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Game #1987

Aston Villa

Saturday, 17 May 1947

Won

Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩

Division One

Attendance: 26,197

Preston North End

Villa Park

Aston Villa

4-2

Preston North End

Assist(s) | Not recorded

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Saturday, 17 May 1947

ON THIS DAY

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: | 🟥 | 🟥 | 🟥 | 🟩 | 🟥 |

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1946-47 |
Matchday | #42 |
League Match | #41 |
Manager Game | #92 |
Saturday, 17 May 1947

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1945-1950
FT Result | Won |
FT Score | 4-2 |
Last 5 Games | DDLWW |

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 50 | 🟩 | 23 🟨 10 🟥 17 | 1.58

Career Form:

Top 8

Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

MATCH OFFICIALS

All the matches refereed by:

CARDS

Villa

Preston North End

TEAM NEWS

George Edwards replaces Eddie Lowe.

TEAM STATS

Not recorded

MANAGER

MANAGER

Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Management Committee

Aston Villa

GK Joe Rutherford |
LB Ron Guttridge |
CB Frank Moss |
LB Dicky Dorsett |
RB Vic Potts |
FB Harry Parkes |
W Les Smith |
F Bob Iverson |
F Johnny Dixon |
F Billy Evans |
F George Edwards |

Preston North End

Fairbrother, Williams, Watson, Shankly, Scott, Hamilton, Beattie, Wilson (g), McIntosh (g), Garth, Corr.

Manager: Committee.

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

SQUAD STATS

MATCHDAY SQUAD

SQUAD STATS

MATCHDAY SQUAD

UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded

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

DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

TABLE

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PROGRAMME

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MATCHDAY QUOTES

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