Game #2989
Aston Villa
1-2-3, 4 PTS
Saturday, 31 August 1968
Lost
19th= (-5)
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥
Division Two
Blackpool
2-4-0, 8 PTS
Villa Park
Attendance: 18,919
🟥 31 Aug 1968, Villa 0-1 Blackpool, Villa Park
Aston Villa
0-1
Blackpool
Assist(s) | None
🟥 31 Aug 1968, Villa 0-1 Blackpool, Villa Park
MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 31 August 1968
🥅 | 13’ Goal, 0-1, (Blackpool), Ronnie Brown
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-1 Blackpool
🔁 | 74' Sub off, Willie Anderson, Sub on, Brian Greenhalgh
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-1 Blackpool
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
🟥 31 Aug 1968, Villa 0-1 Blackpool, Villa Park
ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 31 August 1968
Blackpool win at Villa Park for the first time in 15 years as Villa are slow-handclapped by the crowd amid another poor performance. Villa fall back to 19th in the table with little sign of an upturn in fortunes under Tommy Cummings.
Tommy Cummings' Villa fail to score for the second time this season and now have just a single win in the last ten games to make it a win, two draws and three defeats in six division two games so far this season.
🟥 31 Aug 1968, Villa 0-1 Blackpool, Villa Park
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
Blackpool
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1952-53
🟥 31 Aug 1968, Villa 0-1 Blackpool, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1968-69 |
Matchday | #6 |
League Match | #6 |
Manager Game | #51 |
Saturday, 31 August 1968
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🟥 31 Aug 1968, Villa 0-1 Blackpool, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Tommy Cummings | 🏴 | Sunderland, 1967-1968
Referee: Gerrard Lewis | 🏴 | Port Talbot, 1967-1971
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Tommy Cummings | 🏴 | 1967-1968
🕒 51 | 🟩 | 17 🟨 9 🟥 25 | 1.18
Villa Career Form:
Bottom 8
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟥 31 Aug 1968, Villa 0-1 Blackpool, Villa Park
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Gerrard Lewis | 🏴 | Port Talbot, 1967-1971
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: None
REFEREE PROFILE
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
CARDS
None
CARDS
None
🟥 31 Aug 1968, Villa 0-1 Blackpool, Villa Park
TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Willie Anderson and Keith Bradley replace Dave Rudge and Mick Wright.
Starting XI Average Age
| 24.16 |
Oldest Player |
F Brian Godfrey | 🏴 | 28.35 |
Youngest Player |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴 | 21.62 |
🟥 31 Aug 1968, Villa 0-1 Blackpool, Villa Park
MANAGER
Tommy Cummings | 🏴 | 1967-1968
Aston Villa
GK John Dunn | 🏴 |
CB Dick Edwards | 🏴 |
RB Keith Bradley | 🏴 |
CB Fred Turnbull | 🏴 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴 |
M Mike Ferguson | 🏴 |
M Tommy Mitchinson | 🏴 |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Bobby Park | 🏴 |
F Brian Godfrey | 🏴 |
F John Woodward | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Stan Mortensen | 🏴 |
Blackpool
GK Alan Taylor | 🏴 |
RB Jimmy Armfield | 🏴 |
CB John McPhee | 🏴 |
LB Harry Mowbray | 🏴 |
M John Craven | 🏴 |
M Glyn James | 🏴 |
W Graham Oates | 🏴 |
W Ronnie Brown | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Alan Suddick | 🏴 |
M Tommy Hutchison | 🏴 |
CF Tom White | 🏴 |
🟥 31 Aug 1968, Villa 0-1 Blackpool, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CF Brian Greenhalgh | 🏴 | for M Willie Anderson | 🏴 | 74' |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
🟥 31 Aug 1968, Villa 0-1 Blackpool, Villa Park
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
M Graham Rowe | 🏴 |
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
🟥 31 Aug 1968, Villa 0-1 Blackpool, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CF Brian Greenhalgh | 🏴 | | 35 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
|---|---|
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟥 31 Aug 1968, Villa 0-1 Blackpool, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
🟥 31 Aug 1968, Villa 0-1 Blackpool, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟥 31 Aug 1968, Villa 0-1 Blackpool, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 3 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴 |
M Lew Chatterley | 🏴 |
GK Colin Withers | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE
Not Reported
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟥 31 Aug 1968, Villa 0-1 Blackpool, Villa Park
MATCH QUOTES
🟥 31 Aug 1968, Villa 0-1 Blackpool, Villa Park
MATCH REPORTS
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🟥 31 Aug 1968, Villa 0-1 Blackpool, Villa Park