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Game #2534

Aston Villa

11-5-22, 27 PTS

Saturday, 11 April 1959

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Lost

21st (-1)

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥

Division One

Preston North End

17-5-18, 39 PTS

Deepdale

Attendance: 12,244

🟥 11 Apr 1959, Villa 2-4 Preston, Deepdale

Preston North End

4-2

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Aston Villa

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🟥 11 Apr 1959, Villa 2-4 Preston, Deepdale

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 11 April 1959

🥅 | 20' Goal, 0-1, (Preston North End), Sammy Taylor
⚽ | 26' Goal, 1-1, Jackie Sewell, Assist by Les Smith
⚽ | 44' Goal, 2-1, Billy Myerscough, Assist by Les Smith
🕒 | HT Preston North End 1-2 Aston Villa
🥅 | 49' Goal, 2-2, (Preston North End), Tommy Thompson
🥅 | 60' Goal, 2-3, (Preston North End), Taylor
🥅 | 89' Goal, 2-4, (Preston North End), Tommy Thompson
🕒 | FT Preston North End 4-2 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟥 11 Apr 1959, Villa 2-4 Preston, Deepdale

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 11 April 1959

Joe Mercer's Villa suffer a fourth defeat in five to make it eleven wins, five draws and twenty two losses in thirty eight division one games with four games left to play and a tight fight to avoid relegation continues.

🟥 11 Apr 1959, Villa 2-4 Preston, Deepdale

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

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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

Aston Villa

Preston North End

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Preston North End

Previous 5 vs. Preston: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩

🟥 11 Apr 1959, Villa 2-4 Preston, Deepdale

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1958-59 |
Matchday | #44 |
League Match | #38 |
Manager Game | #24 |
Saturday, 11 April 1959

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🟥 11 Apr 1959, Villa 2-4 Preston, Deepdale

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1958-1964
Referee: Peter Rhodes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | York, -1965
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 2-4
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 21 | 🟩 | 9 🟨 2 🟥 10 | 1.38

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

🟥 11 Apr 1959, Villa 2-4 Preston, Deepdale

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Peter Rhodes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | York, -1965
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

None

🟥 11 Apr 1959, Villa 2-4 Preston, Deepdale

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Jackie Sewell replaces Gerry Hitchens.

Starting XI Average Age
| 29.28 |

Oldest Player |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 35.36 |

Youngest Player |
F Peter McParland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 24.98 |

Referee
Manager

🟥 11 Apr 1959, Villa 2-4 Preston, Deepdale

MANAGER

Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964

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Aston Villa

GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Peter Aldis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Doug Winton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | 🔥 |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
F Jackie Sewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Billy Myerscough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Cliff Britton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Preston North End

GK Fred Else | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Joe Walton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jim Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Willie Cunningham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CH Harry Mattinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gordon Milne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Les Dagger | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Sammy Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Jimmy Baxter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Tommy Thompson (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CF Dennis Hatsell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟥 11 Apr 1959, Villa 2-4 Preston, Deepdale

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Substitutes

🟥 11 Apr 1959, Villa 2-4 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

🟥 11 Apr 1959, Villa 2-4 Preston, Deepdale

SQUAD STATS

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

SQUAD STATS

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

🟥 11 Apr 1959, Villa 2-4 Preston, Deepdale

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟥 11 Apr 1959, Villa 2-4 Preston, Deepdale

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 1 |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

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

🟥 11 Apr 1959, Villa 2-4 Preston, Deepdale

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