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When was the last time Aston Villa won FOUR games on the spin?

That is a question the claret and blue faithful are optimistically asking themselves ahead of tomorrow night’s trip to take on Huddersfield Town at the John Smith’s Stadium.

It won’t be easy against David Wagner’s promotion hopefuls who will be anxious to bounce back from their weekend defeat to Newcastle United.

But three wins on the spin against Derby County and Bristol City at Villa Park and Rotherham United at the New York Stadium will have been a major confidence booster for Villa.

The last time they enjoyed a hat-trick of successive victories was seven years ago when Martin O’Neill’s team beat Portsmouth, Hull City and Birmingham City in April 2010.

And fans have to go back to that same 2009-10 Premier League campaign for a run of FOUR wins, too.

It was way back in December 2009.

They kicked off the run by beating Hull 3-0 with Richard Dunne, James Milner and John Carew getting the goals.

Next up was a famous 1-0 victory at Manchester United - Gabby Agbonlahor scored the winner - to seal the first success in a generation at Old Trafford.

Then goals from Milner and Emile Heskey clinched a 2-0 win at Sunderland.

The sequence was completed when Carew’s goal helped Villa beat Stoke 1-0 at Villa Park.

In fact, it was five wins on the spin if you include the 4-2 League Cup quarter final victory at Portsmouth at the start of the month, which featured goals from Heskey, Milner, Stewart Downing and Ashley Young.

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Villa climbed to 13th in the Championship table with Saturday’s 2-0 victory at Rotherham and now have 45 points.

They are 16 points off the play-off positions and 11 points above the dropzone with 11 games of the season remaining.