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Game #2972

Aston Villa

13-3-15, 29 PTS

Saturday, 16 March 1968

Blackpool

1-0

Aston Villa

Division Two

Blackpool

16-10-6, 42 PTS

Bloomfield Road

Attendance: 14,361

Lost

14th (-)

Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥

Assist(s) | None

MATCH SUMMARY

Villa's difficult run continues as they lose for the fifth time in seven games to fall back to joint fourteenth in the second division table, eight points off the relegation places and thirteen off the promotion spots.

KEY MAN

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 16 March 1968

🟢 | 1’ Debut, Dick Edwards
🕔 | HT Blackpool 0-0 Aston Villa
🔁 | 72’ Sub off, Peter Broadbent, Sub on, Bobby Park
🥅 | 84’ Goal, 0-1, (Blackpool), Gordon Milne
🕔 | FT Blackpool 1-0 Aston Villa

ON THIS DAY

Tommy Cummings' Villa lose for the fifth time in seven to make it thirteen wins, three draws and fifteen defeats in thirty one League games so far this season.

Meanwhile, defender Dick Edwards made his Villa debut aged 25 after moving from Mansfield Town for a fee of £30,000 earlier this month.

Aston Villa

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

Blackpool

League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1952-53

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa Vs.

Blackpool

Previous 5 vs. Blackpool: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

PREVIOUS MATCH

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1967-68 |
Matchday | #34 |
League Match | #31 |
Manager Game | #34 |
Saturday, 16 March 1968

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Tommy Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sunderland, 1967-1968
Referee: Ron Barker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Crewe, 1967-1971
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Tommy Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 34 | 🟩 | 14 🟨 3 🟥 17 | 1.32

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Ron Barker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Crewe, 1967-1971
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

None

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None

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TEAM NEWS

Charlie Aitken, Peter Broadbent, Brian Greenhalgh and Dick Edwards (debut) replace Mick Wright, Bobby Park, Dave Rudge and John Woodward.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.28 |

Oldest Player |
F Peter Broadbent | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 34.86 |

Youngest Player |
F Brian Greenhalgh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 21.08 |

MANAGER

Tommy Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Aston Villa

GK John Dunn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Keith Bradley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Dick Edwards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Lew Chatterley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tommy Mitchinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Godfrey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
F Peter Broadbent | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
F Brian Greenhalgh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Stan Mortensen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Blackpool

GK Alan Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Jimmy Armfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Terry Alcock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John McPhee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Harry Mowbray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RH Gordon Milne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Tony Green | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M John Craven | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Graham Oates | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
W Alan Skirton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Tom White | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Bobby Park | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | for F Peter Broadbent | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 72' |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | W Graham Oates | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (F Gerry Ingram | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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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

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 1 |
GK Colin Withers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Reported

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

🟢 CB Dick Edwards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

FINAL APPEARANCES

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

MATCH QUOTES

MATCH REPORT

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