Game #2345
Aston Villa
18-6-15, 42 PTS
Saturday, 23 April 1955


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

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Stan Lynn | 17' | Johnny Dixon | 60' |
🟩 23 Apr 1955, Villa 3-0 Preston, Deepdale


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

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

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 🕒 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 🥅
🟩 23 Apr 1955, Villa 3-0 Preston, Deepdale
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1954-55 |
Matchday | #46 |
League Match | #39 |
Manager Game | #85 |
Saturday, 23 April 1955
%20Aston%20Villa%20Kit_gif.png)
🟩 23 Apr 1955, Villa 3-0 Preston, Deepdale
MATCH SUMMARY


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: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Eric Houghton | 🏴 | 1953-1958
Villa Career Form:
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 23 Apr 1955, Villa 3-0 Preston, Deepdale

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: William Heselton | 🏴 | Hartlepool, 1954-1955
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
🟩 23 Apr 1955, Villa 3-0 Preston, Deepdale

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Eric Houghton names an unchanged line up.
Not recorded
🟩 23 Apr 1955, Villa 3-0 Preston, Deepdale
MANAGER
Eric Houghton | 🏴 | 1953-1958

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 | 🏴 |

Preston North End
Else, Wilson, Walton, Mattinson, Marston, Waterhouse, Docherty, Baxter, Higham, Foster, Campbell.
Manager: Frank Hill.
🟩 23 Apr 1955, Villa 3-0 Preston, Deepdale
SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 23 Apr 1955, Villa 3-0 Preston, Deepdale
SQUAD STATS

SQUAD STATS

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

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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

Injury | 3 |
M Bill Baxter | 🏴 |
W Tommy Southren | 🏴 |
W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



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


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


MATCH REPORTS









Opens in New Window
🟩 23 Apr 1955, Villa 3-0 Preston, Deepdale

