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Game #2941

Aston Villa

1-0-2, 2 PTS

Saturday, 26 August 1967

Aston Villa

3-1

Rotherham United

Division Two

Rotherham United

0-0-2, 0 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 13,673

Won

12th=

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩

Assist(s) | Barry Stobart | 13' | Willie Anderson | 20' | Johnny MacLeod | 48' |

MATCH SUMMARY

Villa win for the first time under Tommy Cummings on his home debut to sit joint twelfth in the second division table after three games.

KEY MAN

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 26 August 1967

⚽ | 15’ Goal, 1-0, Dave Rudge, Assist by Barry Stobart
⚽ | 20’ Goal, 2-0, Barry Stobart, Assist by Willie Anderson
🕔 | HT Aston Villa 2-0 Rotherham United
⚽ | 48’ Goal, 3-0, Willie Anderson, Assist by Johnny MacLeod
🥅 | 90’ Goal, 3-1, (Rotherham United), Les Chappell
🕔 | FT Aston Villa 3-1 Rotherham United

ON THIS DAY

Tommy Cummings' Villa win for the first time in twelve games and the first time under his stewardship to make it one win and two defeats so far this season.

Aston Villa

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1960-61

Rotherham United

League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa Vs.

Rotherham United

Previous 5 vs. Rotherham: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩

PREVIOUS MATCH

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1967-68 |
Matchday | #3 |
League Match | #3 |
Manager Game | #3 |
Saturday, 26 August 1967

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Tommy Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sunderland, 1967-1968
Referee: Iorwerth Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Trelewis, 1966-1975
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Tommy Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 3 | 🟩 | 1 🟨 | 0 🟥 2 | 1.00

Villa Career Form:

Relegation

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Iorwerth Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Trelewis, 1966-1975
Matches Officiated: 2
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 14 January 1967, Villa 3-2 Blackpool, Villa Park.
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

None

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None

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TEAM NEWS

Dave Rudge replaces John Inglis.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.34 |

Oldest Player |
F Peter Broadbent | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 34.30 |

Youngest Player |
M Dave Rudge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.61 |

MANAGER

Tommy Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Aston Villa

GK Colin Withers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Mike Tindall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Lew Chatterley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔥 |
M Dave Rudge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Johnny MacLeod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 |
F Peter Broadbent | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Barry Stobart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Tommy Docherty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Rotherham United

GK Alan Hill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Harold Wilcockson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John Haselden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Brian Tiler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Colin Clish | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CH Billy Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Chris Rabjohn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Keith Pring | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
F Les Chappell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Les Bradd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Laurie Sheffield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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CF John Inglis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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FB Mick Harrity | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/12

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/12

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 1 |
F John Woodward | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Player Positions:

GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Half


M, CH, LH, RH : Midfielder, Centre Half, Left Half, Right Half
W, OL, OR : Winger, Outside Left, Outside Right
F, IF, IL, IR : Forward, Inside Forward, Inside Left, Inside Right, Second Striker, False 9
CF : Centre Forward

Match Symbols:

⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution

🟨 | Booking

🟥 | Sending off

🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game

DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

MATCH QUOTES

MATCH REPORT

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