Eric Houghton scores a consolation but Villa are beaten at home for only the third time this season

Villa make it thirteen wins, four draws and eight defeats in twenty five division one games this season.

Villa now have four clean sheets in 28 games so far in 1931-32

Midfielder Billy Simpson makes his Villa debut aged 24 after joining from Clyde in November 1931.

Winger George Stephenson makes his fourth and final appearance before moving on to Luton Town in July 1934.

Despite Pongo Waring's goal Villa draw at Grimsby.

Villa now have four clean sheets in 29 games so far in 1931-32

Villa make it thirteen wins, five draws and eight defeats in twenty six division one games this season.

Villa concede a minute either side of half time and cannot do enough to grab a last gasp equaliser despite pressurising the home side's defence.

Villa lose for the second successive game time and the third time in four League games despite Jack Mandley's second goal in three.

Villa concede three for the fourth time in six games as they tumble to third, four points off second placed Wednesday and six off leaders Arsenal as their title charge under Billy Smith continues to falter.

Up next is the derby match against 5th placed Albion.

Villa bounce back from successive losses to beat Albion as Dai Astley scores a brace.

Villa make it eighteen wins, six draws and seven defeats in their thirty one division one games so far this season.

Villa have now scored three or more goals 15 times in 31 league games this season and four or more on nine occasions.

Villa dominate from first to last but incredibly find themselves behind twice to the side that inflicted their first defeat of the campaign back in October. Happily Villa's class wins out as two goals in the last eight minutes send Villa to a well deserved victory.

Villa remain third, five points behind leaders Arsenal with a game in hand

Up next are another of the League's strugglers - Blackpool - as Villa hope they can reverse their hopeless record against the relegation fighting clubs. 

As night follows day, Billy Smith's Villa lose to relegation fodder as the achilles heel of their title challenge strikes again.

To be fair no side should be challenging for the League who cannot beat the likes of Blackpool, Birmingham, Leicester and Wolves and so it follows that in all realistic endeavours, Villa's title challenge should be over but Arsenal also lose to Wolves

To be five down at half time against such a team makes a mockery of the League table.

Villa suffer their fourth defeat in six.

Villa make it eighteen wins, six draws and eight defeats in their thirty two division one games so far this season. 

Villa are now without a clean sheet in four and have eleven in 32 games.

Villa remain third five points behind Arsenal but now have two games in hand with struggling reigning champions up next.

Full back Tommy Smart makes the last of his 450 appearances for Villa during which time he scored eight goals and won the 1920 FA Cup before moving on to Brierley Hill in May 1934.

Villa recover from the fourth defeat in six to win for the second time in three 

Villa make it nineteen wins, six draws and eight defeats in their thirty three division one games so far this season.

Villa concede the first goal for the ninth time in twelve.

Villa remain third but are now just three points behind leaders Arsenal with two games in hand after they lose again.

Villa face Arsenal at Highbury next knowing victory could move them within a point of the leaders still with two games in hand and having already put 5 past them this season.

Villa lose to Arsenal for the first time in five games

Despite Arsenal losing three players to injury in the first 45' and playing for a period with just eight men they score three as Villa are unable to come to terms with the non-standardised ball being used. The ball, far lighter than the norm, proves impossible for a novice user to control, Arsenal however have no such trouble despite their player deficit.

Villa themselves lose Jimmy Gibson to a first half incident and he is incapacitated for the remainder of the game.

As a result Villa suffer their fifth defeat in eight.

Villa make it nineteen wins, six draws and nine defeats in their thirty four division one games so far this season.

Villa concede the first goal for the tenth time in thirteen league games.

Villa suffer the ignominy of having to share third place as they now sit five points behind the leaders once again.

Villa however have two games in hand with League stragglers Manchester City up next.

Villa's games in hand are against Newcastle, the team who has joined them level on points in third place, with both fixtures scheduled to take place within 24 hours of each ofther on the 17th and 18th of April, handing Arsenal a decided advantage in their title challenge.

Villa can only draw with lowly Manchester City as their title challenge falters further 

Villa score first for the first time in seven league games.

Villa with three first teamers missing already suffer a multitude of second half injuries that prevent them fully exploiting home advantage as the visitors strike a late equaliser.

Villa make it nineteen wins, seven draws and nine defeats in their thirty five division one games so far this season.

Villa remain joint 3rd, 6 points off leaders Arsenal but with two games in hand, three points off Wednesday with two games in hand and who are up next at Hillsborough, and level on points with Newcastle who they play on successive days after the visit to Sheffield and over whom they have one game in hand.

