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Game #2993

Aston Villa

1-3-5, 5 PTS

Wednesday, 18 September 1968

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Lost

19th= (-)

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥

Division Two

Bolton Wanderers

4-3-2, 11 PTS

Burnden Park

Attendance: 14,279

🟥 18 Sep 1968, Villa 1-4 Bolton, Burnden

Bolton Wanderers

4-1

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Aston Villa

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🟥 18 Sep 1968, Villa 1-4 Bolton, Burnden

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MATCH TIMELINE
Wednesday, 18 September 1968

🥅 | 15’ Goal, 0-1, (Bolton Wanderers), Roy Greaves
🥅 | 26’ Goal, 0-2, (Bolton Wanderers), Hill
🕒 | HT Bolton Wanderers 2-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 47’ Goal, 0-3, (Bolton Wanderers), Hulme
⚽ | 64’ Goal, 1-3, Brian Godfrey
🥅 | 79’ Goal, 1-4, (Bolton Wanderers), Roy Greaves
🔁 | 87’ Sub off, Charlie Aitken, Sub on, Bobby Park
🕒 | FT Bolton Wanderers 4-1 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution

🟥 18 Sep 1968, Villa 1-4 Bolton, Burnden

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ON THIS DAY
Wednesday, 18 September 1968
  • Villa are well beaten at Burnden as they concede three or more in the League foe the third time in nine games and remain 19th in the table. Up next is the side one below them in the table - neighbours Birmingham.

  • Tommy Cummings' Villa now have just a single win in the last fourteen games as they make it a win, three draws and five defeats in nine division two games so far this season.

🟥 18 Sep 1968, Villa 1-4 Bolton, Burnden

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Aston Villa

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

Bolton Wanderers

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1957-58

FIXTURE HISTORY
Bolton Wanderers
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Previous 5 vs. Bolton: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟨

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

🟥 18 Sep 1968, Villa 1-4 Bolton, Burnden

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1968-69 |
Matchday | #10 |
League Match | #9 |
Manager Game | #55 |
Wednesday, 18 September 1968

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🟥 18 Sep 1968, Villa 1-4 Bolton, Burnden

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Tommy Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sunderland, 1967-1968
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-4
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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Tommy Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1967-1968

🕒 55 | 🟩 | 17 🟨 10 🟥 28 | 1.11

Villa Career Form:

Bottom 8

Tommy Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1967-1968

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

🟥 18 Sep 1968, Villa 1-4 Bolton, Burnden

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Unknown

REFEREE PROFILE

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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None

CARDS
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🟨

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟥 18 Sep 1968, Villa 1-4 Bolton, Burnden

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Lew Chatterley replaces Brian Greenhalgh.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.06 |

Oldest Player |
GK Colin Withers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 28.52 |

Youngest Player |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 21.67 |

Referee

🟥 18 Sep 1968, Villa 1-4 Bolton, Burnden

MANAGER

Tommy Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1967-1968

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Aston Villa

GK Colin Withers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Dick Edwards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Fred Turnbull | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Mike Ferguson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tommy Mitchinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Barrie Hole | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Lew Chatterley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Godfrey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Nat Lofthouse | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (Caretaker)

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Bolton Wanderers

GK Eddie Hopkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Ritson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John Hulme | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CB Dave Hatton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Syd Farrimond | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gareth Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Freddie Hill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Roy Greaves | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ | 🟨 |
M Brian Bromley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Gordon Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Terry Wharton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟥 18 Sep 1968, Villa 1-4 Bolton, Burnden

SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 | M Bobby Park | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | for LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 87' |

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

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Substitutes

🟥 18 Sep 1968, Villa 1-4 Bolton, Burnden

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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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

Squad Bios

🟥 18 Sep 1968, Villa 1-4 Bolton, Burnden

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

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

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

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

🟥 18 Sep 1968, Villa 1-4 Bolton, Burnden

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟥 18 Sep 1968, Villa 1-4 Bolton, Burnden

UNAVAILABLE
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None

UNAVAILABLE
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Not Recorded

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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟥 18 Sep 1968, Villa 1-4 Bolton, Burnden

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

🟥 18 Sep 1968, Villa 1-4 Bolton, Burnden

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 18 Sep 1968, Villa 1-4 Bolton, Burnden

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