Billy Walker scores but Villa concede five and lose for the second successive game.

One down in a minute, two down after 2', and three down after 11' Villa could not recover on a slippy pitch in foggy conditions as they got their tactics all wrong as they attempted to play their neat passing football in such inappropriate conditions.

So bad were the conditions that calls for play to be stopped were heard on a number of occasions with the referee completely unsighted at some points and unable to confirm the scorers of the goals until after the match!

Once play concluded it was revealed that Blackburn had taken the pitch in boots specially made for such conditions featuring bars rather than studs.. Villa had no such foresight.

Villa concede five at home, and five for the second successive game as they lose to Blackburn to make it nine wins, three draws and six defeats in eighteen division one games this season scoring FORTY EIGHT goals.