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Manager #10

Seasons:

2

Games Managed:

64

Games Won:

18

Games Lost:

32

Tommy Cummings

Birth Country:

Citizenship:

From:

To:

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19 Aug 1967

9 Nov 1968

Points per Game:

1.06

Win Rate:

28%

Loss Rate:

50%

Unbeaten Rate:

50%

Goals Scored

72

Goals Against

100

Goal Difference

28

Goals per Game

1.13

Conc per Game

1.13

Clean Sheets

19%

Tommy Cummings

Seasons Quick-View

Season

Age

Division

Position

Games

Won

Drew

Lost

Win %

Lost %

Unbeaten %

Goals For

Goals Against

Goal difference

Goals per game

Conceded per game

Clean sheets

Points per game

1967-68
1968-69
38
39
D2
D2
16th
21st
45
19
16
2
7
7
22
10
36%
11%
49%
53%
51%
47%
58
14
68
32
-10
-18
1.29
0.74
1.51
1.68
20.00%
16%
1.22
0.68

*Age on opening day of the season

FAC: FA Cup; FL: Football League; D1: Division 1; D2: Division 2; D3: Division 3; PL: Premier League; CH: Championship

Thomas Smith Cummings

Birth Date

12 September 1928

Birth Place

Sunderland

Birth Country

England

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Playing Position

Centre Half

Playing Career

1947-63 Burnley
Football League First Division
🕒 434 | ⚽ 3 | (League)

1963-64 Mansfield Town
Football League Third Division
🕒 10 | ⚽ 0 | (League)

1964 Retired aged 35

Previous Coaching & Managerial Roles

1963-64 Mansfield Town
Player Manager
Football League Third Division
1 Mar 1963 to 30 Jun 1964

1964-67 Mansfield Town
Manager
Football League Third Division
1 Jul 1964 to 30 Jun 1967
🕒 201 | PPG 1.50
Career Form: Top 8

Trophies Won

None

Subsequent Coaching & Managerial Roles

None

Died

12 July 2009, aged 90

Villa Career

Joined Club

1 July 1967

Joined From

Mansfield Town
Manager

Joined Age

38

Appointed Manager

1 July 1967

On

From

Aged

Mansfield Town
Manager

38

Succeeding

Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Game List

Game Detail

Villa Managerial Debut

🟥 19 August 1967, Villa 0-1 Norwich, Carrow Road

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Villa Career

🕒 64 | 🟩 | 18 🟨 14 🟥 32 | 1.06

Games

64

Win Rate

28%

Loss Rate

50%

Unbeaten Rate

50%

Points per game

1.06

🕒 Performance after:

10 Games:

0.6

Relegation

Points per Game

20 Games:

1.15

Bottom 8

Points per Game

40 Games:

1.25

Mid Table

Points per Game

50 Games:

1.2

Bottom 8

Points per Game

70 Games:

Points per Game

100 Games:

Points per Game

150 Games:

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200 Games:

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250 Games:

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300 Games:

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350 Games:

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400 Games:

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500 Games:

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750 Games:

Points per Game

1000 Games:

Points per Game

1250 Games:

Points per Game

⭐ Best performance of any Villa boss
‼️
Worst performance of any Villa boss

🟩 Games to achieve:

10 Wins:

24

Games

15 Wins:

37

Games

20 Wins:

Games

30 Wins:

Games

40 Wins:

Games

50 Wins:

Games

60 Wins:

Games

70 Wins:

Games

80 Wins:

Games

90 Wins:

Games

100 Wins:

Games

125 Wins:

Games

150 Wins:

Games

175 Wins:

Games

200 Wins:

Games

250 Wins:

Games

300 Wins:

Games

400 Wins:

Games

500 Wins:

Games

600 Wins:

Games

⭐ Best performance of any Villa boss
‼️ Worst performance of any Villa boss

🟥 Games to record:

10 Defeats:

16

‼️

Games

15 Defeats:

30

Games

20 Defeats:

39

‼️

Games

30 Defeats:

59

‼️

Games

40 Defeats:

Games

50 Defeats:

Games

60 Defeats:

Games

70 Defeats:

Games

80 Defeats:

Games

90 Defeats:

Games

100 Defeats:

Games

125 Defeats:

Games

150 Defeats:

Games

175 Defeats:

Games

200 Defeats:

Games

250 Defeats:

Games

300 Defeats:

Games

400 Defeats:

Games

⭐ Best performance of any Villa boss

‼️ Worst performance of any Villa boss

Honours

Managed the Villa

League finishes

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1967-68
Football League Second Division
16th of 22

1968-69
Football League Second Division
22nd of 22

FA Cup finishes

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1967-68
4th Round
Lost to Rotherham United

League Cup finishes

Unai Emery.jpg

1967-68
2nd Round
Lost to Northampton Town

1968-69
2nd Round
Lost to Tottenham Hotspur

European finishes

n/a

Notable Players

GK Colin Withers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Lew Chatterley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tommy Mitchinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Brian Godfrey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CF Brian Greenhalgh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

Supported by

Served under

1967-68
Chairman, Norman Smith
Club Secretary, Fred Archer

Final Villa Managerial Game

🟥 9 November 1968, Villa 0-1 Preston, Villa Park

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Left Position

Aged

10 November 1968

Due to

40

Succeeded by

Poor form, Sacked

Arthur Cox | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (Caretaker)

Tommy Cummings

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