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Game #3005

Aston Villa

3-7-11, 13 PTS

Saturday, 30 November 1968

Bury

3-2

Aston Villa

Division Two

Bury

5-6-9, 16 PTS

Gigg Lane

Attendance: 5,609

Lost

22nd (-)

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥

Assist(s) | Brian Godfrey | 50' | Mike Ferguson | 59' |

MATCH SUMMARY

Villa lose to Bury, one point ahead of Arthur Cox’s side at the start of play, to make bottom spot of the second division their own with thirteen points from twenty one games. Bury’s third is a 40 yard shot with the ‘keeper off his line, so at least there was something to remember. Behind the scenes machinations continue over the ownership and direction of the club with a telephone directory full of 'local industrialists' are linked yet there are no genuine signs of willingness to change from the existing board.

KEY MAN

John Woodward, scored for Villa but Arthur Cox's side lose again, Saturday, 30 November 1968.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 30 November 1968

🥅 | 9’ Goal, 0-1, (Bury), Jimmy Kerr
🥅 | 28’ Goal, 0-2, (Bury), Brian Grundy
🕒 | HT Bury 2-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 50’ Goal, 1-2, John Woodward, Assist by Brian Godfrey
⚽ | 59’ Goal, 2-2, Willie Anderson, Assist by Mike Ferguson
🥅 | 79’ Goal, 2-3, (Bury), Greg Farrell
🕒 | FT Bury 3-2 Aston Villa

ON THIS DAY

Arthur Cox's second game victory proves a false dawn as Villa now have just three wins in the last twenty six games and make it three wins, seven draws and eleven defeats in twenty one division two games so far this season.

Aston Villa

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

Bury

League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1902-03

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa Vs.

Bury

Previous 5 vs. Bury: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩

PREVIOUS MATCH

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1968-69 |
Matchday | #22 |
League Match | #21 |
Manager Game | #3 |
Saturday, 30 November 1968

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Arthur Cox (Caretaker) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Southam, 1968
Referee: John Thacker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Lincoln, 1962-1973
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 2-3
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Arthur Cox | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 3 | 🟩 | 1 🟨 | 0 🟥 2 | 1.00

Villa Career Form:

Relegation

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: John Thacker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Lincoln, 1962-1973
Matches Officiated: 3
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 2
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟩 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 11 February 1967, Villa 0-1 Liverpool, Anfield. 🆘
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

None

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None

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TEAM NEWS

Arthur Cox names the same line up for a third successive game.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.66 |

Oldest Player |
F Peter Broadbent | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 35.57 |

Youngest Player |
F John Woodward | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 21.87 |

MANAGER

Arthur Cox | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Aston Villa

GK John Dunn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Fred Turnbull | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Dick Edwards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Mike Ferguson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
F John Woodward | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Brian Godfrey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 🔥 |
F Peter Broadbent | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Les Shannon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Bury

GK Neil Ramsbottom | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Roy Parnell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Mike Saile | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Alec Lindsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RH Brian Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jimmy Kerr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Greg Farrell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Brian Grundy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
IF Bobby Collins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F George Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Alex Dawson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Tommy Mitchinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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IF Ray Parry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/12

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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None

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

MATCH QUOTES

MATCH REPORT

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