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Game #2984

Aston Villa

0-0-1, 0 PTS

Saturday, 10 August 1968

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Lost

Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥

Division Two

Sheffield United

1-0-0, 2 PTS

Bramall Lane

Attendance: 17,707

🟥 10 Aug 1968, Villa 1-3 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane

Sheffield United

3-1

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Aston Villa

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🟥 10 Aug 1968, Villa 1-3 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 10 August 1968

🟢 | 1’ Debut, Mike Ferguson
🥅 | 9’ Goal, 0-1, (Sheffield United), Alan Woodward
🥅 | 29’ Goal, 0-2, (Sheffield United), Mike Hill
🔁 | 29’ Sub off, Alan Deakin, Sub on, Mick Wright
🥅 | 30’ Goal, 0-3, (Sheffield United), Tony Currie
🕒 | HT Sheffield United 3-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 77’ Goal, 1-3, Willie Anderson, pen
🕒 | FT Sheffield United 3-1 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

🟥 10 Aug 1968, Villa 1-3 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 10 August 1968

  • Villa open the season with defeat at Bramall Lane as they fall three behind within thirty minutes before they stem the flow and manage a late consolation from the penalty spot.

  • Tommy Cummings' Villa open the season with defeat at Bramall Lane and were now without a win in the last five matches under his stewardship, losing three. 

  • Meanwhile, midfielder Mike Ferguson made his Villa debut aged 25 after moving from Blackburn Rovers in May 1968 for a fee of £55,000

🟥 10 Aug 1968, Villa 1-3 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

🟢 M Mike Ferguson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #529 | £55,000 signing from Blackburn

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

Sheffield United

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League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1924–25

FIXTURE HISTORY

Sheffield United

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Previous 5 vs. Sheffield United: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨

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

🟥 10 Aug 1968, Villa 1-3 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1968-69 |
Matchday | #1 |
League Match | #1 |
Manager Game | #46 |
Saturday, 10 August 1968

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🟥 10 Aug 1968, Villa 1-3 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Tommy Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sunderland, 1967-1968
Referee: Pat Partridge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Middlesbrough, 1966-1981
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-3
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-3
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Tommy Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1967-1968

🕒 46 | 🟩 | 16 🟨 7 🟥 23 | 1.20

Villa Career Form:

Bottom 8

Tommy Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1967-1968

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

🟥 10 Aug 1968, Villa 1-3 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Pat Partridge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Middlesbrough, 1966-1981
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
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

🟥 10 Aug 1968, Villa 1-3 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Tommy Cummings hands Mike Ferguson his debut.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.00 |

Oldest Player |
GK Colin Withers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 28.41 |

Youngest Player |
F Brian Greenhalgh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 21.48 |

Referee

🟥 10 Aug 1968, Villa 1-3 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane

MANAGER

Tommy Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1967-1968

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Aston Villa

GK Colin Withers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Dick Edwards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Lew Chatterley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mike Ferguson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
M Tommy Mitchinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Bobby Park | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Brian Godfrey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
F Brian Greenhalgh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Arthur Rowley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Sheffield United

GK Alan Hodgkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Len Badger | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB David Munks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Ken Mallender | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Wagstaff | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tom Fenoughty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Alan Woodward | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Tony Currie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Colin Addison | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Gil Reece | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
F Mick Hill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟥 10 Aug 1968, Villa 1-3 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 29' |

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

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Substitutes

🟥 10 Aug 1968, Villa 1-3 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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CB Frank Barlow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟥 10 Aug 1968, Villa 1-3 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane

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

🟥 10 Aug 1968, Villa 1-3 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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Not Recorded

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟥 10 Aug 1968, Villa 1-3 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 10 Aug 1968, Villa 1-3 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane

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