Villa cruise past Leeds thanks to Andy Gray 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 and Alex Cropley 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 as Ron Saunders' 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 youthful side show up their elders at Elland Road but a fortnight without a League game drops Villa to fifth.

Centre forward Andy Gray 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 makes it ⚽ 30 goals in a Villa shirt in 🕒 54 appearances at a rate of a goal every 1.80 games.

Ron Saunders' 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa 🟩 win for the first time in four League games but are now unbeaten in six to make it 🟩 nine wins, 🟨 three draws and 🟥 five defeats in 🕒 seventeen division one games this season. 

Central defender Charlie Young 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his debut in a Villa shirt after graduating from the youth set up as a replacement for Chris Nicholl who's suffering from a broken nose.

Villa destroy reigning champions Liverpool, putting five past the entitled Anfield side in 44 first half minutes as they gain some revenge for the unjust scoreline in the reverse fixture the previous month. 

Not that being utterly outplayed twice in succession stopped Liverpool and their media followers blaming anything and everything but the excellence of Villa for their humiliation.

Ron Saunders' 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa 🟩 win for the second successive League game to make it 🟩 ten wins, 🟨 three draws and 🟥 five defeats in 🕒 eighteen division one games this season. 

Full back Mick Buttress 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 18 makes his debut appearance in a Villa shirt as a substitute after joining from school football in 1975.

Midfielder Dennis Mortimer 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🔥 creates his 5th and 6th assists in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 36th appearance.

Centre forward John Deehan 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 contributes his ⚽ 🔥 10th & 11th goal involvements in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 20th appearance at a rate of one every 1.82 games.

Forward Brian Little 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 contributes his ⚽ 🔥 80th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 152nd appearance (145 Starts) and makes it 🟩 W70 🟨 D42 🟥 L40, ⚽ 47 Goals and 🔥 33 Assists at a rate of one every 1.90 games.

Villa record their fourth successive win but make more than usual heavy work of beating Newcastle to the points at Villa Park as John Deehan scores a crucial brace to keep Villa third in the table.

Ron Saunders' Villa win for the third successive League game to make it eleven wins, three draws and five defeats in nineteen division one games this season.

Villa 🟥 lose to Middlesbrough for the first time in seven years and 🟥 lose for the first time in nine this season as they are beaten at Ayresome Park in the final game of 1976.  

Despite a late rally that threatened a draw after David Hughes’ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 debut goal, Villa were left with too much to do after a suicidal first half performance.

Ron Saunders' Villa make it 🟩 eleven wins, 🟨 three draws and 🟥 six defeats in 🕒 twenty division one games this season. 

Midfielder David Hughes 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 18 makes a goalscoring debut in a Villa shirt after joining from junior football in June 1974.

Midfielder Dennis Mortimer 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 contributes his 10th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 38th appearance.

Villa take the lead two minutes from the start after Brian Little received the ball from Dennis Mortimer, spotted Alex Stepney slightly off his line and hit a 35 yard drive over the ‘keeper and into the net. But an errant foul leads to a first half equaliser before Manchester United his a late winner to knock Villa out of the Cup.

Ron Saunders' Villa are knocked out of the FA Cup quarter finals by division one rivals Manchester United.

Ron Saunders' 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa return to League action for the first time in nine matches.

Centre forward Andy Gray 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 finally hits his ⚽ 25th goal of the season after being goalless in his last six games but it’s midfielder Dennis Mortimer 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 who runs the show as a forceful Sunderland resort to outrageous tackles culminating in bookings and a sending off in an attempt to curtail the Villa captain.

Villa makes it 🟩 fifteen wins, 🟨 four draws and 🟥 eight defeats in 🕒 twenty seven division one games this season.

Villa now have five games in hand over leaders Ipswich and are twelve points behind. 

Right back John Gidman 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 scores his ⚽ 5th goal in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 148th appearance.

Villa are held to a 🟨 goalless draw at Ashton Gate as they remain 8th in the table but now have five games in hand on the leaders, ten points ahead. 

Villa however should have had both points from the game but for a bizarre refereeing incident that saw a Bristol City player handle on the line to prevent Charlie Young's 🇨🇾header hitting the net only for referee Nippard to visibly nod his approval and wave play on.

Ron Saunders' 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa make it 🟩 fifteen wins, 🟨 five draws and 🟥 eight defeats in 🕒 twenty eight division one games this season.

Midfielder Alex Cropley 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 makes his 🕒 25th appearance in a Villa shirt.

Brian Little hits his 22nd goal of the season and John Deehan his fifteenth as Villa don’t have to leave second gear to beat Tottenham at Villa Park but they do have to survive a second half penalty scare that would have give Spurs a totally unwarranted equaliser. This match represents Tottenham’s last but four game of the season, for Villa there are ten left to play in an incredibly congested final four weeks. And with an ever growing injury list it isn’t made any easier but Villa climb to 5th in the table, nine points behind leaders Liverpool with three games in hand.

Ron Saunders' Villa make it eighteen wins, five draws and nine defeats in thirty two division one games this season. As a result Villa have five games in hand over Ipswich Town who did not play and are now down to eight points ahead.

Villa play their seventh game in 21 days as they beat Norwich to remain fifth in the table, seven points behind leaders Liverpool with three games in hand. In search of their latest win to keep up their title chase, Villa are subject to the typical foul play repertoire of John Bond’s Norwich who are lucky not to have players sent from the field for their over the top tackling.

Ron Saunders' Villa in the boss' 150th game in charge record a fourth successive League win to make it nineteen wins, five draws and nine defeats in thirty three division one games this season. As Villa win, title rivals Ipswich lose again and now have a lead of just six points against Villa's five games in hand. Liverpool and Manchester City make up the rest of the challengers.

Villa play their eighth game in 23 days as a second string side, with even some third string in there are beaten by Arsenal to remain fifth in the table, seven points behind leaders Liverpool but now with only two games in hand. 

Ron Saunders' Villa lose for the first time in five as to quote a contemporary match report "This was the night the season caught up the Aston Villa. With a third of their first team squad injured and with four tired or untested teenagers in their places ...". 

Villa make it nineteen wins, five draws and ten defeats in thirty four division one games this season. As a result Villa now have four games in hand over Ipswich Town who did not play and are now down to six points ahead but both Manchester City and Liverpool remain in strong positions in the four way fight for the title. 

Meanwhile midfielder David Hughes made his fifth and final appearance for Villa aged 19 before moving on to Lincoln City in April 1978.

Villa play their thirteenth game in 41 days as they fall to defeat at St James’ Park to fourth placed Newcastle. 

Villa second successive defeat means it is 🟩 twenty wins, 🟨 six draws and 🟥 thirteen defeats in 🕒 thirty nine division one games this season.

Villa are now sixth in the first division table eleven points off champions Liverpool with three to play.

Charlie Young made his twelfth and final appearance for Villa aged 19 before moving on to Gillingham in March 1978.

Centre forward John Deehan 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 🕒 25th start in a Villa shirt.

Forward Brian Little 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 contributes his ⚽ 🔥 100th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 183rd appearance (176 Starts) and makes it 🟩 W85 🟨 D49 🟥 L49, ⚽ 62 Goals and 🔥 39 Assists at a rate of one every 1.81 games.