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Game #2996

Aston Villa

2-4-6, 8 PTS

Saturday, 5 October 1968

Drew

20th= (+1)

Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨

Division Two

Attendance: 17,136

Cardiff City

Ninian Park

6-2-4, 14 PTS

Cardiff City

1-1

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Dave Rudge | 72' |

MATCH SUMMARY

Brian Godfrey scores for the second successive match as Villa draw at top six side Cardiff to sit joint 20th in the table on eight points with Fulham after 12 games. Villa however remain in the relegation places on goal average. Villa though put in their best performance of the season as Peter Broadbent, on his first appearance of the campaign, dominates and Villa only fall behind to a disputed goal. Toshack challenges Edwards to leave him dazed and on the floor but continues to play on and subsequently receives the ball again as he is played onside by the prostrate Edwards to chip the ‘keeper.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 5 October 1968

🥅 | 44’ Goal, 0-1, (Cardiff City), John Toshack
🕒 | HT Cardiff City 1-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 71’ Goal, 1-1, Brian Godfrey, Assist by Dave Rudge
🔁 | 78' Sub off, Dave Rudge, Sub on, Lionel Martin
🕒 | FT Cardiff City 1-1 Aston Villa

ON THIS DAY

Tommy Cummings' Villa now have just two wins in the last seventeen games as they make it two wins, four draws and six defeats in twelve division two games so far this season.

Aston Villa

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

Cardiff City

League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1926-27

FIXTURE HISTORY

Cardiff City

Previous 5 vs. Cardiff: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟩

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1968-69 |
Matchday | #13 |
League Match | #12 |
Manager Game | #58 |
Saturday, 5 October 1968

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Tommy Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sunderland, 1967-1968
Referee: John Homewood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Surrey, 1966-1979
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Tommy Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 58 | 🟩 | 18 🟨 11 🟥 29 | 1.12

Villa Career Form:

Bottom 8

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: John Homewood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Surrey, 1966-1979
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

Villa

None

Cardiff City

None

TEAM NEWS

Brian Greenhalgh, Dave Rudge and Peter Broadbent replace Tommy Mitchinson, Mike Ferguson and Alan Deakin,

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.98 |

Oldest Player |
F Peter Broadbent | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 35.42 |

Youngest Player |
M Dave Rudge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.72 |

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 Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Barrie Hole | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Dave Rudge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | 🔁 |
F Brian Godfrey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Brian Greenhalgh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Peter Broadbent | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Jimmy Scoular | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Cardiff City

GK Fred Davies | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Graham Coldrick | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
D Gary Bell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Richie Morgan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CB Don Murray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Mel Sutton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Les Lea | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Barrie Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
F Brian Clark | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Peter King | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F John Toshack | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | ⚽ |

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Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Lionel Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Dave Rudge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 78' |

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Leighton Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

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

Injury | 1 |
M Mike Ferguson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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MATCHDAY QUOTES

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