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Game #2966

Saturday, 10 February 1968

Attendance: 22,724

Lost

Division Two

14th (-1)

Middlesbrough

WWWWL

Villa Park

Villa lose for the first time in six as they are beaten at home on the break by a defensive Boro side they can't get past. Villa fall to 14th in the table.

Aston Villa

0-1

Middlesbrough

Assist(s) | None |

KEY MAN

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FT Aston Villa 0-1 Middlesbrough

ON THIS DAY

Tommy Cummings' Villa lose for the first time in six to make it twelve wins, two draws and twelve defeats in twenty six League games so far this season.

Aston Villa

Middlesbrough

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

FIXTURE HISTORY

Middlesbrough

Previous 5 vs. Middlesbrough: | 🟥 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟨 |

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1967-68 |
Matchday | #28 |
League Match | #26 |
Manager Game | #28 |
Saturday, 10 February 1968

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Tommy Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sunderland, 1967-1968
Referee: Clive Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Treorchy, 1966–1984
Kick off: 3.00pm
FT Result | Lost |
FT Score | 0-1 |
Last 5 Games | WWWWL |

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Clive Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Treorchy, 1966–1984
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None

CARDS

Villa

None

Middlesbrough

None

Clive Thomas

TEAM NEWS

Tommy Cummings names an unchanged line up.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.55 |

Oldest Player |
W Johnny MacLeod | 29.24 |

Youngest Player |
F Brian Greenhalgh | 20.99 |

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 Brian Greenhalgh |

Middlesbrough

Whigham, Jones, Spraggon, Gates, Worthington, Masson, McNeill, Kear, Hickton, Crossan, Horsfield (g).

Manager: Stan Anderson.

SUBSTITUTES

None

SUBSTITUTES

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

F John Woodward |

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, 12 February 1968