Game #2971
Aston Villa
13-3-14, 29 PTS
Wednesday, 13 March 1968
Lost
14th (-1)
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥
Division Two
Attendance: 10,026
Blackburn Rovers
Ewood Park
13-8-10, 34 PTS
Villa lose for the fourth time in six games as form continues to fall off under Tommy Cummings.
Blackburn Rovers
2-1
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Willie Anderson | 88' |
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MATCH TIMELINE
Wednesday, 13 March 1968
🥅 | 4’ Goal, 0-1, (Blackburn Rovers), Mike Ferguson
🕔 | HT Blackburn Rovers 1-0 Aston Villa
🔁 | Sub off, Mick Wright, Sub on, Charlie Aitken
🥅 | Goal, 0-2, (Blackburn Rovers), Malcolm Darling
⚽ | 88’ Goal, 1-2, Dave Rudge, Assist by Willie Anderson
🕔 | FT Blackburn Rovers 2-1 Aston Villa
ON THIS DAY
Tommy Cummings' Villa lose for the fourth time in six to make it thirteen wins, three draws and fourteen defeats in thirty League games so far this season.
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1960-61
Blackburn Rovers
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1927–28
FIXTURE HISTORY
Blackburn Rovers
Previous 5 vs. Blackburn: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1967-68 |
Matchday | #33 |
League Match | #30 |
Manager Game | #33 |
Wednesday, 13 March 1968
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Tommy Cummings | 🏴 | Sunderland, 1967-1968
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Tommy Cummings | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 33 | 🟩 | 14 🟨 3 🟥 16 | 1.36
Career Form:
Mid Table
Tommy Cummings | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Unknown
Cards: None
Unknown
CARDS
Villa
None
Blackburn Rovers
None
TEAM NEWS
Tommy Cummings names an unchanged line up.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 23.01 |
Oldest Player |
F Brian Godfrey | 🏴 | 27.88 |
Youngest Player |
M Dave Rudge | 🏴 | 20.16 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Tommy Cummings | 🏴 |
Eddie Quigley | 🏴 |
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 | 🏴 |
Blackburn Rovers
Not Recorded
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴 | for RB Mick Wright | 🏴 |
SUBSTITUTES
Not Recorded
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
Not Recorded
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
Not Recorded
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 3 |
F Peter Broadbent | 🏴 |
F Brian Greenhalgh | 🏴 |
GK Colin Withers | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
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
DEBUT APPEARANCES
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
TABLE
PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
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