Game #2835 | League game #2577
Season game #10 | Division One game #9
Highfield Road # | George Curtis & John Sillett game #
Coventry City 6th | Aston Villa 20th (22)

Villa end City’s unbeaten run by employing no-nonsense tactics on Regis and Bennett. Billy McNeill is Villa’s new boss and this win lifts them off the bottom. City create plenty of chances, with Regis, Gynn and Kilcline all going close. Gary Thompson’s headed goal looks offside.