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Game #2298

Aston Villa

Saturday, 24 April 1954

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Won

WDDWW

Division One

Preston North End

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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Assist(s) | Not recorded

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 24 April 1954

Match Statistics

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 24 April 1954

Eric Houghton's Villa go six games unbeaten to 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

FINAL APPEARANCES

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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

Aston Villa

Preston North End

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Preston North End

Previous 5 vs. Preston: | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟨 |

Preston North End

PREVIOUS MATCH

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Preston North End

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

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FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1953-54 |
Matchday | #42 |
League Match | #41 |
Manager Game | #38 |
Saturday, 24 April 1954

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MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager | Eric Houghton |
FT Result | Won |
FT Score | 1-0 |
Last 5 Games | WDDWW |

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
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MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 38 | 🟩 | 14 🟨 9 🟥 15 | 1.34

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958

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

MATCH OFFICIALS

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ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

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

Not recorded

Referee
Manager

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MANAGER

Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958

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Aston Villa

GK Ken Jones |
FB Harry Parkes |
CB Frank Moss |
FB Peter Aldis |
M Danny Blanchflower |
M Bill Baxter |
CF Derek Pace |
F Ken O Roberts |
F Johnny Dixon |
F Peter McParland |
F Joe Tyrell |

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

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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

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

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MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES

STARTING XI

* This Game

Game
Start
Goal
Assist
Win
Draw
Loss
Goal Conceded
Clean Sheet
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Red
GK Keith Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

Game
Sub
Goal
Assist
Win
Draw
Loss
Goal Conceded
Clean Sheet
Yellow
Red

UNUSED

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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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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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