Game #2971
Aston Villa
13-3-14, 29 PTS
Wednesday, 13 March 1968
14th (-1)
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥
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 | 🏴 |
Tommy Cummings | 🏴 | 1967-1968
Substitutes
🔁 | LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴 | for RB Mick Wright | 🏴 |
Unused Substitutes
None
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
Goalkeepers
GK John Dunn | 🏴 |
Full Backs
RB Keith Bradley | 🏴 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴 |
Midfielders
M Alan Deakin | 🏴 |
M Lew Chatterley | 🏴 |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴 |
M Tommy Mitchinson | 🏴 |
M Bobby Park | 🏴 |
M Dave Rudge | 🏴 |
Forwards
F Brian Godfrey | 🏴 |
F John Woodward | 🏴 |
Unavailable
Injury | 3 |
F Peter Broadbent | 🏴 |
F Brian Greenhalgh | 🏴 |
GK Colin Withers | 🏴 |
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 |
Debut Appearances
None
Final Appearances
None
Lost
1-2
🟥 13 Mar 1968, Villa 1-2 Blackburn, Ewood
Scorer(s) | Dave Rudge | 88' |
Assist(s) | Willie Anderson | 88' |
Match Timeline
🥅 | 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
Season | 1967-68 |
Matchday | #33 |
League Match | #30 |
Manager Game | #33 |
Wednesday, 13 March 1968
Match Record
Game Record
Manager: Tommy Cummings | 🏴 | Sunderland, 1967-1968
Referee: D. N. H. Payne | 🏴 | Sheffield
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥
Officials
Referee: D. N. H. Payne | 🏴 | Sheffield
Linesmen: K. Barton; J. G. Brine
Previous 5 vs. Blackburn: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩
Head to Head
Total 🕒 114 | 🟩 W50 (44% ) | 🟨 D23 | 🇺(64% ) | 🟥 L41 (36% ) | ⚽ 214 | 🥅 206 | GD 8
Match Stats
Not recorded
Tommy Cummings | 🏴 | 1967-1968
🕒 33 | 🟩 | 14 🟨 3 🟥 16 | 1.36
Villa Career Form:
Mid Table
Division Two
Blackburn Rovers
13-8-10, 34 PTS
Ewood Park
Attendance: 10,026
GK John Barton | 🏴 |
CB John Coddington | 🏴 |
LB Keith Newton | 🏴 |
FB Billy Wilson | 🏴 |
M Barrie Hole (ft) | 🏴 |
M Eamonn Rogers | 🇮🇪 |
M Mike Ferguson (ft) | 🏴 | ⚽ |
W John Connelly | 🏴 |
F Don Martin | 🏴 |
F Malcolm Darling | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F George Sharples | 🏴 |
Eddie Quigley | 🏴 |
Substitutes
Not Recorded
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: 1927–28
Opposition Matchday Squad
Goalkeepers
GK John Barton | 🏴 |
Defenders
CB John Coddington | 🏴 |
Full Backs
LB Keith Newton | 🏴 |
FB Billy Wilson | 🏴 |
Midfielders
M Barrie Hole (ft) | 🏴 |
M Eamonn Rogers | 🇮🇪 |
M Mike Ferguson (ft) | 🏴 |
Wingers
W John Connelly | 🏴 |
Forwards
F Don Martin | 🏴 |
F Malcolm Darling | 🏴 |
F George Sharples | 🏴 |
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded
Starting XI
Match Media
On This Day
Villa lose for the fourth time in six games as form continues to fall off under Tommy Cummings.
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.
What they Said
