Like a broken record, Villa dominate but cannot get the goal their play deserves. 

Villa have now played 15 games and in not one have they been outplayed by the opposition however they have just eight wins to show for it alongside four draws and three defeats.

As Villa drop a point so do Coventry and Chesterfield are hit for seven at home. With Sheffield United winning a thriller 5-3 it is the Blades that share second place with Villa, still two behind Coventry.

Centre back Jeff Barker made his Villa debut aged 22 after joining from Scunthorpe United in November 1936 for a fee of £400.

Villa's players all wear black armbands in memory of the Villa Colt player Edward Strain who had died the previous day aged just 17. Strain was great friends with Amos Moss, son of Frank, and a fellow Colt, who all lived locally in St John's, Worcester.