Villa record consecutive 🟩 wins and have now lost 🟥 just once in 🕒 fourteen Division One games.

Villa make it 🟩 seven wins, 🟨 nine draws and 🟥 four defeats in 🕒 twenty League matches this season under Ron Saunders 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿.

Villa climb to fifth in the table.

Centre Forward Terry Donovan 🇮🇪 makes a goalscoring debut in a Villa shirt after joining from Grimsby Town in September 1979 for a fee of £90,000 to become the 610th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Midfielder Gordon Cowans 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 contributes a 🔥 brace of assists to make it ⚽ 🔥 31 goal involvements in 🕒 131 appearances in a Villa shirt (116 Starts) and 🟩 W55 🟨 D38 🟥 L38, ⚽ 16 Goals and 🔥 15 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 4.23 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Villa 🟥 lose for the second time in 🕒 fifteen first division games as they are beaten at the City Ground. 

Goalkeeper Nigel Spink 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his debut appearance in a Villa shirt to become the 611th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Right back Kenny Swain 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 50th 🕒 appearance in a Villa shirt.

Forward Brian Little 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 contributes his ⚽ 🔥 140th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 286th appearance (279 Starts) and makes it 🟩 W128 🟨 D79 🟥 L79, ⚽ 79 Goals and 🔥 61 Assists at a rate of one every 2.04 games.

Villa bounce back from their second defeat in fifteen games to beat Bristol City at Ashton Gate.

Ron Saunders' 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa 🟩 win for the third time in four Division One games as a Gary Shaw 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 hat-trick makes it ⚽ four goals in two matches for the 18 year old striker. 

As a result Villa make it 🟩 eight wins, 🟨 nine draws and 🟥 five defeats in twenty two League matches this season climb back to fifth in the table.

Forward Gary Shaw 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ⚽ hits his first hat-trick in a Villa shirt on his 20th appearance (19 Starts) to make it ⚽ 9 Goals and 🔥3 Assists at a rate of one goal involvement for every 1.67 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Goalkeeper Jimmy Rimmer 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 secures his 🟩 50th win in a Villa shirt on his 127th appearance.

Villa bring in the new year how they ended 1979 - victory in Bristol, this time in the FA Cup, as they beat second tier Rovers.

Ron Saunders' 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa make it 🟩 successive wins against the Bristol clubs as they see off Rovers in the third round of the FA Cup.

Forward Gary Shaw 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ⚽ scores his 10th goal in a Villa shirt on his 21st appearance (20 Starts).

Villa make it 🟩 three successive wins in all competitions as they beat Everton to remain joint fifth in the first division table.

Ron Saunders' 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa 🟩 win for the fourth time in five Division One games to make it 🟩 nine wins, 🟨 nine draws and 🟥 five defeats in 🕒 twenty three League matches.

Colin Gibson 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 scores his ⚽ first goal in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 30th appearance (28 Starts).

Villa are held but second division Cambridge in the fourth round of the FA Cup ahead of a replay at Villa Park.

Villa face Cambridge United for the first time in competitive football, Cambridge become the 116th team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football.

Ron Saunders' Villa can only draw with second division Cambridge in the fourth round of the FA Cup ahead of a replay at Villa Park.

Ron Saunders' 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa beat second division Cambridge at the second attempt in the fourth round of the FA Cup.

Centre forward Terry Donovan 🇮🇪 is the hero as he ⚽ scores two and 🔥 creates another in Villa's 4-1 win in the Villa Park replay against second tier Cambridge to make it ⚽ 5 goals in his first 🕒 7 appearances in a Villa shirt.

Forward Gary Shaw 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🔥 sets up Terry Donovan’s 🇮🇪 2’ strike to record his ⚽ 🔥 15th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 24th appearance (23 Starts) at a rate of one goal involvement for every 1.60 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Forward Brian Little 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 scores his ⚽ 80th goal in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 291st appearance (284 Starts) to make it 🟩 W132 🟨 D80 🟥 L79, ⚽ 80 Goals and 🔥 62 Assists at a rate of one goal every 3.64 games.

Villa score two but it could be six as they run rings around Palace to 🟩 win for the fifth time in six unbeaten games in all competitions and keep their first clean sheet in eleven.

Ron Saunders' Villa 🟩 win for the fifth time in six Division One games to make it 🟩 ten wins, 🟨 nine draws and 🟥 five defeats in twenty four League matches. As a result Villa sit 6th in the table.

Forward Gary Shaw 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 25th appearance in a Villa shirt (24 Starts).

Villa fall 0-3 behind before a Dennis Mortimer 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 consolation at Highbury leaves them joint sixth in the table after 25 games but with games in hand on the teams around them.

Ron Saunders' 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa 🟥 lose for the first time in seven games to make it 🟩 ten wins, 🟨 nine draws and 🟥 six defeats in 🕒 twenty five League matches.

Midfielder Dennis Mortimer 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 suffers his 🟥 50th defeat in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 193rd appearance.

Centre back Allan Evans 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 heads into his own net with just 55 seconds remaining to leave Villa with another cup replay - this time with third tier Blackburn who until Evans' misfortune had looked incapable of drawing level even with just a one goal deficit.

Gordon Cowans 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 🕒 125th start in a Villa shirt (140 Appearances) to make it 🟩 W60 🟨 D40 🟥 L40, ⚽ 18 Goals and 🔥 16 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 4.12 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Midfielder Des Bremner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 makes his 🕒 25th appearance in a Villa shirt.

Allan Evans, playing up front because of David Geddis injury causing the striker to come off the field after 74’, scored a late winner to compensate for his last gasp Ewood Park own goal that had meant a replay against third tier Blackburn. 

Ron Saunders' Villa beat third division Blackburn at the second attempt in the fifth round of the FA Cup.

