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Game #2989

Aston Villa

1-2-3, 4 PTS

Saturday, 31 August 1968

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Lost

19th= (-5)

Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥

Division Two

Blackpool

2-4-0, 8 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 18,919

🟥 31 August 1968, Villa 0-1 Blackpool, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

0-1

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Blackpool

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Assist(s) | None

🟥 31 August 1968, Villa 0-1 Blackpool, Villa Park.

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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

🟥 31 August 1968, Villa 0-1 Blackpool, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 31 August 1968

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 August 1968, Villa 0-1 Blackpool, 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

Blackpool

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1952-53

Aston Villa

Blackpool

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Blackpool

Previous 5 vs. Blackpool: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥

🟥 31 August 1968, Villa 0-1 Blackpool, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1968-69 |
Matchday | #6 |
League Match | #6 |
Manager Game | #51 |
Saturday, 31 August 1968

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🟥 31 August 1968, Villa 0-1 Blackpool, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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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: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥

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

🕒 51 | 🟩 | 17 🟨 9 🟥 25 | 1.18

Villa Career Form:

Bottom 8

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Tommy Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1967-1968

🟥 31 August 1968, Villa 0-1 Blackpool, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Gerrard Lewis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Port Talbot, 1967-1971
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

None

🟥 31 August 1968, Villa 0-1 Blackpool, Villa Park.

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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 |

Referee
Manager

🟥 31 August 1968, Villa 0-1 Blackpool, Villa Park.

MANAGER

Tommy Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1967-1968

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Aston Villa

GK John Dunn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Dick Edwards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB 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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟥 31 August 1968, Villa 0-1 Blackpool, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | F Brian Greenhalgh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 74' |

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

🟥 31 August 1968, Villa 0-1 Blackpool, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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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 August 1968, Villa 0-1 Blackpool, 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

🟥 31 August 1968, Villa 0-1 Blackpool, 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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/12

🟥 31 August 1968, Villa 0-1 Blackpool, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟥 31 August 1968, Villa 0-1 Blackpool, Villa Park.

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 3 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Lew Chatterley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
GK Colin Withers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Reported

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟥 31 August 1968, Villa 0-1 Blackpool, Villa Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 31 August 1968, Villa 0-1 Blackpool, Villa Park.

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