Stan Lynn, whose late season form has been instrumental in Villa's climb up the table, scores a brace as Villa beat 6th placed Manchester City in their final home game of the season.

With one game left to play, away at Goodison against 11th placed Everton, Villa are in with a chance of finishing 1954-55 in the top 6 of the First Division, something that would have been barely credible three months earlier.

Eric Houghton's Villa win for the ninth time in thirteen League games and record an eighth successive home League victory.

Villa had lost 7 of their first 11 home matches of 1954-55

Villa make it nineteen wins, seven draws and fifteen defeats in forty one division one matches.

Off the pitch it is announced that Billy Smith will finally retire from Villa having joined the staff in 1910 before succeeding George Ramsay as secretary in 1926, Smith's 45 year service is coming to an end due to ill-health.