1967–68 Aston Villa F.C. season
The 1967–68 English football season was Aston Villa's 69th 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". 38-year-old Tommy Cummings was appointed Aston Villa manager in the summer of 1967, reportedly on a three-year contract at £5,000 per year. His predessor, Dick Taylor's heavy investment in new players had failed disastrously plunging the club deep into financial trouble. Taylor was sacked not long after the club had been relegated. 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.
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. Other debuts included Fred Turnbull, John Dunn, Tommy Mitchinson, John Inglis, and Dick Edwards.
In the Second City derby Villa lost both matches.