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Game #2981

Aston Villa

15-7-18, 37 PTS

Saturday, 27 April 1968

Huddersfield Town

0-0

Aston Villa

Division Two

Huddersfield Town

13-11-16, 37 PTS

Leeds Road

Attendance: 7,489

Drew

13th (-)

Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟨

Assist(s) | None

MATCH SUMMARY

Villa extend their unbeaten run to four games and three draws but it is another poor performance from two sides suspended in mid table purely by virtue of having played more games than their rivals.

KEY MAN

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 27 April 1968

🕔 | HT Huddersfield Town 0-0 Aston Villa
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Mick Wright, Sub on, Bobby Park
🕔 | FT Huddersfield Town 0-0 Aston Villa

ON THIS DAY

Tommy Cummings' Villa make it three unbeaten and fifteen wins, seven draws and eighteen defeats in forty League games this season.

Meanwhile, winger Johnny MacLeod made his final appearance for Villa at the age of 29 before moving to KV Mechelen of Belgium in July.

MacLeod played for Villa between 1964-65 and 1967-68 making 140 appearances and scoring 18 goals.

Aston Villa

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

Huddersfield Town

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1925-26

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa Vs.

Huddersfield Town

Previous 5 vs. Huddersfield: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨

PREVIOUS MATCH

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1967-68 |
Matchday | #43 |
League Match | #40 |
Manager Game | #43 |
Saturday, 27 April 1968

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Tommy Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sunderland, 1967-1968
Referee: Ken Dagnall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bolton, 1955-1968
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 0-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟨

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Tommy Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 43 | 🟩 | 16 🟨 7 🟥 20 | 1.28

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Ken Dagnall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bolton, 1955-1968
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

None

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None

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TEAM NEWS

Alan Deakin and Johnny MacLeod replace Bobby Park and Dave Rudge.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.62 |

Oldest Player |
W Johnny MacLeod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 29.45 |

Youngest Player |
F Brian Greenhalgh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 21.20 |

MANAGER

Tommy Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Aston Villa

GK Colin Withers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CB Fred Turnbull | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Dick Edwards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Lew Chatterley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tommy Mitchinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Johnny MacLeod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔴 |
F Brian Greenhalgh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Godfrey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

MANAGER

Tom Johnston | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Huddersfield Town

GK John Oldfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Billy Legg | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Roy Ellam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Trevor Cherry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jimmy McGill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Jimmy Nicholson | 🇬🇧 |
W Colin Dobson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Brian Hill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Joe Harper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Frank Worthington | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Paul Aimson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Bobby Park | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | for RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 46' |

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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CB Ray Mielczarek | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

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 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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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

🔴 W Johnny MacLeod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1964-68 | 🕒 140 | 137 (3) | ⚽ 18 | 🔥 18 | 🇺 2 | #505 |

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

MATCH QUOTES

MATCH REPORT

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