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Game #2996

Aston Villa

2-4-6, 8 PTS

Saturday, 5 October 1968

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Drew

20th= (+1)

Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨

Division Two

Cardiff City

6-2-4, 14 PTS

Ninian Park

Attendance: 17,136

🟨 5 October 1968, Villa 1-1 Cardiff, Ninian Park.

Cardiff City

1-1

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Dave Rudge | 72' |

🟨 5 October 1968, Villa 1-1 Cardiff, Ninian Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 5 October 1968

🥅 | 44’ Goal, 0-1, (Cardiff City), John Toshack
🕒 | HT Cardiff City 1-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 71’ Goal, 1-1, Brian Godfrey, Assist by Dave Rudge
🔁 | 78' Sub off, Dave Rudge, Sub on, Lionel Martin
🕒 | FT Cardiff City 1-1 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟨 5 October 1968, Villa 1-1 Cardiff, Ninian Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 5 October 1968

Tommy Cummings' Villa now have just two wins in the last seventeen games as they make it two wins, four draws and six defeats in twelve division two games so far this season.

🟨 5 October 1968, Villa 1-1 Cardiff, Ninian 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

Cardiff City

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1926-27

Aston Villa

Cardiff City

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Cardiff City

Previous 5 vs. Cardiff: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟩

🟨 5 October 1968, Villa 1-1 Cardiff, Ninian Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1968-69 |
Matchday | #13 |
League Match | #12 |
Manager Game | #58 |
Saturday, 5 October 1968

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🟨 5 October 1968, Villa 1-1 Cardiff, Ninian Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Tommy Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sunderland, 1967-1968
Referee: John Homewood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Surrey, 1966-1979
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
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

🕒 58 | 🟩 | 18 🟨 11 🟥 29 | 1.12

Villa Career Form:

Bottom 8

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Tommy Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1967-1968

🟨 5 October 1968, Villa 1-1 Cardiff, Ninian Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: John Homewood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Surrey, 1966-1979
Matches Officiated: 2
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 7 October 1967, Villa 2-4 Birmingham, Villa Park 🆘
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

None

🟨 5 October 1968, Villa 1-1 Cardiff, Ninian Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Brian Greenhalgh, Dave Rudge and Peter Broadbent replace Tommy Mitchinson, Mike Ferguson and Alan Deakin,

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.98 |

Oldest Player |
F Peter Broadbent | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 35.42 |

Youngest Player |
M Dave Rudge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.72 |

Referee
Manager

🟨 5 October 1968, Villa 1-1 Cardiff, Ninian 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 Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Barrie Hole | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Dave Rudge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | 🔁 |
F Brian Godfrey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Brian Greenhalgh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Peter Broadbent | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Jimmy Scoular | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Cardiff City

GK Fred Davies | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Graham Coldrick | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
D Gary Bell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Richie Morgan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CB Don Murray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Mel Sutton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Les Lea | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Barrie Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
F Brian Clark | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Peter King | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F John Toshack | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟨 5 October 1968, Villa 1-1 Cardiff, Ninian Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Lionel Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Dave Rudge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 78' |

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

🟨 5 October 1968, Villa 1-1 Cardiff, Ninian Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Leighton Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

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

🟨 5 October 1968, Villa 1-1 Cardiff, Ninian 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

🟨 5 October 1968, Villa 1-1 Cardiff, Ninian 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

🟨 5 October 1968, Villa 1-1 Cardiff, Ninian Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟨 5 October 1968, Villa 1-1 Cardiff, Ninian Park.

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 1 |
M Mike Ferguson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟨 5 October 1968, Villa 1-1 Cardiff, Ninian Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟨 5 October 1968, Villa 1-1 Cardiff, Ninian Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟨 5 October 1968, Villa 1-1 Cardiff, Ninian Park.

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