Game #2963
Aston Villa
11-2-11, 24 PTS
Saturday, 20 January 1968
Won
15th (+1)
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩
Division Two
Attendance: 19,560
Charlton Athletic
Villa Park
6-8-10, 20 PTS
Villa win a third consecutive League game for the second time under Tommy Cummings and collect their nineteenth point in thirteen matches to climb to a season high fourteenth in the table, ten points clear of the relegation places.
Aston Villa
4-1
Charlton Athletic
Assist(s) | Lew Chatterley | 1' | Brian Godfrey | 55' | Tommy Mitchinson | 66' |
KEY MAN
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 20 January 1968
🟢 | 1’ Debut, John Dunn
⚽ | 1’ Goal, 1-0, Johnny MacLeod, Assist by Lew Chatterley, 80 seconds
🕔 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Charlton Athletic
⚽ | 55’ Goal, 2-0, Brian Greenhalgh, Assist by Brian Godfrey
⚽ | 66’ Goal, 3-0, Brian Godfrey, Assist by Tommy Mitchinson
🔁 | 77’ Sub off, Brian Godfrey, Sub on, John Woodward
🥅 | 81’ Goal, 3-1, (Charlton Athletic), Campbell
⚽ | 84’ Goal, 4-1, John Woodward
🕔 | FT Aston Villa 4-1 Charlton Athletic
ON THIS DAY
Tommy Cummings' Villa record three successive wins for the second time this season to make it eleven wins, two draws and eleven defeats in twenty four League games so far this season. Meanwhile, goalkeeper John Dunn made his Villa debut aged 23 after moving from Torquay United earlier this month for a fee of £8,000.
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1960-61
Charlton Athletic
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1946-47
FIXTURE HISTORY
Charlton Athletic
Previous 5 vs. Charlton: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1967-68 |
Matchday | #25 |
League Match | #24 |
Manager Game | #25 |
Saturday, 20 January 1968
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Tommy Cummings | 🏴 | Sunderland, 1967-1968
Referee: Ricky Nicholson | 🏴 | Manchester, 1964-1972
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Tommy Cummings | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 25 | 🟩 | 11 🟨 | 2 🟥 12 | 1.40
Career Form:
Mid Table
Tommy Cummings | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Ricky Nicholson | 🏴 | Manchester, 1964-1972
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None
Ricky Nicholson
CARDS
Villa
None
Charlton Athletic
None
TEAM NEWS
John Dunn makes his debut in place of Colin Withers.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 24.15 |
Oldest Player |
W Johnny MacLeod | 🏴 | 29.18 |
Youngest Player |
F Brian Greenhalgh | 🏴 | 20.93 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Tommy Cummings | 🏴 |
Eddie Firmani | 🇮🇹 |
Aston Villa
GK John Dunn | 🏴 | 🟢 |
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 | 🏴 | ⚽ |
Charlton Athletic
GK Charlie Wright | 🏴 |
RB Bob Curtis | 🏴 |
CB Paul Went | 🏴 |
CB Peter Reeves | 🏴 |
LB Brian Kinsey | 🏴 |
CH Ian King | 🏴 |
M Dennis Booth | 🏴 |
M Alan Campbell | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Harry Gregory | 🏴 |
M Gordon Bolland | 🏴 |
M Keith Peacock | 🏴 |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | F John Woodward | 🏴 | ⚽ | for F Brian Godfrey | 🏴 | 77' |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
CB John Keirs | 🏴 |
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 Peter Broadbent | 🏴 |
GK Colin Withers | 🏴 |
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
🟢 GK John Dunn | 🏴 |
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
TABLE
PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
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