History

Unai Emery becomes just the fourth Villa manager since the advent of League football in 1888 to win 70 games in the top-flight

Unai Emery not only joins the pantheon of the greats who have achieved 100 wins with Villa but also takes his place at the head of the list after his remarkable statistical performance continues to stun.

Yesterday, Barry Bannan, once of this manor but now forever aligned to Sheffield Wednesday, was subjected to boos from the “few fans left” in Birmingham’s 3-0 defeat at Millwall. It’s an odd approach on many levels, not least being Birmingham’s salivating hunger to recruit any player who has worn the claret

Unai Emery is the first Villa boss in the Premier League era to break the 300-goal barrier

An hour and 45 minutes of Technicolour delight. It's pretty hard to believe it's 30 years ago next month, but celebrate Leeds coming to town on Saturday with the perfect Wembley display as Brian Little walked on water, and Howard Wilkinson's boys sank without a trace.

It's only really in the 3rd, 4th and 5th rounds of the FA Cup that All Premier League Ties become a thing. After that, you'll inevitably face strong opposition if you get there, that is, unless you're Manchester City. But it's the prevalence of Villa's draws against Premier League clubs in those early rounds that boggles the mind and sets conspiracy theories racing.

Unai Emery is on the cusp of winning his 100th game as Villa boss, needing just one more win to hit the historic milestone and become one of only five managers to have achieved the feat and the first since….

If Tyrone Mings plays against Brighton & Hove Albion this evening, he will become the seventh member of Unai Emery’s squad to make 200 Appearances for Villa. The first time a Villa squad will include seven double-centurions since...

Bored at Work? Want to escape at Home? Lose 90 minutes in glorious VHS and re-live the legendary 1989-90 season under Graham Taylor.

Before this week, only seven players in 152 years had made the return journey to Villa Park. How did Villa's original Prodigal Sons fare? And what does it tell us about Tammy and Dougie's emotional returns to VP?

1880 🟩 24 Jan 1880, Villa 3-1 Stafford Road, Wellington Road, George Ramsay makes his sole FA Cup appearance for Villa

Villa's last game away to Fenerbahçe S. K. saw John Deehan and Brian Little secure a 2-0 victory at Şükrü Saracoğlu in September 1977 in a 6-0 aggregate triumph for Ron Saunders' boys.

"We're creating something special here. More than the capacity to buy everything we want." Unai Emery.

This weekend’s game against Everton is set to be Morgan Rogers’ 100th appearance for Villa. It will undoubtedly be a milestone, but earlier this season, doubts arose for some, prompting thoughts about a potential attempt to bring back an old player to Villa. So what's it to be? Rogers or Grealish?

So it's Newcastle United at home in the 4th Round of the 2025-26 FA Cup. If any tie has had an impact on the ultimate destination of the FA Cup, it is this one. Villa and Newcastle have met one another six times in the FA Cup (excluding replays). On five of the six occasions the two teams have met in the competition, one or the other of Villa or Newcastle has gone on to win the FA Cup. Villa's double winning squad of 1896-97 having beaten Newcastle in the FA Cup First Round.

Friday, 8 January 2021, one of the most remarkable days in Villa's long and illustrious history as an entirely new team, packed with youth team players, take on the reigning Premier League Champions in the third round of the FA Cup.

Comparing Aston Villa's 1914 11-match winning run under George Ramsay with 2025's 11-match winning run under Unai Emery.

Unai Emery 🇪🇸 wins his 50th home match in 77 games at a rate of 64.94%

Can the career of a multi-million pound player ever be said to be sad? Sure, there are moments in all our lives, whatever our backgrounds...

"First of all I want to say THANK YOU Aston Villa and their supporters for the amazing 4 years and the opportunity to play for this...