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Game #2967

Saturday, 17 February 1968

Attendance: 33,442

Lost

FA Cup 4th Round

4th Round

Rotherham United

WWWLL

Villa Park

Villa lose to bottom side Rotherham in the fourth round of the FA Cup.

Aston Villa

0-1

Rotherham United

Assist(s) | None |

KEY MAN

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MATCH TIMELINE

HT Aston Villa 0-0 Rotherham United
70’ Sub off, Willie Anderson, Sub on, John Woodward
85’ Goal, 0-1, (Rotherham United), Jim Storrie
FT Aston Villa 0-0 Rotherham United

ON THIS DAY

Tommy Cummings' Villa fail to score for the second successive game and suffer two defeats on the bounce for the first time since November as Rotherham knock them out of the FA Cup.

Aston Villa

Rotherham United

FIXTURE HISTORY

Rotherham United

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

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1967-68 |
Matchday | #29 |
Manager Game | #29 |
Saturday, 17 February 1968

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Tommy Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sunderland, 1967-1968
Referee: Arthur Dimond | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Essex, 1965-1971
FT Result | Lost |
FT Score | 0-1 |
Last 5 Games | WWWLL |

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Arthur Dimond | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Essex, 1965-1971
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None

CARDS

Villa

None

Rotherham United

None

Arthur Dimond

TEAM NEWS

Tommy Cummings names the same line up for the third successive game for the first time this season.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.56 |

Oldest Player |
W Johnny MacLeod | 29.25 |

Youngest Player |
F Brian Greenhalgh | 21.01 |

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 |

Rotherham United

Hill, Swift, Hague, Quinn, Watson, Tiler, Wilson, Chappell, Storrie (g), Shepherd, Bentley.

Manager: Tommy Docherty.

SUBSTITUTES

F John Woodward for M Willie Anderson | 70' |

SUBSTITUTES

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

SQUAD STATS

MATCHDAY SQUAD

SQUAD STATS

MATCHDAY SQUAD

UNAVAILABLE

Peter Broadbent

UNAVAILABLE

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, 19 February 1968