Dick Taylor's Villa are now unbeaten in four League games for the first time this season and in a remarkable turn of form register their third win in four to make it fourteen wins, three draws and twenty one defeats in thirty eight division one matches this season. At the same point in 1963-64, under former manager Joe Mercer, Villa had lost sixteen and won nine before going on to finish 19th, two places above relegation. In consequence, with just four games left to play, Dick Taylor just needed to continue the unbeaten run to ensure Villa’ safety from relegation in his first season as manager.