Game #2975
Aston Villa
14-3-17, 31 PTS

Saturday, 30 March 1968
14th (+1)
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩
GK Colin Withers | 🏴 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴 |
CB Fred Turnbull | 🏴 |
CB Dick Edwards | 🏴 | 🔥 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴 |
M Lew Chatterley | 🏴 |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴 |
M Tommy Mitchinson | 🏴 |
M Dave Rudge | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F Brian Greenhalgh | 🏴 |
F Brian Godfrey | 🏴 | ⚽ |
Tommy Cummings | 🏴 | 1967-1968

Substitutes
No Substitutions Made
Unused Substitutes
M Bobby Park | 🏴 |
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
Unavailable
Injury | 1 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴 |
Team News
Colin Withers, Mick Wright, Dave Rudge, Fred Turnbull, Brian Greenhalgh and Dick Edwards replace John Dunn, Charlie Aitken, Bobby Park, Johnny MacLeod, Keith Bradley and John Woodward.
Team Stats
Starting XI Average Age
| 23.62 |
Oldest Player |
GK Colin Withers | 🏴 | 28.04 |
Youngest Player |
M Dave Rudge | 🏴 | 20.20 |
Debut Appearances
None
Final Appearances
None

Won
2-1
🟩 30 Mar 1968, Villa 2-1 Carlisle, Brunton Park
Scorer(s) | Dave Rudge | 23' | Brian Godfrey | 43' |
Assist(s) | Dick Edwards | 23' |
Match Timeline
🥅 | 22’ Goal, 0-1, (Carlisle United), Peter Garbutt
⚽ | 23’ Goal, 1-1, Dave Rudge, Assist by Dick Edwards
⚽ | 43’ Goal, 2-1, Brian Godfrey
🕔 | HT Carlisle United 1-2 Aston Villa
🕔 | FT Carlisle United 1-2 Aston Villa
Season | 1967-68 |
Matchday | #37 |
League Match | #34 |
Manager Game | #37 |
Saturday, 30 March 1968

Match Record
Game Record
Manager: Tommy Cummings | 🏴 | Sunderland, 1967-1968
Referee: David Laing | 🏴 | Preston, 1966-1972
Kick off: 6.30pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩
Officials
Referee: David Laing | 🏴 | Preston, 1966-1972
Match Stats
Not recorded
Tommy Cummings | 🏴 | 1967-1968
🕒 37 | 🟩 | 15 🟨 3 🟥 19 | 1.30
Villa Career Form:
Mid Table

Division Two
Carlisle United
12-11-11, 35 PTS

Brunton Park
Attendance: 8,861
GK Allan Ross | 🏴 |
FB John Brodie | 🏴 |
LB Terry Caldwell | 🏴 |
WH Peter McConnell | 🏴 |
LH Peter Garbutt | 🏴 | ⚽ |
LH Gordon Marsland | 🏴 |
M Frank Barton | 🏴 |
M Chris Balderstone | 🏴 |
W George McVitie | 🏴 |
W Frank Sharp | 🏴 |
CF Hugh McIlmoyle | 🏴 |
Tim Ward | 🏴 |

Substitutes
No Substitutions Made
Unused Substitutes
F John Rudge | 🏴 |
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: ❌
Opposition Matchday Squad
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded

Starting XI
Match Media
On This Day
Villa win for the first time in five second division games after four consecutive defeats as Tommy Cummings’ side climb back to joint 13th in the table but remain just five points off the relegation places with eight games left to play of what is described as a “Dismal season” by the local press.
Tommy Cummings' Villa win for the first time in five to stop a run of four successive losses and make it fourteen wins, three draws and seventeen defeats in thirty four League games so far this season.
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