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Game #2990

Aston Villa

Wednesday, 4 September 1968

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Lost

2nd Round

Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥

League Cup

Tottenham Hotspur

Villa Park

Attendance: 24,775

🟥 4 September 1968, Villa 1-4 Spurs, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

1-4

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Tottenham Hotspur

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Assist(s) | Mick Wright | 54' |

🟥 4 September 1968, Villa 1-4 Spurs, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Wednesday, 4 September 1968

🥅 | 41’ Goal, 0-1, (Tottenham Hotspur), Martin Chivers
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-1 Tottenham Hotspur
🥅 | 53’ Goal, 0-2, (Tottenham Hotspur), Martin Chivers
⚽ | 54’ Goal, 1-2, Lionel Martin, Assist by Mick Wright
🥅 | 57’ Goal, 1-3, (Tottenham Hotspur), Martin Chivers
🥅 | 76 Goal, 1-4, (Tottenham Hotspur), Cliff Jones
🔁 | 83’ Sub off, Charlie Aitken, Sub on, Bobby Park
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-4 Tottenham Hotspur

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟥 4 September 1968, Villa 1-4 Spurs, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Wednesday, 4 September 1968

Tommy Cummings' Villa now have just a single win in the last eleven games as they lose to top flight Tottenham in the League Cup.

🟥 4 September 1968, Villa 1-4 Spurs, 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

Tottenham Hotspur

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UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1966-67

Aston Villa

Tottenham Hotspur

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Tottenham Hotspur

Previous 5 vs. Spurs: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟨

🟥 4 September 1968, Villa 1-4 Spurs, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1968-69 |
Matchday | #7 |
Manager Game | #52 |
Wednesday, 4 September 1968

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🟥 4 September 1968, Villa 1-4 Spurs, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Tommy Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sunderland, 1967-1968
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-4
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
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Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Tommy Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1967-1968

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 52 | 🟩 | 17 🟨 9 🟥 26 | 1.15

Villa Career Form:

Bottom 8

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Tommy Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1967-1968

🟥 4 September 1968, Villa 1-4 Spurs, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Unknown
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

None

🟥 4 September 1968, Villa 1-4 Spurs, Villa Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Alan Deakin, Mick Wright and Lionel Martin replace Bobby Park, Brian Godfrey and Keith Bradley.

Starting XI Average Age
| 23.89 |

Oldest Player |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 26.79 |

Youngest Player |
M Lionel Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 21.32 |

Referee
Manager

🟥 4 September 1968, Villa 1-4 Spurs, Villa Park.

MANAGER

Tommy Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1967-1968

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Aston Villa

GK John Dunn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
CB Dick Edwards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Fred Turnbull | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Mike Ferguson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tommy Mitchinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Lionel Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F John Woodward | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Bill Nicholson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Tottenham Hotspur

GK Pat Jennings | 🇬🇧 |
RB Joe Kinnear | 🇮🇪 |
CB Mike England | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CB Phil Beal | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Cyril Knowles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alan Mullery | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dennis Bond | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Cliff Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Jimmy Greaves | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Martin Chivers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CF Alan Gilzean | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟥 4 September 1968, Villa 1-4 Spurs, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Bobby Park | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | for LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 83' |

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

🟥 4 September 1968, Villa 1-4 Spurs, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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W Jimmy Robertson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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

🟥 4 September 1968, Villa 1-4 Spurs, 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

🟥 4 September 1968, Villa 1-4 Spurs, 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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/12

🟥 4 September 1968, Villa 1-4 Spurs, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟥 4 September 1968, Villa 1-4 Spurs, Villa Park.

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 2 |
M Lew Chatterley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
GK Colin Withers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟥 4 September 1968, Villa 1-4 Spurs, Villa Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 4 September 1968, Villa 1-4 Spurs, Villa Park.

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