Eric Houghton's Villa lose for the fifth time in six to make it six wins, four draws and eleven defeats after twenty one division one matches. 

Meanwhile, midfielder Trevor Birch made his Villa debut after joining from school football.

Villa open a two goal lead before conceding two in three second half minutes to fellow strugglers Sheffield United as forward Jackie Sewell makes a goalscoring debut after moving from Sheffield Wednesday earlier this month.

Villa make it three wins, eight draws and nine losses in twenty games under Eric Houghton so far this season to sit 16th.

Eric Houghton's Villa make it two games unbeaten and four wins, eight draws and nine losses in twenty one games this season.

Villa concede a freak goal in the first minute and Manchester City never look back having scored at Villa Park for the first time in four years.

Eric Houghton's Villa lose at Villa Park to make it four wins, eight draws and ten defeats in twenty two games this season. 

Meanwhile, forward Eddie Follan made his final appearance before moving to Worcester City in May 1956. Follan played for Villa in 1954-55 and 1955-56 making 36 appearances and scoring 7 goals.

Eric Houghton's Villa stop a run of three defats to make it four wins, nine draws and twelve defeats in twenty five games this season.

Villa go two up in 6' through Johnny Dixon but then take their foot off the gas and don't add to the score until 64' through an open play goal from Stan Lynn.

Eric Houghton's Villa win for the first time in five to make it five wins, nine draws and twelve defeats in twenty six games this season.

It's March and Villa win their first away game of the season but remain rock bottom of the table.

Villa win for the first time in eight and score as many goals as they have achieved in their previous five.

Eric Houghton's Villa make it two unbeaten as they win for the first time in seven to make it six wins, eleven draws and sixteen defeats in thirty three division one games this season.

Villa, in a complete mess at the bottom of the table, have Johnny Dixon to thank as he helps Villa to successive League wins.

Eric Houghton's Villa make it three unbeaten and two successive wins to make it seven wins, eleven draws and sixteen defeats in thirty four division one games this season. 

Goalkeeper Nigel Sims made his Villa debut aged 24 after moving from Wolverhampton Wanderers earlier this month. 

Eric Houghton's Villa end a run of three unbeaten and two successive wins to lose at Kenilworth Road and they're starng down the barrell of relegation with 7 games to play.

Villa make it seven wins, eleven draws and seventeen defeats in thirty five division one games this season.

Villa secure a second successive goalless draw against Wolves on successive days but it is barely enough to prevent a seemingly inevitable relegation under Eric Houghton.

Up next is bottom three side Tottenham in a must win game.

Villa make it eight wins, thirteen draws and seventeen defeats in thirty eight division one games this season.

Villa fail to score for the second successive game to make it seven wins, seven draws and eight defeats in twenty two Division One games this season under Eric Houghton.

One nil up in 40 seconds through Peter McParland, Villa never look back to make it ten unbeaten games.  

Villa win in the League for the first time in eleven and make it nine wins, twelve draws and nine defeats in thirty Division One games this season under Eric Houghton.

Villa record their 6th 0-0 draw of the season

Villa make it eleven games unbeaten with nine wins, thirteen draws and nine defeats in thirty one Division One games this season under Eric Houghton.

Villa play their 3rd game in 5 days and beat neighbours Birmingham with a weakened side  as they are amidst a run of six games in twelve days.

Make it eleven wins, fifteen draws and ten defeats in thirty six Division One games this season under Eric Houghton. 

Full back Dennis Jackson makes his Villa debut after moving from Hednesford Town in October 1954.

Villa play their 5th game in 9 days and suffer their first reverse losing for only the second time in twenty games.

Villa field 7 reserves but still come close to taking a point from Turf Moor

Villa make it twelve wins, fifteen draws and eleven defeats in thirty eight Division One games this season under Eric Houghton.

Meanwhile in an astonishing and uplifting move, Peter McParland absents himself from World Cup duty with Ireland in order to not prejudice his place in Villa's FA Cup team. 

Playing their 9th game in 21 days and second in 24 hours, Villa are forced to raid the reserves again before losing Tommy Southren to injury for the majority of the second half.

Unsurprisingly given the situation Villa lose but the scoreline proves very flattering to a Wolves side with nothing to play for.

Villa make it fourteen wins, fifteen draws and twelve defeats in forty one Division One games this season under Eric Houghton. 

Goalkeeper Mike Pinner made his last appearance for Villa before moving on to Sheffield Wednesday in December 1957. Pinner played for Villa between 1954-55 and 1956-57 making 4 appearances.

Villa play their 10th game in 24 days and 4th in the last 7 days and finish the League season with a second successive defeat in far from ideal preparation for the FA Cup final with Manchester United.

Villa approach their final game of the League campign with a sense of trepidation as no player wants to miss the final with injury, as such the fixture is as meaningless as it is unwelcome.

Happily however Villa now have a week's rest before their Wembley date - their longest break between fixtures since the middle of February.

Villa finish tenth in the table having recorded fourteen wins, fifteen draws and thirteen defeats in forty two Division One games this season under Eric Houghton.

After a quick start Villa lose to Wolves through a goalkeeping error five minutes from the end of the game at Molineux.

Eric Houghton's Villa end a two game unbeaten run as they lose at Molineux to make it two wins, one draw and four defeats in seven division one games this season.

Villa are heavily beaten for the second successive game as they are swept aside at Kenilworth Road.

Eric Houghton's Villa lose to end a run of three successive League games to make it nine wins, four draws and fourteen defeats in twenty seven division one games. 

Meanwhile, centre back George Ashfield made his final appearance for Villa aged 23 before moving on to Chester in February 1959. Ashfield played for Villa between 1955-56 and 1957-58 making 10 appearances.

Villa open the season with a disappointing home draw with neighbours Birmingham that leaves both sides of the city concerned as to what 1958-59 will bring.

Eric Houghton's Villa open 1958 with a draw against neighbours Birmingham to make it seven games unbeaten including the end of the 1957-58 campaign.

The scoreline looks close but in reality Portsmouth were never in a game that Villa dominated from start to finish. Villa take both points and extend their unbeaten run to eight.

Eric Houghton's Villa make it eight games unbeaten including the end of the 1957-58 campaign as they beat Portsmouth at Villa Park to start the season in strong form.

Depleted Villa come out all guns blazing to then find themselves two down, conceding two more by the 60th minute, Villa are facing only their second home defeat of the season however Joe Mercer's men have other ideas. Scoring four to equalise, missing a host of other chances and an open invitation to score in the final knockings and they share a 4-4 draw with Liverpool.

Joe Mercer's Villa, in a season peppered with remarkable results, entertain with a four-all draw against promotion rivals Liverpool to make it five League games unbeaten and twenty two wins, nine draws and five defeats, four away, in thirty six division two games so far this season as their strong progress towards promotion from the second tier continues. 

Meanwhile, midfielder Trevor Birch made his final appearance for Villa aged 26 before moving on to Stockport County in November 1960. Birch played for Villa between 1954-55 and 1959-60 making 22 appearances.