Game #2987

Aston Villa

0-2-2, 2 PTS

Saturday, 24 August 1968

Lost

17th= (-1)

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟥

Division Two

Blackburn Rovers

3-1-0, 7 PTS

Ewood Park

Attendance: 12,666

Blackburn Rovers

2-0

Aston Villa

Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

MANAGER

Tommy Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1967-1968

Aston Villa

GK Colin Withers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Dick Edwards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Fred Turnbull | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🚑 | 🔁 |
RB Mick Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mike Ferguson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tommy Mitchinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Willie Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Godfrey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
F Brian Greenhalgh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F John Woodward | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Eddie Quigley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Blackburn Rovers

GK Adam Blacklaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB Billy Wilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Dick Mulvaney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Keith Newton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CH John Coddington | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
WH Barrie Hole | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Stuart Metcalfe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Eamonn Rogers | 🇮🇪 |
W John Connelly | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Don Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Malcolm Darling | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | M John Chambers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 | for CB Fred Turnbull | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 76' |

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

🟥 24 August 1968, Villa 0-2 Blackburn, Ewood Park.

ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 24 August 1968

Tommy Cummings' Villa fail to score for the first time this season and have now gone eight games without a win as they make it two draws and two defeats in four division two games. Meanwhile, midfielder John Chambers made his Villa debut aged 18 after joining from school football in 1965.

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