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Game #2070

Aston Villa

Saturday, 9 April 1949

Won

WWDDW

Division One

Attendance: 37,526

Preston North End

Villa Park

Aston Villa

2-0

Preston North End

Assist(s) | Not recorded

MATCH SUMMARY

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Saturday, 9 April 1949

ON THIS DAY

Aston Villa

Preston North End

League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1937–38

FIXTURE HISTORY

Preston North End

Previous 5 vs. Preston: | 🟥 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟥 | 🟩 |

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1948-49 |
Matchday | #39 |
League Match | #35 |
Manager Game | #175 |
Saturday, 9 April 1949

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager | Alex Massie |
FT Result | Won |
FT Score | 2-0 |
Last 5 Games | WWDDW |

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 133 | 🟩 | 56 🟨 27 🟥 50 | 1.47

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

MATCH OFFICIALS

All the matches refereed by:

CARDS

Villa

Preston North End

TEAM NEWS

Alex Massie names the same line up for a fifth consecutive game.

TEAM STATS

Not recorded

MANAGER

Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Preston North End

Gooch, Walton, Mattinson, Brown, Robertson, Dougall, Beattie, Morrison, Langton, Horton, Bogan.

Manager: Committee.

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Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

SQUAD STATS

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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SQUAD STATS

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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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

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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MATCHDAY QUOTES

Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Trinity Mirror. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)

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