Game #2968
Aston Villa
12-2-13, 26 PTS
Saturday, 24 February 1968
16th (-2)
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥
GK Colin Withers | 🏴 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴 |
RB Keith Bradley | 🏴 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴 |
M Lew Chatterley | 🏴 |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴 |
M Tommy Mitchinson | 🏴 |
M Bobby Park | 🏴 |
W Dave Roberts | 🏴 |
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
Unavailable
Injury | 2 |
F Peter Broadbent | 🏴 |
F Brian Greenhalgh | 🏴 |
Team News
Dave Roberts (second start of the season and first in 24 games), Keith Bradley (first start in 11) and John Woodward replace Johnny MacLeod, Mick Wright and leading scorer Brian Greenhalgh.
Team Stats
Starting XI Average Age
| 23.92 |
Oldest Player |
GK Colin Withers | 🏴 | 27.95 |
Youngest Player |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴 | 21.10 |
Debut Appearances
None
Final Appearances
None
Lost
1-2
🟥 24 Feb 1968, Villa 1-2 Birmingham, St Andrew's
Scorer(s) | Brian Godfrey | 42' |
Assist(s) | John Woodward | 42' |
Match Timeline
🥅 | 1’ Goal, 0-1, (Birmingham City), Barry Bridges
⚽ | 42’ Goal, 1-1, Brian Godfrey, Assist by John Woodward
🕔 | HT Birmingham City 1-1 Aston Villa
🥅 | 83’ Goal, 1-2, (Birmingham City), Barry Bridges
🕔 | FT Birmingham City 2-1 Aston Villa
Season | 1967-68 |
Matchday | #30 |
League Match | #27 |
Manager Game | #30 |
Saturday, 24 February 1968
Match Record
Game Record
Manager: Tommy Cummings | 🏴 | Sunderland, 1967-1968
Referee: Norman Burtenshaw | 🏴 | Great Yarmouth, 1965-1972
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥
Officials
Referee: Norman Burtenshaw | 🏴 | Great Yarmouth, 1965-1972
Previous 5 vs. Birmingham: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥
Head to Head
Total 🕒 77 | 🟩 30 | 🟨 24 | 🟥 23 | ⚽ 134 | 🥅 111 |
League 🕒 72 | 🟩 28 | 🟨 22 | 🟥 22 | ⚽ 128 | 🥅 108 |
FA Cup 🕒 3 | 🟩 2 | 🟨 1 | 🟥 0 | ⚽ 5 | 🥅 0 |
League Cup 🕒 2 | 🟩 0 | 🟨 1 | 🟥 1 | ⚽ 1 | 🥅 3 |
Home 🕒 38 | 🟩 18 | 🟨 12 | 🟥 8 | ⚽ 73 | 🥅 48 |
Away 🕒 39 | 🟩 12 | 🟨 12 | 🟥 15 | ⚽ 61 | 🥅 63 |
Match Stats
Not recorded
Tommy Cummings | 🏴 | 1967-1968
🕒 30 | 🟩 | 12 🟨 | 2 🟥 15 | 1.37
Villa Career Form:
Mid Table
Division Two
Birmingham City
14-8-8, 36 PTS
St Andrew's
Attendance: 45,283
GK Jim Herriot | 🏴 |
RB Ray Martin | 🏴 |
D Malcolm Page | 🏴 |
FB Colin Green | 🏴 |
LH Malcolm Beard | 🏴 |
CH Winston Foster | 🏴 |
M Johnny Vincent | 🏴 |
IF Ron Wylie (ex) | 🏴 |
IF Geoff Vowden | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F Barry Bridges | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CF Fred Pickering | 🏴 |
Stan Cullis | 🏴 |
Substitutes
No Substitutions Made
Unused Substitutes
Not Recorded
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: 1962-63
Opposition Matchday Squad
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded
Starting XI
Match Media
On This Day
Villa lose for the third consecutive game to fall back to 15th in the table, eight points off the relegation places as neighbours Birmingham record only their third League double over Villa in four decades.
Tommy Cummings' Villa lose for the third successive game for the first time since September to make it twelve wins, two draws and thirteen defeats in twenty seven League games so far this season.
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