Game #2998
Aston Villa
2-5-7, 9 PTS
Saturday, 12 October 1968
Drew
20th= (-)
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟨
Division Two
Attendance: 15,876
Crystal Palace
Villa Park
6-4-4, 16 PTS
Aston Villa
1-1
Crystal Palace
Assist(s) | None
MATCH SUMMARY
Villa draw at home with top eight side Palace but fall to the foot off the table on goal average below Fulham and Carlisle as they share 20th place.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 12 October 1968
🥅 | 42’ Goal, 0-1, (Crystal Palace), Jack Bannister
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-1 Crystal Palace
⚽ | 78’ Goal, 1-1, Willie Anderson, pen
🔁 | Sub off, John Woodward, Sub on, Bobby Park
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-1 Crystal Palace
ON THIS DAY
Tommy Cummings' Villa now have just two wins in the last nineteen games as they make it two wins, five draws and seven defeats in fourteen division two games so far this season. As a result Villa sit bottom of the Second Division.
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1960-61
Crystal Palace
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
FIXTURE HISTORY
Crystal Palace
Previous 5 vs. Palace: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1968-69 |
Matchday | #15 |
League Match | #14 |
Manager Game | #60 |
Saturday, 12 October 1968
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Tommy Cummings | 🏴 | Sunderland, 1967-1968
Referee: George Singleton | 🏴 | Lancashire, 1967-1969
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
🕒 60 | 🟩 | 18 🟨 12 🟥 30 | 1.10
Villa Career Form:
Bottom 8
ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: George Singleton | 🏴 | Lancashire, 1967-1969
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None
ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:
CARDS
Villa
None
Crystal Palace
None
TEAM NEWS
Dave Rudge and John Woodward replace Mike Ferguson and Brian Greenhalgh.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.01 |
Oldest Player |
F Peter Broadbent | 🏴 | 35.44 |
Youngest Player |
M Dave Rudge | 🏴 | 20.74 |
MANAGER
Tommy Cummings | 🏴 |
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 John Woodward | 🏴 | 🔁 |
F Peter Broadbent | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Bert Head | 🏴 |
Crystal Palace
GK John Jackson | 🏴 |
LB John Loughlan | 🏴 |
LB Jack Bannister | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CB John McCormick | 🏴 |
CB Mel Blyth | 🏴 |
M Roger Hoy | 🏴 |
M Steve Kember | 🏴 |
M Bobby Woodruff | 🏴 |
W Colin Taylor | 🏴 |
W Mark Lazarus | 🏴 |
W Cliff Jackson | 🏴 |
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Bobby Park | 🏴 | for F John Woodward | 🏴 |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
D Terry Long | 🏴 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
MATCHDAY SQUAD
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
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
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