The utter insanity of Villa’s injury ravaged season gains in intensity as right back John Gidman 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 is hospitalised for a dressing room injury with fears he has severed an artery whilst centre back Ken McNaught 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 is forced to leave the field of play on 40’ for his own hospital visit for an x-ray on his ankle injury. 

Centre forward John Deehan 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 has to line up in central defence just to keep Villa at XI in the second half. 

Against that backdrop Villa achieve the remarkable and remain joint 10th in the table with between three and five games in hand on those above them.

Ron Saunders' 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa record successive 🟩 victories to make it 🟩 twelve wins, 🟨 fourteen draws and 🟥 nine defeats in 🕒 thirty five division one games this season.

Midfielder Gary Shelton’s 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 strong start to his Villa career continues as playing his first game in two monthe he scores his ⚽ 5th goal in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 16th appearance.

Midfielder Alex Cropley 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 makes his 🕒 75th appearance in a Villa shirt.

Centre forward John Deehan 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 🕒 125th appearance in a Villa shirt.