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Game #2974

Aston Villa

13-3-17, 29 PTS

Saturday, 23 March 1968

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Lost

15th= (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥

Division Two

Blackburn Rovers

15-8-10, 38 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 14,111

🟥 23 Mar 1968, Villa 1-2 Blackburn, Villa Park

Aston Villa

1-2

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Blackburn Rovers

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Assist(s) | Johnny MacLeod | 78' |

🟥 23 Mar 1968, Villa 1-2 Blackburn, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 23 March 1968

🥅 | 14’ Goal, 0-1, (Blackburn Rovers), Don Martin
🥅 | 24’ Goal, 0-2, (Blackburn Rovers), Don Martin
🕔 | HT Aston Villa 0-2 Blackburn Rovers
🔁 | 76’ Sub off, Charlie Aitken, Sub on, Peter Broadbent
⚽ | 78’ Goal, 1-2, Tommy Mitchinson, Assist by Johnny MacLeod
🕔 | FT Aston Villa 1-2 Blackburn Rovers

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

🟥 23 Mar 1968, Villa 1-2 Blackburn, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 23 March 1968

  • Villa make it three points out of their last sixteen available as they lose for the fourth successive game and for the seventh time in nine games to fall to within five points of the relegation places, fifteen points off the last promotion spot and joint 15th in the table.

  • Tommy Cummings' Villa lose four successive games for the first time this season and lose for the seventh time in nine to make it thirteen wins, three draws and seventeen defeats in thirty three League games so far this season as their mid-season form collapses.

🟥 23 Mar 1968, Villa 1-2 Blackburn, Villa Park

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

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

Blackburn Rovers

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League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1927–28

FIXTURE HISTORY

Blackburn Rovers

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Previous 5 vs. Blackburn: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥

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

🟥 23 Mar 1968, Villa 1-2 Blackburn, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1967-68 |
Matchday | #36 |
League Match | #33 |
Manager Game | #36 |
Saturday, 23 March 1968

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🟥 23 Mar 1968, Villa 1-2 Blackburn, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Tommy Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sunderland, 1967-1968
Referee: Leo Callaghan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Merthyr Tydfil, 1954-1971
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Tommy Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1967-1968

🕒 36 | 🟩 | 14 🟨 3 🟥 19 | 1.25

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

Tommy Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1967-1968

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

🟥 23 Mar 1968, Villa 1-2 Blackburn, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Leo Callaghan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Merthyr Tydfil, 1954-1971
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None

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

🟥 23 Mar 1968, Villa 1-2 Blackburn, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Bobby Park, Johnny MacLeod and John Woodward replace Peter Broadbent, Brian Greenhalgh and Dick Edwards.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.40 |

Oldest Player |
W Johnny MacLeod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 29.35 |

Youngest Player |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 21.18 |

Referee

🟥 23 Mar 1968, Villa 1-2 Blackburn, Villa Park

MANAGER

Tommy Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1967-1968

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Aston Villa

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

MANAGER

Eddie Quigley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Blackburn Rovers

GK John Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Keith Newton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Billy Wilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RH Ronnie Clayton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CH John Coddington | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
WH Barrie Hole | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Mike Ferguson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Eamonn Rogers | 🇮🇪 |
W John Connelly | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Don Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
F Malcolm Darling | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔁 |

Line Ups

🟥 23 Mar 1968, Villa 1-2 Blackburn, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | CF Peter Broadbent | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 76' |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | F Malcolm Darling | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | (CB Ben Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |)

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Substitutes

🟥 23 Mar 1968, Villa 1-2 Blackburn, Villa Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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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

🟥 23 Mar 1968, Villa 1-2 Blackburn, 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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

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

🟥 23 Mar 1968, Villa 1-2 Blackburn, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟥 23 Mar 1968, Villa 1-2 Blackburn, Villa Park

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 1 |
F Brian Greenhalgh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟥 23 Mar 1968, Villa 1-2 Blackburn, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES

“We shall be in the [promotion] race next season.” Tommy Cummings.
Quotes

🟥 23 Mar 1968, Villa 1-2 Blackburn, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 23 Mar 1968, Villa 1-2 Blackburn, Villa Park

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