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Game #2487

Aston Villa

14-6-19, 34 PTS

Saturday, 12 April 1958

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Drew

15th (+1)

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨

Division One

Preston North End

24-7-8, 55 PTS

Deepdale

Attendance: 21,053

🟨 12 Apr 1958, Villa 1-1 Preston, Deepdale

Preston North End

1-1

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Gerry Hitchens | 24' |

🟨 12 Apr 1958, Villa 1-1 Preston, Deepdale

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 12 April 1958

⚽ | 24' Goal, 1-0, Billy Myerscough, Assist by Gerry Hitchens
🥅 | 31' Goal, 1-1, (Preston North End), Derek Mayers
🕒 | HT Preston North End 1-1 Aston Villa
🕒 | FT Preston North End 1-1 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

🟨 12 Apr 1958, Villa 1-1 Preston, Deepdale

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 12 April 1958
  • Billy Myerscough scores the goal that earns the point that keeps Villa in the first division for another season.

  • Eric Houghton's Villa make it three League games unbeaten for only the second time this season to make it fourteen wins, six draws and nineteen defeats in thirty nine division one games.

🟨 12 Apr 1958, Villa 1-1 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: 1956-57

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 🕒 82 | 🟩 44 | 🟨 8 | 🟥 30 | ⚽ 156 | 🥅 123 |
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

🟨 12 Apr 1958, Villa 1-1 Preston, Deepdale

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1957-58 |
Matchday | #43 |
League Match | #39 |
Manager Game | #227 |
Saturday, 12 April 1958

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🟨 12 Apr 1958, Villa 1-1 Preston, Deepdale

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Billingborough, 1953-1958
Referee: Ernie Oxley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | South Kirby, 1955-1959
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
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

🟨 12 Apr 1958, Villa 1-1 Preston, Deepdale

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Ernie Oxley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | South Kirby, 1955-1959

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

🟨 12 Apr 1958, Villa 1-1 Preston, Deepdale

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

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

Starting XI Average Age
| 27.87 |

Oldest Player |
F Jackie Sewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 31.24 |

Youngest Player |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 23.53 |

Referee

🟨 12 Apr 1958, Villa 1-1 Preston, Deepdale

MANAGER

Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958

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Aston Villa

GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Peter Aldis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Pat Saward | 🇮🇪 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Billy Myerscough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Jackie Sewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |

MANAGER

Cliff Britton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Preston North End

GK Fred Else | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Joe Walton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Joe Dunn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Willie Cunningham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Frank O’Farrell | 🇮🇪 |
M Alec Farrall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tommy Docherty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Tommy Thompson (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Sammy Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Derek Mayers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Tom Finney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟨 12 Apr 1958, Villa 1-1 Preston, Deepdale

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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Substitutes

🟨 12 Apr 1958, Villa 1-1 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

🟨 12 Apr 1958, Villa 1-1 Preston, Deepdale

SQUAD STATS
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Villa XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

SQUAD STATS
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Preston XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

🟨 12 Apr 1958, Villa 1-1 Preston, Deepdale

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟨 12 Apr 1958, Villa 1-1 Preston, Deepdale

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Injury | 2 |
W Ken O Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE
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Not Recorded

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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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🟨 12 Apr 1958, Villa 1-1 Preston, Deepdale

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