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Game #3009

Aston Villa

5-8-12, 18 PTS

Thursday, 26 December 1968

Won

20th (+1)

Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩

Division Two

Cardiff City

Attendance: 41,250

Villa Park

13-4-8, 30 PTS

Aston Villa

2-0

Cardiff City

Assist(s) | Willie Anderson | 31' | Mike Ferguson | 70' |

MATCH SUMMARY

Villa beat second placed Cardiff in Tommy Docherty’s second game in charge as the recalled Barrie Hole scores for the second successive match and new-boy Brian Tiler, signed by Docherty the previous Monday, scores on debut. For good measure Willie Anderson, dropped by former boss Tommy Cummings, continues his rehabilitation under Docherty with his second assist in two games.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Thursday, 26 December 1968

🟢 | 1’ Debut, Brian Tiler
⚽ | 31' Goal, 1-0, Barrie Hole, Assist by Willie Anderson
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Cardiff City
⚽ | 70' Goal, 2-0, Brian Tiler, Assist by Mike Ferguson
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-0 Cardiff City

ON THIS DAY

Tommy Docherty makes it two wins in two as Villa now have five wins in the last thirty games and make it five wins, eight draws and twelve defeats in twenty five division two games so far this season. Villa win consecutive games for the first time this season - a feat witnessed by the highest gate in the second division this season. Meanwhile, centre back Brian Tiler made a goalscoring debut aged 25 after moving from Rotherham United for a free of £33,000 on Monday.

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 | #26 |
League Match | #25 |
Manager Game | #2 |
Thursday, 26 December 1968

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Tommy Docherty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1968-1970
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Tommy Docherty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 2 | 🟩 | 2 🟨 | 0 🟥 0 | 3.00

Villa Career Form:

Champions

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Unknown
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

Villa

None

Cardiff City

None

TEAM NEWS

Tommy Docherty hands Brian Tiler his debut in place of Fred Turnbull.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.94 |

Oldest Player |
F Peter Broadbent | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 35.64 |

Youngest Player |
M Lionel Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 21.63 |

MANAGER

Tommy Docherty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Aston Villa

GK John Dunn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Brian Tiler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 | ⚽ |
CB Dick Edwards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Barrie Hole | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
M Mike Ferguson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
M Lionel Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Godfrey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
F Peter Broadbent | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Jimmy Scoular | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Cardiff City

GK Fred Davies | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB David Carver | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Steve Derrett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
D Gary Bell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Don Murray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Mel Sutton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Ronnie Bird | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Barrie Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Les Lea | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F John Toshack | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
F Brian Clark | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation

SUBSTITUTES

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Not recorded

SUBSTITUTES

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Not Recorded

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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Not recorded

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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Not Recorded

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SQUAD STATS

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

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

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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SQUAD STATS

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

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

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

🟢 CB Brian Tiler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

FINAL APPEARANCES

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

MATCH QUOTES

MATCH REPORT

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