Villa are hard done by in the mud of St Jamess' Park as they take a deserved lead before the referee changes his mind about his call of dead ball and awards the home side an equaliser.

To make matters worse Jim Lee makes a goalkeeping howler immediately after the restart before Billy Walker was forced to leave the field with injury to gift Newcastle a fortunate win over 10-man Villa.

Billy Kirton scores his sixth time goal of the campaign but Villa lose for a second successive game for the first time this season to make it nine wins, three draws and six defeats in eighteen division one games.