Villa record their first away point of the season but lose Mick Wright to a broken leg as Alan Deakin also needs stitches in a gashed leg but in better news Brian Godfrey scores on debut to leave Villa one of five clubs in joint 18th and out of the relegation places on goal average.

Tommy Cummings' Villa draw for the first time this season to make two wins, a draw and seven defeats in ten League games and their fifth without scoring. As a result Villa had now lost fifteen of their last twenty games. 

Right back Mick Wright fractured his right leg during the match and was faced a long spell on the sidelines - perhaps not what he meant when he said he didn’t wish to play for the club again two weeks earlier. 

Meanwhile, forward Brian Godfrey made a goalscoring debut for Villa aged 27 after moving from Preston North End Forward Brian Greenhalgh, 20, who had made the same move also made his debut. As did centre back Fred Turnbull, 21, after joining from Centre’64 club in August 1966. 

Departing the scene was centre forward Barry Stobart who made his final Villa appearance aged 29 before moving on to Shrewsbury Town in October 1967. Stobart played for Villa between 1964-65 and 1967-68 making 53 appearances and scoring 20 goals.

Brian Greenhalgh and Brian Godfrey score on their home debuts to put Villa two up after half an hour but Tommy Cummings’ side collapse to their eighth defeat in eleven second division games in a typically aggressive display from neighbours Birmingham. Villa fall back to joint 19th in the table and remain out of the relegation places on goal average.

Tommy Cummings' Villa make it eight defeats in eleven League games. As a result Villa had now lost sixteen of their last twenty one games, winning just two.

Brian Godfrey scores for the third successive game since his debut and Brian Greenhalgh for the second consecutive match as Villa win for the first time in six to record their third win in twelve second division games under Tommy Cummings. Villa sit joint eighteenth, one point clear of the relegation places. The game though is notable for the referee being attacked by Millwall fans and leaving the field unconscious on a stretcher.

Tommy Cummings' Villa win for the first time in seven to make it three wins, a draw and eight defeats in twelve League games so far this season.

Villa win successive games for the first time under Tommy Cummings as they beat League leaders Blackpool with three spectacutar goals as Cummings’ three signings Greenhalgh, Godfrey and Mitchinson come good again. As a result Villa climb to joint 17th in the table but sit fourth from bottom on goal average three points clear of the relegation places.

Tommy Cummings' Villa win successive games for the first time since November 1966 and for the first time under his stewardship to make it four wins, a draw and eight defeats in thirteen League games so far this season.

Meanwhile, in a surprise turn of events, centre back John Sleeuwenhoek made his final appearance for Villa aged just 23 before moving on to Birmingham City in November 1967. Sleeuwenhoek played for Villa between 1960-61 and 1967-68 making 260 appearances, scoring once. A teenage prodigy for Villa, Sleeuwenhoek was never to be the same player again once he’d crossed the city,

Villa’s remarkable upturn in form since the signings of Brian Godfrey and Greenhalgh continues as they record a third successive win under Tommy Cummings to remain joint seventeenth in the table and are now five points clear of the relegation places.

Villa face Carlisle United for the first time in competitive football, Carlisle become the 93rd team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football.

Tommy Cummings' Villa win three successive games for the first time since September 1965 and for the first time under his stewardship to make it five wins, a draw and eight defeats in fourteen League games so far this season.

Lew Chatterley suffers injury after 23’ but remains on the pitch until hall time but his loss leads directly to Ipswich’s goals after the promotion chasers had been well held in the first half. Villa remain joint 17th in the table but are now only three points clear of the relegation places.

Tommy Cummings' Villa end a run of three successive victories with a seventeenth loss in their last twenty five games to make it five wins, a draw and nine defeats in fifteen League games so far this season.

Villa climb into a two goal lead only to concede three in the final sixteen minutes to lose successive games despite Brian Greenhalgh scoring his fifth goals in seven games under Tommy Cummings. Villa remain joint 17th in the table but are now just two points clear of the relegation places.

Tommy Cummings' Villa lose for the eighteenth time in their last twenty six games to make it five wins, a draw and ten defeats in sixteen League games so far this season. 

Meanwhile, Graham Parker made his final appearance for Villa aged 21 before moving on to Rotherham United for a fee of £6,000 in December 1967. Parker had made 20 appearances, scoring once since his debut in April 1964.

Villa bounce back from successive defeats to win at Burnden as the Brian Greenhalgh goalscoring juggernaught continues as Villa remain joint 17th in the table and extend the gap to the relegation places to three points. 

