3 July 1987: Villa sold Tony Dorigo to Chelsea for £475k — homegrown, an England international, Player of the Year at 21. Doug Ellis preferred the fee to the player. The sale that defined the era. It's on record. AVDB. buff.ly/etK506w #AVFC #AstonVilla #since1874

2 July 2012. Villa release Carlos Cuéllar — a £9m signing in 2008 — to Sunderland on a free, and sign Karim El Ahmadi from Feyenoord for £2.52m. The reshaping before the slide in micro. Also 2 June: Jordan Bowery born. It's on record. AVDB. Link in bio. #AVFC #AstonVilla

1 July. Seventeen men in Villa's record were born or died on this date — not one made 50 first-team appearances. Among them: Arthur Brown, the club's first international, died 1 July 1909. It's on record. AVDB. buff.ly/etK506w #AVFC #AstonVilla #since1874

Brian Tiler died 30 June 1990, aged 47. Killed in a road accident in Italy during the 1990 World Cup — the same collision that severely injured Harry Redknapp. 127 Villa appearances, Third Division winner 1972. It's on record. AVDB. buff.ly/8XlOx14 #AVFC #Since1874 #AstonVilla

29 June. Billy George, 1874 — 398 Villa appearances, three titles, FA Cup, CPG 1.23. Eric Houghton, 1910 — 394 appearances, 170 goals, 30 in a season, FA Cup winner as manager 1957. Two legends. One date. It's on record. AVDB. buff.ly/8XlOx14 #AVFC #Since1874 #AstonVilla

Ian Maatsen joined Villa on 28 June 2024 — €44.5m from Chelsea, player #999, the 999th in the permanent record. Two years on: 89 appearances, a UEFA Europa League winner's medal. Villa's first European trophy since 1982. It's on record. AVDB. buff.ly/8XlOx14 #AVFC #Since1874 #AstonVilla

Savo Milošević joined Villa on 26 June 1995, aged 21. 64 Partizan goals before arriving. 34 goals in 117 appearances. League Cup winner. Formed the partnership that unlocked Dwight Yorke. It's on record. AVDB. buff.ly/8XlOx14 #AVFC #Since1874 #AstonVilla

Billy Kingdon. Born 25 June 1907. Academy graduate #51. 241 appearances, ten seasons, 1926–36. Also born today: Kevin Phillips, 1973 — 27 Villa apps, five goals. Charlie Drinkwater, 1914 — two apps, one goal. It's on record. AVDB. buff.ly/8XlOx14 #AVFC #Since1874 #AstonVilla

Micah Richards. Born 24 June 1988. Former England international. Signed Villa 2015. Part of the worst side in living memory. 31 appearances in four years. Saw out his contract. Released 2019. Reinvented on television. buff.ly/8XlOx14 #AVFC #Since1874 #AstonVilla

Derek Dougan died 23 June 2007, aged 69. Requested a transfer before his Villa debut. Mercer refused. 26 goals in 60 games. Also today: Southgate signed, 23 June 1995. James, same date 1999. Three difficult players. One date. It's on record. AVDB. buff.ly/8XlOx14 #AVFC

George Brown. Born 22 June 1903. 89 goals in 126 Villa appearances — exceptional goalscoring. 106 goal involvements — exceptional all-round play. 9 England caps. It's on record. AVDB. buff.ly/8XlOx14 #AVFC #Since1874 #AstonVilla

Dean Saunders. Born 21 June 1964. 144 Villa appearances, 49 goals. Premier League runner-up 1993. League Cup winner 1994. 75 Wales caps. Also today: Villa 1-2 Chelsea, 2020 — still 19th, four days after the ghost goal. It's on record. AVDB. buff.ly/8XlOx14 #AVFC #Since1874 #AstonVilla

John Sleeuwenhoek died 20 June 1989, aged 45. He joined Villa at 15, debuted at 17, made 260 appearances, and was sold at 23. Retired at 27. He did everything early. It's on record. AVDB. buff.ly/utaFAVf #AVFC #Since1874 #AstonVilla

On the morning of 19 June 1984, Tony Barton woke up without a job. Winner of the European Cup. Just back from holiday. Joint eighth with half his squad injured. His replacement had no First Division experience. Villa were relegated 3 years later. It's on record. AVDB. buff.ly/ePTLRnW #AVFC

Stan Lynn. Born 18 June 1928. Right back. 324 Villa appearances, 40 goals. Spectacular ones. FA Cup 1957. Second Division 1960. League Cup 1961. Sold at 33, prematurely. It's on record. AVDB. buff.ly/dNKBX6b #AVFC #Since1874 #AstonVilla

I genuinely do not believe Rogers is leaving. Arsenal fans did this for the entirety of last summer about Watkins The summer before, the same fans and accounts did the same for Luiz I know we are predisposed to negativity as a fanbase, but there is literally no need to give this rubbish oxygen #avfc

