Villa finished bottom with only 17 points.
Aston Villa were relegated from the Premier League following a 1-0 defeat away to Manchester United on this day in 2016.
Rudy Gestede hit the post with a volley late on but there was no delaying what was by then the inevitable.It was a ninth straight defeat and 24th of the campaign for Villa in a dire season. Villa, the 1982 European Cup winners, had been part of the Premier League since its inception and in the top flight since 1988.
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