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Game #2978

Aston Villa

14-5-18, 33 PTS

Monday, 15 April 1968

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Drew

16th (-)

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟨

Division Two

Portsmouth

17-13-7, 47 PTS

Fratton Park

Attendance: 26,045

🟨 15 Apr 1968, Villa 2-2 Portsmouth, Fratton

Portsmouth

2-2

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Aston Villa

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🟨 15 Apr 1968, Villa 2-2 Portsmouth, Fratton

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MATCH TIMELINE

Monday, 15 April 1968

⚽ | 14’ Goal, 1-0, Own Goal, Frank Haydock
⚽ | 31’ Goal, 2-0, Brian Godfrey, Assist by Dave Rudge
🕔 | HT Portsmouth 0-2 Aston Villa
🥅 | 48’ Goal, 2-1, (Portsmouth), George Ley
🥅 | 51’ Goal, 2-2, (Portsmouth), Ron Tindall
🔁 | 87’ Sub off, Alan Deakin, Sub on, Keith Bradley
🕔 | FT Portsmouth 2-2 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

🟨 15 Apr 1968, Villa 2-2 Portsmouth, Fratton

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ON THIS DAY

Monday, 15 April 1968

  • Villa earn a crucial point at Fratton Park to climb to joint thirteenth in the table and extend the gap to the relegation places to seven points with five games left to play.

  • Tommy Cummings' Villa make it fourteen wins, five draws and eighteen defeats in thirty seven League games so far this season.

🟨 15 Apr 1968, Villa 2-2 Portsmouth, Fratton

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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

Portsmouth

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League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1949-50

FIXTURE HISTORY

Portsmouth

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Previous 5 vs. Portsmouth: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩

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

🟨 15 Apr 1968, Villa 2-2 Portsmouth, Fratton

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1967-68 |
Matchday | #40 |
League Match | #37 |
Manager Game | #40 |
Monday, 15 April 1968

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🟨 15 Apr 1968, Villa 2-2 Portsmouth, Fratton

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Tommy Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sunderland, 1967-1968
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 2-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟨

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Tommy Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1967-1968

🕒 40 | 🟩 | 15 🟨 5 🟥 20 | 1.25

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

Tommy Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1967-1968

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

🟨 15 Apr 1968, Villa 2-2 Portsmouth, Fratton

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Unknown
Cards: None

REFEREE PROFILE

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS

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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

🟨 15 Apr 1968, Villa 2-2 Portsmouth, Fratton

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Tommy Cummings names the same line up for the fourth successive game.

Starting XI Average Age
| 23.67 |

Oldest Player |
GK Colin Withers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 28.09 |

Youngest Player |
M Dave Rudge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.25 |

Referee

🟨 15 Apr 1968, Villa 2-2 Portsmouth, Fratton

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

George Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Portsmouth

GK John Milkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB George Ley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
WH Harry Harris | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CH Frank Haydock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M George Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Albert McCann | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Bobby Kellard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Nicky Jennings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
IF Cliff Portwood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Mike Treblicock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Ron Tindall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟨 15 Apr 1968, Villa 2-2 Portsmouth, Fratton

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | RB Keith Bradley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 87' |

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

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Substitutes

🟨 15 Apr 1968, Villa 2-2 Portsmouth, Fratton

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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FB Mike Travers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟨 15 Apr 1968, Villa 2-2 Portsmouth, Fratton

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

🟨 15 Apr 1968, Villa 2-2 Portsmouth, Fratton

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟨 15 Apr 1968, Villa 2-2 Portsmouth, Fratton

UNAVAILABLE

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

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟨 15 Apr 1968, Villa 2-2 Portsmouth, Fratton

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟨 15 Apr 1968, Villa 2-2 Portsmouth, Fratton

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟨 15 Apr 1968, Villa 2-2 Portsmouth, Fratton

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