Game #2987
Aston Villa
0-2-2, 2 PTS
Saturday, 24 August 1968
Lost
17th= (-1)
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟥
Division Two
Attendance: 12,666
Blackburn Rovers
Ewood Park
3-1-0, 7 PTS
Blackburn Rovers
2-0
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | None
MATCH SUMMARY
Another mixed goalkeeping performance from Colin Withers with excellence interspersed with two goal conceding mistakes. Villa lose for the second time in four winless games under Tommy Cummings to sit 17th in the table.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 24 August 1968
🥅 | 10’ Goal, 0-1, (Blackburn Rovers), Malcolm Darling
🕒 | HT Blackburn Rovers 1-0 Aston Villa
💥 | 60' Villa reduced to 10-men due to treatment for injury to Fred Turnbull, no substitution made
🥅 | 62’ Goal, 0-2, (Blackburn Rovers), John Connelly
💥 | 63' Fred Turnbull returns to field of play
🔁 | 76' Sub off, Fred Turnbull, Sub on, John Chambers 🟢
🕒 | FT Blackburn Rovers 2-0 Aston Villa
ON THIS DAY
Tommy Cummings' Villa fail to score for the first time this season and have now gone eight games without a win as they make it two draws and two defeats in four division two games. Meanwhile, midfielder John Chambers made his Villa debut aged 18 after joining from school football in 1965.
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1960-61
Blackburn Rovers
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1927–28
FIXTURE HISTORY
Blackburn Rovers
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FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1968-69 |
Matchday | #4 |
League Match | #4 |
Manager Game | #49 |
Saturday, 24 August 1968
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Tommy Cummings | 🏴 | Sunderland, 1967-1968
Referee: Norman Burtenshaw | 🏴 | Great Yarmouth, 1962-1973
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Tommy Cummings | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 49 | 🟩 | 16 🟨 9 🟥 24 | 1.16
Villa Career Form:
Bottom 8
Tommy Cummings | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Norman Burtenshaw | 🏴 | Great Yarmouth, 1962-1973
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None
Norman Burtenshaw
CARDS
Villa
None
Blackburn Rovers
None
TEAM NEWS
Tommy Cummings names the same line up for a third successive game.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 24.41 |
Oldest Player |
GK Colin Withers | 🏴 | 28.45 |
Youngest Player |
F Brian Greenhalgh | 🏴 | 21.52 |
MANAGER
Tommy Cummings | 🏴 |
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 | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Eddie Quigley | 🏴 |
Blackburn Rovers
GK Adam Blacklaw | 🏴 |
FB Billy Wilson | 🏴 |
CB Dick Mulvaney | 🏴 |
LB Keith Newton | 🏴 |
CH John Coddington | 🏴 |
WH Barrie Hole | 🏴 |
M Stuart Metcalfe | 🏴 |
M Eamonn Rogers | 🇮🇪 |
W John Connelly | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F Don Martin | 🏴 |
F Malcolm Darling | 🏴 | ⚽ |
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M John Chambers | 🏴 | 🟢 | for CB Fred Turnbull | 🏴 | 76' |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
LB Maurice Whittle | 🏴 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/12
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
🟢 M John Chambers | 🏴 |
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
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