18 January

James
Jan 18
2 min read

34 things that happened OTD down Villa Park way, featuring Cary Grant, Small Heath Alliance's latest rebrand, Mush Callaghan, Nigel Sims, Darrell Duffy, Gary Shaw, Les Sealey losing it and Grant Holt.

On This Day

1890 🟩 18 Jan 1890, Villa 4-2 South Shore 1
1890 Ike Moore 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his final appearance 2
1894 🟩 18 Jan 1894, Villa 5-2 Preston, Deepdale 3
1896 🟩 18 Jan 1896, Villa 3-1 Wednesday, Olive Grove 4
1902 Tommy Niblo 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 makes his debut 5
1904 Cary Grant was born in Bristol 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
1908 Villa played Small Heath Alliance for the first time after their latest rebrand 6
1908 Roly Harper 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his final appearance 7
1933 🟩 18 Jan 1933, Villa 2-1 Bradford, Villa Park 8
1933 Ernie Callaghan 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his debut 9
1936 John Maund 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his debut 10
1936 Gordon Hodgson 🇿🇦 makes his debut 11
1947 🟩 18 Jan 1947, Villa 2-0 Arsenal, Highbury 12
1947 Ron Guttridge 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his debut 13
1947 Trevor Ford 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 makes his debut 14
1958 George Ashfield 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his final appearance 15
1964 Nigel Sims 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his final appearance 16
1971 Darrell Duffy 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 was born in Brum 17
1975 🟩 18 Jan 1975, Villa 2-1 Oxford, Manor Ground 18
1986 Gary Shaw 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 200th appearance 19
1986 Mark Walters 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 150th appearance 20
1992 Les Sealey loses it with George Courtney 21
1992 Matthias Breitkreutz 🇩🇪 makes his debut 22
1999 🟩 18 Jan 1999, Villa 3-0 Everton, Villa Park 23
1999 Villa fielded an all-English squad of 16 players. 23
2006 Sam Lewis 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 was born 24
2011 Darren Bent 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 signed from Sunderland in a club record deal 25
2014 Grant Holt 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his debut 26
2014 Ryan Bertrand 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his debut 27
2014 Antonio Luna 🇪🇸 makes his final appearance 28
2020 Jack Grealish contributes his 50th goal involvement in 169 appearances 29
2020 Pepe Reina 🇪🇸 makes his debut 30
2022 Robin Olsen 🇸🇪 joins on loan from AS Roma 31
2025 Leon Bailey 🇯🇲 makes his 100th appearance under Unai Emery 🇪🇸 32