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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 March 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 March 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

🟥 23 March 1968, Villa 1-2 Blackburn, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 23 March 1968

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 March 1968, Villa 1-2 Blackburn, Villa 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

Blackburn Rovers

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

Aston Villa

Blackburn Rovers

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Blackburn Rovers

Previous 5 vs. Blackburn: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥

🟥 23 March 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 March 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
Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Tommy Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1967-1968

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 36 | 🟩 | 14 🟨 3 🟥 19 | 1.25

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Tommy Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1967-1968

🟥 23 March 1968, Villa 1-2 Blackburn, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

None

🟥 23 March 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
Manager

🟥 23 March 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 March 1968, Villa 1-2 Blackburn, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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

SUBSTITUTES

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

Substitutes

🟥 23 March 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

🟥 23 March 1968, Villa 1-2 Blackburn, Villa 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 John Dunn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

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

UNUSED

Unused
Squad Bios

🟥 23 March 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 March 1968, Villa 1-2 Blackburn, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟥 23 March 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 March 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 March 1968, Villa 1-2 Blackburn, Villa Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 23 March 1968, Villa 1-2 Blackburn, Villa Park.

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