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21 January

  • Writer: James
    James
  • Jan 21
  • 3 min read


43 things that happened down Villa Park way on this day, featuring Villa's 1,000th League game, John Gregory's final game, Ross McCormack, boardroom interference, Alisha Lehmann, Robbie Keane's belated brace, Villa's 7,000th League goal and Albert Adomah saving Steve Bruce.





On This Day



  1. 1882 Albert Hall 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 born in Stourbridge 1

  2. 1882 Tommy Horton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his sole appearance 2

  3. 1882 Harry Simmonds 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his final appearance 3

  4. 1882 Sammy Law 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his final appearance 4

  5. 1882 Tommy Pank 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his final appearance 5

  6. 1893 James Brown 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 makes his final appearance 6

  7. 1893 Arthur Stokes 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his final appearance 7

  8. 1899 🟩 21 Jan 1899, Villa 3-1 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane 8

  9. 1910 Ernie Callaghan 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 born in Birmingham 9

  10. 1928 🟩 21 Jan 1928, Villa 3-0 Arsenal, Highbury 10

  11. 1932 Joe Tyrell 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 born in Stepney 11

  12. 1933 Villa play their 1,000th League game… and it ends in a brawl 12

  13. 1933 🟩 21 Jan 1933, Villa 5-2 Liverpool, Villa Park 13

  14. 1933 Pongo Waring makes his first appearance of the season and scores after 40 seconds 14

  15. 1939 Frank Shell 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his final appearance 15

  16. 1948 Dave Rudge 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 born in Wolverhampton 16

  17. 1950 🟩 21 Jan 1950, Villa 4-0 Boro, Villa Park 17

  18. 1956 George Ashfield 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his debut 18

  19. 1961 Gary Shaw 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 born in Birmingham 19

  20. 1967 Willie Anderson 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his debut 20

  21. 1987 Jack Hindle 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 passes away aged 65 21

  22. 1987 Villa are beaten by a cheating Gordon Durie 22

  23. 1993 George Edwards 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 passes away aged 74 23

  24. 1995 Chloë Arthur 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 born in Erskine 24

  25. 1995 🟩 21 Jan 1995, Villa 2-1 Forest, City Ground 25

  26. 1995 Gary Charles 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his debut 26

  27. 1996 🟩 21 Jan 1996, Villa 2-1 Spurs, Villa Park 27

  28. 1996 Marco Asensio 🇪🇸 born in Palma de Mallorca 🇪🇸 28

  29. 1999 Alisha Lehmann 🇨🇭 born in Tägertschi 🇨🇭 29

  30. 2002 🟩 21 Jan 2002, Villa 2-1 Charlton, The Valley 30

  31. 2002 John Gregory leads Villa for the final time 31

  32. 2003 Aaron Ramsey 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 born in Brum 32

  33. 2006 Eirik Bakke’s loan terminated early due to "financial reasons". A decision made at board level without consulting the manager 33

  34. 2008 Villa ‘score’ their 7,000th goal in league football, it’s an own goal from Fabio Aurelio. 34

  35. 2009 Vic Crowe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 passes away aged 77 35

  36. 2012 🟩 21 Jan 2012, Villa 3-2 Wolves, Molineux 36

  37. 2017 Henri Lansbury 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his debut 37

  38. 2017 Albert Adomah saves Steve Bruce's job 38

  39. 2017 Ashley Westwood 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his final appearance 39

  40. 2017 Ross McCormack’s indolence is laid bare by boss Steve Bruce 38

  41. 2020 🟩 21 Jan 2020, Villa 2-1 Watford, Villa Park 40

  42. 2020 Villa win a Premier League game having been behind at halftime for the first time in 51 games 40

  43. 2023 🟩 21 Jan 2023, Villa 1-0 Southampton, St Mary's 41




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