Villa lose to mid-table Bristol City at Villa Park - their second successive defeat under Vic Crowe in his fourth game in charge that leaves them with nineteen points after thirty games and four points from safety but with a game in hand over 20th placed Preston. 

Villa had now earned just three points from the last eighteen available, as Vic Crowe had delivered two in four games, whilst his predecessor Tommy Docherty had achieved just a single point in the previous five.

Vic Crowe’s Villa lose successive matches and now drawn two and lost two to make it four wins, eleven draws and fifteen defeats in thirty division two matches. 

As a result Villa sit bottom of the table, four points adrift of safety. 

Meanwhile, centre forward Andy Lochhead made his Villa debut aged 28 after moving from Leicester City earlier this month for a fee of £35,000. 

Whilst more problems emerge for Vic Crowe as Villa’s 16 year old midfielder Jimmy Brown reveals that he will not commit to extending his Villa contract once he turns 17 and walks out on the club to return home to Scotland with his future unclear.