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Game #2020

Aston Villa

13-7-11, 33 PTS

Saturday, 20 March 1948

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Lost

9th=

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥

Division One

Preston North End

18-6-8, 42 PTS

Deepdale

Attendance: 28,001

🟥 20 Mar 1948, Villa 0-3 Preston, Deepdale

Preston North End

3-0

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | None

🟥 20 Mar 1948, Villa 0-3 Preston, Deepdale

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 20 March 1948

🥅 | 1' Goal, 0-1, (Preston North End), Hannah (30 Seconds)
🥅 | 15' Goal, 0-2, (Preston North End), McClure
🚑 | 40' Player retires from field of play with injury, Les Smith, concussion
🕒 | HT Preston North End 2-0 Aston Villa
🚑 | 46' Player returns to field of play with injury, Les Smith, concussion
🥅 | 61' Goal, 0-3, (Preston North End), McLaren
🕒 | FT Preston North End 3-0 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

🟥 20 Mar 1948, Villa 0-3 Preston, Deepdale

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 20 March 1948

  • An early goal after 30 seconds and yet another injury put paid to Villa's hopes at Deepdale against title chasing Preston as Alex Massie's side fall to a second successive defeat.

  • Villa now have six defeats in their last 10 games and 4 wins, failing to score for the second time in six.

🟥 20 Mar 1948, Villa 0-3 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 🕒 66 | 🟩 34 | 🟨 3 | 🟥 29 | ⚽ 126 | 🥅 106 |
FA Cup 🕒 6 | 🟩 1 | 🟨 2 | 🟥 3 | ⚽ 6 | 🥅 10 |

For the 43rd time in 72 games one or other of the sides has scored 3 or more goals. ⚽ Villa 24 Preston 21. 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

🟥 20 Mar 1948, Villa 0-3 Preston, Deepdale

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1947-48 |
Matchday | #32 |
League Match | #31 |
Manager Game | #125 |
Saturday, 20 March 1948

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🟥 20 Mar 1948, Villa 0-3 Preston, Deepdale

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1945-1950
Referee: E. W. Baker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Epsom
HT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-3
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1946-1950

🕒 83 | 🟩 | 36 🟨 17 🟥 30 | 1.51

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1946-1950

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

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: E. W. Baker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Epsom, 1938-

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

🟥 20 Mar 1948, Villa 0-3 Preston, Deepdale

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Vic Potts replaces Eddie Lowe.

Not recorded

Referee

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MANAGER

Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1946-1950

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Aston Villa

GK Keith Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CB Frank Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Harry Parkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB George Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Dicky Dorsett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Vic Potts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🚑 |
F Albert J Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F George Edwards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Trevor Ford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

MANAGER

Management Committee

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Preston North End

Gooch, Walton, Gray, Waters, Dougall, Anders, McLaren (g), McClure (g), Jackson, Horton, Hannah (g).

Manager: Committee.

Line Ups

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SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

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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

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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 | 3 |
GK Joe Rutherford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F John Graham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Eddie Lowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

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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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