Game #2965
Aston Villa
12-2-11, 26 PTS
Saturday, 3 February 1968
Won
14th (-)
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩
Division Two
Attendance: 10,214
Crystal Palace
Selhurst Park
10-7-8, 27 PTS
Crystal Palace
0-1
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Willie Anderson | 30' |
MATCH SUMMARY
Villa make it five consecutive victories in all competitions, eleven wins in their last fourteen having started the season with two wins in twelve under Tommy Cummings. As a result Villa climb to joint 13th in the table eleven points clear of the relegation places and eleven points off the final promotion spot.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 3 February 1968
⚽ | 30’ Goal, 1-0, Brian Godfrey, Assist by Willie Anderson
🕔 | HT Crystal Palace 0-1 Aston Villa
🕔 | FT Crystal Palace 0-1 Aston Villa
ON THIS DAY
Tommy Cummings' Villa record five successive wins for the first time this season and the first time since September 1959 to make it twelve wins, two draws and eleven defeats in twenty five League games so far this season.
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1960-61
Crystal Palace
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
FIXTURE HISTORY
Crystal Palace
Previous 5 vs. Palace: 🟩 🟩 🟥
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1967-68 |
Matchday | #27 |
League Match | #25 |
Manager Game | #27 |
Saturday, 3 February 1968
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Tommy Cummings | 🏴 | Sunderland, 1967-1968
Referee: Iorwerth Jones | 🏴 | Trelewis, 1966-1975
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Tommy Cummings | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 27 | 🟩 | 12 🟨 | 2 🟥 12 | 1.52
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Iorwerth Jones | 🏴 | Trelewis, 1966-1975
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None
ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:
CARDS
Villa
None
Crystal Palace
None
TEAM NEWS
Brian Greenhalgh replaces John Woodward.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 24.54 |
Oldest Player |
W Johnny MacLeod | 🏴 | 29.22 |
Youngest Player |
F Brian Greenhalgh | 🏴 | 20.97 |
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 Brian Greenhalgh | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Bert Head | 🏴 |
Crystal Palace
GK John Jackson | 🏴 |
RB John Sewell | 🏴 |
CB Alan Stephenson | 🏴 |
CB John McCormick | 🏴 |
LB Eddie Presland | 🏴 |
LB Jack Bannister | 🏴 |
M Steve Kember | 🏴 |
M Bobby Woodruff | 🏴 |
W Len Tomkins | 🏴 |
W Cliff Jackson | 🏴 |
CF Johnny Byrne | 🏴 |
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
M Mike Tindall | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
M Trevor Dawkins | 🏴 |
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 | 1 |
F Peter Broadbent | 🏴 |
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
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
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