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 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 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.

Dwight Yorke hits a hat-trick as Villa win a seven goal thriller at the Baseball Ground in the fourth round of the FA Cup but still the negativity cascades down from the pages of the Evening Mail.

Centre Forward Martin Carruthers makes his first appearance in a Villa shirt in 4 months to make it 2 appearances (0 Starts), W1 D0 L1.

Garry Parker scores his first goal in a Villa shirt on his 13th appearance to make it W5 D3 L5 so far in his Villa career.

Steve Froggatt contributes his first assist in a Villa shirt on his 5th appearance (3 Starts) to make it W2 D1 L1 so far in his Villa career.

Tony Daley makes his 225th appearance in a Villa shirt (195 Starts) to make it W82 D56 L87, 33 Goals and 23 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 4.02 games he has played so far in his Villa career. 

Dariusz Kubicki collects the first yellow card of his career on his 29th appearance in a Villa shirt before collecting his second and first red card to make it W11 D8 L10, 2 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Villa make it five first division games without a goal as they drop back to 10th in the table under Ron Atkinson.

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

Villa reach the FA Cup Quarter Finals as they see off Second Division Swindon courtesy of a spectacular Steve Froggatt strike.

Paul McGrath makes his 125th appearance in a Villa shirt and makes it W52 D30 L43, 1 Goal, 6 Assists and 3 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Steve Froggatt scores his first goal in a Villa shirt on his 7th appearance (4 Starts) to make it W3 D2 L2, 1 Goal and 1 Assist so far in his Villa career.

Garry Parker contributes his first assist in a Villa shirt on his 15th appearance to make it W6 D3 L6, 1 Goal and 1 Assist so far in his Villa career.

Cyrille Regis makes it 10 games without an assist and 9 games without a goal having contributed 5 goal involvements in hie previous six games to make it 34 Appearances, W14 D8 L12, 7 Goals and 4 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.09 games he has played so far in his Villa career. 

Villa record their first Division One victory of 1992.

Villa record their first victory in seven first division games having drawn two and lost four under Ron Atkinson.

Cyrille Regis scores his first goal in 10 games to make it 35 Appearances, W15 D8 L12, 8 Goals and 4 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 2.92 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Villa lose their fifth League game in eight and now have just one Division One win in 1992. 

Villa fail to score for the sixth time in eight first division games in 1992 but remain 8th in the table. 

Right back Earl Barrett, 24, makes his Villa debut after joining from Oldham Athletic earlier this month for a fee of £1,700,000 to become the 687th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Goalkeeper Les Sealey makes his 24th and final appearance in a Villa shirt before returning to Manchester United on a free transfer in January 1993. Sealey,. one of the least likeable individuals to ever wear a Villa shirt, left with a record of W12 D3 L9, 27 Goals Conceded and 9 Clean Sheets at a goal conceded per game rate of 1.13 and a clean sheet rate of 38%. Sealey’s departure was not mourned.

Former Villan Steve McMahon orchestrates another victory against his old club.

Villa are knocked out of the FA Cup by a single goal despite a strong performance at Anfield that deserved more as the refereeing performance from Philip Don once again raises major questions of integrity.

Villa fail to score for the third successive game under Ron Atkinson.

Tony Daley makes his 200th start in a Villa shirt (230 Appearances) to make it W83 D57 L90, 33 Goals and 23 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 4.11 games he has played so far in his Villa career. 

Villa fail to win for the ninth time in ten League matches in 1992 and fail to score for the fourth successive game under Ron Atkinson.

Steve Staunton misses a 30' penalty as Villa fall to 11th in the table. 

Ian Olney makes his 75th start in a Villa shirt (104 Appearances) to make it W44 D24 L36, 20 Goals and 6 Assists at a goal involvement per game rate of one for every 4.00 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Villa outplay QPR but fall to the Hoops' only attack as Ron Atkinson's goal shy side fail to score for the ninth time in eleven first division games in 1992 to slump to 13th in the table. 

Villa fail to score for the fifth successive game and now have just one win in eleven Division One matches in 1992, losing six.

Villa draw their opening game of the 1992-93 as they are held by Premier League new boys Ipswich at Portman Road despite a dominant second half performance from Ron Atkinson’s side.

Midfielder Ray Houghton, 30, makes his debut in a Villa shirt after joining from Liverpool in July 1992 for a fee of £900,000 to become the 689th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Having scored just once in an injury ravaged first season, Dalian Atkinson scores on the opening day of 1992-93 to make it W6 D7 L5, 2 Goals and 6 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 2.25 games he has played so far in his Villa career. Dalian's only other goal for the club cams on the opening day of the 1991-92 season.

Villa are held to their third successive 1-1 draw at the start of the 1992-93 Premier League campaign to leave them 14th in the early table under Ron Atkinson having finished 7th in 1991-92.