17 June 2020. Villa 0-0 Sheffield United. First game back after lockdown. 41st minute — Nyland carries the ball over his own line. Goal-line technology fails. No goal given. Villa survived the season by a point. It's on record. AVDB. buff.ly/ePTLRnW #AVFC #Since1874 #AstonVilla

Dick Edwards. Died 16 June 2025, aged 82. Villa defender 1968-70. Country singer. Those Pretty Eyes — No.2 in the US country charts, 1988, ahead of Glen Campbell. He once told Max Bygraves: thanks for warming up the crowd. It's on record. AVDB. buff.ly/ePTLRnW #AVFC #Since1874 #AstonVilla

Matija Šarkić. Died 15 June 2024, aged 26. 13 times on the Villa bench, never on the pitch. Academy graduate #275. First Montenegrin in a Villa squad. 9 Montenegro caps. It's on record. AVDB. buff.ly/ePTLRnW RIP Matija. #AVFC #Since1874 #AstonVilla #MatijaŠarkić

Horace Henshall. Born 14 June 1889. Academy graduate #9. Arrived at Villa aged 16, waited four seasons, debuted at 21. Also today: Gordon Hodgson died 14 June 1951, aged 47. 12 goals, 28 appearances. Both men died in 1951. It's on record. AVDB. buff.ly/ePTLRnW #AVFC #Since1874 #AstonVilla

Tony Hateley. Player #500. Born 13 June 1941 148 appearances, 86 goals. Football, at times, seemed alien to him. Yet the numbers don't lie Also born today: Darius Vassell (1980) and Riccardo Scimeca (1975). Same date, 3 very different Villa careers It's on record. AVDB. buff.ly/ePTLRnW #AVFC

Andy Hunter scored Villa's first competitive goal on 13 Dec 1879. He was 15 years old. He died on 12 June 1888, aged 23. Villa's first Football League match was 88 days later. He never saw it. Where does he rank among Villa's most forgotten players? It's on record. AVDB. buff.ly/JMj6xYZ #avfc

Happy 60th Birthday to David Platt. Born Chadderton, 10 June 1966. £200k from Crewe under Graham Taylor. 68 goals in 155 appearances from midfield. Full bio at: buff.ly/CVNzivQ It's on record. AVDB #avfc #astonvilla #davidplatt

10 June 1948. George Brown died. Birmingham. Aged 45. The Bomber. 89 goals in 126 apps. 36 in his first season. Five vs Leicester. £5k in · £1.4k out. Tommy Smart died 10 June 1968. Death and Glory's other half. It's on record. AVDB. #AVFC #VillaHistory #Since1874 #AstonVilla buff.ly/E2U6nwJ

9 June 1964. Paul Kerr born, Portsmouth. 35 apps. 6 goals. Villa youth May 1982 — the summer after the European Cup. Trained in the shadow of something extraordinary. Sold January 1987. The kit looked good. It's on record. AVDB. #AVFC #VillaHistory #Since1874 #AstonVilla buff.ly/E2U6nwJ

8 June 1895. Len Capewell born, Bordesley Green. Centre Forward. 157 apps. 101 goals. 75 scoring games. 1925-26: 34 in 38, five in a 10-0 vs Burnley. Debut 1 Apr 1922. Final goal 1 Apr 1929. Same date. Seven years apart. It's on record. AVDB. #AVFC #VillaHistory #AstonVilla buff.ly/E2U6nwJ

A policeman knocked on Ken Barrett's door one Saturday in 1958. "Don't be alarmed — you're playing for Villa at Luton. Get a move on." Lost 1-2. Last game. 5 apps. 3 goals. Died 7 June 2015. A complete entry. It's on record. AVDB. #AVFC #VillaHistory #Since1874 #AstonVilla buff.ly/E2U6nwJ

Happy 63rd birthday to Dariusz Kubicki 🇵🇱 Born Kożuchów, Poland, 6 June 1963. Right back under Ron Atkinson. 46 Poland caps, 3 with Villa. Solid first season before gametime became more limited. To Sunderland March 1994. It's on record. AVDB. buff.ly/WPU0xHk #avfc #astonvilla

6 June 1967. Tommy Mort died in Wigan, aged 69. Left Back. 368 apps. Thirteen seasons. Death and Glory — the full back partnership with Tommy Smart. First Villa player under three managerial arrangements. A true Villa great. It's on record. AVDB. #AVFC #VillaHistory #Since1874 buff.ly/E2U6nwJ

5 June 1913. George Cummings was born in Falkirk. Left Back. 232 appearances. The Icicle. Coolness that made lookers-on go hot. Best games against Matthews. Villa's greatest ever full back? It's on record. AVDB. #AVFC #VillaHistory #Since1874 buff.ly/E2U6nwJ

The Ledger Every player bought or sold by Villa. From Biggleswade Town to Barcelona. Select any season range from 1879 to the present. Gross spend. Net spend. The argument won. The record shows whether it was worth it. It's on record. AVDB. buff.ly/KLfRufs #avfc #since1874 #astonvilla

