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Game #2964

Saturday, 27 January 1968

Attendance: 34,703

Won

FA Cup 3rd Round

3rd Round

Millwall

LWWWW

Villa Park

Villa beat fellow second division outfit Millwall in the third round of the FA Cup.

Aston Villa

3-0

Millwall

Assist(s) | Not recorded |

KEY MAN

PREVIOUS MATCH

NEXT MATCH

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 Johnny MacLeod
78’ Goal, 3-0, John Woodward, Assist by Brian Godfrey
FT Aston Villa 3-0 Millwall

ON THIS DAY

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.

Aston Villa

Millwall

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

FIXTURE HISTORY

Millwall

Previous 5 vs. Millwall: | 🟥 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟩 |

FIXTURE DETAILS

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

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager | Tommy Cummings |
Referee | Gordon Kew, Middlesex |
FT Result | Won |
FT Score | 3-0 |
Last 5 Games | LWWWW |

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Gordon Kew | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Leeds, 1966-1977
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None

CARDS

Villa

None

Millwall

None

Gordon Kew

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 |

MANAGER

MANAGER

Tommy Cummings

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 John Woodward |

Millwall

Leslie, Gilchrist, Burnett, Jacks, Kitchener, Jones, Possee, Weller, Conlon, Dunphy (Cripps), Neil.

Manager: Benny Fenton.

SUBSTITUTES

None

SUBSTITUTES

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

M Mike Tindall |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

SQUAD STATS

MATCHDAY SQUAD

SQUAD STATS

MATCHDAY SQUAD

UNAVAILABLE

Peter Broadbent

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, 29 January 1968