Game #2298
Aston Villa
16-9-16, 41 PTS

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

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.

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

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
Not recorded
Debut Appearances:
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Final Appearances:
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Eric Houghton | 🏴 | 1953-1958
Villa Career Form:
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Division One
Preston North End
19-5-18, 43 PTS

Villa Park
Attendance: 31,495
Thompson, Walton, Mattinson, Marston, Cunningham, Docherty, Baxter, Morrison, Jones, Hatsell, Foster.
Manager: Scot Symon.
Scot Symon | 🏴 |

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

