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Game #2970

Aston Villa

13-3-13, 29 PTS

Saturday, 2 March 1968

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Won

13th (+2)

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩

Division Two

Millwall

9-14-9, 32 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 14,886

🟩 2 Mar 1968, Villa 3-1 Millwall, Villa Park

Aston Villa

3-1

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Millwall

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🟩 2 Mar 1968, Villa 3-1 Millwall, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 2 March 1968

🥅 | 20’ Goal, 0-1, (Millwall), Bryan Conlan
⚽ | 29’ Goal, 1-1, Willie Anderson, pen
⚽ | 42’ Goal, 2-1, Willie Anderson, Assist by Dave Rudge
🕔 | HT Aston Villa 2-1 Millwall
⚽ | 46’ Goal, 3-1, Tommy Mitchinson
🚑 | 54' Player retires from field of play with injury (Millwall), Lawrie Lesley
🕔 | FT Aston Villa 3-1 Millwall

Match Statistics

Not recorded

Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution

🟩 2 Mar 1968, Villa 3-1 Millwall, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 2 March 1968
  • 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.

  • 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.

🟩 2 Mar 1968, Villa 3-1 Millwall, Villa Park

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Aston Villa

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1960-61

Millwall

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

FIXTURE HISTORY
Millwall
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Previous 5 vs. Millwall: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

🟩 2 Mar 1968, Villa 3-1 Millwall, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1967-68 |
Matchday | #32 |
League Match | #29 |
Manager Game | #32 |
Saturday, 2 March 1968

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🟩 2 Mar 1968, Villa 3-1 Millwall, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Tommy Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sunderland, 1967-1968
Referee: Geoffrey Roper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Stowmarket, 1964-1968
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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Tommy Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1967-1968

🕒 32 | 🟩 | 14 🟨 3 🟥 15 | 1.41

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

Tommy Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1967-1968

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

🟩 2 Mar 1968, Villa 3-1 Millwall, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Geoffrey Roper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Stowmarket, 1964-1968

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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None

CARDS
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None

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟩 2 Mar 1968, Villa 3-1 Millwall, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Dave Rudge replaces Dave Roberts.

Starting XI Average Age
| 22.98 |

Oldest Player |
F Brian Godfrey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 27.85 |

Youngest Player |
M Dave Rudge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.13 |

Referee

🟩 2 Mar 1968, Villa 3-1 Millwall, Villa Park

MANAGER

Tommy Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1967-1968

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Aston Villa

GK John Dunn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB 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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Benny Fenton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Millwall

GK Lawrie Leslie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ❌ |
RB John Gilchrist | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Barry Kitchener | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Dennis Burnett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Harry Cripps | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ken Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Derek Possee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M George Jacks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Billy Neil | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Keith Weller | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Bryan Conlon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟩 2 Mar 1968, Villa 3-1 Millwall, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

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Substitutes

🟩 2 Mar 1968, Villa 3-1 Millwall, Villa Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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LB Harry Cripps | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

Squad Bios

🟩 2 Mar 1968, Villa 3-1 Millwall, Villa Park

SQUAD STATS
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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/12

SQUAD STATS
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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/12

🟩 2 Mar 1968, Villa 3-1 Millwall, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟩 2 Mar 1968, Villa 3-1 Millwall, Villa Park

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Injury | 3 |
F Peter Broadbent | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Greenhalgh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
GK Colin Withers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Not Recorded

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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟩 2 Mar 1968, Villa 3-1 Millwall, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

🟩 2 Mar 1968, Villa 3-1 Millwall, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 2 Mar 1968, Villa 3-1 Millwall, Villa Park

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