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Game #2990

Aston Villa

Wednesday, 4 September 1968

Lost

2nd Round

Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥

League Cup

Attendance: 24,775

Tottenham Hotspur

Villa Park

Villa dominate first division Tottenham in the second round of the League Cup for much of the game. But a Martin Chivers hat-trick puts paid to any hopes of a morale boosting win for Tommy Cummings’ struggling side. In an exciting game, Villa hit the woodwork four times to Tottenham’s three and Pat Jennings had to make four excellent saves to keep Villa at bay but Spurs kept hitting Villa on the break to run out victorious.

Aston Villa

1-4

Tottenham Hotspur

Assist(s) | Mick Wright | 54' |

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MATCH TIMELINE

Wednesday, 4 September 1968

🥅 | 41’ Goal, 0-1, (Tottenham Hotspur), Martin Chivers
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-1 Tottenham Hotspur
🥅 | 53’ Goal, 0-2, (Tottenham Hotspur), Martin Chivers
⚽ | 54’ Goal, 1-2, Lionel Martin, Assist by Mick Wright
🥅 | 57’ Goal, 1-3, (Tottenham Hotspur), Martin Chivers
🥅 | 76 Goal, 1-4, (Tottenham Hotspur), Cliff Jones
🔁 | 83’ Sub off, Charlie Aitken, Sub on, Bobby Park
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-4 Tottenham Hotspur

ON THIS DAY

Tommy Cummings' Villa now have just a single win in the last eleven games as they lose to top flight Tottenham in the League Cup.

Aston Villa

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

Tottenham Hotspur

UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1966-67

FIXTURE HISTORY

Tottenham Hotspur

Previous 5 vs. Spurs: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟨

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1968-69 |
Matchday | #7 |
Manager Game | #52 |
Wednesday, 4 September 1968

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Tommy Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sunderland, 1967-1968
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-4
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Tommy Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 52 | 🟩 | 17 🟨 9 🟥 26 | 1.15

Career Form:

Bottom 8

Tommy Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Unknown
Cards: None

Unknown

CARDS

Villa

None

Tottenham Hotspur

None

TEAM NEWS

Alan Deakin, Mick Wright and Lionel Martin replace Bobby Park, Brian Godfrey and Keith Bradley.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 23.89 |

Oldest Player |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 26.79 |

Youngest Player |
M Lionel Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 21.32 |

MANAGER

MANAGER

Tommy Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Bill Nicholson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Aston Villa

GK John Dunn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
CB Dick Edwards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Fred Turnbull | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Mike Ferguson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tommy Mitchinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Lionel Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F John Woodward | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Tottenham Hotspur

GK Pat Jennings | 🇬🇧 |
RB Joe Kinnear | 🇮🇪 |
CB Mike England | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CB Phil Beal | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Cyril Knowles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alan Mullery | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dennis Bond | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Cliff Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Jimmy Greaves | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Martin Chivers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CF Alan Gilzean | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | M Bobby Park | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | for LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 83' |

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

W Jimmy Robertson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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 Lew Chatterley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
GK Colin Withers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

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PROGRAMME

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MATCHDAY QUOTES

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