Game #2995
Aston Villa
2-3-6, 7 PTS
Saturday, 28 September 1968
21st (-)
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩
GK John Dunn | 🏴 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴 |
CB Dick Edwards | 🏴 |
CB Fred Turnbull | 🏴 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴 |
M Tommy Mitchinson | 🏴 |
M Mike Ferguson | 🏴 | 🔥 |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴 |
M Barrie Hole | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🔥 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴 |
F Brian Godfrey | 🏴 | ⚽ |
Tommy Cummings | 🏴 | 1967-1968
Substitutes:
No Substitutions Made
Unused Substitutes:
M Lew Chatterley | 🏴 |
None
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1960-61
Matchday Squad:
None
John Dunn, Tommy Mitchinson and Alan Deakin replace Colin Withers, Brian Greenhalgh and John Woodward.
Starting XI Average Age
| 24.99 |
Oldest Player |
F Brian Godfrey | 🏴 | 28.43 |
Youngest Player |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴 | 21.69 |
Villa win for the first time in six second division games as Barrie Hole scores his first for the club but remain 21st in the table and one point of safety.
Villa face Oxford United for the first time in competitive football, Oxford become the 94th team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football.
Tommy Cummings' Villa now have two wins in the last sixteen games as they make it two wins, three draws and six defeats in eleven division two games so far this season.
Won
2-0
🟩 28 Sep 1968, Villa 2-0 Oxford, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Barrie Hole | 42' | Brian Godfrey | 83' |
Assist(s) | Mike Ferguson | 42' | Barrie Hole | 83' |
Match Timeline:
⚽ | 42’ Goal, 1-0, Barrie Hole, Assist by Mick Ferguson
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Oxford United
⚽ | 83’ Goal, 2-0, Brian Godfrey, Assist by Barrie Hole
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-0 Oxford United
Season | 1968-69 |
Matchday | #12 |
League Match | #11 |
Manager Game | #57 |
Saturday, 28 September 1968
Manager: Tommy Cummings | 🏴 | Sunderland, 1967-1968
Referee: Brian Daniels | 🏴 | Essex, 1967-1981
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩
Referee: Brian Daniels | 🏴 | Essex, 1967-1981
Previous 5 vs. Oxford: None
Not recorded
Debut Appearances:
None
Final Appearances:
None
Tommy Cummings | 🏴 | 1967-1968
🕒 57 | 🟩 | 18 🟨 10 🟥 29 | 1.12
Villa Career Form:
Bottom 8
Referee:
VAR (from 2021)
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Division Two
Oxford United
3-4-4, 10 PTS
Villa Park
Attendance: 17,083
GK Jim Barron | 🏴 |
RB Dick Lucas | 🏴 |
RB Cyril Beavon | 🏴 |
CB Colin Clarke | 🏴 |
FB John Shuker | 🏴 |
RH Ron Atkinson | 🏴 |
CH Maurice Kyle | 🏴 |
M Graham Atkinson | 🏴 |
W David Sloan | 🇬🇧 |
F Mickey Bullock | 🏴 |
CF Ray Gaston | 🇬🇧 |
Arthur Turner | 🏴 |
Substitutes:
No Substitutions Made
Unused Substitutes:
LB Peter Hatch | 🏴 |
None
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
Matchday Squad:
Not Recorded
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