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Game #2487

Saturday, 12 April 1958

Attendance: 21,053

Drew

Division One

16th (-)

Preston North End

WLWWD

Deepdale

Preston North End

1-1

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Not recorded

KEY MAN

Billy Myerscough, scored to help Villa go three unbeaten in the League for only the second time this season, Saturday, 12 April 1958.

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MATCH TIMELINE

ON THIS DAY

Eric Houghton's Villa make it three League games unbeaten for only the second time this season to make it fourteen wins, six draws and nineteen defeats in thirty nine division one games.

Aston Villa

Preston North End

FIXTURE HISTORY

Preston North End

Previous 5 vs. Preston: | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟩 | 🟨 |

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1957-58 |
Matchday | #43 |
League Match | #39 |
Manager Game | #227 |
Saturday, 12 April 1958

MATCH SUMMARY

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

MATCH OFFICIALS

CARDS

Villa

Preston North End

All the matches refereed by:

TEAM NEWS

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

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 27.87 |

Oldest Player |
F Jackie Sewell | 31.24 |

Youngest Player |
F Gerry Hitchens | 23.53 |

MANAGER

MANAGER

Eric Houghton

Aston Villa

GK Nigel Sims |
FB Peter Aldis |
FB Stan Lynn |
CB Jimmy Dugdale |
M Pat Saward |
M Vic Crowe |
W Les Smith |
F Billy Myerscough |
F Jackie Sewell |
F Peter McParland |
F Gerry Hitchens |

Preston North End

Else, Walton, Dunn, Cunningham, O’Farrell, Farrell, Docherty, Thompson (ex), Taylor, Mayers (g), Finney. 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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