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Game #2972

Aston Villa

13-3-15, 29 PTS

Saturday, 16 March 1968

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Lost

14th (-)

Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥

Division Two

Blackpool

16-10-6, 42 PTS

Bloomfield Road

Attendance: 14,361

🟥 16 March 1968, Villa 0-1 Blackpool, Bloomfield Road.

Blackpool

1-0

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | None

🟥 16 March 1968, Villa 0-1 Blackpool, Bloomfield Road.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 16 March 1968

🟢 | 1’ Debut, Dick Edwards
🕔 | HT Blackpool 0-0 Aston Villa
🔁 | 72’ Sub off, Peter Broadbent, Sub on, Bobby Park
🥅 | 84’ Goal, 0-1, (Blackpool), Gordon Milne
🕔 | FT Blackpool 1-0 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟥 16 March 1968, Villa 0-1 Blackpool, Bloomfield Road.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 16 March 1968

Tommy Cummings' Villa lose for the fifth time in seven to make it thirteen wins, three draws and fifteen defeats in thirty one League games so far this season. Meanwhile, defender Dick Edwards made his Villa debut aged 25 after moving from Mansfield Town for a fee of £30,000 earlier this month.

🟥 16 March 1968, Villa 0-1 Blackpool, Bloomfield Road.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

🟢 CB Dick Edwards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

FINAL APPEARANCES

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Aston Villa

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

Blackpool

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1952-53

Aston Villa

Blackpool

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Blackpool

Previous 5 vs. Blackpool: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

🟥 16 March 1968, Villa 0-1 Blackpool, Bloomfield Road.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1967-68 |
Matchday | #34 |
League Match | #31 |
Manager Game | #34 |
Saturday, 16 March 1968

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🟥 16 March 1968, Villa 0-1 Blackpool, Bloomfield Road.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Tommy Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sunderland, 1967-1968
Referee: Ron Barker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Crewe, 1967-1971
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
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

🕒 34 | 🟩 | 14 🟨 3 🟥 17 | 1.32

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Tommy Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1967-1968

🟥 16 March 1968, Villa 0-1 Blackpool, Bloomfield Road.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Ron Barker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Crewe, 1967-1971
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

None

🟥 16 March 1968, Villa 0-1 Blackpool, Bloomfield Road.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Charlie Aitken, Peter Broadbent, Brian Greenhalgh and Dick Edwards (debut) replace Mick Wright, Bobby Park, Dave Rudge and John Woodward.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.28 |

Oldest Player |
F Peter Broadbent | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 34.86 |

Youngest Player |
F Brian Greenhalgh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 21.08 |

Referee
Manager

🟥 16 March 1968, Villa 0-1 Blackpool, Bloomfield Road.

MANAGER

Tommy Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1967-1968

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Aston Villa

GK John Dunn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Keith Bradley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Dick Edwards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Lew Chatterley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tommy Mitchinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Godfrey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
F Peter Broadbent | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
F Brian Greenhalgh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Stan Mortensen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Blackpool

GK Alan Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Jimmy Armfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Terry Alcock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John McPhee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Harry Mowbray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RH Gordon Milne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Tony Green | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M John Craven | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Graham Oates | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
W Alan Skirton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Tom White | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟥 16 March 1968, Villa 0-1 Blackpool, Bloomfield Road.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Bobby Park | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | for F Peter Broadbent | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 72' |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | W Graham Oates | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (F Gerry Ingram | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Substitutes

🟥 16 March 1968, Villa 0-1 Blackpool, Bloomfield Road.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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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

🟥 16 March 1968, Villa 0-1 Blackpool, Bloomfield Road.

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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 John Dunn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

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

UNUSED

Unused
Squad Bios

🟥 16 March 1968, Villa 0-1 Blackpool, Bloomfield Road.

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 March 1968, Villa 0-1 Blackpool, Bloomfield Road.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟥 16 March 1968, Villa 0-1 Blackpool, Bloomfield Road.

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 1 |
GK Colin Withers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Reported

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟥 16 March 1968, Villa 0-1 Blackpool, Bloomfield Road.

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟥 16 March 1968, Villa 0-1 Blackpool, Bloomfield Road.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 16 March 1968, Villa 0-1 Blackpool, Bloomfield Road.

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MATCH VIDEO

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