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Game #2956

Aston Villa

6-1-10, 13 PTS

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Saturday, 25 November 1967

18th (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩

GK Colin Withers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Keith Bradley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Lew Chatterley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Tommy Mitchinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Bobby Park | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 |
W Johnny MacLeod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Brian Godfrey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Brian Greenhalgh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Tommy Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1967-1968
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Substitutes:

🔁 | M Mike Tindall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔴 | for M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 83' |

Unused Substitutes:

None

None

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

Matchday Squad:

Injury | 3 |
F John Woodward | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Peter Broadbent | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Alan Deakin replaces Graham Parker.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.39 |

Oldest Player |
W Johnny MacLeod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 29.02 |

Youngest Player |
F Brian Greenhalgh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.78 |

  • Villa bounce back from successive defeats to win at Burnden as the Brian Greenhalgh goalscoring juggernaught continues as Villa remain joint 17th in the table and extend the gap to the relegation places to three points. 

  • Tommy Cummings' Villa win for the first time in three to make it six wins, a draw and ten defeats in seventeen League games so far this season. 

  • Meanwhile, Mike Tindall made a goalscoring substitute appearance for Villa in his final game for the club aged 26. Tindall played for Villa between 1959-60 and 1967-68 making 136 appearances and scoring nine goals

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Won

3-2

🟩 25 Nov 1967, Villa 3-2 Bolton, Burnden
Scorer(s) | Brian Greenhalgh | 23' | Brian Godfrey | 57' | Mike Tindall | 88' |

Assist(s) | Bobby Park | 57' |

Match Timeline:

⚽ | 23’ Goal, 1-0, Brian Greenhalgh
🕔 | HT Bolton Wanderers 0-1 Aston Villa
🥅 | 47’ Goal, 1-1, (Bolton Wanderers), Alan Deakin o.g.
⚽ | 55’ Goal, 2-1, Brian Godfrey, Assist by Bobby Park
🥅 | 69’ Goal, 2-2, (Bolton Wanderers), Freddy Hill
🔁 | 83’ Sub off, Willie Anderson, Sub on, Mike Tindall
⚽ | 86’ Goal, 3-2, Mike Tindall
🕔 | FT Bolton Wanderers 2-3 Aston Villa

Season | 1967-68 |
Matchday | #18 |
League Match | #17 |
Manager Game | #18 |
Saturday, 25 November 1967

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Manager: Tommy Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sunderland, 1967-1968
Referee: Vince James | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | York, 1963-1973
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩

Referee: Vince James | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | York, 1963-1973

Previous 5 vs. Bolton: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨

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Not recorded

Debut Appearances:

None

Final Appearances:

🔴 M Mike Tindall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1959-68 🕒 136 | ✅ 134 🔁 (2) | ⚽ 9 | 🔥 7 | 🇺 9 | #476 |

Tommy Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1967-1968

🕒 18 | 🟩 | 6 🟨 | 1 🟥 11 | 1.06

Villa Career Form:

Bottom 8

Referee:

VAR (from 2021)

GK Colin Withers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
137
🟩
49
🟨
0
137
🟨
21
🟥
0
0
🟥
67
0
🥅
26
250
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
294
🟩
106
🟨
3
294
🟨
52
🟥
0
5
🟥
136
13
RB Keith Bradley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
57
🟩
21
🟨
0
53
🟨
9
🟥
0
2
🟥
27
1
M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
36
🟩
8
🟨
0
36
🟨
5
🟥
0
7
🟥
23
10
M Lew Chatterley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
87
🟩
31
🟨
2
85
🟨
13
🟥
0
21
🟥
43
4
M Bobby Park | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
54
🟩
19
🟨
0
47
🟨
6
🟥
0
10
🟥
29
3
W Johnny MacLeod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
129
🟩
50
🟨
0
127
🟨
15
🟥
0
16
🟥
64
29
CF Brian Godfrey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
8
🟩
4
🟨
0
8
🟨
1
🟥
0
5
🟥
3
1
Sub 2
Games
Results
Cards
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🔥
🟩
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🟥
🟥
Player Profile
Sub 4
Games
Results
Cards
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Player Profile
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
237
🟩
83
🟨
0
236
🟨
54
🟥
0
9
🟥
100
13
M Tommy Mitchinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
11
🟩
5
🟨
0
11
🟨
1
🟥
0
2
🟥
5
1
CF Brian Greenhalgh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
8
🟩
4
🟨
0
8
🟨
1
🟥
0
6
🟥
3
1
M Mike Tindall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Sub 1
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔁
🔥
136
🟩
45
🟨
3
2
🟨
26
🟥
0
9
🟥
65
7
Sub 3
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔁
🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile
Sub 5
Games
Results
Cards
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🟨
🟨
🟥
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Player Profile

Division Two

Bolton Wanderers

6-5-7, 17 PTS

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Burnden Park

Attendance: 13,064

GK Eddie Hopkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Cooper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Syd Farrimond | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John Hulme | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Warwick Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Brian Bromley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gareth Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Freddie Hill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Terry Wharton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Gordon Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Bob Hatton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Bill Ridding | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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Substitutes:

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes:

M Dave Lennard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

None

League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1957-58

Matchday Squad:

Not Recorded

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