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Game #2973

Aston Villa

13-3-16, 29 PTS

Monday, 18 March 1968

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Lost

15th= (-1)

Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥

Division Two

Preston North End

Deepdale

Attendance: 17,043

🟥 18 March 1968, Villa 1-2 Preston, Deepdale.

Preston North End

2-1

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Brian Godfrey | 5' |

🟥 18 March 1968, Villa 1-2 Preston, Deepdale.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Monday, 18 March 1968

⚽ | 5’ Goal, 1-0, Brian Greenhalgh, Assist by Brian Godfrey
🥅 | 20’ Goal, 1-1, (Preston North End), John Ritchie
🥅 | 35’ Goal, 1-2, (Preston North End), Willie Irvine
🕔 | HT Preston North End 2-1 Aston Villa
🕔 | FT Preston North End 2-1 Aston Villa

🟨 | Booking, Alan Deakin.

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟥 18 March 1968, Villa 1-2 Preston, Deepdale.

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ON THIS DAY

Monday, 18 March 1968

Tommy Cummings' Villa lose three successive games and for the sixth time in eight to make it thirteen wins, three draws and sixteen defeats in thirty two League games so far this season.

🟥 18 March 1968, Villa 1-2 Preston, Deepdale.

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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

Preston North End

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League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1937–38

Aston Villa

Preston North End

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Preston North End

Previous 5 vs. Preston: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

🟥 18 March 1968, Villa 1-2 Preston, Deepdale.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1967-68 |
Matchday | #35 |
League Match | #32 |
Manager Game | #35 |
Monday, 18 March 1967

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🟥 18 March 1968, Villa 1-2 Preston, Deepdale.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Tommy Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sunderland, 1967-1968
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟥 1-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
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

🕒 35 | 🟩 | 14 🟨 3 🟥 18 | 1.29

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Tommy Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1967-1968

🟥 18 March 1968, Villa 1-2 Preston, Deepdale.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Unknown
Cards: 🟨 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟨

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🟥 18 March 1968, Villa 1-2 Preston, Deepdale.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Tommy Cummings names an unchanged line up.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.28 |

Oldest Player |
F Peter Broadbent | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 34.87 |

Youngest Player |
F Brian Greenhalgh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 21.09 |

Referee
Manager

🟥 18 March 1968, Villa 1-2 Preston, Deepdale.

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

Harry Potts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Preston North End

GK Alan Kelly | 🇮🇪 |
RB Bertie Patrick | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
D Jim Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Bill Cranston | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB John Ritchie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
LB Jimmy McNab | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Alan Spavin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Archie Gemmill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Derek Temple | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
CF Willie Irvine | 🇬🇧 | ⚽ |
CF Ray Charnley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟥 18 March 1968, Villa 1-2 Preston, Deepdale.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

🟥 18 March 1968, Villa 1-2 Preston, Deepdale.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Mike Tindall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M George Lyall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟥 18 March 1968, Villa 1-2 Preston, Deepdale.

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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

🟥 18 March 1968, Villa 1-2 Preston, Deepdale.

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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/12

🟥 18 March 1968, Villa 1-2 Preston, Deepdale.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟥 18 March 1968, Villa 1-2 Preston, Deepdale.

UNAVAILABLE

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

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟥 18 March 1968, Villa 1-2 Preston, Deepdale.

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟥 18 March 1968, Villa 1-2 Preston, Deepdale.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 18 March 1968, Villa 1-2 Preston, Deepdale.

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