Villa record their fifth victory in eleven to make it twenty wins, seven draws and nine defeats in their thirty six division one games so far this season.

Villa keep their first clean sheet in eight and their eleventh of the season.

Villa's win at Hillsborough puts them in outright 3rd place after Newcastle's defeat to Leeds and one point behind their opponents in second place but now with three games in hand.

Arsenal extend their lead at the top of the table to eight points over Villa but have just three games remaining compared to Villa's six. Even if Villa win all their remaining six, Arsenal would have to lose two of their remaining games for Villa to take the title.

Barring a disastrous run to the end of the season however, the runners up spot should be secure for Villa.

Up next for Villa is fourth placed Newcastle in a double header over consecutive days.

Villa waste their first game in hand as they lose the first game in a double header versus 4th placed Newcastle.

Villa lose for the third time in six. 

Villa make it twenty wins, seven draws and ten defeats in their thirty seven division one games so far this season.

Villa allow Newcastle to share 3rd spot on 47 points as Wednesday remain a point ahead and Arsenal eight distant with only 10 points left available to Villa.

Villa now have to win all their remaning fixtures and Arsenal to lose their final three games to have any chance of the title.

Villa win the second instalment of the 24 hour double header with fellow third placed team Newcastle.

Villa win for the sixth time in thirteen 

Villa make it twenty one wins, seven draws and ten defeats in their thirty eight division one games so far in 1932-33.

Villa have now scored three or more goals 16 times in 38 league games this season and four or more on nine occasions.

Villa keep their second clean sheet in three and their twelfth of the season.

Villa make second place their own, six points behind leaders Arsenal with a game in hand but Arsenal realistically have the title wrapped up and the focus now is on securing the runners up spot for the second time in three seasons under Billy Smith.

Goalkeeper Harry Morton misses his first game after 70 consecutive appearances since November 1931.

Goalkeeper Ken Tewkesbury makes his sole appearance for Villa after moving from Birmingham in December 1931.

Villa play their fourth game in seven days and are held at home by Leeds to hand Arsenal the title as Villa drop a point in their fight for second place.

Villa make it twenty one wins, eight draws and ten defeats in their thirty nine division one games so far this season.

Villa keep their second successive clean sheet, third in four games and their thirteenth of the season in their 39th game.

Up next is Villa's final game in hand coming against mid-table Sheffield United as Villa sit a point ahead of their rivals for the runners up position - Newcastle and Wednesday.

Villa play their fifth game in nine days and once again waste their game in hand to leave them 2nd, one point ahead of their rivals with two games of the season remaining.

Villa lose for the second time in four.

Villa make it twenty one wins, eight draws and eleven defeats in their forty division one games so far in 1932-33

Villa score for the first time in three games.

Villa 0-0 at half time score five second half goals, including four in seven minutes - all to George Brown - to make it 9-0 on aggregate this season in the league against Blackburn.

Villa have now scored three or more goals 17 times in 41 league games this season and four or more on ten occasions.

Villa make it twenty two wins, eight draws and eleven defeats in their forty one division one games so far in 1932-33 with one game remaining.

Villa keep their fourth clean sheet in six games and their fourteenth of the season in their 41st game.

Winning their penultimate game, Villa remain one point clear of third place Wednesday, the only team who can now beat them to fourth place.

If Villa get at least a point at home to Derby next week then runners up is Billy Smith's for the second time in three seasons.

Arthur Cunliffe scores on debut as Villa end the season with successive wins to finish runners up for the second time in three seasons.

Villa make it twenty three wins, eight draws and eleven defeats in their forty two division one games. 

Villa keep their fifth clean sheet in seven games and their fifthteenth in 42 League games.

Villa however had started the season in some of their best ever form and looked practicably invincible until the New Year when inconsistency began to enter. 

But for that Villa, who finished four points adrift of the eventual champions, would have been celebrating their seventh title in the most spectacular fashion. 

Winger Arthur Cunliffe and forward Ronald Dix, aged 24 and 20, made their Villa debuts after both moved from Blackburn Rovers earlier this month.

Villa suffer a surprise opening day defeat under Billy Smith as last season's runners up are beaten at home despite Pongo Waring - who barely featured in 1932-33 - scoring.

Villa recover from their unfortunate defeat at Stamford Bridge to win for the fourth time in seven division one games under Billy Smith.

Villa jump back to joint third but it is now one clean sheet in 7 games conceding 11.

Up next are early leaders Portsmouth at Fratton Park.

Dai Astley scores his fifth of the season to collect his 6th goal involvement in seven games in 1933-34 as does Eric Houghton (3 Goals, 3 Assists).

