Roberto Di Matteo was delighted his players got to enjoy that winning feeling again as they got their Sky Bet Championship season up and running with a 3-0 success over Rotherham.
It has been 190 days of hurt for Villa, who suffered a dismal relegation from the Premier League last season, since their last win way back on February 6 when they beat Norwich 2-0.
This season under Di Matteo had started inauspiciously after two defeats, including a 3-1 reverse at League Two Luton in the EFL Cup, but they hit the ground running on home soil as Rudy Gestede's double and a late Jack Grealish strike blew the Millers away.