Happy 58th birthday to Ian Taylor 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Born in Birmingham, 4 June 1968. Midfielder. 9 seasons. 291 appearances. 42 Goals. League Cup winner 1995-96. It's on record. AVDB buff.ly/f7HD9S8 #avfc #astonvilla #iantaylor #villahistory #since1874

4 June 1974. Ron Saunders was appointed Villa manager. 395 games. 180W. League Cup ×2. Title 1981. Three teams, eight years. Resigned Feb 1982, European champions four months later. Not him. The Greatest Villa manager? It's on record. AVDB. #AVFC #VillaHistory #Since1874 buff.ly/E2U6nwJ

Southampton supporters getting their tails up with whataboutism and false equivalence really isn't a good look. Accept it, take the resignations, take the sackings, front it up next season, accept it for what you've been proven to be and stop belly-aching. Pretty simple really.

3 June 2016. Roberto Di Matteo appointed Villa manager. 12 games. 1W 7D 4L. 0.83 PPG. Gone 3 October — before the clocks changed. Villa finished 13th that same season. Where does he rank among worst? It's on record. AVDB. #AVFC #VillaHistory #Since1874 #AstonVilla buff.ly/E2U6nwJ

Happy 62nd birthday to Mark Walters 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Born in Birmingham, 2 June 1964. Winger. Academy graduate. 225 appearances, 48 goals across five seasons. UEFA Super Cup winner 1982-83 It's on record. AVDB buff.ly/DXRxxpl #avfc #astonvilla #markwalters #villahistory #since1874

2 June 2012. Paul Lambert appointed Villa manager. 115 games. 33W 26D 55L. The 0-8 to Chelsea. Benteke's 49 goals masking the rot. Sacked Feb 2015, 16th. Direct catalyst for what followed. Where does he rank? Worst ever? It's on record. AVDB. #AVFC buff.ly/E2U6nwJ

So Jimmy Milner's finally retired. His best years were in claret and blue. Forever a Villan. #avfc #astonvilla #jamesmilner www.avdb.co.uk/player/james...

1 June 1910. Billy Dickson died in Stoke-on-Trent, aged 43. Centre forward. 64 appearances. 34 goals. Three seasons for Villa from 1889, a goals return that kept the club competitive in the early Football League years. It's on record. AVDB. buff.ly/E2U6nwJ #AVFC

7 Days Ago at the Etihad. Villa recorded their 2,500th win in all competitions. League, FA Cup, League Cup, Europe. What started with George Ramsay's debut in 1880, circled to Ollie Watkins' brace against City. It's on record. AVDB. buff.ly/Zp5KV4r #avfc #astonvilla #since1874

That these people make a living out of the nonsense they spread will forever be a deep stain on the game. Ofc there's interest, look at the season he's had, again. That isn't a justification for this jeopardy BS. It's time for a journalist-bullshit-o'meter to humiliate the parasites into silence

31 May 1908. Jimmy Crabtree died at home in Aston, aged 36. Scalding accident. 202 appearances. 4 league titles, 1 double, 2 Shields. Scored the goal that settled the 1897 final. The title was confirmed the same afternoon. Never before, never since It's on record. AVDB. #AVFC buff.ly/E2U6nwJ

Cheers Dougie Thanks for the memories 💜💙🇧🇷 #douglasluiz #avfc #astonvilla It's on record. AVDB

30 May 2015. Wembley. Villa 0-4 Arsenal. FA Cup Final. Christian Benteke played his last game in claret & blue that afternoon: 49 goals in three seasons. Sold for £41.85m. Villa, relegated the year after he left. Was he one of the Villa greats? It's on record. AVDB. buff.ly/E2U6nwJ

And this is the sanitised version. Truly embarrassing Villa 4th despite everything Imagine if we had the free pass of Arsenal and Chelsea #AVFC

Alpay Özalan turns 53 today. Player #747. £8.1m. 71 apps. 17 yellow cards. World Cup Dream Team 2002. Four league games for Villa that season. The feud with Taylor ended only one way. Born 29 May 1973 · İzmir. It's on record. AVDB. #AVFC #AstonVilla #OnThisDay #PremierLeague buff.ly/UbA4O10

So sod it, brought forward the planned 2026-27 launch of our new graphic image style: bringing games, events and players to life. Every cloud and all that. New instagram account set up www.instagram.com/avdb_history/ I'll weave them onto here too going forward Let me know what you think #avfc

unbelievable... no right to appeal. Clearly we're evil content personified. I give up, none of this is worth it #avfc

What on earth is up with Instagram? We had to abandon avfchistory on there last year because of these shenanigans... now they're at it again with avdb_co_uk... it must be the explicit images of Kevin Gage. Joke of a platform. #avfc

28 May 1991. Jozef Vengloš resigned as Villa manager. First non-British/Irish top-flight manager in England. First 16 games: W9 D4 L3. Mocked by the local press throughout. Vindicated by history. It's on record. AVDB. buff.ly/UbA4O10 #AVFC #AstonVilla #VillaHistory #Venglos