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Game #3003

Aston Villa

2-7-10, 11 PTS

Saturday, 16 November 1968

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Lost

22nd (-)

Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥

Division Two

Portsmouth

5-8-6, 18 PTS

Fratton Park

Attendance: 18,154

🟥 16 Nov 1968, Villa 0-2, Portsmouth, Fratton

Portsmouth

2-0

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | None

🟥 16 Nov 1968, Villa 0-2, Portsmouth, Fratton

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 16 November 1968

🥅 | 19’ Goal, 0-1, (Portsmouth), Nick Jennings
🕒 | HT Portsmouth 1-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 69’ Goal, 0-2, (Portsmouth), Nick Jennings
🕒 | FT Portsmouth 2-0 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

🟥 16 Nov 1968, Villa 0-2, Portsmouth, Fratton

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 16 November 1968
  • Villa lose to mid table Portsmouth in Arthur Cox’s first game in charge to leave them bottom of the table, three points from safety.

  • Arthur Cox opens his caretaker spell with a defeat, as a result Villa now have just two wins in the last twenty four games and make it two wins, seven draws and ten defeats in nineteen division two games so far this season.

🟥 16 Nov 1968, Villa 0-2, Portsmouth, Fratton

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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

Portsmouth

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League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1949-50

FIXTURE HISTORY
Portsmouth
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Previous 5 vs. Portsmouth: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩

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

🟥 16 Nov 1968, Villa 0-2, Portsmouth, Fratton

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1968-69 |
Matchday | #20 |
League Match | #19 |
Manager Game | #1 |
Saturday, 16 November 1968

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🟥 16 Nov 1968, Villa 0-2, Portsmouth, Fratton

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Arthur Cox (Caretaker) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Southam, 1968
Referee: Iorwerth Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Trelewis, 1967-1975
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-2
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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Arthur Cox | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒 1 | 🟩 | 0 🟨 | 0 🟥 1 | 0.00

Villa Career Form:

Relegation

Arthur Cox | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟥 16 Nov 1968, Villa 0-2, Portsmouth, Fratton

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Iorwerth Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Trelewis, 1967-1975

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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None

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

🟥 16 Nov 1968, Villa 0-2, Portsmouth, Fratton

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

In his first game as caretaker boss following the sacking of Tommy Cummings, Arthur Cox recalls Alan Deakin and Willie Anderson in place of Tommy Mitchinson and Barry Hole. Hole did not feature in the match following a bust up with caretaker manager Arthur Cox which led to him storming out and being suspended by the club.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.62 |

Oldest Player |
F Peter Broadbent | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 35.53 |

Youngest Player |
F John Woodward | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 21.83 |

Referee

🟥 16 Nov 1968, Villa 0-2, Portsmouth, Fratton

MANAGER

Arthur Cox | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Aston Villa

GK John Dunn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Fred Turnbull | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Dick Edwards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Alan Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mike Ferguson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F John Woodward | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Godfrey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
F Peter Broadbent | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

George Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Portsmouth

GK John Milkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Roy Pack | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB George Ley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
WH Harry Harris | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M George Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Eoin Hand | 🇮🇪 |
M Brian Bromley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Nicky Jennings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
F Mike Treblicock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Ray Pointer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Billy Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟥 16 Nov 1968, Villa 0-2, Portsmouth, Fratton

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

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Substitutes

🟥 16 Nov 1968, Villa 0-2, Portsmouth, Fratton

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

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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M Albert McCann | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟥 16 Nov 1968, Villa 0-2, Portsmouth, Fratton

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

🟥 16 Nov 1968, Villa 0-2, Portsmouth, Fratton

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟥 16 Nov 1968, Villa 0-2, Portsmouth, Fratton

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None

UNAVAILABLE
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Not Recorded

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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟥 16 Nov 1968, Villa 0-2, Portsmouth, Fratton

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

🟥 16 Nov 1968, Villa 0-2, Portsmouth, Fratton

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 16 Nov 1968, Villa 0-2, Portsmouth, Fratton

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