Tommy Cummings' Villa win for the first time in three to make it six wins, a draw and ten defeats in seventeen League games so far this season. 

Meanwhile, Mike Tindall made a goalscoring substitute appearance for Villa in his final game for the club aged 26. Tindall played for Villa between 1959-60 and 1967-68 making 136 appearances and scoring nine goals

Villa are held to a goalless draw by a defensive Huddersfield side and fall to 19th but extend the gap to the relegation places to four points. 

Tommy Cummings' Villa fail to score for the first time in nine but keep their third clean sheet in nineteen to make it six wins, two draws and ten defeats in eighteen League games so far this season.

John Woodward plays his first game for fourteen months after injury and helps inspire Villa to a second victory in three unbeaten games as they come from behind to beat Norwich at Villa Park and climb back to joint 17th in the table, four points off the relegation places.

Tommy Cummings' Villa win for the second time in three to make it seven wins, two draws and ten defeats in nineteen League games so far this season.

Villa score two late breakaway goals to beat bottom side Rotherham and climb to joint 16th in the table, five points clear of the relegation places.

Tommy Cummings' Villa win for the third time in four to make it eight wins, two draws and ten defeats in twenty League games so far this season.

Villa lose to a Cardiff side who are reduce to ten men through injury after 50 minutes and are forced to play with nine for the final twenty.

Tommy Cummings' Villa fail to score for the second time in four games and lose for the first time in five to make it eight wins, two draws and eleven defeats in twenty one League games so far this season. Villa had now lost for the nineteenth time in their last thirty one games, this time managing to do so against a Cardiff side that was reduced to nine men for the last 18 minutes of the match. 

Meanwhile, full back Barry Ansell made his one and only appearance for Villa aged 20 after joining from school football in 1965. Ansell would move on to non-League football in 1969.

Villa gain swift revenge for their defeat at Ninian Park to beat Cardiff and make 16th place in the table their own, seven points clear of the relegation places in the final game of 1967.

Tommy Cummings' Villa win for the fourth time in six to make it nine wins, two draws and eleven defeats in twenty two League games so far this season. As a result Villa end the year in vastly improved form from the early spell under Cummings and have a realistic chance of consolidating their position in division two.

Villa earn their seventeenth point in twelve games under Tommy Docherty as they come from behind to beat Derby as Johnny MacLeod scores the winner direct from a corner kick. Villa remain 16th in the table but are now nine points clear of the relegation places.

Tommy Cummings' Villa open 1968 with a fifth time in seven to make it ten wins, two draws and eleven defeats in twenty three League games so far this season.

Villa win a third consecutive League game for the second time under Tommy Cummings and collect their nineteenth point in thirteen matches to climb to a season high fourteenth in the table, ten points clear of the relegation places.

Tommy Cummings' Villa record three successive wins for the second time this season to make it eleven wins, two draws and eleven defeats in twenty four League games so far this season. 

Meanwhile, goalkeeper John Dunn made his Villa debut aged 23 after moving from Torquay United earlier this month for a fee of £8,000.

Villa make it five consecutive victories in all competitions, eleven wins in their last fourteen having started the season with two wins in twelve under Tommy Cummings. 

As a result Villa climb to joint 13th in the table eleven points clear of the relegation places and eleven points off the final promotion spot.

Villa lose for the first time in six as they are beaten at home on the break by a defensive Boro side they can't get past. Villa fall to 14th in the table.

A trademark dour, defensive Middlesbrough performance is unduly rewarded as Tommy Cummings' Villa lose for the first time in six to make it twelve wins, two draws and twelve defeats in twenty six League games so far this season.

Villa lose to bottom side Rotherham in the fourth round of the FA Cup.

Tommy Cummings' Villa fail to score for the second successive game and suffer two defeats on the bounce for the first time since November as Rotherham knock them out of the FA Cup.

Villa's difficult run continues as they lose for the fifth time in seven games to fall back to joint fourteenth in the second division table, eight points off the relegation places and thirteen off the promotion spots.

Tommy Cummings' Villa lose for the fifth time in seven to make it thirteen wins, three draws and fifteen defeats in thirty one League games so far this season. 

Meanwhile, defender Dick Edwards made his Villa debut aged 25 after moving from Mansfield Town for a fee of £30,000 earlier this month.

Former Preston favourites Brian Greenhalgh and Godfrey combine after 5’ to put Villa ahead but that’s as good as it gets for Tommy Cummings’ side who lose a third successive game and sixth time in eight as their Lancashire struggles continue.

Tommy Cummings' Villa lose three successive games and for the sixth time in eight to make it thirteen wins, three draws and sixteen defeats in thirty two League games so far this season.