Frank McAvennie, 32, contributes an assist on his debut in a Villa shirt after joining from West Ham United on a free transfer in July 1992 to become the 690th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Dalian Atkinson scores for the third successive game to make it 20 appearances (17 Starts), W6 D9 L5, 4 Goals and 6 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 2.00 games he has played so far in his Villa career and one for every game he has played in 1992-93.

Villa succumb to a first defeat of the season and remain winless as they are beaten by an 88' strike at Goodison Park to leave them 18th in the early Premier League table.

Villa record their first ever Premier League victory at the 5th attempt having drawn 3 and lost 1 so far under Ron Atkinson.

Steve Staunton contributes his 5th assist in a Villa shirt on his 48th appearance to make it W18 D14 L16, 4 Goals and 5 Assist so far in his Villa career.

Garry Parker contributes his 5th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 35th appearance to make it W13 D10 L12, 4 Goals and 1 Assist at a goal involvement per game rate of one for every 8.75 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Cyrille Regis makes his 50th appearance in a Villa shirt (47 Starts) to make it W20 D12 L18, 11 Goals and 5 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.13 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Villa lose for the second time in three Premier League games as they slump back to 15th in the early table under Ron Atkinson.

Paul McGrath suffers his 50th defeat in a Villa shirt on his 145th appearance to make it W58 D37 L50, 2 Goals, 6 Assists and 4 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Villa record their second win of the inaugural Premier League season as Palace are well beaten at Villa Park.

Dwight Yorke returns from three months out with injury to score Villa’s opener as Ron Atkinson reassures the crowd in unprecedented style that the much anticipated move for Dean Saunders remains alive.

Centre forward Frank McAvennie, 32, makes his 3rd and final appearance in a Villa shirt before moving on to Celtic in January 1994 leaving with a record of W1 D1 L1 and 1 Assist from his 3 substitute appearances.

Dwight Yorke scores his 20th goal in a Villa shirt on his 65th appearance (48 Starts) to make it W24 D18 L23, 20 Goals, 8 Assists and 1 Bookings at a goal per game rate of one for every 3.25 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Steve Staunton contributes his 10th goal involvement on his 50th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W19 D14 L17, 5 Goals, 5 Assists and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Steve Froggatt contributes his 5th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 18th appearance (14 Starts) to make it W6 D5 L7, 2 Goals and 3 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.60 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Villa dominate Leeds once again but are held by a late equaliser from substitute Steve Hodge, the same player who had been the architect six games earlier.

Centre Forward Dean Saunders, 28, makes his debut appearance in a Villa shirt after moving from Liverpool earlier this week for a fee of £2,300,000 to become the 691st player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Garry Parker scores his 5th goal in a Villa shirt on his 38th appearance and now has as many goal involvements in his last four games as he managed in his first 34.

Dalian Atkinson makes his 25th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W8 D10 L7, 4 Goals and 7 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 2.27 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Ray Houghton contributes his first assist in a Villa shirt on his 8th appearance to make it W2 D4 L2 so far in his Villa career.

Villa batter Liverpool at Villa Park as Dean Saunders scores a brace on his home debut against his former employers and Ronnie Rosenthal is guilty of the worst miss possibly ever seen in football.

Villa climb to 7th in the Premier League table, unbeaten in 3 and winning 3 of their last 5.

Dean Saunders scores his first goals in a Villa shirt on his second appearance to make it W1 D1 L0 and 2 Goals so far in his Villa career.

Dalian Atkinson scores for the fifth time in a Villa shirt and for the fourth time this season on his 26th appearance (23 Starts) to make it W9 D10 L7, 5 Goals and 8 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 2.00 games he has played so far in his Villa career and one for every 1.50 games he has played in 1992-93.

Garry Parker scores in successive games and now has 5 goal involvements in his last 5 games to make it 39 Appearances, W15 D11 L13, 6 Goals and 2 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 4.88 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Villa score two second half goals but concede late to leave the League Cup tie against second tier Oxford in the balance ahead of the Villa Park second leg.

Shaun Teale scores his second goal in a Villa shirt on his 61st appearance to secure his 25th win and make it W25 D16 L20, 2 Goals and 6 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Dwight Yorke secures his 25th win in a Villa shirt on his 66th appearance (48 Starts) and make it W25 D18 L23, 20 Goals, 8 Assists and 1 Booking at a goal involvement rate of one for every 2.36 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Kevin Richardson secures his 25th win in a Villa shirt on his 61st appearance to make it W25 D16 L20, 7 Goals and 6 Assists so far in his Villa career.

