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.

Ron Atkinson's Villa win consecutive League games for the first time this season.

Villa hammer Everton at Goodison Park and only Neville Southall and desperate defending keeps them from a humiliating scoreline.

Tony Daley hits another stunner cutting in after 66 minutes to unleash a curling 35-yard shot that left Southall helpless. 

Having scored just once in his first 12 games and gone 11 without a goal, Cyrille Regis scores for the second time in 3 to make it 15 Appearances, W5 D5 L5, 3 Goals and 2 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.00 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Goalkeeper Les Sealey, 34, makes his debut in a Villa shirt after joining from Manchester United on a free transfer in July 1991 to become the 678th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Left back Bryan Small, 19, makes his debut in a Villa shirt after graduating from the youth set up following his arrival from the FA School of Excellence in July 1990 to become the 679th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Villa make it three consecutive League wins - their best run of the season to date - as they sweep aside Wimbledon at Villa Park with another fine attacking performance as life under Ron Atkinson begins to blossom.

Dwight Yorke with 4 Goals in his first 35 appearances scores for the second successive game to make it 37 Appearances (22 Starts), W12 D11 L14, 6 Goals, 7 Assists and 1 Booking at a goal per game rate of one for every 6.17 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Cyrille Regis contributes his third goal involvement in 4 games to make it 16 Appearances, W6 D5 L5, 3 Goals and 3 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 2.67 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Tony Daley secures his 75th win in a Villa shirt on his 209th appearance (179 Starts) to make it W75 D53 L81, 31 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.

Ian Olney scores his 20th goal in a Villa shirt and contributes his 25 goal involvement on his 97th appearance (71 Starts) to make it W42 D22 L33, 20 Goals and 6 Assists at a goal involvement per game rate of one for every 3.59 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Villa make it four consecutive top flight wins with victory at Loftus Road to sit to 8th in the table under Ron Atkinson.

Dwight Yorke with 4 Goals in his first 35 appearances scores for the third successive game to make it 38 Appearances (23 Starts), W13 D11 L14, 7 Goals, 7 Assists and 1 Booking at a goal per game rate of one for every 5.43 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Villa make it five consecutive top flight wins to climb to 5th in the First Division table under Ron Atkinson as Neil Warnock behaves with his typical lack of subtlety and finesse on the sidelines much to Atkinson's displeasure. 

Dwight Yorke with 4 Goals in his first 35 appearances scores for the fourth successive game to make it 39 Appearances (24 Starts), W14 D11 L14, 8 Goals, 7 Assists and 1 Booking at a goal per game rate of one for every 4.88 games he has played so far in his Villa career. 

Villa lose out in the second round of the Zenith Data to Forest but no-one much cares as Villa play in front of what will be their lowest crowd for the next thirty years and counting.

Right back Neil Cox, 20, makes his debut in a Villa shirt after joining from Scunthorpe United in February 1992 for a fee of £400,000 to become the 681st player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Midfielder Stefan Beinlich, 20, makes his debut in a Villa shirt after joining from PFV Bergmann-Borsig in October 1991 for a fee of £100,000 to become the 682nd player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Centre Forward Martin Carruthers, 19, makes his debut in a Villa shirt after coming through the youth ranks to become the 683rd player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Ian Olney makes his 100th appearance in a Villa shirt (74 Starts) to make it W44 D22 L34, 20 Goals and 6 Assists at a goal involvement per game rate of one for every 3.85 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Mark Blake makes his 25th appearance in a Villa shirt (20 Starts) to make it W13 D5 L7, 1 Goal and 3 Assists so far in his Villa career.

Villa lose for the first time in 6 Division One matches under Ron Atkinson as they are well beaten by Leeds at Villa Park and fall to 6th in the First Division table.

Dwight Yorke with 4 Goals in his first 35 appearances scores for the fifth successive game to make it 40 Appearances (25 Starts), W14 D11 L15, 9 Goals, 7 Assists and 1 Booking at a goal per game rate of one for every 4.44 games he has played so far in his Villa career. 

10 Games into his Villa career (8 Starts) Dalian Atkinson has 6 Assists and 1 Goal involvement at a rate of one for every 1.43 games he has played so far in his Villa career. Atkinson is, however, goalless in his last 9 appearances.

Gordon Cowans, 33, makes the final appearance of his second spell with Villa before moving to Blackburn Rovers on a free transfer leaving with a record of 510 Appearances, 490 Starts, W224 D124 L162, 58 Goals and 95 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.31 games he has played so far in his Villa career. Cowans' playing days for Villa were not over however as he would return to the club in the summer of 1993 for a third spell in claret and blue.

Villa lose their third successive match and second consecutive Division One game despite leading twice as they are defeated at Boundary Park to fall to eighth in the first division table under Ron Atkinson.

Midfielder Garry Parker, 26, makes his debut in a Villa shirt after joining from Nottingham Forest earlier this month for a fee of £650,000 to become the 684th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Cyrille Regis makes his 20th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W8 D5 L7, 4 Goals and 3 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 2.86 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Mark Blake contributes his 5th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 27th appearance (22 Starts) to make it W13 D5 L9, 2 Goals and 3 Assists so far in his Villa career.

Dalian Atkinson’s goalless streak now extends to 10 games having hit his only goal so far for the club on debut to make it W5 D3 L3, 1 Goal and 6 Assists so far in his Villa career.

Villa bounce back from consecutive defeats to beat Manchester City as Tony Daley - playing as a striker in the absence of Dalian Atkinson - hits another screamer to round off the scoring and send Villa 7th.

