Game #2964
Aston Villa

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

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

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

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
Match Stats
Not recorded
Tommy Cummings | 🏴 | 1967-1968
🕒 26 | 🟩 | 12 🟨 | 2 🟥 12 | 1.46
Villa Career Form:
Top 8

FA Cup
Millwall

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 | 🏴 |

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
Starting XI
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