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Game #2298

Aston Villa

16-9-16, 41 PTS

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Saturday, 24 April 1954

13th

Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩

GK Keith Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
FB Harry Parkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Frank Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Peter Aldis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Bill Baxter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Danny Blanchflower | 🇬🇧 |
W Ken O Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Joe Tyrell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Derek Pace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958
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Substitutes:

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes:

No Substitutions permitted in period

None

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
Last Trophy: 1919–20

Matchday Squad:

Injury | 2 |
CF Davy Walsh | 🇮🇪 |
W Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Eric Houghton names the same line up for the third successive game.

Not recorded

  • Villa win successive games and make it six games unbeaten as Joe Tyrell scores his third goal in two games and three in three from debut.

  • Villa make it sixteen wins, nine draws and sixteen losses in forty one division one games.

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Won

1-0

🟩 24 Apr 1954, Villa 1-0 Preston, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Joe Tyrell | 65' |

Assist(s) | None

Match Timeline:

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Preston North End
⚽ | 65' Goal, 1-0, Joe Tyrell, Assist by Tommy Thompson
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Preston North End

Season | 1953-54 |
Matchday | #42 |
League Match | #41 |
Manager Game | #37 |
Saturday, 24 April 1954

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Manager: Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Billingborough, 1953-1958
Referee: Leonard Richardson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Doncaster, 1953-1954
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩

Referee: Leonard Richardson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Doncaster, 1953-1954

Previous 5 vs. Preston: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟨

League 🕒 74 | 🟩 40 | 🟨 5 | 🟥 29 | ⚽ 140 | 🥅 112 |
FA Cup 🕒 6 | 🟩 1 | 🟨 2 | 🟥 3 | ⚽ 6 | 🥅 10 |

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Not recorded

Debut Appearances:

None

Final Appearances:

None

Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1953-1958

Villa Career Form:

Referee:

VAR (from 2021)

GK Keith Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
121
🟩
46
🟨
0
121
🟨
26
🟥
0
0
🟥
49
0
🥅
23
201
LB Peter Aldis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
94
🟩
39
🟨
0
94
🟨
21
🟥
0
1
🟥
34
0
CB Frank Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
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303
🟩
119
🟨
0
303
🟨
77
🟥
1
3
🟥
107
2
FB Harry Parkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
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332
🟩
132
🟨
0
332
🟨
83
🟥
0
4
🟥
117
6
M Bill Baxter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
22
🟩
8
🟨
0
22
🟨
8
🟥
0
2
🟥
6
3
W Ken O Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
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15
🟩
6
🟨
0
15
🟨
6
🟥
0
2
🟥
3
5
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
245
🟩
95
🟨
0
245
🟨
61
🟥
0
96
🟥
89
35
CF Derek Pace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
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29
🟩
10
🟨
0
29
🟨
10
🟥
0
13
🟥
9
4
Sub 2
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Sub 4
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Cards
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Player Profile
M Danny Blanchflower | 🇬🇧 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
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140
🟩
58
🟨
0
140
🟨
34
🟥
0
8
🟥
48
11
W Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
20
🟩
6
🟨
0
20
🟨
7
🟥
0
6
🟥
7
3
Games
Results
Cards
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Player Profile
Sub 1
Games
Results
Cards
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Player Profile
Sub 3
Games
Results
Cards
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Player Profile
Sub 5
Games
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Cards
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Player Profile

Division One

Preston North End

19-5-18, 43 PTS

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Villa Park

Attendance: 31,495

Thompson, Walton, Mattinson, Marston, Cunningham, Docherty, Baxter, Morrison, Jones, Hatsell, Foster.

Manager: Scot Symon.

Scot Symon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
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Substitutes:

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes:

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

None

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

Matchday Squad:

Not Recorded

🟩 12 Apr 2025, Villa 3-0 Southampton, St Mary's TBL.png

🟩 12 Apr 2025, Villa 3-0 Southampton, St Mary's TBL.png

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