Game #2985
Aston Villa
0-1-1, 1 PTS
Saturday, 17 August 1968
Drew
16th=
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨
Division Two
Attendance: 20,937
Fulham
Villa Park
1-1-0, 3 PTS
Villa need a late equaliser from John Woodward to avoid a second successive defeat after conceding an early goal to Fulham. Tommy Cummings’ side sit joint 16th after two second division games.
Aston Villa
1-1
Fulham
Assist(s) | Tommy Mitchinson | 84' |
KEY MAN
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 17 August 1968
🥅 | 3’ Goal, 0-1, (Fulham), Jim Conway
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-1 Fulham
⚽ | 84’ Goal, 1-1, John Woodward, Assist by Tommy Mitchinson
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-1 Fulham
ON THIS DAY
Tommy Cummings' Villa draw their first home game of the season and are now without a win in six matches.
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1960-61
Fulham
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
FIXTURE HISTORY
Fulham
Previous 5 vs. Fulham: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1968-69 |
Matchday | #2 |
League Match | #2 |
Manager Game | #47 |
Saturday, 17 August 1968
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Tommy Cummings | 🏴 | Sunderland, 1967-1968
Referee: Ivan Robinson | 🏴 | Manchester, 1966-1972
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Tommy Cummings | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 47 | 🟩 | 16 🟨 8 🟥 23 | 1.19
Career Form:
Bottom 8
Tommy Cummings | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Ivan Robinson | 🏴 | Manchester, 1966-1972
Previous 5:
Last Match: None
Cards: None
Ivan Robinson
CARDS
Villa
None
Fulham
None
TEAM NEWS
Mick Wright, Fred Turnbull and John Woodward replace Lew Chatterley, Bobby Park and Alan Deakin.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 24.40 |
Oldest Player |
GK Colin Withers | 🏴 | 28.43 |
Youngest Player |
F Brian Greenhalgh | 🏴 | 21.50 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Tommy Cummings | 🏴 |
Bobby Robson | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Colin Withers | 🏴 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴 |
CB Dick Edwards | 🏴 |
CB Fred Turnbull | 🏴 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴 |
M Mike Ferguson | 🏴 |
M Tommy Mitchinson | 🏴 | 🔥 |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴 |
F Brian Godfrey | 🏴 |
F Brian Greenhalgh | 🏴 |
F John Woodward | 🏴 | ⚽ |
Fulham
GK Ian Seymour | 🏴 |
RB John Ryan | 🏴 |
CB John Dempsey | 🇮🇪 |
CB Reg Matthewson | 🏴 |
LB Fred Callaghan | 🏴 |
M Stan Brown | 🏴 |
IF Johnny Haynes | 🏴 |
W Jim Conway | 🇮🇪 | ⚽ |
W Les Barrett | 🏴 |
CF Frank Large | 🏴 |
CF Joe Gilroy | 🏴 |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
M Bobby Park | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
IF Don Kerrigan | 🏴 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/12
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 2 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴 |
M Lew Chatterley | 🏴 |
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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