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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.

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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

All the matches refereed by:

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

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PROGRAMME

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