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Game #2963

Aston Villa

11-2-11, 24 PTS

Saturday, 20 January 1968

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Won

15th (+1)

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩

Division Two

Charlton Athletic

6-8-10, 20 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 19,560

🟩 20 Jan 1968, Villa 4-1 Charlton, Villa Park

Aston Villa

4-1

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Charlton Athletic

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Assist(s) | Lew Chatterley | 1' | Brian Godfrey | 55' | Tommy Mitchinson | 66' |

🟩 20 Jan 1968, Villa 4-1 Charlton, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 20 January 1968

🟢 | 1’ Debut, John Dunn
⚽ | 1’ Goal, 1-0, Johnny MacLeod, Assist by Lew Chatterley, 80 seconds
🕔 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Charlton Athletic
⚽ | 55’ Goal, 2-0, Brian Greenhalgh, Assist by Brian Godfrey
⚽ | 66’ Goal, 3-0, Brian Godfrey, Assist by Tommy Mitchinson
🔁 | 77’ Sub off, Brian Godfrey, Sub on, John Woodward
🥅 | 81’ Goal, 3-1, (Charlton Athletic), Campbell
⚽ | 84’ Goal, 4-1, John Woodward
🕔 | FT Aston Villa 4-1 Charlton Athletic

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

🟩 20 Jan 1968, Villa 4-1 Charlton, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 20 January 1968
  • Villa win a third consecutive League game for the second time under Tommy Cummings and collect their nineteenth point in thirteen matches to climb to a season high fourteenth in the table, ten points clear of the relegation places.

  • Tommy Cummings' Villa record three successive wins for the second time this season to make it eleven wins, two draws and eleven defeats in twenty four League games so far this season. 

  • Meanwhile, goalkeeper John Dunn made his Villa debut aged 23 after moving from Torquay United earlier this month for a fee of £8,000.

🟩 20 Jan 1968, Villa 4-1 Charlton, Villa Park

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

🟢 GK John Dunn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #527 | £8,000 signing from Torquay

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

Charlton Athletic

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1946-47

FIXTURE HISTORY
Charlton Athletic
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Previous 5 vs. Charlton: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

🟩 20 Jan 1968, Villa 4-1 Charlton, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1967-68 |
Matchday | #25 |
League Match | #24 |
Manager Game | #25 |
Saturday, 20 January 1968

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🟩 20 Jan 1968, Villa 4-1 Charlton, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Tommy Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sunderland, 1967-1968
Referee: Ricky Nicholson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Manchester, 1968-1972
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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Tommy Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1967-1968

🕒 25 | 🟩 | 11 🟨 | 2 🟥 12 | 1.40

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

Tommy Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1967-1968

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

🟩 20 Jan 1968, Villa 4-1 Charlton, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Ricky Nicholson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Manchester, 1968-1972

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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None

CARDS
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None

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟩 20 Jan 1968, Villa 4-1 Charlton, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

John Dunn makes his debut in place of Colin Withers.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.15 |

Oldest Player |
W Johnny MacLeod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 29.18 |

Youngest Player |
F Brian Greenhalgh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.93 |

Referee

🟩 20 Jan 1968, Villa 4-1 Charlton, Villa Park

MANAGER

Tommy Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1967-1968

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Aston Villa

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

MANAGER

Eddie Firmani | 🇮🇹 |

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Charlton Athletic

GK Charlie Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Bob Curtis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Paul Went | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Peter Reeves | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Brian Kinsey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CH Ian King | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Dennis Booth | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alan Campbell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Harry Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gordon Bolland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Keith Peacock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 20 Jan 1968, Villa 4-1 Charlton, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 | CF John Woodward | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | for CF Brian Godfrey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 77' |

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

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Substitutes

🟩 20 Jan 1968, Villa 4-1 Charlton, Villa Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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CB John Keirs | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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

Squad Bios

🟩 20 Jan 1968, Villa 4-1 Charlton, 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

🟩 20 Jan 1968, Villa 4-1 Charlton, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟩 20 Jan 1968, Villa 4-1 Charlton, Villa Park

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Injury | 2 |
F Peter Broadbent | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
GK Colin Withers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 20 Jan 1968, Villa 4-1 Charlton, Villa Park

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