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Game #2345

Aston Villa

18-6-15, 42 PTS

Saturday, 23 April 1955

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Won

8th=

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩

Division One

Preston North End

15-8-18, 38 PTS

Deepdale

Attendance: 15,147

🟩 23 Apr 1955, Villa 3-0 Preston, Deepdale

Preston North End

0-3

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Stan Lynn | 17' | Johnny Dixon | 60' |

🟩 23 Apr 1955, Villa 3-0 Preston, Deepdale

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 23 April 1955

⚽ | 17' Goal, 1-0, Tommy Thompson, Assist by Stan Lynn
🕒 | HT Preston North End 0-1 Aston Villa
⚽ | 60' Goal, 2-0, Tommy Thompson, Assist by Johnny Dixon
⚽ | 73' Goal, 3-0, Walton og
🕒 | FT Preston North End 0-3 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

🟩 23 Apr 1955, Villa 3-0 Preston, Deepdale

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 23 April 1955

  • Villa take their home form on the road as they beat Preston at Deepdale with Tommy Thompson at the fore again as he makes it 6 goals in three games since his return to the side.

  • Villa climb to a season high of joint 8th alongside Everton.

  • Eric Houghton's Villa win for the eighth time in eleven League games to make it eighteen wins, six draws and fifteen defeats after thirty nine division one matches.

🟩 23 Apr 1955, Villa 3-0 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 🕒 76 | 🟩 41 | 🟨 5 | 🟥 30 | ⚽ 144 | 🥅 115 |
FA Cup 🕒 6 | 🟩 1 | 🟨 2 | 🟥 3 | ⚽ 6 | 🥅 10 |

For the 47th time in 82 games one or other of the sides has scored 3 or more goals. ⚽ Villa 27 Preston 22. 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

🟩 23 Apr 1955, Villa 3-0 Preston, Deepdale

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1954-55 |
Matchday | #46 |
League Match | #39 |
Manager Game | #85 |
Saturday, 23 April 1955

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🟩 23 Apr 1955, Villa 3-0 Preston, Deepdale

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Billingborough, 1953-1958
Referee: William Heselton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Hartlepool, 1954-1955
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-0
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

🟩 23 Apr 1955, Villa 3-0 Preston, Deepdale

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: William Heselton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Hartlepool, 1954-1955

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS

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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

🟩 23 Apr 1955, Villa 3-0 Preston, Deepdale

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Eric Houghton names an unchanged line up.

Not recorded

Referee

🟩 23 Apr 1955, Villa 3-0 Preston, Deepdale

MANAGER

Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958

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Aston Villa

GK Keith Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
LB Peter Aldis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
CB Con Martin | 🇮🇪 |
M Amos Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Norman Lockhart | 🇬🇧 |
W Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Eddie Follan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
CF Tommy Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Frank Hill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Preston North End

Else, Wilson, Walton, Mattinson, Marston, Waterhouse, Docherty, Baxter, Higham, Foster, Campbell.

Manager: Frank Hill.

Line Ups

🟩 23 Apr 1955, Villa 3-0 Preston, Deepdale

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

🟩 23 Apr 1955, Villa 3-0 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

🟩 23 Apr 1955, Villa 3-0 Preston, Deepdale

SQUAD STATS

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SQUAD STATS

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🟩 23 Apr 1955, Villa 3-0 Preston, Deepdale

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 23 Apr 1955, Villa 3-0 Preston, Deepdale

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 3 |
M Bill Baxter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Tommy Southren | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |

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

🟩 23 Apr 1955, Villa 3-0 Preston, Deepdale

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MATCH VIDEO

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