Game #2950
Aston Villa
2-1-8, 5 PTS
Saturday, 7 October 1967
Lost
19th (-1)
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥
Division Two
Attendance: 50,067
Birmingham City
Villa Park
5-4-2, 14 PTS
Brian Greenhalgh and Brian Godfrey score on their home debuts to put Villa two up after half an hour but Tommy Cummings’ side collapse to their eighth defeat in eleven second division games in a typically aggressive display from neighbours Birmingham. Villa fall back to joint 19th in the table and remain out of the relegation places on goal average.
Aston Villa
2-4
Birmingham City
Assist(s) | Willie Anderson | 4' | Dave Rudge | 30' |
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 HISTORY
Birmingham City
Previous 5 vs. Birmingham: 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩
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
Career Form:
Relegation
Tommy Cummings | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: John Homewood | 🏴 | Surrey, 1966-1979 🆘
🆘 Gave a penalty against Chatterley for hands despite it having been entirely unintentional before ignoring an assault on Bobby Park
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: 🟨
John Homewood
CARDS
Villa
🟨
Birmingham City
None
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
MANAGER
Tommy Cummings | 🏴 |
Stan Cullis | 🏴 |
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 | 🏴 |
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
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
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
TABLE
PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
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