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Game #2995

Aston Villa

2-3-6, 7 PTS

Saturday, 28 September 1968

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Won

21st (-)

Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩

Division Two

Oxford United

3-4-4, 10 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 17,083

🟩 28 Sep 1968, Villa 2-0 Oxford, Villa Park

Aston Villa

2-0

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Oxford United

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Assist(s) | Mike Ferguson | 42' | Barrie Hole | 83' |

🟩 28 Sep 1968, Villa 2-0 Oxford, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 28 September 1968

⚽ | 42’ Goal, 1-0, Barrie Hole, Assist by Mick Ferguson
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Oxford United
⚽ | 83’ Goal, 2-0, Brian Godfrey, Assist by Barrie Hole
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-0 Oxford United

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

🟩 28 Sep 1968, Villa 2-0 Oxford, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 28 September 1968
  • Villa win for the first time in six second division games as Barrie Hole scores his first for the club but remain 21st in the table and one point of safety.

  • Villa face Oxford United for the first time in competitive football, Oxford become the 94th team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football.

  • Tommy Cummings' Villa now have two wins in the last sixteen games as they make it two wins, three draws and six defeats in eleven division two games so far this season.

🟩 28 Sep 1968, Villa 2-0 Oxford, Villa Park

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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

Oxford United

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

FIXTURE HISTORY
Oxford United
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Previous 5 vs. Oxford: None

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

Oxford United

PREVIOUS MATCH
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Oxford United

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟩 28 Sep 1968, Villa 2-0 Oxford, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1968-69 |
Matchday | #12 |
League Match | #11 |
Manager Game | #57 |
Saturday, 28 September 1968

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🟩 28 Sep 1968, Villa 2-0 Oxford, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Tommy Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sunderland, 1967-1968
Referee: Brian Daniels | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Essex, 1967-1981
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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Tommy Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1967-1968

🕒 57 | 🟩 | 18 🟨 10 🟥 29 | 1.12

Villa Career Form:

Bottom 8

Tommy Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1967-1968

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

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Brian Daniels | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Essex, 1967-1981

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

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

John Dunn, Tommy Mitchinson and Alan Deakin replace Colin Withers, Brian Greenhalgh and John Woodward.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.99 |

Oldest Player |
F Brian Godfrey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 28.43 |

Youngest Player |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 21.69 |

Referee

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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 Tommy Mitchinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mike Ferguson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Barrie Hole | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔥 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Godfrey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Arthur Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Oxford United

GK Jim Barron | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Dick Lucas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Cyril Beavon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Colin Clarke | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB John Shuker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RH Ron Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CH Maurice Kyle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Graham Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W David Sloan | 🇬🇧 |
F Mickey Bullock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Ray Gaston | 🇬🇧 |

Line Ups

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SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

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Substitutes

🟩 28 Sep 1968, Villa 2-0 Oxford, Villa Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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M Lew Chatterley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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LB Peter Hatch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟩 28 Sep 1968, Villa 2-0 Oxford, 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

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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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