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Game #2991

Aston Villa

1-2-4, 4 PTS

Saturday, 7 September 1968

Lost

19th= (-)

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥

Division Two

Derby County

Attendance: 23,723

Baseball Ground

2-3-2, 7 PTS

Derby County

3-1

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Lionel Martin | 86' |

MATCH SUMMARY

Villa lose a third successive game in all competitions to remain 19th in the table after seven matches with only a late Mick Ferguson consolation to show for their efforts.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 7 September 1968

🥅 | 1’ Goal, 0-1, (Derby County), Kevin Hector, 34 Seconds
🥅 | 16’ Goal, 0-2, (Derby County), Kevin Hector
🕒 | HT Derby County 2-0 Aston Villa
🔁 | 81’ Sub off, Willie Anderson, Sub on, John Woodward
🥅 | 84’ Goal, 0-3, (Derby County), Alan Hinton
⚽ | 86’ Goal, 1-3, Mick Ferguson, Assist by Lionel Martin
🕒 | FT Derby County 3-1 Aston Villa

ON THIS DAY

Tommy Cummings' Villa now have just a single win in the last twelve games to make it a win, two draws and four defeats in seven division two games so far this season.

Aston Villa

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

Derby County

League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1945-46

FIXTURE HISTORY

Derby County

Previous 5 vs. Derby: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1968-69 |
Matchday | #8 |
League Match | #7 |
Manager Game | #53 |
Saturday, 7 September 1968

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Tommy Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sunderland, 1967-1968
Referee: Vernon Batty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Cheshire, 1962-1973
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-3
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Tommy Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 53 | 🟩 | 17 🟨 9 🟥 26 | 1.13

Villa Career Form:

Bottom 8

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Vernon Batty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Cheshire, 1962-1973
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

Villa

None

Derby County

None

TEAM NEWS

Brian Greenhalgh replaces John Woodward.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 23.89 |

Oldest Player |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 26.80 |

Youngest Player |
M Lionel Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 21.33 |

MANAGER

Tommy Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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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 Brian Greenhalgh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Brian Clough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Derby County

GK Les Green | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Ron Webster | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Roy McFarland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB John Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Jim Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LH Dave MacKay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Willie Carlin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Alan Durban | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Alan Hinton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Kevin Hector | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
F John O’Hare | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | F John Woodward | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 81' |

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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F Richie Barker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/12

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/12

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 2 |
M Lew Chatterley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
GK Colin Withers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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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

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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MATCHDAY QUOTES

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