15th January

On This Day

1887 🟨 15 Jan 1887, Villa 1-1 Wolves, Dudley Road 1

1910 🟩 15 Jan 1910, Villa 2-1 Oldham, Boundary Park 2

1913 🟩 15 Jan 1913, Villa 3-1 Derby, Baseball Ground 3

1927 The BBC launches live sports commentary for the first time

1932 Jimmy Dugdale 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 was born in Liverpool 4

1938 🟩 15 Jan 1938, Villa 3-0 Southampton, Villa Park 5

1949 Herbie Smith 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 made his Villa debut 6

1962 Peter McParland 🇬🇧 made his final Villa appearance 7

1966 🟩 15 Jan 1966, Villa 3-0 Forest, Villa Park 8

1971 Tommy Johnson 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne 9

1975 🟨 15 Jan 1975, Villa 2-2 Chester, Sealand Road 10

1983 Tony Morley 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 🕒 150th appearance in a Villa shirt.

1994 🟩 15 Jan 1994, Villa 3-1 West Ham, Villa Park 11

1994 Dalian Atkinson scores his 25th goal in a Villa shirt on his 79th appearance

2000 Paul Merson makes his 50th appearance for Villa

2001 Wikipedia is launched

2005 🟩 15 Jan 2005, Villa 3-0 Norwich, Villa Park 12

2011 Jean Makoun 🇨🇲 signs for Villa 13

2022 Anna Patten 🇮🇪 made her Villa debut 14

2022 Lucas Digne 🇫🇷 made his Villa debut 15

2022 Philippe Coutinho 🇧🇷 made his Villa debut 16

2022 🟨 15 Jan 2022, Villa 2-2 United, Villa Park 17

2025 🟩 15 Jan 2025, Villa 1-0 Everton, Goodison 18

2025 Ollie Watkins 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 scores his 50th goal under Unai Emery 🇪🇸

2025 Unai Emery 🇪🇸 reaches 60 wins faster than any other manager in Villa’s history.

2025 Jaden Philogene-Bidace 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 departs for Ipswich 19

Gallery

References

1 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/30

2 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/796

3 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/920

4 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/jimmy-dugdale

5 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/1868

6 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/herbert-smith

7 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/peter-mcparland

8 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/2874

9 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/tommy-johnson

10 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/3316

11 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/4301

12 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/4832

13 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/jean-makoun

14 http://aston-villa/womens/anna-patten

15 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/lucas-digne

16 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/Philippe-Coutinho

17 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/5610

18 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/5755

19 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/jaden-philogene-bidace

Videos

https://video.wixstatic.com/video/9be7fa_6669075dfb844a9e8dad6375c4c2acbc/480p/mp4/file.mp4

2005 🟩 15 Jan 2005, Villa 3-0 Norwich, Villa Park

https://video.wixstatic.com/video/9be7fa_bd2acf1409204e5590c9e0fdd78d94fd/360p/mp4/file.mp4

🟩 15 Jan 1994, Villa 3-1 West Ham, Villa Park

https://video.wixstatic.com/video/9be7fa_46c9df3becfd48aa91511eedda7ca039/480p/mp4/file.mp4

1975 🟨 15 Jan 1975, Villa 2-2 Chester, Sealand Road, League Cup Semi Final First Leg 10

https://video.wixstatic.com/video/9be7fa_ac53f37b178e4256a3c7ef8c2f1aa5cb/1080p/mp4/file.mp4

2022 🟨 15 Jan 2022, Villa 2-2 United, Villa Park

https://video.wixstatic.com/video/9be7fa_5c06d9ce4caf45169c17c32c5f7da7ed/1080p/mp4/file.mp4

2025 🟩 15 Jan 2025, Villa 1-0 Everton, Goodison