Game #2487

Aston Villa

14-6-19, 34 PTS

Saturday, 12 April 1958

Drew

15th (+1)

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨

Division One

Preston North End

24-7-8, 55 PTS

Deepdale

Attendance: 21,053

Preston North End

1-1

Aston Villa

Scorer(s) | Billy Myerscough | 24' |

Assist(s) | Gerry Hitchens | 24' |

MANAGER

Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958

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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |

MANAGER

Cliff Britton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

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

ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 12 April 1958

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.

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