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Game #2223
1951-52
Position:
Division One
Preston North End
Villa Park
Attendance: 40,504
Saturday, 27 October 1951
Aston Villa
3-2
Preston North End
Scorer(s) | Johnny Dixon | Colin Gibson | Les Smith |
Assist(s) | Not recorded
AT A GLANCE
Game #2223
Season | 1951-52 |
Matchday | #15 |
League Match | #15 |
Manager Game | #40 |
Saturday, 27 October 1951
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager | George Martin |
FT Result | Won |
FT Score | 3-2 |
Last 5 Games | LLLLW |
MATCH OFFICIALS
MATCH INCIDENTS
Villa
Preston North End
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
💥+ | Incidents e.g. penalty awarded
💥- | Incidents e.g. penalty conceded, goal disallowed
💥 | Incidents e.g. refused clear pen
🆘 | Notably poor refereeing performance
TEAM STATS
Not recorded
TEAM NEWS
Colin Gibson, Amos Moss, Tommy Thompson and Davy Walsh replace Dicky Dorsett, Billy Goffin, Herbert Smith and Derek Pace.
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
MANAGER
George Martin
STAFF
STARTING LINE UP
GK Graham Cordell |
FB Harry Parkes |
CB Frank Moss |
FB Peter Aldis |
M Amos Moss |
M Danny Blanchflower |
W Colin Gibson |
W Les Smith |
F Tommy Thompson |
F Johnny Dixon |
CF Davy Walsh |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
THE OPPOSITION
Gooch, Scott, Marston, Cunningham, Robertson, Forbes, Docherty, Beattie, Wayman (g), Morrison, Finney (g).
Manager: Will Scott.
ex: Also played for the Villa
g: Scored
s/o: Sent off
s-: Sub off; s+: Sub on
ON THIS DAY
George Martin's Villa win for the first time in five make it eight wins, one draw and six defeats in fifteen division one games so far this season.
Colin Gibson, scored to help Villa to a first win in five, Saturday, 27 October 1951.
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