Garry Parker contributes his sixth goal involvement in his last 6 games to make it 40 Appearances, W16 D11 L13, 6 Goals and 3 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 4.44 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Villa record a third win in four unbeaten Premier League games under Ron Atkinson as Dean Saunders scores his second successive top flight brace to send Villa sixth in the table.

Midfielder Mark Blake, 21, makes his 37th and final appearance in a Villa shirt (31 Starts) before moving on to Division One Portsmouth in August 1993 for a fee of £400,000. Blake left with a record of W18 D7 L12, 2 Goals, 3 Assists and 5 Bookings across his 4 seasons in and around the first team.

Dalian Atkinson makes it five goals in 11 games this season and six in 28 appearances in a Villa shirt (25 Starts) to make it W11 D10 L7, 6 Goals and 8 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 2.00 games he has played so far in his Villa career and one for every 1.57 games he has played in 1992-93.

Paul McGrath makes his 150th appearance in a Villa shirt and makes it W62 D38 L50, 3 Goals, 6 Assists and 5 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Steve Froggatt contributes his 5th assist in a Villa shirt on his 22nd appearance (18 Starts) to make it W9 D6 L7, 2 Goals and 5 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.14 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Goalkeeper Les Sealey returns umourned to Manchester United from his loan spell with Villa without making an appearance.

Dalian Atkinson scores the greatest goal in Premier League history and possibly Villa’s greatest goal. 

Villa are now unbeaten in 6 games, winning 5 as Ron Atkinson’s Villa climb to 5th in the table.

Villa record their fourth win in five unbeaten Premier League games. 

Dean Saunders scores his third successive top flight brace to make it 6 goals in his first 5 games in a Villa shirt and 6 in his last 3 Premier League outings.

Dalian Atkinson makes it six goals in 12 games this season and seven in 29 appearances in a Villa shirt (26 Starts) to make it W12 D10 L7, 7 Goals and 8 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 1.93 games he has played so far in his Villa career and one for every 1.50 games he has played in 1992-93.

Dwight Yorke contributes his 10th assist in a Villa shirt on his 68th appearance (48 Starts) to make it W27 D18 L23, 20 Goals, 10 Assists and 1 Booking at a goal involvement rate of one for every 2.27 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Earl Barrett makes his 25th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W11 D8 L6 so far in his Villa career.

Villa are held to a goalless draw at home but are now unbeaten in their last eight in all competitions, winning 6, as they climb to 4th in the Premier League table.

Meanwhile Gordon Cowans returns to Villa Park in a Blackburn shirt. Some things just don't look or feel right.

Villa bounce back from their Boxing Day horror show at Highfield Road to beat Arsenal and end 1992 third in the Premier League table.

David O'Leary, the future Villa boss, proves popular with the Villa fans for the first and only time as he concedes the penalty that hands Villa the win.

Dean Saunders scores his 10th goal on his 20th appearance in a Villa shirt and ends a run of 7 Premier League games without a goal.

Shaun Teale makes his 75th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W33 D20 L22, 2 Goals and 7 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Garry Parker secures his 25th win in a Villa shirt on his 56th appearance to make it W25 D15 L16, 8 Goals and 3 Assists so far in his Villa career.

Steve Froggatt makes his 25th appearance in a Villa shirt (21 Starts) to make it W11 D7 L7, 2 Goals and 6 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.13 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Villa lose Steve Staunton to concussion after 17', score through substitute Neil Cox, miss a penalty, concede an equaliser and miss an open goal in the final minutes as their fourth meeting with Bristol Rovers in Cup football again goes to a replay.

Neil Cox scores his first goal in a Villa shirt on his 15th appearance (8 Starts) to make it W6 D3 L6 so far in his Villa career.

Dwight Yorke is now without a goal in his last 12 games in a Villa shirt to make it W32 D21 L24, 20 Goals, 11 Assists and 1 Booking at a goal per game rate of one for every 3.85 games he has played so far in his Villa career. 

Having secured a League double over Liverpool, Villa go joint top of the Premier League after 23 games.

Having gone 7 games without a Premier League goal, Dean Saunders scores in successive top flight games to make it 11 goals in 22 appearances in a Villa shirt and W12 D7 L3.

Villa batter Boro at Villa Park to remain in the outright lead at the top of the Premier League table under Ron Atkinson and a first League title in 12 years looks and feels possible.

Dean Saunders scores for the third successive top flight game to make it 23 appearances, W13 D7 L3, 12 Goals and 3 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 1.53 games played so far in his Villa career.

Dwight Yorke scores for the first time in 14 games - equalling his longest goalless run to date in his Villa career that ran from debut through to his 14th appearance and 5th start in a Villa shirt.

