Game #1722
Aston Villa
4-1-3, 9 PTS
Saturday, 29 September 1934


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

Preston North End

Assist(s) | Pongo Waring | 81' |
🟩 29 Sep 1934, Villa 4-2 Preston, Villa Park


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

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

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


League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1889–90
FIXTURE HISTORY
Preston North End


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 🥅
🟩 29 Sep 1934, Villa 4-2 Preston, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS


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


Manager: Jimmy McMullan | 🏴 | Falkirk, 1934-1935
Referee: Herbert Mee | 🏴 | Mansfield
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Jimmy McMullan | 🏴 | 1934-1935
🕒 8 | 🟩 | 4 🟨 1 🟥 3 | 1.63
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 29 Sep 1934, Villa 4-2 Preston, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Herbert Mee | 🏴 | Mansfield, 1928-
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

None
CARDS

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

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Jimmy Gibson replaces Tommy Gardner.
🟩 29 Sep 1934, Villa 4-2 Preston, Villa Park
MANAGER
Jimmy McMullan | 🏴 | 1934-1935

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

Preston North End
Holdcroft
Hough
?
Shankly
Tremelling
Milne
Critchley
?
Maxwell
Kelly
Pears
🟩 29 Sep 1934, Villa 4-2 Preston, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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

No Substitutions permitted in period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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

🟩 29 Sep 1934, Villa 4-2 Preston, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 |
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