Villa fall to sixth on the final day of the season despite beating Arsenal as teams around them win their games in hand.

Villa, reigning European Champions, end the season with a victory to make it twenty one wins, five draws and sixteen losses in forty two League games this season under Tony Barton.

Villa also delivered a European Super Cup win over Barcelona in what proved another positive season after the highs of 1980-81 and 1981-82. 

Centre Back Ken McNaught, 28, makes his final appearance in a Villa shirt before moving on to West Bromwich Albion for a fee of £125,000. McNaught played for Villa between 1977-78 and 1982-83 making 260 appearances and scoring 11 goals and was an integral part of Villa’s success over the previous five seasons. 

Centre Forward David Geddis, 25, makes his final appearance in a Villa shirt Villa before moving on to Barnsley in September 1983 for a fee of £50,000. Geddis played for Villa between 1979-80 and 1982-83 making 56 appearances and scoring 16 goals. 

As a result, just 12 months after being crowned Champions of Europe, the boardroom regime under Chairman Doug Ellis - who had controversially wrestled back control of the club earlier in the season - had disposed of League Champions and European Cup winning players Kenny Swain, Jimmy Rimmer, David Geddis and Ken McNaught. More departures were to follow as Tony Barton’s task was about to be made a whole lot more difficult by the powers that be.

Gordon Cowans secures his 150th win in a Villa shirt on his 323rd appearance (308 Starts) to make it W149 D74 L97, 50 Goals and 50 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.we games he has played so far in his Villa career.