Dwight Yorke, having scored 4 Goals in his first 35 appearances, scores his 7th goal in 10 games to make it 42 Appearances (27 Starts), W15 D11 L16, 10 Goals, 7 Assists and 1 Booking at a goal per game rate of one for every 4.20 games he has played so far in his Villa career. 

Cyrille Regis scores for the second successive game and for the fourth time in nine appearances to make it 21 Starts, W9 D5 L7, 5 Goals and 3 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 2.63 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Paul McGrath contributes his 5th assist in a Villa shirt on his 112nd appearance to make it W47 D27 L38, 1 Goal, 5 Assists and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career. 

Steve Staunton contributes his 5th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 19th appearance to make it W8 D5 L6, 2 Goals and 3 Assists so far in his Villa career.

Villa lose for the third time in four first division games under Ron Atkinson to fall back to eighth in the table,

Villa win for the second time in five top flight games under Ron Atkinson.

Winger Steve Froggatt, 18, makes his Villa debut after coming through the youth ranks to become the 685th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Kevin Richardson scores his 5th goal in a Villa shirt on his 25th appearance to make it W11 D5 L9, 5 Goals and 2 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.57 games he has playes so far in his Villa career.

Shaun Teale makes his 25th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W11 D5 L9, 1 Goal and 3 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Cyrille Regis secures his 10th win in a Villa shirt on his 23rd appearance to make it W10 D5 L8, 5 Goals and 3 Assists so far in his Villa career.

Villa win for the 3rd time in 4 Division One games under Ron Atkinson to climb to 6th in the table.

Centre back Kent Nielsen, 30, makes his 102nd and final appearance in a Villa shirt before (96 Starts) moving on to Aarhus GF later this month. Kent left with a record of W43 D25 L34, 5 Goals and 7 Assists across his three seasons with Villa.

Dwight Yorke contributes his 20th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 45th appearance (30 Starts) to make it W17 D11 L17, 12 Goals, 8 Assists and 1 Booking at a goal involvement rate of one for every 2.25 he has played so far in his Villa career. Yorke’s first 10 goal involvements had come across 33 appearances with his second over just 12 games.

Cyrille Regis contributes his 10th goal involvement in a Villa shirt as he scores his third goal in five games and fifth in twelve to make it 24 Appearances, W11 D5 L8, 6 Goals and 4 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 2.40 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Steve Staunton secures his 10th win in a Villa shirt on his 22nd appearance to make it W10 D5 L7, 2 Goals and 3 Assists so far in his Villa career.

Villa open 1992 with a New Year’s Day defeat after a deeply troubling refereeing performance from John Martin sees the official miss a blatant offside only to award a penalty from the resultant run. Having seen the penalty saved, Martin ordered an unwarranted retake to put Norwich ahead.

As a result Villa lose their fourth Division One game in seven matches under Ron Atkinson.

Cyrille Regis makes his 25th appearance in a Villa shirt and scores his fourth goal in six games to make it W11 D5 L9, 7 Goals and 4 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 2.27 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Cult hero Chris Price, 31, makes his 144th and final appearance in a Villa shirt (141 Starts) ahead of a return to Blackburn Rovers in February 1992 for a fee of £150,000 to leave with a record of W59 D36 L49, 2 Goals, 4 Assists and 9 Bookings across his four seasons in the Villa first team.

Having been on the wrong end of officialdom in the previous game, Villa survive a penalty scare late on to play out a goal-less draw with fellow first division side Tottenham in the third round of the FA Cup with a replay at White Hart Lane needed.

Les Sealey keeps his 5th clean sheet in a Villa shirt on his 14th appearance to make it W8 D1 L5, 17 Goals Conceded and 5 Clean Sheets at a goal conceded per game rate of 1.21 and a clean sheet rate of 36%.

Villa are held to a second successive goalless draw, this time by reigning champions Arsenal at Highbury to remain 7th in the first division table.

Villa win through in the FA Cup third round as Spurs are beaten at White Hart Lane after an impressive attacking performance puts Tottenham on the rack.

Paul McGrath secures his 50th win in a Villa shirt on his 119th appearance to make it W50 D29 L40, 1 Goal, 5 Assists and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Dariusz Kubicki makes his 25th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W10 D7 L8 so far in his Villa career.

Villa extend their winless run to 3 League games under Ron Atkinson as tempers flare after controversial referee George Courtney hands Wednesday the winner amidst angry remonstrations.

Villa ‘keeper Les Sealey needs to be restrained from the County Durham official who has been dogged about curious decisions for many seasons.

Sealey, a temperamental player at the best of times, is heavily criticised for his lack of constraint but it’s unlikely it’s the first time players have felt the need to confront Courtney over the years.

Midfielder Matthias Breitkreutz, 20, makes his debut in a Villa shirt after joining from PFV Bergmann-Borsig for a fee of £100,000 in October 1991 to become the 686th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Dwight Yorke makes his 50th appearance in a Villa shirt (35 Starts) to make it W18 D13 L19, 13 Goals, 8 Assists and 1 Booking at a goal involvement rate of one for every 2.38 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Steve Staunton makes his 25th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W11 D6 L8, 2 Goals and 3 Assists so far in his Villa career.

Villa are now without a League win in four and are yet to record a Division One victory in 1992 after they suffer a narrow defeat at Old Trafford. 

Despite the obvious progress under Ron Atkinson, and with his side clearly not being the finished article after just seven months in the job, the local press remain unduly critical. Following their denouncement of Villa's recent goalless draw with reigning champions Arsenal they now aim criticism at Villa's defeat to title competitors United.

Villa are held to a goalless draw by Everton and have now failed to score in their two League games at Villa Park in 1992. 

Villa are now without a League win in five and are yet to record a Division One victory in 1992.