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Game #2963

Saturday, 20 January 1968

Attendance: 19,560

Won

Division Two

14th= (+2)

Charlton Athletic

WLWWW

Villa Park

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) | Not recorded |

KEY MAN

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MATCH TIMELINE

1’ Debut, John Dunn
1’ Goal, 1-0, Johnny MacLeod, 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

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
FT Result | Won |
FT Score | 4-1 |
Last 5 Games | WLWWW |

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Ricky Nicholson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Manchester, 1964-1972
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None

CARDS

Villa

None

Charlton Athletic

None

Ricky Nicholson

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

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

Wright, Curtis, Kinsey, Went, King, Reeves, Booth, Campbell (g), Gregory (ex), Bolland, Peacock.

Manager: Eddie Firmani.

SUBSTITUTES

F John Woodward for F Brian Godfrey | 77' |

SUBSTITUTES

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

SQUAD STATS

MATCHDAY SQUAD

SQUAD STATS

MATCHDAY SQUAD

UNAVAILABLE

Peter Broadbent
Colin Withers

UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded

Player Abbreviations:

GK : Goalkeeper

LB, RB, FB : Left Back, Right Back, Full Back

CB, D : Centre Back, Defender

M, W : Midfielder. Winger

F, CF : Forward, Centre Forward

🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game

Symbols:

⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution

🟨 | Booking

🟥 | Sending off

🆘 | Poor refereeing performance

DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

TABLE

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PROGRAMME

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MATCHDAY QUOTES

*Birmingham Daily Post*
Monday, 22 January 1968