And it was ok, for the first 5 minutes. We dominated it and Bent had an early chance but fired over the crossbar instead of passing to Scowy.

Marcus Bent looked lively and was held back by Mellberg in the first 10 minutes, earning the Villa man an early yellow card. Bent also charged down a Sorensen clearance.

But then Villa started to take control of the game. Dabizas rugby tackled Vassell on the edge of the penalty area and the free kick only just went over the bar. Then the gangly Crouch hit the woodwork with a header, and McCann also hit the underside of the bar, giving City a let off.

Walker was forced to make a fantastic save after 30 minutes after Vassell had gone on a run and skipped round our defenders, pushing the ball round the post to chants of "England's Number 1" from the City fans.

Half time and we'd managed to keep them out so things weren't too bad. Birchy presented John Sjoberg with his ashtray thing and told the City fans to get behind the lads and not leave after 80 minutes.

Villa finally made their pressure pay on 50 minutes and Vassell showed his best form, racing onto a pass and curling past Walker. Nice goal. We groaned.

City struggled and their heads went down. Bent gave up the ghost and made no impact in the second half. The defence went to sleep. Despite trying the midfield made no impact. Only Guppy looked vaguely committed and put some effort into his tackles and crosses.

Only 7 minutes later the Freak got his own back on the abuse and Crouch headed home from a Hitzlsperger corner. 2-0 and Leicester collapsed. As did the support, with many people leaving.

Villa continued to cut through our midfield and defence as if they weren't there, and only another three minutes were needed before they got their third. Solano crossed to Barry who turned it on to Vassell for his 2nd of the day.

So much for Birchy saying don't leave after 80 minutes, most people were on their way after 60 today. The mass exodus started after the 3rd goal, as did the throwing of free copies of the magazine that had been left on seats in the Kop, along with some booing. Adams stood, arms folded, watching the magazines rain down onto the pitch.

Then things really started to get entertaining. A lone fan suddenly started sauntering across to Ian Walker up at the North end of the pitch. Apparently he was a Leicester fan. Not a steward in sight so Walker went over to him and the guy started having a go. Walker pushed him away a couple of times and then brought him down onto the ground and roughed him up a bit as the stewards eventually piled onto the pitch.

Despite trying to distract everyone from the game, it had to be restarted and Villa went on to get another 2 (Dublin and Crouch) as we just all sat and discussed trips to Grimsby next season and all the positives that went with being in the first division like Midland games, cheaper tickets and good fish and chips.

The City fans that were left, led by the kop, sang "Always look on the bright side of life" and applauded at least Guppy off the park whilst chanting "Leicester".

Hey, we're still only 3 points off safety! As Pete Colley the Sky reporter wrote in this week's programme.."It wouldn't be Leicester if it was easy, would it?"!