Game #2989
Aston Villa
1-2-3, 4 PTS
Saturday, 31 August 1968
19th= (-5)
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥
GK John Dunn | 🏴 |
CB Dick Edwards | 🏴 |
RB Keith Bradley | 🏴 |
CB Fred Turnbull | 🏴 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴 |
M Mike Ferguson | 🏴 |
M Tommy Mitchinson | 🏴 |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Bobby Park | 🏴 |
F Brian Godfrey | 🏴 |
F John Woodward | 🏴 |
Tommy Cummings | 🏴 | 1967-1968
Substitutes:
🔁 | CF Brian Greenhalgh | 🏴 | for M Willie Anderson | 🏴 | 74' |
Unused Substitutes:
None
None
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1960-61
Matchday Squad:
Injury | 3 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴 |
M Lew Chatterley | 🏴 |
GK Colin Withers | 🏴 |
Willie Anderson and Keith Bradley replace Dave Rudge and Mick Wright.
Starting XI Average Age
| 24.16 |
Oldest Player |
F Brian Godfrey | 🏴 | 28.35 |
Youngest Player |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴 | 21.62 |
Blackpool win at Villa Park for the first time in 15 years as Villa are slow-handclapped by the crowd amid another poor performance. Villa fall back to 19th in the table with little sign of an upturn in fortunes under Tommy Cummings.
Tommy Cummings' Villa fail to score for the second time this season and now have just a single win in the last ten games to make it a win, two draws and three defeats in six division two games so far this season.
Lost
0-1
🟥 31 Aug 1968, Villa 0-1 Blackpool, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | None
Assist(s) | None
Match Timeline:
🥅 | 13’ Goal, 0-1, (Blackpool), Ronnie Brown
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-1 Blackpool
🔁 | 74' Sub off, Willie Anderson, Sub on, Brian Greenhalgh
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-1 Blackpool
Season | 1968-69 |
Matchday | #6 |
League Match | #6 |
Manager Game | #51 |
Saturday, 31 August 1968
Manager: Tommy Cummings | 🏴 | Sunderland, 1967-1968
Referee: Gerrard Lewis | 🏴 | Port Talbot, 1968-1970
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥
Referee: Gerrard Lewis | 🏴 | Port Talbot, 1968-1970
Previous 5 vs. Blackpool: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥
Not recorded
Debut Appearances:
None
Final Appearances:
None
Tommy Cummings | 🏴 | 1967-1968
🕒 51 | 🟩 | 17 🟨 9 🟥 25 | 1.18
Villa Career Form:
Bottom 8
Referee:
VAR (from 2021)
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Division Two
Blackpool
2-4-0, 8 PTS
Villa Park
Attendance: 18,919
GK Alan Taylor | 🏴 |
RB Jimmy Armfield | 🏴 |
CB John McPhee | 🏴 |
LB Harry Mowbray | 🏴 |
M John Craven | 🏴 |
M Glyn James | 🏴 |
W Graham Oates | 🏴 |
W Ronnie Brown | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Alan Suddick | 🏴 |
M Tommy Hutchison | 🏴 |
CF Tom White | 🏴 |
Stan Mortensen | 🏴 |
Substitutes:
No Substitutions Made
Unused Substitutes:
M Graham Rowe | 🏴 |
None
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1952-53
Matchday Squad:
Not Reported
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