Game #2959
Aston Villa
8-2-10, 18 PTS
Saturday, 23 December 1967
Won
16th (+2)
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩
Division Two
Attendance: 10,252
Rotherham United
Millmoor
3-4-12, 10 PTS
Rotherham United
0-2
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Charlie Aitken | 80' | 87' |
MATCH SUMMARY
Villa score two late breakaway goals to beat bottom side Rotherham and climb to joint 16th in the table, five points clear of the relegation places.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 23 December 1967
🕔 | HT Rotherham United 0-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 80’ Goal, 1-0, Brian Greenhalgh, Assist by Charlie Aitken
⚽ | 87’ Goal, 2-0, Tommy Mitchinson, Assist by Charlie Aitken
🕔 | FT Rotherham United 0-2 Aston Villa
ON THIS DAY
Tommy Cummings' Villa win for the third time in four to make it eight wins, two draws and ten defeats in twenty League games 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
Rotherham United
Previous 5 vs. Rotherham: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1967-68 |
Matchday | #21 |
League Match | #20 |
Manager Game | #21 |
Saturday, 23 December 1967
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Tommy Cummings | 🏴 | Sunderland, 1967-1968
Referee: Peter Bye | 🏴 | Bedford | 1961-1968
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Tommy Cummings | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 21 | 🟩 | 8 🟨 | 2 🟥 11 | 1.24
Villa Career Form:
Bottom 8
ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Peter Bye | 🏴 | Bedford | 1961-1968
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None
ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:
CARDS
Villa
None
Rotherham United
None
TEAM NEWS
Tommy Cummings names an unchanged line up.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 23.67 |
Oldest Player |
GK Colin Withers | 🏴 | 27.78 |
Youngest Player |
F Brian Greenhalgh | 🏴 | 20.85 |
MANAGER
Tommy Cummings | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Colin Withers | 🏴 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴 | 🔥 | 🔥 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴 |
M Lew Chatterley | 🏴 |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴 |
M Tommy Mitchinson | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Bobby Park | 🏴 |
F John Woodward | 🏴 |
F Brian Godfrey | 🏴 |
F Brian Greenhalgh | 🏴 | ⚽ |
MANAGER
Tommy Docherty | 🏴 |
Rotherham United
GK Alan Hill | 🏴 |
FB Mick Harrity | 🏴 |
CB Brian Tiler | 🏴 |
CB Trevor Swift | 🏴 |
M Graham Parker (ex) | 🏴 |
M John Quinn | 🏴 |
M John Shepherd | 🏴 |
M David Bentley | 🏴 |
W Charlie Crickmore | 🏴 |
W Andy Wilson | 🏴 |
F Les Chappell | 🏴 |
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
W Johnny MacLeod | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
M Chris Rabjohn | 🏴 |
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 | 1 |
F Peter Broadbent | 🏴 |
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
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
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