Game #2950
Aston Villa
2-1-8, 5 PTS
Saturday, 7 October 1967
Aston Villa
2-4
Birmingham City
Division Two
Birmingham City
5-4-2, 14 PTS
Villa Park
Attendance: 50,067
Lost
19th (-1)
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥
Assist(s) | Willie Anderson | 4' | Dave Rudge | 30' |
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 7 October 1967
⚽ | 4’ Goal, 1-0, Brian Greenhalgh, Assist by Willie Anderson
🥅 | 21’ Goal, 1-1, (Birmingham City), Barry Bridges
💥 | 24' Mike Tindall and Vincent fight but escape with a stern warning
⚽ | 30’ Goal, 2-1, Brian Godfrey, Assist by Dave Rudge
🥅 | 37’ Goal, 2-2, (Birmingham City, pen), Malcolm Beard
🕔 | HT Aston Villa 2-2 Birmingham City
🥅 | 53’ Goal, 2-3, (Birmingham City), Geoff Vowden
🥅 | 61’ Goal, 2-4, (Birmingham City), Barry Bridges
🔁 | Sub off, Dave Rudge, Sub on, Bobby Park
💥 | Bobby Park felled by Colin Green but referee Homewood takes no action
🕔 | FT Aston Villa 2-4 Birmingham City
🟨 | Booking, Mike Tindall
ON THIS DAY
Tommy Cummings' Villa make it eight defeats in eleven League games. As a result Villa had now lost sixteen of their last twenty one games, winning just two.
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1960-61
Birmingham City
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1962-63
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1967-68 |
Matchday | #12 |
League Match | #11 |
Manager Game | #12 |
Saturday, 7 October 1967
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Tommy Cummings | 🏴 | Sunderland, 1967-1968
Referee: John Homewood | 🏴 | Surrey, 1966-1979 🆘
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 2-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 2-4
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Tommy Cummings | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 12 | 🟩 | 2 🟨 | 1 🟥 9 | 0.58
Villa Career Form:
Relegation
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: John Homewood | 🏴 | Surrey, 1966-1979 🆘
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
🆘 Gave a penalty against Chatterley for hands despite it having been entirely unintentional before ignoring an assault on Bobby Park
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: 🟨
TEAM NEWS
Keith Bradley, John Sleeuwenhoek, Mike Tindall, Peter Broadbent and Dave Rudge replace Mick Wright, Barry Stobart, Tommy Mitchinson, Alan Deakin and Fred Turnbull.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 24.59 |
Oldest Player |
F Peter Broadbent | 🏴 | 34.42 |
Youngest Player |
M Dave Rudge | 🏴 | 19.72 |
MANAGER
Tommy Cummings | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Colin Withers | 🏴 |
RB Keith Bradley | 🏴 |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴 |
M Lew Chatterley | 🏴 |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴 | 🔥 |
M Mike Tindall | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Dave Rudge | 🏴 | 🔥 | 🔁 |
F Brian Godfrey | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F Brian Greenhalgh | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F Peter Broadbent | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Stan Cullis | 🏴 |
Birmingham City
GK Jim Herriot | 🏴 |
FB Colin Green | 🏴 | 🤡 |
D Malcolm Page | 🏴 |
LH Malcolm Beard | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Johnny Vincent | 🏴 | 🤡 |
M Trevor Hockey | 🏴 |
W Bert Murray | 🏴 |
IF Geoff Vowden | 🏴 | ⚽ |
IF Ron Wylie (ex) | 🏴 |
F Barry Bridges | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CF Fred Pickering | 🏴 |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Bobby Park | 🏴 | for M Dave Rudge | 🏴 |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
RB Ray Martin | 🏴 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 2 |
F John Woodward | 🏴 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE
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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