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Game #2248

Aston Villa

10-11-13, 31 PTS

Saturday, 28 March 1953

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Won

13th=

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩

Division One

Preston North End

17-9-8, 43 PTS

Deepdale

Attendance: 21,385

🟩 28 Mar 1953, Villa 3-1 Preston, Deepdale

Preston North End

1-3

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Danny Blanchflower | 75' |

🟩 28 Mar 1953, Villa 3-1 Preston, Deepdale

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 28 March 1953

⚽ | 19' Goal, 1-0, Derek Pace
🕒 | HT Preston North End 0-1 Aston Villa
🥅 | 49' Goal, 1-1, (Preston North End), Morrison
⚽ | 75' Goal, 2-1, Davy Walsh, Assist by Danny Blanchflower
⚽ | 84' Goal, 1-0, Derek Pace
🕒 | FT Preston North End 1-3 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

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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

🟩 28 Mar 1953, Villa 3-1 Preston, Deepdale

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 28 March 1953
  • Derek Pace scores a brace to help Villa to a first win in four and it is an impressive one at title challengers Preston.

  • Villa make it ten wins, eleven draws and thirteen defeats in thirty four division one games so far in 1952-53 and climb to 13th in the table.

🟩 28 Mar 1953, Villa 3-1 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 🕒 72 | 🟩 39 | 🟨 4 | 🟥 29 | ⚽ 138 | 🥅 111 |
FA Cup 🕒 6 | 🟩 1 | 🟨 2 | 🟥 3 | ⚽ 6 | 🥅 10 |

For the 45th time in 78 games one or other of the sides has scored 3 or more goals. ⚽ Villa 26 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

🟩 28 Mar 1953, Villa 3-1 Preston, Deepdale

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1952-53 |
Matchday | #39 |
League Match | #34 |
Manager Game | #104 |
Saturday, 28 March 1953

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🟩 28 Mar 1953, Villa 3-1 Preston, Deepdale

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: George Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1950-1953
Referee: Arthur Holland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Barnsley, 1952-1963
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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George Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1950-1953

Villa Career Form:

George Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1950-1953

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

🟩 28 Mar 1953, Villa 3-1 Preston, Deepdale

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Arthur Holland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Barnsley, 1952-1963

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

🟩 28 Mar 1953, Villa 3-1 Preston, Deepdale

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Albert Vinall, Larry Canning, Norman Lockhart, Davy Walsh and Amos Moss replace Peter Aldis, Dicky Dorsett, Colin Gibson, Herbert Smith and Billy Goffin.

Not recorded

Referee

🟩 28 Mar 1953, Villa 3-1 Preston, Deepdale

MANAGER

George Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1950-1953

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Aston Villa

GK Dennis Parsons | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Albert Vinall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Harry Parkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Frank Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Larry Canning | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Danny Blanchflower | 🇬🇧 | 🔥 |
M Amos Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Norman Lockhart | 🇬🇧 |
CF Davy Walsh | 🇮🇪 | ⚽ |
CF Derek Pace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
F Ken Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Scot Symon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Preston North End

Thompson, Scott, Marston, Dunn, Cunningham, Docherty, Baxter, Wayman, Morrison (g), Lewis, Foster.

Manager: Scott Symon.

Line Ups

🟩 28 Mar 1953, Villa 3-1 Preston, Deepdale

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

🟩 28 Mar 1953, Villa 3-1 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

🟩 28 Mar 1953, Villa 3-1 Preston, Deepdale

SQUAD STATS
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SQUAD STATS
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🟩 28 Mar 1953, Villa 3-1 Preston, Deepdale

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟩 28 Mar 1953, Villa 3-1 Preston, Deepdale

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Injury | 8 |
W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Peter Aldis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Dicky Dorsett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Herbert Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Billy Goffin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Tommy Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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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

🟩 28 Mar 1953, Villa 3-1 Preston, Deepdale

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MATCH VIDEO
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