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Game #1277

Aston Villa

5-10-4, 20 PTS

Saturday, 13 December 1924

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Lost

9th=

Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟥

Division One

Preston North End

3-2-14, 8 PTS

Deepdale

Attendance: 8,000

🟥 13 Dec 1924, Villa 2-3 Preston, Deepdale

Preston North End

3-2

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Billy Kirton | 17' | Billy Waker | 86' |

🟥 13 Dec 1924, Villa 2-3 Preston, Deepdale

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 13 December 1924

🟢 | 1' Debut, Tommy Muldoon
🥅 | 11' Goal, 0-1, (Preston North End), Aitkin
⚽ | 17' Goal, 1-0, Billy Walker, Assist by Billy Kirton
🕒 | HT Preston North End 1-1 Aston Villa
🥅 | 65' Goal, 1-2, (Preston North End), Woodhouse
🥅 | Goal, 1-3, (Preston North End), Williamson
⚽ | 86' Goal, 2-3, Arthur Dorrell, Assist by Billy Waker
🕒 | FT Preston North End 3-2 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution

🟥 13 Dec 1924, Villa 2-3 Preston, Deepdale

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 13 December 1924
  • Villa are forced to play 7 non-regulars as an injury crisis robs them of their entire half back line.

  • Billy Walker scores for the 13th time in nineteen games but Villa lose consecutive games for the first time this season to make it five wins, ten draws and four defeats in their opening nineteen division one games. 

  • Villa lose consecutive games for the first time this season to make it five wins, ten draws and four defeats in their opening nineteen division one games. 

  • Meanwhile, midfielder Tommy Muldoon made his Villa debut aged 23 after joining from Athlone Town in October 1924.

🟥 13 Dec 1924, Villa 2-3 Preston, Deepdale

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

🟢 M Tommy Muldoon | 🇮🇪 |

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Aston Villa

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
Last Trophy: 1919–20

Preston North End

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League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1889–90

FIXTURE HISTORY
Preston North End
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Previous 5 vs. Preston: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩

League 🕒 55 | 🟩 28 | 🟨 2 | 🟥 25 | ⚽ 101 | 🥅 87 |
FA Cup 🕒 4 | 🟩 1 | 🟨 2 | 🟥 1 | ⚽ 5 | 🥅 6 |

For the 34th time in 59 games one or other of the sides has scored 3 or more goals. ⚽ Villa 19 Preston 17. Both have done so on 2 occasions.

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

Preston North End

PREVIOUS MATCH
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Preston North End

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟥 13 Dec 1924, Villa 2-3 Preston, Deepdale

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1924-25 |
Matchday | #19 |
League Match | #19 |
Manager Game | #1251 |
Saturday, 13 December 1924

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🟥 13 Dec 1924, Villa 2-3 Preston, Deepdale

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1886-1926 led Management Committee
Referee: Jack Howcroft | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bolton
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 2-3
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1886-1926

🕒 1251 | 🟩 628 🟨 237 🟥 386 | 1.70

Villa Career Form:

George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1886-1926

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

🟥 13 Dec 1924, Villa 2-3 Preston, Deepdale

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Jack Howcroft | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bolton, 1904-

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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None

CARDS
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None

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟥 13 Dec 1924, Villa 2-3 Preston, Deepdale

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Archie Campbell, Jock Johnstone, Tommy Muldoon (debut) and Albert Surtees replace Vic Milne, Frank Moss, George Blackburn and Percy Varco.

Not recorded

Referee

🟥 13 Dec 1924, Villa 2-3 Preston, Deepdale

MANAGER

George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1886-1926

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Aston Villa

GK Cyril Spiers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Archie Campbell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Cecil Harris | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Teddy Bowen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tommy Muldoon | 🇮🇪 | 🟢 |
W Arthur Dorrell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Joe Eccles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Billy Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔥 |
F Billy Kirton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
F Albert Surtees | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Jock Johnstone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

MANAGER

Tommy Muirhead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Preston North End

Brampton
Wade
Cook
Forrest
McCall
Williamson
Aitkin
Patterson
Woodhouse
Barnes
Sapsford

Line Ups

🟥 13 Dec 1924, Villa 2-3 Preston, Deepdale

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

🟥 13 Dec 1924, Villa 2-3 Preston, Deepdale

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Player Positions:

GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Half


M, CH, LH, RH : Midfielder, Centre Half, Left Half, Right Half
W, OL, OR : Winger, Outside Left, Outside Right
F, IF, IL, IR : Forward, Inside Forward, Inside Left, Inside Right, Second Striker, False 9
CF : Centre Forward

Match Symbols:

⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution

🟨 | Booking

🟥 | Sending off

🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game

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🟥 13 Dec 1924, Villa 2-3 Preston, Deepdale

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
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🟨
🟥
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Red
GK Cyril Spiers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
SUBSTITUTES
Player
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UNUSED
Player
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Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺

Squad Bios

🟥 13 Dec 1924, Villa 2-3 Preston, Deepdale

SQUAD STATS
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SQUAD STATS
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🟥 13 Dec 1924, Villa 2-3 Preston, Deepdale

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟥 13 Dec 1924, Villa 2-3 Preston, Deepdale

UNAVAILABLE
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Tommy Smart
Tommy Mort
All Half Backs
Percy Varco

UNAVAILABLE
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Not Recorded

Unavailable
LEAGUE TABLE
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 13 Dec 1924, Villa 2-3 Preston, Deepdale

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