Game #2970
Saturday, 2 March 1968
Attendance: 14,886
Won
Division Two
12th= (+3)
Millwall
LLLDW
Villa Park
Villa win for the first time in five as they beat seventh placed Millwall to climb to joint twelfth, ten points clear of the relegation places and eleven off the final promotion place.
Aston Villa
3-1
Millwall
Assist(s) | Not recorded |
KEY MAN
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MATCH TIMELINE
20’ Goal, 0-1, (Millwall), Conlan
29’ Goal, 1-1, Willie Anderson, pen
42’ Goal, 2-1, Willie Anderson
HT Aston Villa 2-1 Millwall
46’ Goal, 3-1, Tommy Mitchinson
FT Aston Villa 3-1 Millwall
ON THIS DAY
Tommy Cummings' Villa win for the first time in five to make it thirteen wins, three draws and thirteen defeats in twenty nine League games so far this season.
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 | #32 |
League Match | #29 |
Manager Game | #32 |
Saturday, 2 March 1968
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager | Tommy Cummings |
Referee | Geoffrey Roper, Stowmarket |
FT Result | Won |
FT Score | 3-1 |
Last 5 Games | LLLDW
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Geoffrey Roper
CARDS
TEAM NEWS
Dave Rudge replaces Dave Roberts.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 22.98 |
Oldest Player |
F Brian Godfrey | 27.85 |
Youngest Player |
M Dave Rudge | 20.13 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Tommy Cummings
Aston Villa
GK John Dunn |
D Keith Bradley |
RB Mick Wright |
M Alan Deakin |
M Lew Chatterley |
M Willie Anderson |
M Tommy Mitchinson |
M Bobby Park |
M Dave Rudge |
F Brian Godfrey |
F John Woodward |
Millwall
Leslie, Gilchrist, Cripps, Jones, Kitchener, Burnett, Possee, Weller, Conlan (g), Jacks, Neil.
Manager: Benny Fenton.
SUBSTITUTES
None
SUBSTITUTES
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
LB Charlie Aitken |
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
PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
*Birmingham Daily Post*
Monday, 4 March 1968