It was 30 years ago today that Aston Villa last won a league title when we were crowned English Champions despite losing our final game in a season that went to the wire.

If you had glanced at the old First Division table on the morning of May 2nd 1981 you’d have seen the top half looking like this:

1980/81
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts

Aston Villa
41
26
8
7
72
38
34
60

Ipswich
40
23
10
7
74
38
36
56

Arsenal
41
18
15
8
59
45
14
51

Notts Forest
41
19
11
11
61
43
18
49

West Brom
40
19
11
10
56
40
16
49

Southampton
41
19
10
12
73
54
19
48

Man Utd
42
15
18
9
51
36
15
48

Liverpool
39
15
17
7
59
40
19
47

Tottenham
41
14
15
12
68
64
4
43

Leeds
40
17
9
14
39
45
-6
43

Stoke
41
11
18
12
48
58
-10
40

We were heading to Highbury to take on Arsenal in our final game needing a point to guarantee the

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