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Game #2997

Aston Villa

2-4-7, 8 PTS

Tuesday, 8 October 1968

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Lost

20th= (-)

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟥

Division Two

Bristol City

2-8-3, 12 PTS

Ashton Gate

Attendance: 15,203

🟥 8 Oct 1968, Villa 0-1 Bristol City, Ashton Gate

Bristol City

1-0

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | None

🟥 8 Oct 1968, Villa 0-1 Bristol City, Ashton Gate

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MATCH TIMELINE
Tuesday, 8 October 1968

🕒 | HT Bristol City 0-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 70’ Goal, 0-1, (Bristol City), Bobby Kellard
🔁 | 80’ Sub off, Mike Ferguson, Sub on, Lionel Martin
🕒 | FT Bristol City 1-0 Aston Villa

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

🟥 8 Oct 1968, Villa 0-1 Bristol City, Ashton Gate

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ON THIS DAY
Tuesday, 8 October 1968
  • Villa save waves of Bristol attacks as John Dunn puts in an excellent goalkeeping performance but Villa are hamstrung throughout by a 12’ injury suffered by the returning Mike Ferguson who eventually limps off with 10 minutes remaining. Villa with eight men regularly behind the ball hold out until 70’ before conceding and lose for the first time in three second division games.

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

🟥 8 Oct 1968, Villa 0-1 Bristol City, Ashton Gate

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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

Bristol City

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

FIXTURE HISTORY
Bristol City
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Previous 5 vs. Bristol City: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩

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

🟥 8 Oct 1968, Villa 0-1 Bristol City, Ashton Gate

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1968-69 |
Matchday | #14 |
League Match | #13 |
Manager Game | #59 |
Tuesday, 8 October 1968

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🟥 8 Oct 1968, Villa 0-1 Bristol City, Ashton Gate

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Tommy Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sunderland, 1967-1968
Referee: Mike Kerkhof | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bicester, 1968-1972
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟥

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

🕒 59 | 🟩 | 18 🟨 11 🟥 30 | 1.10

Villa Career Form:

Bottom 8

Tommy Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1967-1968

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

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Mike Kerkhof | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bicester, 1968-1972

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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CARDS
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🟨

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

Mike Ferguson replaces Dave Rudge.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.44 |

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

Youngest Player |
F Brian Greenhalgh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 21.65 |

Referee

🟥 8 Oct 1968, Villa 0-1 Bristol City, Ashton Gate

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 Mike Ferguson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
F Brian Godfrey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
F Brian Greenhalgh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Peter Broadbent | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Alan Dicks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Bristol City

GK Mike Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Trevor Jacobs | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
FB Alec Briggs | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RH Ken Wimshurst | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CH Jack Connor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
WH Gordon Parr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Gerry Sharpe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Jantzen Derrick | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
IF Chris Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF John Galley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Bobby Kellard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟥 8 Oct 1968, Villa 0-1 Bristol City, Ashton Gate

SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 | M Lionel Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Mike Ferguson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 80' |

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

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Substitutes

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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CF Terry Bush | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟥 8 Oct 1968, Villa 0-1 Bristol City, Ashton Gate

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

🟥 8 Oct 1968, Villa 0-1 Bristol City, Ashton Gate

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

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