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Game #2965

Aston Villa

12-2-11, 26 PTS

Saturday, 3 February 1968

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Won

14th (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

Division Two

Crystal Palace

10-7-8, 27 PTS

Selhurst Park

Attendance: 10,214

🟩 3 February 1968, Villa 1-0 Palace, Selhurst Park.

Crystal Palace

0-1

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Willie Anderson | 30' |

🟩 3 February 1968, Villa 1-0 Palace, Selhurst Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 3 February 1968

⚽ | 30’ Goal, 1-0, Brian Godfrey, Assist by Willie Anderson
🕔 | HT Crystal Palace 0-1 Aston Villa
🕔 | FT Crystal Palace 0-1 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 3 February 1968, Villa 1-0 Palace, Selhurst Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 3 February 1968

Tommy Cummings' Villa record five successive wins for the first time this season and the first time since September 1959 to make it twelve wins, two draws and eleven defeats in twenty five League games so far this season.

🟩 3 February 1968, Villa 1-0 Palace, Selhurst 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

Crystal Palace

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

Aston Villa

Crystal Palace

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Crystal Palace

Previous 5 vs. Palace: 🟩 🟩 🟥

🟩 3 February 1968, Villa 1-0 Palace, Selhurst Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1967-68 |
Matchday | #27 |
League Match | #25 |
Manager Game | #27 |
Saturday, 3 February 1968

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🟩 3 February 1968, Villa 1-0 Palace, Selhurst Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Tommy Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sunderland, 1967-1968
Referee: Iorwerth Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Trelewis, 1966-1975
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

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Timeline
On This Day
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Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Tommy Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1967-1968

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 27 | 🟩 | 12 🟨 | 2 🟥 12 | 1.52

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Tommy Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1967-1968

🟩 3 February 1968, Villa 1-0 Palace, Selhurst Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Iorwerth Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Trelewis, 1966-1975
Matches Officiated: 3
🟩 : 3
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟩 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 26 August 1967, Villa 3-1 Rotherham, Villa Park.
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

None

🟩 3 February 1968, Villa 1-0 Palace, Selhurst Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Brian Greenhalgh replaces John Woodward.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.54 |

Oldest Player |
W Johnny MacLeod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 29.22 |

Youngest Player |
F Brian Greenhalgh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.97 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 3 February 1968, Villa 1-0 Palace, Selhurst Park.

MANAGER

Tommy Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1967-1968

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Aston Villa

GK Colin Withers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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

Bert Head | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Crystal Palace

GK John Jackson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Sewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Alan Stephenson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John McCormick | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Eddie Presland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Jack Bannister | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve Kember | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Bobby Woodruff | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Len Tomkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Cliff Jackson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Johnny Byrne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 3 February 1968, Villa 1-0 Palace, Selhurst Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

🟩 3 February 1968, Villa 1-0 Palace, Selhurst Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Mike Tindall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Trevor Dawkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟩 3 February 1968, Villa 1-0 Palace, Selhurst 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

🟩 3 February 1968, Villa 1-0 Palace, Selhurst 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

🟩 3 February 1968, Villa 1-0 Palace, Selhurst Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 3 February 1968, Villa 1-0 Palace, Selhurst Park.

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 1 |
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

🟩 3 February 1968, Villa 1-0 Palace, Selhurst Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟩 3 February 1968, Villa 1-0 Palace, Selhurst Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 3 February 1968, Villa 1-0 Palace, Selhurst Park.

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