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Game #2958

Aston Villa

7-2-10, 16 PTS

Saturday, 16 December 1967

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Won

18th (+1)

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩

Division Two

Norwich City

11-2-8, 24 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 16,508

🟩 16 December 1967, Villa 4-2 Norwich, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

4-2

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Norwich City

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Assist(s) | John Woodward | 15' | Willie Anderson | 36' | Brian Godfrey | 55' |

🟩 16 December 1967, Villa 4-2 Norwich, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 16 December 1967

⚽ | 15' Goal, 1-0, Tommy Mitchinson, Assist by John Woodward
🥅 | 19' Goal, 1-1, (Norwich City), John Manning
🥅 | 26' Goal, 1-2, (Norwich City), Tommy Bryceland
⚽ | 36' Goal, 2-2, John Woodward, Assist by Willie Anderson
🕔 | HT Aston Villa 2-2 Norwich City
⚽ | 55' Goal, 3-2, Tommy Mitchinson, Assist by Brian Godfrey
⚽ | 69' Goal, 4-2, Brian Greenhalgh
🕔 | FT Aston Villa 4-2 Norwich City

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 16 December 1967, Villa 4-2 Norwich, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 16 December 1967

Tommy Cummings' Villa win for the second time in three to make it seven wins, two draws and ten defeats in nineteen League games so far this season.

🟩 16 December 1967, Villa 4-2 Norwich, Villa Park.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

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Aston Villa

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

Norwich City

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1961–62

Aston Villa

Norwich City

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Norwich City

Previous 5 vs. Norwich: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥

🟩 16 December 1967, Villa 4-2 Norwich, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1967-68 |
Matchday | #20 |
League Match | #19 |
Manager Game | #20 |
Saturday, 16 December 1967

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🟩 16 December 1967, Villa 4-2 Norwich, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Tommy Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sunderland, 1967-1968
Referee: David Counsell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Somerset, -1967
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score:
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Tommy Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1967-1968

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 20 | 🟩 | 7 🟨 | 2 🟥 11 | 1.15

Villa Career Form:

Bottom 8

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Tommy Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1967-1968

🟩 16 December 1967, Villa 4-2 Norwich, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: David Counsell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Somerset, 1967
Matches Officiated: 2
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 24 March 1967, Villa 1-2 West Ham, Upton Park.
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

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None

🟩 16 December 1967, Villa 4-2 Norwich, Villa Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Mick Wright (first appearance in 9 after injury) and John Woodward replace Johnny MacLeod and Keith Bradley.

Starting XI Average Age
| 23.65 |

Oldest Player |
GK Colin Withers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 27.76 |

Youngest Player |
F Brian Greenhalgh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.83 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 16 December 1967, Villa 4-2 Norwich, Villa Park.

MANAGER

Tommy Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1967-1968

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Aston Villa

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

MANAGER

Lol Morgan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Norwich City

GK Kevin Keelan (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Joe Mullett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Dave Stringer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RH Mal Lucas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CH Laurie Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CH Freddie Sharpe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tommy Bryceland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Mike Kenning (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Ken Foggo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Hugh Curran | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF John Manning | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟩 16 December 1967, Villa 4-2 Norwich, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

🟩 16 December 1967, Villa 4-2 Norwich, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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W Johnny MacLeod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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IF Terry Allcock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟩 16 December 1967, Villa 4-2 Norwich, Villa Park.

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MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES

STARTING XI

* This Game

Game
Start
Goal
Assist
Win
Draw
Loss
Goal Conceded
Clean Sheet
Yellow
Red
GK Colin Withers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

Game
Sub
Goal
Assist
Win
Draw
Loss
Goal Conceded
Clean Sheet
Yellow
Red

UNUSED

Unused
Squad Bios

🟩 16 December 1967, Villa 4-2 Norwich, Villa Park.

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

🟩 16 December 1967, Villa 4-2 Norwich, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 16 December 1967, Villa 4-2 Norwich, Villa Park.

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 2 |
F John Woodward | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Peter Broadbent | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 16 December 1967, Villa 4-2 Norwich, Villa Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟩 16 December 1967, Villa 4-2 Norwich, Villa Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 16 December 1967, Villa 4-2 Norwich, Villa Park.

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MATCH VIDEO

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