Villa's run of five consecutive wins and their hopes for a European berth come to an end on the final day as Ron Saunders' side finish the season 8th in a campaign that threatened at times to descend into farce due to consistently poor refereeing standards, an (un)fit for purpose Villa Park pitch and a team distracted by Europe at times forgetting the bread and butter games of their League campaign.

Ron Saunders' Villa, lose their final game of the season five to make it eighteen wins, ten draws and fourteen defeats in forty two division one games this season. As a result Villa finish 8th in the table for the second successive season.