Villa win for the second time in four and it's a 4-3 Villa Park victory once again.

Jock Mulraney scores for the second successive home game.

Villa remain 20th but move two clear of the bottom two as Everton lose and Sheffield United draw,

Centre forward Syd Howarth makes his Villa debut aged 25 after moving from Merthyr Tydfil in June 1948 for a fee of £6,500.

Villa lose for the second time in five as they are beaten at the Victoria Ground.

Despite the defeat Villa remain 20th but the gap to the bottom two is closed to a single point as Everton win.

Full back Derek Ashton makes his eighth and final appearance for Villa aged 26 before moving to Wellington Town in August 1951.

Villa record successive wins for the first time in 1948-49 and first time in 17 games.

Villa keep a clean sheet for the first time in 1948-49 and first time in 17 games.

Villa win away for the first time in 1948-49 at the 8th attempt.

George Edwards wins it with his 9th goal of the season and 9th in his last 11 games.

Villa climb to joint 17th leapfrogging their defeated opponents and open up a three point lead over the bottom two after Everton, their next opposition, beat fellow strugglers Sheffield United.

Villa lose successive games for the first time since September as they are beaten at Stamford Bridge.

It's also a second successive game of bizarre refereeing decisions - although the antics of referee Vickery are far less controversial than referee Salmon's a week earlier.

Vickery decides the game should go ahead despite thick fog enveloping the ground and pitch and makes the even more odd decision that bringing kick off forward by five minutes will somehow alleviate the weather conditions. 

That gates were delayed opening at his behest and spectactors were only allowed to enter at 1.45pm appears to pass the Bristol official by completely.

To the surprise of no-one - presumably except the referee - the conditions worsened and there was unanimous expectation that the game would, and should, be abandoned.

Vickery however revealed he felt that would be "unfair" to Chelsea as they were leading and forced the fixture to reach its conclusion in conditions of zero visibility.

As a contemporary match report had it: "it was farcical".

A second successive referee inspired defeat leaves Villa in joint 19th with 13 points now level with Huddersfield and Sheffield United and one point above bottom club Preston. Everton are now a point ahead of Villa following another win for the merseysiders.

Villa win for the first time since November 13th and first time in seven games as they go 5-0 against a side that had beaten them 0-4 two days earlier 

Syd Howarth opens the scoring before Trevor Ford hits four second half goals.

Villa climb off the bottom of the table climbing one place to 21st but Boro, Sheffield United, Huddersfield and Everton are all back within two points.

Villa play at home on New Years day for only the second time in their history and the first time since 1921.

Villa had played their first New Years Day fixture in January 1891 and have now played just two home games on 1st January in 58 years.

Villa lose for the 15th time in 22 games on New Years Day.

Home advantage does Villa no favours as they ship four first half goals to end the game beaten by Blackpool in atrocious conditions.

It is Villa's sixth defeat in eight and comes just days after their biggest win of the season.

Villa fall back to bottom of the table as Sheffield United and Everton win to move four points clear of Alex Massie's side.

25 games into the 42 game League season it is clear that Villa will need a miraculous recovery if they are to avoid a second relegation in their history.

Villa's fourth successive League win is as late as it is welcome.

Villa win with 5 minutes to spare at Bramall Lane thanks to a Syd Howarth goal.

Villa keep their fourth League clean sheet of the season and having claimed just one up to January 21st now have three in their last four games.

Villa make it 24 points and climb to 18th in the table - their highest position since November.

Up next however are runaway League leaders Portsmouth at Fratton Park.

After a first minute concession Villa are never in the tame and suffer their biggest defeat of the season and their first at Villa Park.

Villa slump to 14th in the table - their lowest position of the season so far.

Centre forward Syd Howarth makes his ninth and final appearance for Villa before moving on to Swansea Town in September 1950.