Ron Saunders' Villa win after two successive losses to bring some momentum back to their top four challenge with two games in hand over their rivals. Villa make it twenty one wins, six draws and thirteen defeats in forty division one games this season and courtesy of Ipswich’s defeat in the last of their completed fixtures, Villa have an opportunity to match their points total and finish in third place in the League. Wins in the final two games of the season will secure Villa’s highest finish since finishing runners up in 1932-33. Meanwhile, midfielder Ivor Linton made his Villa debut aged 17 after joining from school football in 1976.