22 January

22 things that happened down Villa Park way on this day, featuring 300 up for Sid, Big John Carew, Kortney's final bow, SJMs 50th win, Darren Bent's goalscoring debut and another League Cup final secured.

On This Day

1. 1938 🟩 22 Jan 1938, Villa 4-0 Blackpool, Villa Park 1

2. 1949 Billy Evans 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his final appearance 2

3. 1949 🟩 22 Jan 1949, Villa 1-0 Arsenal, Villa Park 3

4. 1955 🟩 22 Jan 1955, Villa 3-1 Blackpool, Villa Park 4

5. 1971 Stan Collymore 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 born in Stone 5

6. 1972 🟩 22 Jan 1972, Villa 2-0 Barnsley, Villa Park 6

7. 1975 🟩 22 Jan 1975, Villa 3-2 Chester, Villa Park 7

8. 1977 🟩 22 Jan 1977, Villa 1-0 West Ham, Villa Park 8

9. 1983 Gordon Cowans 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 300th appearance in a Villa shirt 9

10. 1997 🟩 22 Jan 1997, Villa 3-0 Notts County, Villa Park 10

11. 2006 Milly Round 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 born 11

12. 2007 John Carew 🇳🇴 signs for Villa 12

13. 2007 Milan Baroš 🇨🇿 leaves Villa 13

14. 2011 🟩 22 Jan 2011, Villa 1-0 Manchester City, Villa Park 14

15. 2011 Darren Bent 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his debut 15

16. 2013 🟩 22 Jan 2013, Villa 2-1 Bradford, Villa Park 16

17. 2013 Stephen Ireland 🇮🇪 makes his final appearance, no-one notices 17

18. 2019 André Moreira 🇵🇹 leaves Villa 18

19. 2022 Kortney Hause 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his final appearance 19

20. 2022 🟩 22 Jan 2022, Villa 1-0 Everton, Goodison Park 20

21. 2022 John McGinn 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 records his 50th win in a Villa shirt 21

22. 2025 Natalia Arroyo 🇪🇸 becomes Villa Women's boss

Gallery

References

1 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/1869

2 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/billy-evans

3 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/2060

4 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/2327

5 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/stan-collymore

6 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/3166

7 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/3318

8 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/3412

9 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/gordon-cowans

10 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/4456

11 http://aston-villa/womens/milly-round

12 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/john-carew

13 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/milan-baro%C5%A1

14 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/5111

15 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/darren-bent

16 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/5200

17 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/stephen-ireland

18 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/andr%C3%A9-moreira

19 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/kortney-hause

20 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/5611

21 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/john-mcginn