Game #2987
Aston Villa
0-2-2, 2 PTS
Saturday, 24 August 1968
17th= (-1)
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟥
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 | 🏴 |
Tommy Cummings | 🏴 | 1967-1968
Substitutes
🔁 | M John Chambers | 🏴 | 🟢 | for CB Fred Turnbull | 🏴 | 76' |
Unused Substitutes
None
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
Goalkeepers
GK Colin Withers | 🏴 |
Defenders
CB Dick Edwards | 🏴 |
CB Fred Turnbull | 🏴 |
Full Backs
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴 |
Midfielders
M Mike Ferguson | 🏴 |
M Tommy Mitchinson | 🏴 |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴 |
M John Chambers | 🏴 |
Forwards
F Brian Godfrey | 🏴 |
F Brian Greenhalgh | 🏴 |
F John Woodward | 🏴 |
Unavailable
Injury | 2 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴 |
M Lew Chatterley | 🏴 |
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 |
Debut Appearances
🟢 M John Chambers | 🏴 | #530 | Youth team promotion
Final Appearances
None
Lost
0-2
🟥 24 Aug 1968, Villa 0-2 Blackburn, Ewood
Scorer(s) | None
Assist(s) | None
Match Timeline
🥅 | 10’ Goal, 0-1, (Blackburn Rovers), Malcolm Darling
🕒 | HT Blackburn Rovers 1-0 Aston Villa
🚑 | 60' Player retires from field of play with injury, Fred Turnbull
🥅 | 62’ Goal, 0-2, (Blackburn Rovers), John Connelly
🚑 | 63' Player returns to field of play, Fred Turnbull
🔁 | 76' Sub off, Fred Turnbull, Sub on, John Chambers 🟢
🕒 | FT Blackburn Rovers 2-0 Aston Villa
Season | 1968-69 |
Matchday | #4 |
League Match | #4 |
Manager Game | #49 |
Saturday, 24 August 1968
Match Record
Game Record
Manager: Tommy Cummings | 🏴 | Sunderland, 1967-1968
Referee: Norman Burtenshaw | 🏴 | Great Yarmouth, 1965-1972
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟥
Officials
Referee: Norman Burtenshaw | 🏴 | Great Yarmouth, 1965-1972
Linesmen: R. D. Jameson; M. Lowe
Previous 5 vs. Blackburn: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥
Head to Head
Total 🕒 116 | 🟩 W50 (43% ) | 🟨 D23 | 🇺(63% ) | 🟥 L43 (37% ) | ⚽ 215 | 🥅 210 | GD 5
Match Stats
Not recorded
Tommy Cummings | 🏴 | 1967-1968
🕒 49 | 🟩 | 16 🟨 9 🟥 24 | 1.16
Villa Career Form:
Bottom 8
Division Two
Blackburn Rovers
3-1-0, 7 PTS
Ewood Park
Attendance: 12,666
GK Adam Blacklaw | 🏴 |
FB Billy Wilson | 🏴 |
CB Dick Mulvaney | 🏴 |
CB John Coddington | 🏴 |
LB Keith Newton | 🏴 |
M Barrie Hole (ft) | 🏴 |
M Stuart Metcalfe | 🏴 |
M Eamonn Rogers | 🇮🇪 |
W John Connelly | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F Don Martin | 🏴 |
F Malcolm Darling | 🏴 | ⚽ |
Eddie Quigley | 🏴 |
Substitutes
No Substitutions Made
Unused Substitutes
LB Maurice Whittle | 🏴 |
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: 1927–28
Opposition Matchday Squad
Goalkeepers
GK Adam Blacklaw | 🏴 |
Defenders
CB Dick Mulvaney | 🏴 |
CB John Coddington | 🏴 |
Full Backs
FB Billy Wilson | 🏴 |
LB Keith Newton | 🏴 |
LB Maurice Whittle | 🏴 |
Midfielders
M Barrie Hole (ft) | 🏴 |
M Stuart Metcalfe | 🏴 |
M Eamonn Rogers | 🇮🇪 |
Wingers
W John Connelly | 🏴 |
Forwards
F Don Martin | 🏴 |
F Malcolm Darling | 🏴 |
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded
Starting XI
Match Media
On This Day
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.
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.
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