with which they had started the season so well. As a result they climbed to 10th in the table - a four month high.

Steven Davis makes his 100th appearance in a Villa shirt (80 Starts) to make it W32 D31 L37, 9 Goals, 5 Assists and 3 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Craig Gardner scores his first goal in a Villa shirt on his 18th appearance (10 Starts) to make it W5 D4 L9, 1 Goal, 1 Assist and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Martin Laursen contributes his 1st assist in a Villa shirt on his 24th appearance (22 Starts) to make it W7 D11 L6, 1 Goal, 1 Assist and 3 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Villa are held at home despite hammering Portsmouth but extend their unbeaten Premier League run to six.

Villa make it 6 unbeaten under Martin O'Neill but another home draw means they fall back to 11th in the table.

Martin Laursen makes his 25th appearance in a Villa shirt (23 Starts) after having again missed most of the season due to injury to make it W7 D12 L6, 1 Goal, 1 Assist and 3 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Villa's end of season renaissance under Martin O'Neill continues after a difficult winter as Manchester City are well beaten on their own patch to extend Villa's unbeaten Premier League run to seven.

Villa extend their unbeaten run to 7 games under Martin O’Neill, winning 3 to remain 11th in the table.

Right back Phil Bardsley makes his 13th and final appearance in a Villa shirt ahead of the end of his loan spell from Manchester United. Bardsley would leave with a record of W5 D5 L3, 1 Assist and 1 Booking from his short spell with Villa.

Shaun Maloney scores his 1st goal in a Villa shirt on his 8th appearance (5 Starts) to make it W3 D4 L1 and 1 Goal so far in his Villa career.