Villa win for the first time in five second division games after four consecutive defeats as Tommy Cummings’ side climb back to joint 13th in the table but remain just five points off the relegation places with eight games left to play of what is described as a “Dismal season” by the local press.

Tommy Cummings' Villa win for the first time in five to stop a run of four successive losses and make it fourteen wins, three draws and seventeen defeats in thirty four League games so far this season.

Villa make it two games unbeaten but concede a point after Tommy Mitchinson, who had played a superb match otherwise, handled a goal bound shot to concede a penalty and second equaliser. Villa drop one place to fourteenth in the table but increase the gap to the relegation places to six points.

Tommy Cummings' Villa make two unbeaten and fourteen wins, four draws and seventeen defeats in thirty five League games so far this season.

After two games undefeated Villa lose for the eighth time in twelve games under Tommy Docherty and fall back to joint 16th in the table, six points off the relegation places with six games left to play.

Tommy Cummings' Villa lose for the first time in three to make it fourteen wins, four draws and eighteen defeats in thirty six League games so far this season.

Villa earn a crucial point at Fratton Park to climb to joint thirteenth in the table and extend the gap to the relegation places to seven points with five games left to play.

Tommy Cummings' Villa make it fourteen wins, five draws and eighteen defeats in thirty seven League games so far this season.

Villa face Portsmouth on successive days and follow their Fratton draw with a Villa Park victory to leave Tommy Cummings’ side with one defeat in five second division games after a dismal run that had seen them lose eight in twelve. Villa climb to joint 12th in the table, eight points clear of relegation and secure in the second division for another season.

Tommy Cummings' Villa win for the first time in four to make it fifteen wins, five draws and eighteen defeats in thirty eight League games this season.

Villa make it three games unbeaten and climb to joint 11th in the table alongside opposition side Bolton and next opponents Huddersfield but the game is overshadowed by disquiet amongst the fan base at another sub-standard showing under Tommy Cummings described by the local media as "pathetic".

Tommy Cummings' Villa make it two games unbeaten and fifteen wins, six draws and eighteen defeats in thirty nine League games this season.

Villa extend their unbeaten run to four games and three draws but it is another poor performance from two sides suspended in mid table purely by virtue of having played more games than their rivals.

Tommy Cummings' Villa make it three unbeaten and fifteen wins, seven draws and eighteen defeats in forty League games this season. 

Meanwhile, winger Johnny MacLeod made his final appearance for Villa at the age of 29 before moving to KV Mechelen of Belgium in July. MacLeod played for Villa between 1964-65 and 1967-68 making 140 appearances and scoring 18 goals.

Villa lose for the first time in five but have just one win in seven under Tommy Cummings as the local media once brand the performance as "pathetic".

Tommy Cummings' Villa lose for the first time in four to make it fifteen wins, seven draws and nineteen defeats in forty one League games this season.

Villa lose successive games to end the season joint 14th but are classified sixteenth in the table six points clear of the relegation places. Tommy Cummings' reign delivered scant improvement in form bar a mid-season spell of eight wins in twelve games.

Tommy Cummings' Villa end the season with successive losses and make it fifteen wins, seven draws and twenty defeats this season as they finish 16th in the second division. Cummings had arrived as a replacement for the hapless Dick Taylor but eight losses in the first ten games didn’t suggest that Villa’s woeful form under Taylor was going to be reversed by the new manager. The following ten games took Villa to mid December and saw an upturn in form, winning five, but the thirteen losses suffered in the first twenty games of the season made it plain that promotion was not on the agenda this season and at best another campaign in the second tier beckoned. Results from December to February all but secured Villa’s second division status but a terrible run to the season end, winning twice in thirteen games and losing seven meant there was little optimism and few positives to take into the following season. Ultimately Tommy Cummings’ first season as Villa manager saw Villa’s lowest ever finish since league football began in 1888 following the previous season’s relegation.

Villa open the season with defeat at Bramall Lane as they fall three behind within thirty minutes before they stem the flow and manage a late consolation from the penalty spot.

Tommy Cummings' Villa open the season with defeat at Bramall Lane and were now without a win in the last five matches under his stewardship, losing three. 

Meanwhile, midfielder Mike Ferguson made his Villa debut aged 25 after moving from Blackburn Rovers in May 1968 for a fee of £55,000

Villa need a late equaliser from John Woodward to avoid a second successive defeat after conceding an early goal to Fulham. Tommy Cummings’ side sit joint 16th after two second division games.

Tommy Cummings' Villa draw their first home game of the season and are now without a win in six matches.