Game #2433
Saturday, 30 March 1957
Attendance: 33,185
Won
Division One
Preston North End
WDDWW
Villa Park
Aston Villa
2-0
Preston North End
Assist(s) | Not recorded
KEY MAN
Billy Myerscough, scored his second in two game to increase Villa's unbeaten run to fourteen, Saturday, 30 March 1957.
PREVIOUS MATCH
NEXT MATCH
MATCH TIMELINE
ON THIS DAY
Villa make it fourteen games and ten wins, thirteen draws and nine defeats in thirty two Division One games this season under Eric Houghton.
Aston Villa
Preston North End
FIXTURE HISTORY
Preston North End
Previous 5 vs. Preston: | 🟥 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟨 |
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1956-57 |
Matchday | #40 |
League Match | #32 |
Manager Game | #173 |
Saturday, 30 March 1957
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager | Eric Houghton |
FT Result | Won |
FT Score | 2-0 |
Last 5 Games | WDDWW |
MATCH OFFICIALS
CARDS
Villa
Preston North End
TEAM NEWS
Tommy Southren replaces Peter McParland.
TEAM STATS
Not recorded
MANAGER
MANAGER
Eric Houghton
Aston Villa
GK Nigel Sims |
FB Peter Aldis |
FB Stan Lynn |
CB Jimmy Dugdale |
M Stan Crowther |
M Pat Saward |
W Les Smith |
W Tommy Southren |
F Jackie Sewell |
F Johnny Dixon |
F Billy Myerscough |
Preston North End
Else, Cunningham, Walton, Dunn, Waterhouse, Docherty, Evans, Thompson (ex), Taylor, Finney, Dagger.
Manager: Cliff Britton.
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
SQUAD STATS
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Player Abbreviations:
GK : Goalkeeper
LB, RB, FB : Left Back, Right Back, Full Back
CB, D : Centre Back, Defender
M, W : Midfielder. Winger
F, CF : Forward, Centre Forward
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game
Symbols:
⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
DEBUT APPEARANCES
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
TABLE
PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES