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Game #2298

Aston Villa

16-9-16, 41 PTS

Saturday, 24 April 1954

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Won

13th

Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩

Division One

Preston North End

19-5-18, 43 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 31,495

🟩 24 Apr 1954, Villa 1-0 Preston, Villa Park

Aston Villa

1-0

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Preston North End

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🟩 24 Apr 1954, Villa 1-0 Preston, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 24 April 1954

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Preston North End
⚽ | 65' Goal, 1-0, Joe Tyrell, Assist by Tommy Thompson
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Preston North End

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

🟩 24 Apr 1954, Villa 1-0 Preston, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 24 April 1954

  • Villa win successive games and make it six games unbeaten as Joe Tyrell scores his third goal in two games and three in three from debut.

  • Villa make it sixteen wins, nine draws and sixteen losses in forty one division one games.

🟩 24 Apr 1954, Villa 1-0 Preston, Villa Park

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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 🕒 74 | 🟩 40 | 🟨 5 | 🟥 29 | ⚽ 140 | 🥅 112 |
FA Cup 🕒 6 | 🟩 1 | 🟨 2 | 🟥 3 | ⚽ 6 | 🥅 10 |

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

Preston North End

PREVIOUS MATCH

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Preston North End

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟩 24 Apr 1954, Villa 1-0 Preston, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1953-54 |
Matchday | #42 |
League Match | #41 |
Manager Game | #37 |
Saturday, 24 April 1954

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🟩 24 Apr 1954, Villa 1-0 Preston, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Billingborough, 1953-1958
Referee: Leonard Richardson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Doncaster
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958

Villa Career Form:

Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958

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

🟩 24 Apr 1954, Villa 1-0 Preston, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Leonard Richardson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Doncaster

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS

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CARDS

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Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟩 24 Apr 1954, Villa 1-0 Preston, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Eric Houghton names the same line up for the third successive game.

Not recorded

Referee

🟩 24 Apr 1954, Villa 1-0 Preston, Villa Park

MANAGER

Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958

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Aston Villa

GK Keith Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
FB Harry Parkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Frank Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Peter Aldis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Bill Baxter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Danny Blanchflower | 🇬🇧 |
W Ken O Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Joe Tyrell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Derek Pace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Scot Symon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Preston North End

Thompson, Walton, Mattinson, Marston, Cunningham, Docherty, Baxter, Morrison, Jones, Hatsell, Foster.

Manager: Scot Symon.

Line Ups

🟩 24 Apr 1954, Villa 1-0 Preston, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

🟩 24 Apr 1954, Villa 1-0 Preston, Villa Park

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

🟩 24 Apr 1954, Villa 1-0 Preston, Villa Park

SQUAD STATS

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SQUAD STATS

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🟩 24 Apr 1954, Villa 1-0 Preston, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 24 Apr 1954, Villa 1-0 Preston, Villa Park

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 2 |
CF Davy Walsh | 🇮🇪 |
W Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

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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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