1967–68 Aston Villa F.C. season

Main article: History of Aston Villa F.C. (1961–present)

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
Chairman	Norman Smith
Manager	Tommy Cummings
Stadium	Villa Park
Second Division	16th
FA Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	Second round
← 1966–67 1968-69 →

Second City Derby

30--22--23

← 1964–65 1968-69 →

38 year old Tommy Cummings was appointed Aston Villa manager in the summer of 1967,^[3] reportedly on a three-year contract at £5,000 per year.^[4]

Brian Godfrey (143) was transferred, with Brian Greenhalgh (40), 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. Other debuts included Fred Turnbull (161), John Dunn (101), Tommy Mitchinson (49), John Inglis (3), and Dick Edwards.^[5]

In the Second City derby Villa lost both matches.^[6]

Second Division

Pos	Team v t e	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: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored

See also

• List of Aston Villa F.C. records and statistics