Game #2070
Aston Villa
13-6-16, 32 PTS
Saturday, 9 April 1949
Won
17th
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩
Division One
Preston North End
8-9-18, 25 PTS
Villa Park
Attendance: 37,526
🟩 9 Apr 1949, Villa 2-0 Preston, Villa Park
Aston Villa
2-0
Preston North End
Assist(s) | Johnny Dixon | 13' | Les Smith | 63' |
🟩 9 Apr 1949, Villa 2-0 Preston, Villa Park
MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 9 April 1949
⚽ | 13' Goal, 1-0, Les Smith, Assist by Johnny Dixon
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Preston North End
⚽ | 16' Goal, 2-0, Trevor Ford, Assist by Les Smith
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-0 Preston North End
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
🟩 9 Apr 1949, Villa 2-0 Preston, Villa Park
ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 9 April 1949
Villa extend their unbeaten run to five as they win for the first time in three as Les Smith scores one and creates one.
Villa keep their sixth League clean sheet of the season and having claimed just one up to January 21st now have five in their last ten games.
Villa remain 17th but are now 5 points clear of the bottom two and one behind Sunderland who are up next and one of five teams currently tied on 33 points.
🟩 9 Apr 1949, Villa 2-0 Preston, Villa Park
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
🟩 9 Apr 1949, Villa 2-0 Preston, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1948-49 |
Matchday | #39 |
League Match | #35 |
Manager Game | #133 |
Saturday, 9 April 1949
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🟩 9 Apr 1949, Villa 2-0 Preston, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Alex Massie | 🏴 | Glasgow, 1945-1950
Referee: Jack Flanagan | 🏴 | Sheffield, 1946-1953
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Alex Massie | 🏴 | 1946-1950
🕒 133 | 🟩 | 56 🟨 27 🟥 50 | 1.47
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 9 Apr 1949, Villa 2-0 Preston, Villa Park
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Jack Flanagan | 🏴 | Sheffield, 1946-1953
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
🟩 9 Apr 1949, Villa 2-0 Preston, Villa Park
TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Alex Massie names the same line up for a fifth consecutive game.
Not recorded
🟩 9 Apr 1949, Villa 2-0 Preston, Villa Park
MANAGER
Alex Massie | 🏴 | 1946-1950
Aston Villa
GK Joe Rutherford | 🏴 |
CB Con Martin | 🇮🇪 |
CB Frank Moss | 🏴 |
FB Harry Parkes | 🏴 |
LB Dicky Dorsett | 🏴 |
M Ivor Powell | 🏴 |
W Billy Goffin | 🏴 |
W Colin Gibson | 🏴 |
W Les Smith | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🔥 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴 | 🔥 |
CF Trevor Ford | 🏴 | ⚽ |
MANAGER
Will Scott | 🏴 |
Preston North End
Gooch, Walton, Mattinson, Brown, Robertson, Dougall, Beattie, Morrison, Langton, Horton, Bogan.
Manager: Committee.
🟩 9 Apr 1949, Villa 2-0 Preston, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
🟩 9 Apr 1949, Villa 2-0 Preston, Villa Park
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
🟩 9 Apr 1949, Villa 2-0 Preston, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
|---|---|
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 9 Apr 1949, Villa 2-0 Preston, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS
SQUAD STATS
🟩 9 Apr 1949, Villa 2-0 Preston, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟩 9 Apr 1949, Villa 2-0 Preston, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 2 |
F Albert J Brown | 🏴 |
FB George Cummings | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟩 9 Apr 1949, Villa 2-0 Preston, Villa Park
MATCH QUOTES
🟩 9 Apr 1949, Villa 2-0 Preston, Villa Park
MATCH REPORTS
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🟩 9 Apr 1949, Villa 2-0 Preston, Villa Park