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Game #3005

Aston Villa

3-7-11, 13 PTS

Saturday, 30 November 1968

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Lost

22nd (-)

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥

Division Two

Bury

5-6-9, 16 PTS

Gigg Lane

Attendance: 5,609

🟥 30 Nov 1968, Villa 2-3, Bury, Gigg Lane

Bury

3-2

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Brian Godfrey | 50' | Mike Ferguson | 59' |

🟥 30 Nov 1968, Villa 2-3, Bury, Gigg Lane

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 30 November 1968

🥅 | 9’ Goal, 0-1, (Bury), Jimmy Kerr
🥅 | 28’ Goal, 0-2, (Bury), Brian Grundy
🕒 | HT Bury 2-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 50’ Goal, 1-2, John Woodward, Assist by Brian Godfrey
⚽ | 59’ Goal, 2-2, Willie Anderson, Assist by Mike Ferguson
🥅 | 79’ Goal, 2-3, (Bury), Greg Farrell
🕒 | FT Bury 3-2 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

🟥 30 Nov 1968, Villa 2-3, Bury, Gigg Lane

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 30 November 1968
  • Villa lose to Bury, one point ahead of Arthur Cox’s side at the start of play, to make bottom spot of the second division their own with thirteen points from twenty one games. Bury’s third is a 40 yard shot with the ‘keeper off his line, so at least there was something to remember. Behind the scenes machinations continue over the ownership and direction of the club with a telephone directory full of 'local industrialists' are linked yet there are no genuine signs of willingness to change from the existing board.

  • Arthur Cox's second game victory proves a false dawn as Villa now have just three wins in the last twenty six games and make it three wins, seven draws and eleven defeats in twenty one division two games so far this season.

🟥 30 Nov 1968, Villa 2-3, Bury, Gigg Lane

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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

Bury

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1902-03

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

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

🟥 30 Nov 1968, Villa 2-3, Bury, Gigg Lane

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1968-69 |
Matchday | #22 |
League Match | #21 |
Manager Game | #3 |
Saturday, 30 November 1968

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🟥 30 Nov 1968, Villa 2-3, Bury, Gigg Lane

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Arthur Cox (Caretaker) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Southam, 1968
Referee: John Thacker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Lincoln, 1966-1973
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 2-3
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥

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

🕒 3 | 🟩 | 1 🟨 | 0 🟥 2 | 1.00

Villa Career Form:

Relegation

Arthur Cox | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟥 30 Nov 1968, Villa 2-3, Bury, Gigg Lane

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: John Thacker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Lincoln, 1966-1973

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

🟥 30 Nov 1968, Villa 2-3, Bury, Gigg Lane

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Arthur Cox names the same line up for a third successive game.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.66 |

Oldest Player |
F Peter Broadbent | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 35.57 |

Youngest Player |
F John Woodward | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 21.87 |

Referee

🟥 30 Nov 1968, Villa 2-3, Bury, Gigg Lane

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

Les Shannon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Bury

GK Neil Ramsbottom | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Roy Parnell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Mike Saile | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Alec Lindsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RH Brian Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jimmy Kerr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Greg Farrell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Brian Grundy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
IF Bobby Collins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F George Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Alex Dawson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟥 30 Nov 1968, Villa 2-3, Bury, Gigg Lane

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

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Substitutes

🟥 30 Nov 1968, Villa 2-3, Bury, Gigg Lane

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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M Tommy Mitchinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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IF Ray Parry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟥 30 Nov 1968, Villa 2-3, Bury, Gigg Lane

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

🟥 30 Nov 1968, Villa 2-3, Bury, Gigg Lane

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟥 30 Nov 1968, Villa 2-3, Bury, Gigg Lane

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None

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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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🟥 30 Nov 1968, Villa 2-3, Bury, Gigg Lane

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

🟥 30 Nov 1968, Villa 2-3, Bury, Gigg Lane

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 30 Nov 1968, Villa 2-3, Bury, Gigg Lane

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