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Game #2975

Aston Villa

14-3-17, 31 PTS

Saturday, 30 March 1968

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Won

14th (+1)

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩

Division Two

Carlisle United

12-11-11, 35 PTS

Brunton Park

Attendance: 8,861

🟩 30 Mar 1968, Villa 2-1 Carlisle, Brunton Park

Carlisle United

1-2

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Aston Villa

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🟩 30 Mar 1968, Villa 2-1 Carlisle, Brunton Park

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 30 March 1968

🥅 | 22’ Goal, 0-1, (Carlisle United), Peter Garbutt
⚽ | 23’ Goal, 1-1, Dave Rudge, Assist by Dick Edwards
⚽ | 43’ Goal, 2-1, Brian Godfrey
🕔 | HT Carlisle United 1-2 Aston Villa
🕔 | FT Carlisle United 1-2 Aston Villa

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

🟩 30 Mar 1968, Villa 2-1 Carlisle, Brunton Park

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 30 March 1968
  • Villa win for the first time in five second division games after four consecutive defeats as Tommy Cummings’ side climb back to joint 13th in the table but remain just five points off the relegation places with eight games left to play of what is described as a “Dismal season” by the local press.

  • Tommy Cummings' Villa win for the first time in five to stop a run of four successive losses and make it fourteen wins, three draws and seventeen defeats in thirty four League games so far this season.

🟩 30 Mar 1968, Villa 2-1 Carlisle, Brunton 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

Carlisle United

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

FIXTURE HISTORY
Carlisle United
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Previous 5 vs. Carlisle: 🟩

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

🟩 30 Mar 1968, Villa 2-1 Carlisle, Brunton Park

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1967-68 |
Matchday | #37 |
League Match | #34 |
Manager Game | #37 |
Saturday, 30 March 1968

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🟩 30 Mar 1968, Villa 2-1 Carlisle, Brunton Park

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Tommy Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sunderland, 1967-1968
Referee: David Laing | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Preston, 1966-1972
Kick off: 6.30pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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Tommy Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1967-1968

🕒 37 | 🟩 | 15 🟨 3 🟥 19 | 1.30

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

Tommy Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1967-1968

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

🟩 30 Mar 1968, Villa 2-1 Carlisle, Brunton Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: David Laing | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Preston, 1966-1972

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

🟩 30 Mar 1968, Villa 2-1 Carlisle, Brunton Park

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Colin Withers, Mick Wright, Dave Rudge, Fred Turnbull, Brian Greenhalgh and Dick Edwards replace John Dunn, Charlie Aitken, Bobby Park, Johnny MacLeod, Keith Bradley and John Woodward.

Starting XI Average Age
| 23.62 |

Oldest Player |
GK Colin Withers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 28.04 |

Youngest Player |
M Dave Rudge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.20 |

Referee

🟩 30 Mar 1968, Villa 2-1 Carlisle, Brunton Park

MANAGER

Tommy Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1967-1968

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Aston Villa

GK Colin Withers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Fred Turnbull | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Dick Edwards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Lew Chatterley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tommy Mitchinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dave Rudge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Brian Greenhalgh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Godfrey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Tim Ward | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Carlisle United

GK Allan Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB John Brodie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Terry Caldwell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
WH Peter McConnell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LH Peter Garbutt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
LH Gordon Marsland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Frank Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Chris Balderstone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W George McVitie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Frank Sharp | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Hugh McIlmoyle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 30 Mar 1968, Villa 2-1 Carlisle, Brunton Park

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

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Substitutes

🟩 30 Mar 1968, Villa 2-1 Carlisle, Brunton Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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M Bobby Park | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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F John Rudge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟩 30 Mar 1968, Villa 2-1 Carlisle, Brunton 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

🟩 30 Mar 1968, Villa 2-1 Carlisle, Brunton Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟩 30 Mar 1968, Villa 2-1 Carlisle, Brunton Park

UNAVAILABLE
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Injury | 1 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE
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Not Recorded

Unavailable
LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟩 30 Mar 1968, Villa 2-1 Carlisle, Brunton Park

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

🟩 30 Mar 1968, Villa 2-1 Carlisle, Brunton Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 30 Mar 1968, Villa 2-1 Carlisle, Brunton Park

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