Dwight Yorke scores his 21st goal in a Villa shirt on his 79th appearance (57 Starts) to make it W34 D21 L24, 21 Goals, 12 Assists and 1 Booking at a goal per game rate of one for every 3.76 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Paul McGrath scores his 5th goal in a Villa shirt on his 168th appearance to make it W71 D44 L53, 5 Goals, 7 Assists and 5 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Shaun Teale scores his 3rd goal in a Villa shirt on his 78th appearance to make it W35 D21 L22, 3 Goals and 8 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Garry Parker scores his 10th goal in a Villa shirt and for the second successive game on his 59th appearance to make it W27 D16 L16, 10 Goals and 3 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 4.54 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Ron Atkinson beats his old foe Malcolm Allison at the second attempt as the voluble veteran tries to start a one man war of words with a literally disinterested Big Ron. 

Big Ron finally shakes the hand of the apparently needy Allison.

Dean Saunders scores his 14th goal in 24 appearances in a Villa shirt to make it W14 D7 L3, 14 Goals and 3 assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 1.41 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Neil Cox contributes his first assist in a Villa shirt on his 18th appearance (9 Starts) to make it W9 D3 L6, 1 Goal and 1 Assist so far in his Villa career.

Wimbledon in a microcosm as the deeply confused Joe Kinnear claims Villa fans pelted him with bricks. Meanwhile on the pitch the thugs of Wimbledon once again set out to maim Villa's players. Kinnear didn't explain where fans had found a brick or why no-one else saw the incident. Kinnear did however find time to excuse his appalling club and team he led. The 21 June 2004, still 12 years away, was a happy day for football as the club who inflicted so much damage on the game, physically and metaphorically, was finally dissolved. It wasn’t romantic, it was thuggery.

Steve Staunton makes his 75th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W33 D22 L20, 5 Goals, 9 Assists and 4 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Dean Saunders makes his 25th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W14 D8 L3, 14 Goals and 3 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 1.47 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Villa's football reaches heights rarely seen in the modern day as they sweep aside Ipswich in style with an awesome attacking display.

Dean Saunders hits one of the most spectacular goals seen at Villa Park. Receiving a short ball from Ray Houghton wide on the right, he swivels and volleys the ball from 40 yards out looping it high over the back-peddling Clive Baker.

Dean Saunders scores his 15th goal on his 29th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W16 D9 L4, 15 Goals and 3 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 1.53 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Mark Bosnich keeps his second successive clean sheet and first in the League on his 4th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W2 D1 L1, 3 Goals Conceded and 2 Clean Sheets so far in his Villa career.

Steve Staunton contributes his 15th goal involvement on his 79th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W35 D23 L21, 5 Goals, 10 Assists and 4 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Ray Houghton contribubtes his 10th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 33rd appearance to make it W16 D12 L5, 2 Goals and 8 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3,30 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Steve Froggatt makes his 25th start in a Villa shirt (31 Appearances) to make it W15 D9 L7, 2 Goals and 7 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.44 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Villa lose to lowly Palace as beating the top flight also rans begins to seem like an achilles heel for Ron Atkinson's exciting side.

Villa have the deep misfortune of visiting the rancid Selhurst Park for the second time in three games and the third time this season with the only bright spot of defeat being no need to visit for at least the rest of the season.

Paul McGrath makes his 175th appearance in a Villa shirt and makes it W74 D46 L55, 6 Goals, 8 Assists and 5 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Earl Barrett makes his 50th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W23 D16 L11 so far in his Villa career.

Villa open up a two point lead at the top of the Premier League table with victory against a battling Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.

Villa are unbeaten in 10 of their last 12 games under Ron Atkinson, winning 7, to climb to the top of the Premier League with 13 games left to play.

Meanwhile, their latest victory sees two Chelsea defenders collide to hand the winning goal on a plate to Ray Houghton.

Paul McGrath secures his 75th win in a Villa shirt on his 176th appearance to make it W75 D46 L55, 6 Goals, 8 Assists and 5 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Villa are held to a goalless draw at Hillsborough but are unbeaten in their first two Premier League games of the season.

Shaun Teale makes his 100th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W45 D27 L28, 3 Goals and 12 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Steve Froggatt makes his first appearance in a Villa shirt for 6 months to make it 34 Appearances (28 Starts), W16 D10 L8, 2 Goals and 7 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.78 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Future Villa full back and UEFA Cup penalty hero Phil King lines up for Wednesday.

Villa are held to a second successive draw by regular foes Wimbledon.

Villa remain unbeaten but have won just once in the first three games of the campaign.

Kevin Richardson scores his 10th goal in a Villa shirt on his 105th appearance to make it W47 D29 L28, 10 Goals and 9 Assists so far in his Villa career.

Ray Houghton makes his 50th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W24 D16 L10, 4 Goal and 10 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.57 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Future Villa centre forward John Fashanu scores Wimbledon’s 86’ equaliser.