Game #2960
Aston Villa
8-2-11, 18 PTS
Tuesday, 26 December 1967
Lost
16th (-)
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥
Division Two
Cardiff City
7-7-9, 21 PTS
Ninian Park
Attendance: 18,180
🟥 26 Dec 1967, Villa 0-3 Cardiff, Ninian
Cardiff City
3-0
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | None
🟥 26 Dec 1967, Villa 0-3 Cardiff, Ninian
MATCH TIMELINE
Tuesday, 26 December 1967
🟢 | 1’ Debut, Barry Ansell
🥅 | 16’ Goal, 0-1, (Cardiff City), Les Lea
🕔 | HT Cardiff City 1-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 51’ Goal, 0-2, (Cardiff City), John Toshack
🚑 | 51’ Player retires from field of play with injury, (Cardiff City), Bobby Brown
🔁 | 71’ Sub off, John Woodward, Sub on, Johnny McLeod
🚑 | 72’ Player retires from field of play with injury, (Cardiff City), David Carver
🥅 | 81’ Goal, 0-3, (Cardiff City), Les Lea
🕔 | FT Cardiff City 3-0 Aston Villa
Match Statistics
Not recorded
Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution
🟥 26 Dec 1967, Villa 0-3 Cardiff, Ninian
ON THIS DAY
Tuesday, 26 December 1967
Villa lose to a Cardiff side who are reduce to ten men through injury after 50 minutes and are forced to play with nine for the final twenty.
Tommy Cummings' Villa fail to score for the second time in four games and lose for the first time in five to make it eight wins, two draws and eleven defeats in twenty one League games so far this season. Villa had now lost for the nineteenth time in their last thirty one games, this time managing to do so against a Cardiff side that was reduced to nine men for the last 18 minutes of the match.
Meanwhile, full back Barry Ansell made his one and only appearance for Villa aged 20 after joining from school football in 1965. Ansell would move on to non-League football in 1969.
🟥 26 Dec 1967, Villa 0-3 Cardiff, Ninian
DEBUT APPEARANCES
🟢 FB Barry Ansell | 🏴 | #526 | Youth team promotion
FINAL APPEARANCES
🔴 FB Barry Ansell | 🏴 | 1967 🕒 1 | ✅ 1 🔁 (0) | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 0 | #526 |
Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1960-61
Cardiff City
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1926-27
🟥 26 Dec 1967, Villa 0-3 Cardiff, Ninian
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1967-68 |
Matchday | #22 |
League Match | #21 |
Manager Game | #22 |
Tuesday, 26 December 1967
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🟥 26 Dec 1967, Villa 0-3 Cardiff, Ninian
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Tommy Cummings | 🏴 | Sunderland, 1967-1968
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-3
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Tommy Cummings | 🏴 | 1967-1968
🕒 22 | 🟩 | 8 🟨 | 2 🟥 12 | 1.18
Villa Career Form:
Bottom 8
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟥 26 Dec 1967, Villa 0-3 Cardiff, Ninian
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Unknown
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS
None
CARDS
None
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟥 26 Dec 1967, Villa 0-3 Cardiff, Ninian
TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Barry Ansell comes in for his debut in place of Charlie Aitken who misses his first game of the season.
Starting XI Average Age
| 23.19 |
Oldest Player |
GK Colin Withers | 🏴 | 27.78 |
Youngest Player |
FB Barry Ansell | 🏴 | 20.25 |
🟥 26 Dec 1967, Villa 0-3 Cardiff, Ninian
MANAGER
Tommy Cummings | 🏴 | 1967-1968
Aston Villa
GK Colin Withers | 🏴 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴 |
FB Barry Ansell | 🏴 | 🟢 | 🔴 |
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
Jimmy Scoular | 🏴 |
Cardiff City
GK Bob Wilson (ex) | 🏴 |
D Graham Coldrick | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CB Don Murray | 🏴 |
RB David Carver | 🏴 | ❌ |
LH Brian Harris | 🏴 |
M Malcolm Clarke | 🏴 |
W Les Lea | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
W Barrie Jones | 🏴 |
F Peter King | 🏴 |
F John Toshack | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Bobby Brown | 🏴 | ❌ |
🟥 26 Dec 1967, Villa 0-3 Cardiff, Ninian
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | W Johnny MacLeod | 🏴 | for CF John Woodward | 🏴 | 71' |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | D Graham Coldrick | 🏴 | (D Gary Bell | 🏴 |)
🟥 26 Dec 1967, Villa 0-3 Cardiff, Ninian
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
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
🟥 26 Dec 1967, Villa 0-3 Cardiff, Ninian
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
W Johnny MacLeod | 🏴 | | 131 | 3 | 16 | 29 | 50 | 16 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
|---|---|
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟥 26 Dec 1967, Villa 0-3 Cardiff, Ninian
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
🟥 26 Dec 1967, Villa 0-3 Cardiff, Ninian
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟥 26 Dec 1967, Villa 0-3 Cardiff, Ninian
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 2 |
F Peter Broadbent | 🏴 |
RB Charlie Aitken | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟥 26 Dec 1967, Villa 0-3 Cardiff, Ninian
MATCH QUOTES
🟥 26 Dec 1967, Villa 0-3 Cardiff, Ninian
MATCH REPORTS
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🟥 26 Dec 1967, Villa 0-3 Cardiff, Ninian