Stats ain’t lion... Villa really were a shambles
P W D L F A GDPts Leicester 38 23 12 3 68 36 32 81 Arsenal 38 20 11 7 65 36 29 71 Tottenham 38 19 13 6 69 35 34 70 Man City 38 19 9 10 71 41 30 66 Man United 38 19 9 10 49 35 14 66 Southampton 38 18 9 11 59 41 18 63 West Ham 38 16 14 8 65 51 14 62 Liverpool 38 16 12 10 63 50 13 60 Stoke 38 14 9 15 41 55 -14 51 Chelsea 38 12 14 12 59 53 6 50 Everton 38 11 14 13 59 55 4 47 Swansea 38 12 11 15 42 52 -10 47 Watford 38 12 9 17 40 50 -10 45 West Brom 38 10 13 15 34 48 -14 43 Crystal Palace 38 11 9 18 39 51 -12 42 Bournemouth 38 11 9 18 45 67 -22 42 Sunderland 38 9 12 17 48 62 -14 39 Newcastle 38 9 10 19 44 65 -21 37 Norwich City 38 9 7 22 39 67 -28 34 Aston Villa 38 3 8 27 27 76 -49 17 IT was bad for Aston Villa before the season started – then they kicked off and it got even worse.
Manager Tim Sherwood lost his three most influential players in Fabian Delph, Ron Vlaar and Christian Benteke.
Villa’s new recruitment policy saw them fill the gaps in their squad with a raft of virtually unknown signings from France.
It was a receipe for disaster, on and off the pitch.
The season was beset with heavy defeats, coupled with indiscipline.
Villa collected 75 yellow cards, more than any other club. Jack Grealish was
LUTON TOWN, Notts County and West Ham United were the three teams relegated from the final season of the old First Division at the end of the 1991–92 season after voting to back the introduction of the Premier League.
Luton and Notts County never regained their top-flight status.
LEICESTER CITY dominated the player awards for the season: The PFA Player of the Year went to Riyad Mahrez while Jamie Vardy won the Football Writers’ Footballer of the Year award. dropped from the squad for partying after a 4-0 loss while striker Gabby Agbonlahor was so out of shape he was sent on a fitness course mid-season. Sherwood was sacked in October. Remi Garde was hired, but the Frenchman (left) was then sacked in March. Two permanent and two caretaker managers could muster only three wins all season as the team finished bottom on a humiliating 17 points – with a goal difference of minus 49. For Aston Villa, the fifth most succesful club in English football, it was one of the most shameful seasons in their long history.