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Game #2964

Aston Villa

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Saturday, 27 January 1968

3rd Round

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

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 John Woodward | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | ⚽ |

Tommy Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1967-1968
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Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

M Mike Tindall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)

None

Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)

None

Trophy Record

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

Matchday Squad

Goalkeepers
GK Colin Withers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Full Backs
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Midfielders
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Lew Chatterley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mike Tindall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tommy Mitchinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Bobby Park | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Wingers
W Johnny MacLeod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Forwards
F Brian Godfrey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
F John Woodward | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Unavailable

Injury | 2 |
F Peter Broadbent | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Greenhalgh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Team News

Colin Withers and John Woodward replace John Dunn and Brian Greenhalgh.

Team Stats

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.52 |

Oldest Player |
W Johnny MacLeod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 29.20 |

Youngest Player |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 21.20 |

Debut Appearances

None

Final Appearances

None

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Won

3-0

🟩 27 Jan 1968, Villa 3-0 Millwall, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Brian Godfrey | 26' | Willie Anderson | 75' | John Woodward | 78' |

Assist(s) | Tommy Mitchinson | 26' | John Woodward | 75' | Brian Godfrey | 78' |

Match Timeline

⚽ | 26’ Goal, 1-0, Brian Godfrey, Assist by Tommy Mitchinson
🕔 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Millwall
⚽ | 75’ Goal, 2-0, Willie Anderson, Assist by John Woodward
⚽ | 78’ Goal, 3-0, John Woodward, Assist by Brian Godfrey
🕔 | FT Aston Villa 3-0 Millwall

Season | 1967-68 |
Matchday | #26 |
Manager Game | #26 |
Saturday, 27 January 1968

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Match Record
Game Record

Manager: Tommy Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sunderland, 1967-1968
Referee: Gordon Kew | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Leeds, 1968-1977
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

Officials

Referee: Gordon Kew | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Leeds, 1968-1977
Linesmen: C. J. Mullings; C. T. Fallon

Previous 5 vs. Millwall: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

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Head to Head

Total 🕒 8 | 🟩 W5 (63% ) | 🟨 D2 | 🇺(88% ) | 🟥 L1 (13% ) | ⚽ 25 | 🥅 7 | GD 18

Match Stats

Not recorded

Tommy Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1967-1968

🕒 26 | 🟩 | 12 🟨 | 2 🟥 12 | 1.46

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

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FA Cup

Millwall

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Villa Park

Attendance: 34,703

GK Lawrie Leslie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB John Gilchrist | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Barry Kitchener | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Dennis Burnett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M George Jacks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ken Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Derek Possee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Eamon Dunphy | 🇮🇪 | 🔁 |
W Keith Weller | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Billy Neil | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Bryan Conlon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Benny Fenton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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Substitutes

🔁 | M Eamon Dunphy | 🇮🇪 | (LB Harry Cripps | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Unused Substitutes

None

Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)

None

Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)

None

Opposition Trophy Record

League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

Opposition Matchday Squad

Goalkeepers
GK Lawrie Leslie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Defenders
CB Barry Kitchener | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Dennis Burnett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Full Backs
RB John Gilchrist | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Harry Cripps | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Midfielders
M George Jacks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ken Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Derek Possee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Eamon Dunphy | 🇮🇪 |

Wingers
W Keith Weller | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Billy Neil | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Forwards
F Bryan Conlon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Opposition Unavailable

Not Recorded

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Starting XI
GK Colin Withers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

144

144

🔥

0

0

🟩

54

🟨

22

🟥

68

29

🥅

257

LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

301

301

🔥

5

15

🟩

112

🟨

53

🟥

136

RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

155

153

🔥

1

4

🟩

52

🟨

27

🟥

76

M Tommy Mitchinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

19

19

🔥

5

3

🟩

11

🟨

2

🟥

6

M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

44

44

🔥

9

11

🟩

14

🟨

6

🟥

24

M Lew Chatterley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

95

93

🔥

21

5

🟩

37

🟨

14

🟥

44

M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

245

244

🔥

9

13

🟩

89

🟨

55

🟥

101

M Bobby Park | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

62

55

🔥

10

5

🟩

25

🟨

7

🟥

30

W Johnny MacLeod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

135

132

🔥

18

29

🟩

54

🟨

16

🟥

65

CF John Woodward | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

9

7

🔥

5

2

🟩

6

🟨

0

🟥

3

CF Brian Godfrey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
🕒

16

16

🔥

7

5

🟩

10

🟨

2

🟥

4

Substitutes
🕒

🔁

🔥

GK Sub

🟩

🟨

🟥

🥅

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 1

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 2

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 3

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

Match Media
On This Day
  • Villa beat fellow second division outfit Millwall in the third round of the FA Cup. 

  • Tommy Cummings' Villa carry their current League form into the FA Cup to record four successive wins for the first time this season and the first time since February 1962.

What they Said

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