21 January
- James
- 6 days ago
- 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
1882 Albert Hall 🏴 born in Stourbridge 1
1882 Tommy Horton 🏴 makes his sole appearance 2
1882 Harry Simmonds 🏴 makes his final appearance 3
1882 Sammy Law 🏴 makes his final appearance 4
1882 Tommy Pank 🏴 makes his final appearance 5
1893 James Brown 🏴 makes his final appearance 6
1893 Arthur Stokes 🏴 makes his final appearance 7
1899 🟩 21 Jan 1899, Villa 3-1 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane 8
1910 Ernie Callaghan 🏴 born in Birmingham 9
1928 🟩 21 Jan 1928, Villa 3-0 Arsenal, Highbury 10
1932 Joe Tyrell 🏴 born in Stepney 11
1933 Villa play their 1,000th League game… and it ends in a brawl 12
1933 🟩 21 Jan 1933, Villa 5-2 Liverpool, Villa Park 13
1933 Pongo Waring makes his first appearance of the season and scores after 40 seconds 14
1939 Frank Shell 🏴 makes his final appearance 15
1948 Dave Rudge 🏴 born in Wolverhampton 16
1950 🟩 21 Jan 1950, Villa 4-0 Boro, Villa Park 17
1956 George Ashfield 🏴 makes his debut 18
1961 Gary Shaw 🏴 born in Birmingham 19
1967 Willie Anderson 🏴 makes his debut 20
1987 Jack Hindle 🏴 passes away aged 65 21
1987 Villa are beaten by a cheating Gordon Durie 22
1993 George Edwards 🏴 passes away aged 74 23
1995 Chloë Arthur 🏴 born in Erskine 24
1995 🟩 21 Jan 1995, Villa 2-1 Forest, City Ground 25
1995 Gary Charles 🏴 makes his debut 26
1996 🟩 21 Jan 1996, Villa 2-1 Spurs, Villa Park 27
1996 Marco Asensio 🇪🇸 born in Palma de Mallorca 🇪🇸 28
1999 Alisha Lehmann 🇨🇭 born in Tägertschi 🇨🇭 29
2002 🟩 21 Jan 2002, Villa 2-1 Charlton, The Valley 30
2002 John Gregory leads Villa for the final time 31
2003 Aaron Ramsey 🏴 born in Brum 32
2006 Eirik Bakke’s loan terminated early due to "financial reasons". A decision made at board level without consulting the manager 33
2008 Villa ‘score’ their 7,000th goal in league football, it’s an own goal from Fabio Aurelio. 34
2009 Vic Crowe 🏴 passes away aged 77 35
2012 🟩 21 Jan 2012, Villa 3-2 Wolves, Molineux 36
2017 Henri Lansbury 🏴 makes his debut 37
2017 Albert Adomah saves Steve Bruce's job 38
2017 Ashley Westwood 🏴 makes his final appearance 39
2017 Ross McCormack’s indolence is laid bare by boss Steve Bruce 38
2020 🟩 21 Jan 2020, Villa 2-1 Watford, Villa Park 40
2020 Villa win a Premier League game having been behind at halftime for the first time in 51 games 40
2023 🟩 21 Jan 2023, Villa 1-0 Southampton, St Mary's 41
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