Villa suffer defeat to Everton as they drop back to twelfth with one game to play on the day that they officially relinquish the title to new champions Liverpool.

Villa 🟥 lose for the third time in five League games to make it 🟩 eight Division One wins, 🟨 five draws and 🟥 five defeats under Tony Barton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿.

In total Barton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 had now led Villa for twenty three games, 🟩 delivering ten wins, 🟨 seven draws and 🟥 six defeats since taking over from Ron Saunders 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 whose record over 35 games in 1981-82 had been 🟩 fifteen wins, 🟨 eight draws and 🟥 twelve losses. 

Villa’s unsuccessful title defence now consisted of 🟩 fourteen wins, 🟨 twelve draws and 🟥 fifteen defeats after 41 games.

Gordon Cowans 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 contributes his 75th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 264th appearance (249 Starts) to make it 🟩 W120 🟨 D69 🟥 L75, ⚽ 37 Goals and 🔥 38 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.52 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Midfielder Andy Blair 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 makes his 25th appearance in a Villa shirt (12 Starts).

Right back Kenny Swain 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 175th 🕒 appearance in a Villa shirt.