Villa’s goalscoring defender - Allan Evans 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 - scores his ninth of the season before being 🟥 sent off early in the second half for deliberate handball. 

Not for the first time this season Evans 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 uses his hands to save Villa from conceding but Ron Saunders’ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 side prove hugely fortunate after an even more curious refereeing performance robs Brighton of the winner. 

Villa make it 🟩 twelve wins, 🟨 eleven draws and 🟥 six defeats in 🕒 twenty nine League matches this season as they 🟨 draw at the Goldstone.

Midfielder Dennis Mortimer 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 🕒 200th appearance in a Villa shirt.

Ron Saunders' 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 300th game in charge of Villa sees them lose in the quarter finals of the FA Cup to second division West Ham.

An injury ravaged Villa side bolstered by youngsters play for the draw but 'concede' a disputed last gasp penalty and are knocked out of the FA Cup as they pay the price for an unusual, but understandably, negative approach to the game from Ron Saunders.

Centre back Ken McNaught 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 makes his 🕒 125th appearance in a Villa shirt.

Goalkeeper Jimmy Rimmer 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🥅 concedes his 150th goal in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 140th appearance (1.07 per Game).

Midfielder Ivor Linton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his first appearance in 6 months to make it 🕒 15 appearances (6 Starts) in a Villa shirt.

Forward Brian Little 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 🕒 300th appearance in a Villa shirt (293 Starts) to make it 🟩 W136 🟨 D83 🟥 L81, ⚽ 81 Goals and 🔥 63 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one every 2.08 games.

Villa’s difficult spell continues as the injury hit side loses for the fourth successive game in all competitions and have one win in seven. Such is the toll on the squad that Kenny Swain is forced to play the second half as striker after David Geddis becomes Villa’s latest injury victim.

Ron Saunders' Villa lose four successive matches for the first time this season to make it twelve wins, eleven draws and nine defeats in thirty two League matches this season.

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.

Centre forward Terry Donovan 🇮🇪 ⚽ scores on his 🕒 first appearance for 17 months but reigning champions Villa 🟥 lose a second successive game at the opening of their title defence.

Centre forward Terry Donovan 🇮🇪 scores his ⚽ third goal in 🕒 two games - only his second appearance in 19 months - as reigning champions Villa 🟩 win for the first time in their title defence.

Left back Colin Gibson 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 contributes his ⚽ 🔥 5th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 80th appearance.

Right back Kenny Swain 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 125th 🕒 appearance in a Villa shirt.

Leading scorer Terry Donovan 🇮🇪 is denied a penalty to put Villa in control before Ron Atkinson's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 side fight back to claim a barely deserved 🟨 draw and leave the reigning Champions in 14th after four games. 

Reigning Champions Villa are unbeaten in two to make it 🟩 one win, 🟨 one draw and 🟥 two defeats in their title defence.

Centre forward Peter Withe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 contributes his ⚽ 🔥 30th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 45th appearance.

Terry Donovan 🇮🇪 hits his ⚽ fifth goal in four games as Peter Withe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 also grabs a ⚽ brace to hammer Valur 🇮🇸 in their first ever European Cup appearance.

Villa face Valur Reykavik 🇮🇸 for the first time in competitive football, Valur become the 117th team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football, Villa’s sixth ‘continental’ European opponents and their first from Iceland 🇮🇸.

Centre forward Peter Withe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 scores his ⚽ 25th goal in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 46th appearance.

Centre forward Terry Donovan 🇮🇪 scores his ⚽ 10th goal in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 19th appearance.

Villa are held to a 🟨 goalless draw at Anfield to leave the reigning champions in fourteenth after five games of their title defence.

Villa are unbeaten in three League games but now have just 🟩 one win, 🟨 two draws and 🟥 two defeats in their title defence.

Midfielder Dennis Mortimer 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 contributes his 🔥 50th assist in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 257th appearance.

Villa surrender a two goal lead built by Peter Withe's first league goals of the season as Stoke score two in two second half minutes to share the points.

Reigning Champions Villa are unbeaten in four League games but they now have just one win, three draws and two defeats in their title defence as they drop to 17th in the table.

A third successive League defeat and Villa are a "faded force", "running around in circles" and "getting nowhere". 

Reigning Champions Villa make it 🟩 four wins, 🟨 seven draws and 🟥 seven defeats in their title defence. 

Centre back Noel Blake 🇯🇲 makes his first appearance in 19 months as the reserve team player is a surprise call up 74 games after his equally surprising three game spell in 1979-80 amidst Villa’s worst injury crisis in decades.  Blake’s fourth appearance in a Villa shirt would also be his last before moving on to Birmingham City for a fee of £55,000 in September 1982.

Left back Colin Gibson 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 🕒 100th start in a Villa shirt (104 Appearances).

Midfielder Terry Bullivant 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 🕒 first appearance in 21 months and first for 83 games.

Villa win for the first time in four League games as Dennis Mortimer returns to the side after eight matches out through injury and creates Tony Morley’s goal to beat Brighton and move back to 14th in the table.

Reigning Champions Villa stop a run of three League losses to make it five wins, seven draws and seven defeats in their title defence.

Villa beat Wolves at Villa Park to make it six unbeaten under Tony Barton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 as the boss continues to resolve issues simmering behind the scenes from Ron Saunders' 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 time.

Reigning Champions Villa remain unbeaten in the League under Tony Barton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 after six games having 🟩 won three and 🟨 drawn three and as a result make it 🟩 nine wins, 🟨 ten draws and 🟥 ten defeats after 29 games of their title defence.

Forward Gary Shaw 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ⚽ scores one and 🔥 creates two to record his 60th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 107th appearance (105 Starts) at a rate of one goal involvement for every 1.81 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

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.