Ron Saunders' 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa lose to lowly neighbours Birmingham after they are reduced to ten men. Playing their twelfth game in 38 days they are robbed at St Andrew’s by shameful play-acting from a desperate Trevor Francis and another poor refereeing performance. 

Villa sit 5th in the first division table eight points behind with four to play as Liverpool win to build an unassailable lead in the title race.

Amazingly Birmingham, and ten miles away, Coventry, at a reserve game, celebrate wildly at the news that Villa can no longer win the title. 

The difference between the stations of the other midlands teams to Villa can rarely have been more vividly illustrated than on this disappointing May night.

Villa, focused on themselves as always, make it 🟩 twenty wins, 🟨 six draws and 🟥 twelve defeats in 󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🕒 thirty eight division one games this season. 

Centre forward John Deehan 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ⚽ scores his 25th goal in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 50th appearance.

Forward Brian Little 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 🕒 175th start in a Villa shirt.