Full back Teddy Bowen makes his 203rd and final appearance for Villa before moving on to Norwich City in October 1934.

Villa lose for the fourth time in eight games despite Dai Astley scoring for the sixth time this season whilst Eric Houghton contributes a brace of assists to make it 8 goal involvements in 8 games in 1933-34.

But the real story of the game is for the second game in succession and the third time in six Villa encountering a very poor refereeing performance. 

This time referee Judd not only awards a pair of dubious penalties to the home team but also awards a handball winner before physically manhandling Pongo Waring in an unseemly second half scene.

Villa’s legendary forward Billy Walker made his 529th and final appearance for Villa - more than any other player to date - during which time he scored 245 goals.

Eric Houghton scores two and makes one to make it six goals and eleven goal involvements in nine games as Villa build up a three goal cushion on the hour but Huddersfield score twice to make it a nervy finish as Villa hold on to record a fifth win in 1933-34.

Villa climb back to joint third - level with eight other teams in a highly congested table.

Villa now have one clean sheet in nine games under Billy Smith.

Arthur Cunliffe scores his second of the season but Villa are held for the first time in ten games following five wins and four defeats.

Villa drop back to joint 4th alongside five other clubs including their opponents with Manchester City, a point further back, up next.

Villa dominate from first to last but fail to score for the second time in 1933-34 and suffer a narrow loss to a goal against the run of play in the last seconds of the match.

Villa make it five wins, one draw and five defeats in their eleven division one games under Billy Smith so far this season.

Villa drop back to joint ninth alongside four other clubs with second placed Arsenal up next.

Villa dominate once again, this time against the Champions, but three goals against the run of play squeeze Arsenal to a totally undeserved victory

Pongo Waring scores a brace to make if five for the season - beating his total from 1932-33 - but Villa lose successive games for the first time this season and have now lost six in twelve.

Villa lose successive games for the first time this season to make it five wins, one draw and six defeats in their twelve division one games.

Villa fall back to 14th

Pongo Waring scores a second successive brace to make it eight for the season as Villa record victory after consecutive defeats.

Villa make it six wins, a draw and six defeats in thirteen division one games under Billy Smith

Villa climb back to joint 9th in the table woth Middlesbrough, one point further behind, up next.

Eric Houghton scores his eighth of the season to help Villa to a second successive win following a brace of defeats.

Villa record successive victories for the first time since September to make it seven wins, a draw and six defeats in fourteen division one games.

Villa climb back to joint 7th as they keep their second clean sheet in 14 games under Billy Smith.

Billy Smith's Villa fail to score for the third time this season as they are held to a goalless draw by the team with three names.

Villa however keep their third clean sheet in 17 games and second in the last four.

Villa fail to score for the third time in seventeen games and are held to a goalless draw to leave them without a win in three and make it seven wins, two draws and eight defeats in seventeen division one games.

Villa pushing hard for an equaliser concede with 10 to go and are now winless in four, having failed to score for the second successive game and now have five losses in their last eight to make it seven wins, two draws and nine defeats in eighteen division one games.

Villa collect their first away points of the season at the fourth attempt and keep their first clean sheet under Jimmy McMullan after seven games.

Villa secure their first win in four and third of the campaign as they beat a Tottenham side that would be relegated at the end of the season.

Pongo Waring scores his fourth of the campaign and Eric Houghton scores his 99th League goal for Villa.

Villa make it three wins, a draw and three defeats in his first seven games. 

Up next are joint leaders Preston at Villa Park.

Left back Fred Butcher made his Villa debut aged 24 after joining from Wombwell FC in April 1931.

Dai Astley hits a hat-trick as Villa record successive wins for the second time this season.

Villa make it four wins, a draw and three defeats in sp far in 1934-35.

Villa score four for the first time under Jimmy McMullan but now have just one clean sheet in eight games, conceding 18.

Villa's upturn in form sees them climb to joint 7th with Grimsby, one point behind, up next.

Left back Fred Butcher made his second and final appearance for Villa, seven days after his debut aged 24, before moving on to Blackpool in August 1936.

Villa concede five and lose for the third time in six under Jimmy McMullan.

Villa concede in the first minute before equalising in the 10th minute only to then concede two in the following two minutes.

Villa's latest defeat, their fourth of the season ends an three game unbeaten run (two wins)

Villa now have just one clean sheet in nine games under McMullan, conceding 23.

Villa make it four wins, a draw and four defeats so far in 1934-25.

Villa fall back to joint 11th.

Billy Simpson made the last of his 29 appearances for Villa aged 27 before moving on to Cowdenbeath in July 1936.