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Game #1957

Aston Villa

6-1-5, 13 PTS

Saturday, 26 October 1946

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Lost

7th=

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥

Division One

Preston North End

6-1-4, 13 PTS

Deepdale

Attendance: 27,778

🟥 26 Oct 1946, Villa 1-3 Preston, Deepdale

Preston North End

3-1

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Johnny Dixon | 37' |

🟥 26 Oct 1946, Villa 1-3 Preston, Deepdale

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 26 October 1946

🥅 | 8' Goal, 0-1, (Preston North End), Eddie Lowe og
⚽ | 37' Goal, 1-1, Bob Iverson, Assist by Johnny Dixon
🕒 | HT Preston North End 1-1 Aston Villa
🥅 | 47' Goal, 1-2, (Preston North End), Wharton
🥅 | 71' Goal, 1-3, (Preston North End), Wharton
🕒 | FT Preston North End 3-1 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

🟥 26 Oct 1946, Villa 1-3 Preston, Deepdale

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 26 October 1946
  • Injury hit Villa lose for the first time in five games as all is not well behind the scenes with Frank Moss and Harry Parkes putting in transfer requests. Both are refused and Moss commits to the club in a public statement. 

🟥 26 Oct 1946, Villa 1-3 Preston, Deepdale

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

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: 1937–38

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

League 🕒 63 | 🟩 32 | 🟨 3 | 🟥 28 | ⚽ 118 | 🥅 99 |
FA Cup 🕒 6 | 🟩 1 | 🟨 2 | 🟥 3 | ⚽ 6 | 🥅 10 |

For the 40th time in 69 games one or other of the sides has scored 3 or more goals. ⚽ Villa 22 Preston 20. 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

🟥 26 Oct 1946, Villa 1-3 Preston, Deepdale

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1946-47 |
Matchday | #12 |
League Match | #12 |
Manager Game | #20 |
Saturday, 26 October 1946

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🟥 26 Oct 1946, Villa 1-3 Preston, Deepdale

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1945-1950
Referee: Edward Plinston | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Warrington, 1946-1951
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-3
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1946-1950

🕒 20 | 🟩 | 11 🟨 2 🟥 7 | 1.75

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1946-1950

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

🟥 26 Oct 1946, Villa 1-3 Preston, Deepdale

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Edward Plinston | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Warrington, 1946-1951

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

🟥 26 Oct 1946, Villa 1-3 Preston, Deepdale

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Alan Wakeman and Frank Moss replace Joe Rutherford and Ernie Callaghan,

Not recorded

Referee

🟥 26 Oct 1946, Villa 1-3 Preston, Deepdale

MANAGER

Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1946-1950

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Aston Villa

GK Alan Wakeman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Dicky Dorsett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Frank Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Vic Potts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB George Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Eddie Lowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
F Jackie Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F George Edwards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Bob Iverson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Management Committee

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Preston North End

Fairbrother, Williams, Shankly, Scott, Robertson, Hamilton, Beattie, Wharton (g) (g), McIntosh, Horton, Finney.

Manager: Committee.

Line Ups

🟥 26 Oct 1946, Villa 1-3 Preston, Deepdale

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

🟥 26 Oct 1946, Villa 1-3 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

Squad Bios

🟥 26 Oct 1946, Villa 1-3 Preston, Deepdale

SQUAD STATS
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SQUAD STATS
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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UNAVAILABLE
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Injury | 5 |
FB Harry Parkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Arthur Haynes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Billy Goffin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
GK Joe Rutherford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Ernie Callaghan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE
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Not Recorded

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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

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MATCH VIDEO
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