1967–68 Aston Villa F.C. season

The 1967–68 English football season was Aston Villa's 68th season in the Football League, this season playing in the Football League Second Division after relegation. Villa had been in decline for several years; the club had an ageing five-man board "who had failed to adapt to the new football reality".[1] The club had neither developed a scouting network nor an effective coaching structure. The fans' calls for the board to resign became more and more pronounced when Villa finished 16th.[2]

Aston Villa
1967–68 season
ChairmanNorman Smith
ManagerEngland Tommy Cummings
StadiumVilla Park
Second Division16th
FA CupFourth round
League CupSecond round
Second City Derby
30--22--23

Tommy Cummings was appointed Aston Villa manager in the summer of 1967.[3]

Brian Godfrey was transferred, with Brian Greenhalgh, from Preston North End in September 1967. Godfrey scored on his Villa debut, and he and Greenhalgh scored 18 goals between them in their first 17 games in Villa colours.

In the Second City derby Villa lost both matches.[4]

Second Division

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts
14 Huddersfield Town 42 13 12 17 46 61 0.754 38
15 Charlton Athletic 42 12 13 17 63 68 0.926 37
16 Aston Villa 42 15 7 20 54 64 0.844 37
17 Hull City 42 12 13 17 58 73 0.795 37
18 Derby County 42 13 10 19 71 78 0.910 36
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored

References
  1. Ward, Adam, p. 98
  2. Ward, Adam, p. 100
  3. "Former Managers 1960s". Aston Villa F.C. Archived from the original on 3 March 2009. Retrieved 13 July 2009.
  4. "All Aston Villa's Matches". AVFC History. Retrieved 6 August 2023.


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