Game #2948
Saturday, 23 September 1967
Attendance: 12,862
Lost
Division Two
20th= (-2)
Crystal Palace
LWLLL
Villa Park
Villa lose for the seventh time in nine League games and fail to score for the fifth time under Tommy Cummings as they fall to joint 20th in the table and only out of the relegation places on goal average.
Aston Villa
0-1
Crystal Palace
Assist(s) | None |
KEY MAN
RELATED MATCHES
MATCH TIMELINE
16’ Goal, 0-1, (Crystal Palace, pen), Bobby Woodruff
HT Aston Villa 0-1 Crystal Palace
FT Aston Villa 0-1 Crystal Palace
ON THIS DAY
Tommy Cummings' Villa make it seven defeats in nine League games and their fifth without scoring. As a result Villa had now lost fifteen of their last nineteen games.
Aston Villa
Crystal Palace
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
FIXTURE HISTORY
Previous 5 vs. Palace: | - | - | - | 🟩 | 🟩 |
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1967-68 |
Matchday | #10 |
League Match | #9 |
Manager Game | #10 |
Saturday, 23 September 1967
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Tommy Cummings | 🏴 | Sunderland, 1967-1968
Referee: Vernon Batty | 🏴 | Cheshire, 1962-1973
FT Result | Lost |
FT Score | 0-1 |
Last 5 Games | LWLLL |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Vernon Batty | 🏴 | Cheshire, 1962-1973
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None
CARDS
Villa
Crystal Palace
TEAM NEWS
Tommy Mitchinson, Bobby Park and Johnny MacLeod replace Peter Broadbent, Lionel Martin and Tony Scott.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 24.61 |
Oldest Player |
CF Barry Stobart | 29.32 |
Youngest Player |
CF John Inglis | 20.68 |
MANAGER
Tommy Cummings
MANAGER
Aston Villa
GK Colin Withers |
RB Mick Wright |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek |
LB Charlie Aitken |
M Lew Chatterley |
M Willie Anderson |
M Alan Deakin |
M Bobby Park |
M Tommy Mitchinson |
W Johnny MacLeod |
CF Barry Stobart |
Crystal Palace
Jackson J, Long, Presland, Payne, McCormick, Bannister, Light, Kember, Dyson, Woodruff (g), Jackson C.
Manager: Bert Head.
SUBSTITUTES
None
SUBSTITUTES
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
D Keith Bradley |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
SQUAD STATS
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Peter Broadbent
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
Player Abbreviations:
GK : Goalkeeper
LB, RB, FB : Left Back, Right Back, Full Back
CB, D : Centre Back, Defender
M, W : Midfielder. Winger
F, CF : Forward, Centre Forward
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game
Symbols:
⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
DEBUT APPEARANCES
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
TABLE
PROGRAMME



MATCHDAY QUOTES
*Birmingham Daily Post*
Monday, 25 September 1967