Villa win for the eighth time in nine first division games and sit joint first in the table with previous season champions Liverpool after a fine victory over Forest but almost as entertaining is the furious back-peddling of the Birmingham Evening Mail after their over the top criticisms of Graham Taylor's side earlier in the season - although they took damning with feint praise to a whole new level.

Indeed the Evening Mail’s coverage begins: “IT WOULD come as no surprise to see Graham Taylor and the whole Villa team walking on water, so charmed are they at this moment.” Unbelievable.

Ian Olney scores his 10th goal in a Villa shirt on his 39th appearance (26 Starts) to make it W16 D10 L13, 10 Goals and 1 Assist at a goal involvement per game rate of one for every 3,25 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Having been goalless in his previous 19 games, Ian Ormondroyd scores for the second time in four to make it 25 appearances (16 Starts), W8 D5 L12, 3 Goals and 2 Assists at a goal involvement per game rate of one for every 5.00 games he has played so far in his Villa career.