#OnThisDay in 1973, Nottingham Forest 1-2 #AVFC Ray Graydon 7' Charlie Aitken 58'

Happy birthday, Gordon Cowans. 🥳 One of Aston Villa's finest. #AVFC

Remembering Craig Shakespeare, on what would have been his 63rd birthday. 💜💙 #AVFC

#OnThisDay in 1993, Sunderland 1-4 #AVFC League Cup third round Dalian Atkinson 27' & 90' Kevin Richardson 33' Ray Houghton 75'

Aston Villa physio Jim Walker, 1991. #AVFC

#AVFC 2-0 Inter Milan, #OnThisDay in 1990. Uefa Cup second round, 1st leg. Kent Nielsen 15' David Platt 67'

#OnThisDay in 1989, Manchester City 0-2 #AVFC Tony Daley 5' Ian Olney 64'

#OnThisDay in 1978, Birmingham City 0-1 #AVFC Andy Gray 8'

#OnThisDay in 1999, Benito Carbone joined Aston Villa on a short-term contract from Sheffield Wednesday. #AVFC

#OnThisDay in 1982, Dinamo Bucharest 0-2 #AVFC European Cup second round, 1st leg, Gary Shaw 10' & 77'

A Mark Walters special vs Spartak Moscow in the Uefa Cup, #OnThisDay in 1983. #AVFC

#OnThisDay in 1991, Everton 0-2 #AVFC Cyrille Regis 32' Tony Daley 66'

#OnThisDay in 2016, backed by 4000 fans, Aston Villa won 2-1 at Reading to record their first away win in 14 months thanks to a injury-time penalty by Jordan Ayew. #AVFC

The funeral service of Gary Shaw was held two years ago today. 💜💙 #AVFC

Graham Taylor after being appointed Aston Villa manager, 1987. #AVFC

#AVFC 1-0 Birmingham City, #OnThisDay in 1983. Peter Withe 30'

#AVFC 3-0 Manchester United, #OnThisDay in 1999. League Cup third round - Julian Joachim 18' Ian Taylor 49' Steve Stone 89'

#AVFC 5-0 Birmingham City, #OnThisDay in 1988. League Cup second round, 2nd Leg. Derek Mountfield 1' Kevin Gage 10' & 16' Ian Olney 17' Tony Daley 70'

Remembering Chris Nicholl, on what would have been his 80th birthday. 💜💙 #AVFC

A packed out Holte End, 1987. #AVFC