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Game #1722

Aston Villa

4-1-3, 9 PTS

Saturday, 29 September 1934

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Won

7th=

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩

Division One

Preston North End

5-1-2, 11 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 28,781

🟩 29 Sep 1934, Villa 4-2 Preston, Villa Park

Aston Villa

4-2

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Preston North End

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🟩 29 Sep 1934, Villa 4-2 Preston, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 29 September 1934

⚽ | 25' Goal, 1-0, Dai Astley
🥅 | Goal, 1-1, (Preston North End), Frank Beresford
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-1 Preston North End
⚽ | 46' Goal, 2-1, Dai Astley
🥅 | Goal, 2-2, (Preston North End), Maxwell
⚽ | 81' Goal, 3-2, Dai Astley, Assist by Pongo Waring
⚽ | 87' Goal, 4-2, Pongo Waring
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 4-2 Preston North End

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

🟩 29 Sep 1934, Villa 4-2 Preston, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 29 September 1934
  • Dai Astley hits a hat-trick as Villa record successive wins for the second time this season.

  • Villa make it four wins, a draw and three defeats in sp far in 1934-35.

  • Villa score four for the first time under Jimmy McMullan but now have just one clean sheet in eight games, conceding 18.

  • Villa's upturn in form sees them climb to joint 7th with Grimsby, one point behind, up next.

  • Left back Fred Butcher made his second and final appearance for Villa, seven days after his debut aged 24, before moving on to Blackpool in August 1936.

🟩 29 Sep 1934, Villa 4-2 Preston, Villa Park

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

🔴 LB Fred Butcher | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1934 🕒 2 | ✅ 2 | 🔁 (-) | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 - | #357 |

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 🕒 57 | 🟩 30 | 🟨 2 | 🟥 25 | ⚽ 106 | 🥅 89 |
FA Cup 🕒 4 | 🟩 1 | 🟨 2 | 🟥 1 | ⚽ 5 | 🥅 6 |

For the 35th time in 61 games one or other of the sides has scored 3 or more goals. ⚽ Villa 20 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

🟩 29 Sep 1934, Villa 4-2 Preston, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1934-35 |
Matchday | #8 |
League Match | #8 |
Manager Game | #8 |
Saturday, 29 September 1934

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🟩 29 Sep 1934, Villa 4-2 Preston, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Jimmy McMullan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Falkirk, 1934-1935
Referee: Herbert Mee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Mansfield
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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Jimmy McMullan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1934-1935

🕒 8 | 🟩 | 4 🟨 1 🟥 3 | 1.63

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Jimmy McMullan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1934-1935

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

🟩 29 Sep 1934, Villa 4-2 Preston, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Herbert Mee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Mansfield, 1928-

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

🟩 29 Sep 1934, Villa 4-2 Preston, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Jimmy Gibson replaces Tommy Gardner.

Referee

🟩 29 Sep 1934, Villa 4-2 Preston, Villa Park

MANAGER

Jimmy McMullan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1934-1935

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Aston Villa

GK Harry Morton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Fred Butcher | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔴 |
FB Danny Blair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Jimmy Allen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jimmy Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Billy Simpson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Archie Watkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Joe Beresford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Dai Astley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CF Pongo Waring | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Management Committee

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Preston North End

Holdcroft
Hough
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Shankly
Tremelling
Milne
Critchley
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Maxwell
Kelly
Pears

Line Ups

🟩 29 Sep 1934, Villa 4-2 Preston, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

🟩 29 Sep 1934, Villa 4-2 Preston, Villa Park

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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🟩 29 Sep 1934, Villa 4-2 Preston, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player
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Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺

Squad Bios

🟩 29 Sep 1934, Villa 4-2 Preston, Villa Park

SQUAD STATS
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SQUAD STATS
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🟩 29 Sep 1934, Villa 4-2 Preston, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟩 29 Sep 1934, Villa 4-2 Preston, Villa Park

UNAVAILABLE
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Injury | 1 |
FB George Beeson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

International Duty | 1 |
M Tommy Gardner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Not Recorded

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LEAGUE TABLE
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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MATCH QUOTES
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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

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