Game #2181
Aston Villa
8-1-6, 17 PTS
Saturday, 27 October 1951
Won
6th=
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩
Division One
Preston North End
7-2-6, 16 PTS
Villa Park
Attendance: 40,504
🟩 27 Oct 1951, Villa 3-2 Preston, Villa Park
Aston Villa
3-2
Preston North End
Assist(s) | Harry Parkes | 20' | Colin Gibson | 30' | Les Smith | 58' |
🟩 27 Oct 1951, Villa 3-2 Preston, Villa Park
MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 27 October 1951
⚽ | 20' Goal, 1-0, Les Smith, Assist by Harry Parkes
⚽ | 30' Goal, 2-0, Johnny Dixon, Assist by Colin Gibson
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-0 Preston North End
⚽ | 58' Goal, 3-0, Colin Gibson, Assist by Les Smith
🥅 | 62' Goal, 3-1, (Preston North End, pen), Finney
🥅 | 88' Goal, 3-2, (Preston North End), Wayman
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-2 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
🟩 27 Oct 1951, Villa 3-2 Preston, Villa Park
ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 27 October 1951
Finally Villa stop their losing run that had seen them plummet from 1st in the table to 9th. The scoreline however barely does justice to Villa's dominance as they climb back to joint 6th in the table.
🟩 27 Oct 1951, Villa 3-2 Preston, Villa Park
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
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1937–38
FIXTURE HISTORY
Preston North End
Previous 5 vs. Preston: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩
League 🕒 69 | 🟩 37 | 🟨 3 | 🟥 29 | ⚽ 132 | 🥅 108 |
FA Cup 🕒 6 | 🟩 1 | 🟨 2 | 🟥 3 | ⚽ 6 | 🥅 10 |
For the 44th time in 75 games one or other of the sides has scored 3 or more goals. ⚽ Villa 25 Preston 21. Both have done so on 2 occasions.
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅
🟩 27 Oct 1951, Villa 3-2 Preston, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1951-52 |
Matchday | #15 |
League Match | #15 |
Manager Game | #37 |
Saturday, 27 October 1951
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🟩 27 Oct 1951, Villa 3-2 Preston, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: George Martin | 🏴 | Glasgow, 1950-1953
Referee: Archie Murdoch | 🏴 | Sheffield, 1949-1960
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
George Martin | 🏴 | 1950-1953
Villa Career Form:
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 27 Oct 1951, Villa 3-2 Preston, Villa Park
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Archie Murdoch | 🏴 | Sheffield, 1949-1960
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
🟩 27 Oct 1951, Villa 3-2 Preston, Villa Park
TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Colin Gibson, Amos Moss, Tommy Thompson and Davy Walsh replace Dicky Dorsett, Billy Goffin, Herbert Smith and Derek Pace.
Not recorded
🟩 27 Oct 1951, Villa 3-2 Preston, Villa Park
MANAGER
George Martin | 🏴 | 1950-1953
Aston Villa
GK Graham Cordell | 🏴 |
FB Harry Parkes | 🏴 | 🔥 |
CB Frank Moss | 🏴 |
LB Peter Aldis | 🏴 |
M Amos Moss | 🏴 |
M Danny Blanchflower | 🇬🇧 |
W Colin Gibson | 🏴 | 🔥 | ⚽ |
W Les Smith | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🔥 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Davy Walsh | 🇮🇪 |
CF Tommy Thompson | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Will Scott | 🏴 |
Preston North End
Gooch, Scott, Marston, Cunningham, Robertson, Forbes, Docherty, Beattie, Wayman (g), Morrison, Finney (g).
Manager: Will Scott.
🟩 27 Oct 1951, Villa 3-2 Preston, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
🟩 27 Oct 1951, Villa 3-2 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
🟩 27 Oct 1951, Villa 3-2 Preston, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
|---|---|
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 27 Oct 1951, Villa 3-2 Preston, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS
SQUAD STATS
🟩 27 Oct 1951, Villa 3-2 Preston, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟩 27 Oct 1951, Villa 3-2 Preston, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 5 |
GK Con Martin | 🇮🇪 |
LB Dicky Dorsett | 🏴 |
W Billy Goffin | 🏴 |
W Herbert Smith | 🏴 |
CF Derek Pace | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟩 27 Oct 1951, Villa 3-2 Preston, Villa Park
MATCH QUOTES
🟩 27 Oct 1951, Villa 3-2 Preston, Villa Park
MATCH REPORTS
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🟩 27 Oct 1951, Villa 3-2 Preston, Villa Park