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Game #2962

Aston Villa

10-2-11, 22 PTS

Saturday, 6 January 1968

Won

16th (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩

Division Two

Derby County

Attendance: 23,805

Villa Park

9-5-11, 23 PTS

Aston Villa

2-1

Derby County

Assist(s) | Brian Godfrey | 46' |

MATCH SUMMARY

Villa earn their seventeenth point in twelve games under Tommy Docherty as they come from behind to beat Derby as Johnny MacLeod scores the winner direct from a corner kick. Villa remain 16th in the table but are now nine points clear of the relegation places.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 6 January 1968

🥅 | 36’ Goal, 0-1, (Derby County), Kevin Hector
🕔 | HT Aston Villa 0-1 Derby County
⚽ | 46’ Goal, 1-1, Brian Greenhalgh, Assist by Brian Godfrey
⚽ | 63’ Goal, 2-1, Johnny MacLeod
🔁 | 76’ Sub off, Tommy Mitchinson, Sub on, John Woodward
🕔 | FT Aston Villa 2-1 Derby County

ON THIS DAY

Tommy Cummings' Villa open 1968 with a fifth time in seven to make it ten wins, two draws and eleven defeats in twenty three League games so far this season.

Aston Villa

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

Derby County

League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1945-46

FIXTURE HISTORY

Derby County

Previous 5 vs. Derby: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1967-68 |
Matchday | #24 |
League Match | #23 |
Manager Game | #24 |
Saturday, 6 January 1968

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Tommy Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sunderland, 1967-1968
Referee: Leslie Hamer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bolton, -1968
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Tommy Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 24 | 🟩 | 10 🟨 | 2 🟥 12 | 1.26

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Leslie Hamer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bolton, -1968
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

Villa

None

Derby County

None

TEAM NEWS

Tommy Cummings names an unchanged line up.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.45 |

Oldest Player |
W Johnny MacLeod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 29.14 |

Youngest Player |
F Brian Greenhalgh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.89 |

MANAGER

Tommy Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Aston Villa

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

MANAGER

Brian Clough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Derby County

GK Reg Matthews | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Ron Webster | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Roy McFarland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Bobby Saxton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB John Richardson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alan Durban | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Arthur Stewart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Gordon Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Richie Barker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Kevin Hector | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F John O’Hare | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | F John Woodward | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Tommy Mitchinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 76' |

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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CB Peter Daniel | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/12

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/12

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 1 |
F Peter Broadbent | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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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

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

MATCH QUOTES

MATCH REPORT

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