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Game #2276

Aston Villa

Saturday, 5 December 1953

Drew

LWLWD

Division One

Attendance: 20,590

Preston North End

Deepdale

Preston North End

1-1

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Not recorded

MATCH SUMMARY

KEY MAN

Tommy Thompson, scored his sixth in five games as Villa draw for only the second time in twenty, Saturday, 5 December 1953.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 5 December 1953

ON THIS DAY

Eric Houghton's Villa draw for only the second time in twenty to make it nine wins, two draws and nine defeats in twenty division one games so far this season.

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 | 1953-54 |
Matchday | #20 |
League Match | #20 |
Manager Game | #16 |
Saturday, 5 December 1953

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager | Eric Houghton |
FT Result | Drew |
FT Score | 1-1 |
Last 5 Games | LWLWD |

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 16 | 🟩 | 7 🟨 2 🟥 7 | 1.44

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

MATCH OFFICIALS

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

Villa

Preston North End

TEAM NEWS

Ken Roberts replaces Roy Chapman.

TEAM STATS

Not recorded

MANAGER

Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Aston Villa

GK Ken Jones |
FB Peter Aldis |
FB Harry Parkes |
CB Frank Moss |
M Danny Blanchflower |
M Bill Baxter |
W Colin Gibson |
F Johnny Dixon |
F Ken Roberts |
CF Davy Walsh |
F Tommy Thompson |

MANAGER

Scot Symon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Preston North End

Thompson, Walton, Mattinson, Marston, Forbes, Docherty, Baxter, Wayman, Morrison, Hatsell (g), Campbell.

Manager: Scot Symon.

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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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