Game #2950
Aston Villa
2-1-8, 5 PTS
Saturday, 7 October 1967


Lost
19th (-1)
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥
Division Two
Birmingham City
5-4-2, 14 PTS
Villa Park
Attendance: 50,067
🟥 7 Oct 1967, Villa 2-4 Birmingham, Villa Park
Aston Villa
2-4

Birmingham City

Assist(s) | Willie Anderson | 4' | Dave Rudge | 30' |
🟥 7 Oct 1967, Villa 2-4 Birmingham, Villa Park


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 7 October 1967
⚽ | 4’ Goal, 1-0, Brian Greenhalgh, Assist by Willie Anderson
🥅 | 21’ Goal, 1-1, (Birmingham City), Barry Bridges
💥 | 24' Mike Tindall and Vincent fight but escape with a stern warning
⚽ | 30’ Goal, 2-1, Brian Godfrey, Assist by Dave Rudge
🥅 | 37’ Goal, 2-2, (Birmingham City, pen), Malcolm Beard
🕔 | HT Aston Villa 2-2 Birmingham City
🥅 | 53’ Goal, 2-3, (Birmingham City), Geoff Vowden
🥅 | 61’ Goal, 2-4, (Birmingham City), Barry Bridges
🔁 | Sub off, Dave Rudge, Sub on, Bobby Park
💥 | Bobby Park felled by Colin Green but referee Homewood takes no action
🕔 | FT Aston Villa 2-4 Birmingham City
🟨 | Booking, Mike Tindall
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
🟥 7 Oct 1967, Villa 2-4 Birmingham, Villa Park

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 7 October 1967
Brian Greenhalgh and Brian Godfrey score on their home debuts to put Villa two up after half an hour but Tommy Cummings’ side collapse to their eighth defeat in eleven second division games in a typically aggressive display from neighbours Birmingham. Villa fall back to joint 19th in the table and remain out of the relegation places on goal average.
Tommy Cummings' Villa make it eight defeats in eleven League games. As a result Villa had now lost sixteen of their last twenty one games, winning just two.
🟥 7 Oct 1967, Villa 2-4 Birmingham, 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
Birmingham City


League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1962-63
🟥 7 Oct 1967, Villa 2-4 Birmingham, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1967-68 |
Matchday | #12 |
League Match | #11 |
Manager Game | #12 |
Saturday, 7 October 1967
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🟥 7 Oct 1967, Villa 2-4 Birmingham, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Tommy Cummings | 🏴 | Sunderland, 1967-1968
Referee: John Homewood | 🏴 | Surrey, 1967-1978
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 2-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 2-4
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Tommy Cummings | 🏴 | 1967-1968
🕒 12 | 🟩 | 2 🟨 | 1 🟥 9 | 0.58
Villa Career Form:
Relegation
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟥 7 Oct 1967, Villa 2-4 Birmingham, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: John Homewood | 🏴 | Surrey, 1967-1978
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

🟨 Mike Tindall
CARDS

None
🆘 Gave a penalty against Chatterley for hands despite it having been entirely unintentional before ignoring an assault on Bobby Park
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟥 7 Oct 1967, Villa 2-4 Birmingham, Villa Park

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Keith Bradley, John Sleeuwenhoek, Mike Tindall, Peter Broadbent and Dave Rudge replace Mick Wright, Barry Stobart, Tommy Mitchinson, Alan Deakin and Fred Turnbull.
Starting XI Average Age
| 24.59 |
Oldest Player |
F Peter Broadbent | 🏴 | 34.42 |
Youngest Player |
M Dave Rudge | 🏴 | 19.72 |
🟥 7 Oct 1967, Villa 2-4 Birmingham, Villa Park
MANAGER
Tommy Cummings | 🏴 | 1967-1968

Aston Villa
GK Colin Withers | 🏴 |
RB Keith Bradley | 🏴 |
CB John Sleeuwenhoek | 🏴 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴 |
M Lew Chatterley | 🏴 |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴 | 🔥 |
M Mike Tindall | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Dave Rudge | 🏴 | 🔥 | 🔁 |
F Brian Godfrey | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F Brian Greenhalgh | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F Peter Broadbent | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Stan Cullis | 🏴 |

Birmingham City
GK Jim Herriot | 🏴 |
FB Colin Green | 🏴 | 🤡 |
D Malcolm Page | 🏴 |
LH Malcolm Beard | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Johnny Vincent | 🏴 | 🤡 |
M Trevor Hockey | 🏴 |
W Bert Murray | 🏴 |
IF Geoff Vowden | 🏴 | ⚽ |
IF Ron Wylie (ex) | 🏴 |
F Barry Bridges | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CF Fred Pickering | 🏴 |
🟥 7 Oct 1967, Villa 2-4 Birmingham, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | M Bobby Park | 🏴 | for M Dave Rudge | 🏴 |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made

🟥 7 Oct 1967, Villa 2-4 Birmingham, Villa Park
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

None
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

RB Ray Martin | 🏴 |
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

🟥 7 Oct 1967, Villa 2-4 Birmingham, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M Bobby Park | 🏴 | | 49 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟥 7 Oct 1967, Villa 2-4 Birmingham, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS

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

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
🟥 7 Oct 1967, Villa 2-4 Birmingham, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟥 7 Oct 1967, Villa 2-4 Birmingham, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE

Injury | 2 |
F John Woodward | 🏴 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟥 7 Oct 1967, Villa 2-4 Birmingham, Villa Park


MATCH QUOTES
🟥 7 Oct 1967, Villa 2-4 Birmingham, Villa Park


MATCH REPORTS
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🟥 7 Oct 1967, Villa 2-4 Birmingham, Villa Park

