Game #2945
Aston Villa
2-0-5, 4 PTS
Saturday, 9 September 1967


Won
17th (+3)
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩
Division Two
Preston North End
2-2-2, 6 PTS
Villa Park
Attendance: 13,285
🟩 9 Sep 1967, Villa 1-0 Preston, Villa Park
Aston Villa
1-0

Preston North End

Assist(s) | Mick Wright | 29' |
🟩 9 Sep 1967, Villa 1-0 Preston, Villa Park


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 9 September 1967
⚽ | 29’ Goal, 1-0, Bobby Park, Assist by Mick Wright
🕔 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Preston North End
🔁 | 51’ Sub off, Tommy Mitchinson, Sub on, Keith Bradley
🕔 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Preston North End
Match Statistics
Not recorded
Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution
🟩 9 Sep 1967, Villa 1-0 Preston, Villa Park

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 9 September 1967
Villa win for the second time in seven games under Tommy Cummings thanks to a first half Bobby Park strike that's sends Villa joint 17th in the table.
Tommy Cummings' Villa win for the second time under his stewardship to make it two wins in sixteen games, losing twelve and have recorded a two wins and five defeats so far this season.
🟩 9 Sep 1967, Villa 1-0 Preston, Villa Park

DEBUT APPEARANCES
None
FINAL APPEARANCES
None
Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1960-61
Preston North End


League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1937–38
🟩 9 Sep 1967, Villa 1-0 Preston, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1967-68 |
Matchday | #7 |
League Match | #7 |
Manager Game | #7 |
Saturday, 9 September 1967
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🟩 9 Sep 1967, Villa 1-0 Preston, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Tommy Cummings | 🏴 | Sunderland, 1967-1968
Referee: Peter Walters | 🏴 | Somerset, 1966-1976
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Tommy Cummings | 🏴 | 1967-1968
🕒 7 | 🟩 | 2 🟨 | 0 🟥 5 | 0.86
Villa Career Form:
Relegation
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 9 Sep 1967, Villa 1-0 Preston, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Peter Walters | 🏴 | Somerset, 1966-1976
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

None
CARDS

None
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟩 9 Sep 1967, Villa 1-0 Preston, Villa Park

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Bobby Park and Tony Scott replace Johnny MacLeod and Dave Roberts.
Starting XI Average Age
| 24.35 |
Oldest Player |
CF Barry Stobart | 🏴 | 29.28 |
Youngest Player |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴 | 20.64 |
🟩 9 Sep 1967, Villa 1-0 Preston, Villa Park
MANAGER
Tommy Cummings | 🏴 | 1967-1968

Aston Villa
GK Colin Withers | 🏴 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴 | 🔥 |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴 |
M Lew Chatterley | 🏴 |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴 |
M Tommy Mitchinson | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Bobby Park | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴 |
W Tony Scott | 🏴 |
CF Barry Stobart | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Harry Potts | 🏴 |

Preston North End
GK Alan Kelly | 🇮🇪 |
RB George Ross | 🏴 |
D Jim Smith | 🏴 |
LB John Ritchie | 🏴 |
LB Jimmy McNab | 🏴 |
CH Tony Singleton | 🏴 |
M Alan Spavin | 🏴 |
M Archie Gemmill | 🏴 |
W Ernie Hannigan | 🏴 |
IF Brian Godfrey | 🏴 |
F Brian Greenhalgh | 🏴 | 🔁 |
🟩 9 Sep 1967, Villa 1-0 Preston, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | RB Keith Bradley | 🏴 | for M Tommy Mitchinson | 🏴 | 51' |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | F Brian Greenhalgh | 🏴 | (M George Lyall | 🏴 |)

🟩 9 Sep 1967, Villa 1-0 Preston, Villa Park
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

None
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

None
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

🟩 9 Sep 1967, Villa 1-0 Preston, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
RB Keith Bradley | 🏴 | | 48 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 9 Sep 1967, Villa 1-0 Preston, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/12
🟩 9 Sep 1967, Villa 1-0 Preston, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟩 9 Sep 1967, Villa 1-0 Preston, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE

Injury | 2 |
F John Woodward | 🏴 |
F Peter Broadbent | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟩 9 Sep 1967, Villa 1-0 Preston, Villa Park


MATCH QUOTES
🟩 9 Sep 1967, Villa 1-0 Preston, Villa Park


MATCH REPORTS
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🟩 9 Sep 1967, Villa 1-0 Preston, Villa Park

