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Game #2509

Aston Villa

5-3-11, 13 PTS

Saturday, 22 November 1958

Aston Villa

2-0

Preston North End

Division One

Preston North End

9-4-6, 22 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 28,060

Won

22nd (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩

Assist(s) | Ron Wylie | 26' |

MATCH SUMMARY

In the first game post Eric Houghton Villa do what seemed impossible a week earlier as his former players, subject to a reshuffle but adding only new forward Ron Wylie, beat third placed Preston. Managerless Villa however remain rock bottom of the first division table.

KEY MAN

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 22 November 1958

🟢 | 1' Debut, Ron Wylie
⚽ | 24' Goal, 1-0, Les Smith (pen)
⚽ | 26' Goal, 2-0, Peter McParland, Assist by Ron Wylie
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-0 Preston North End
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-0 Preston North End

ON THIS DAY

Managerless Villa record their second win in eight to make it five wins, three draws and eleven defeats in nineteen division one games so far this season.

Meanwhile, forward Ron Wylie made his Villa debut aged 25 after moving from Notts County earlier this month.

Aston Villa

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1956-57

Preston North End

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

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa Vs.

Preston North End

Previous 5 vs. Preston: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟨

PREVIOUS MATCH

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1958-59 |
Matchday | #19 |
League Match | #19 |
Manager Game | #249 |
Saturday, 22 November 1958

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Management Committee 1958 (Caretaker)
Referee: R. E. Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Monmouth, -1962
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Management Committee 1958

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 1 | 🟩 | 1 🟨 0 🟥 0 | 3

Villa Career Form:

Champions

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: R. E. Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Monmouth, -1962
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

None

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None

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TEAM NEWS

Nigel Sims, Peter Aldis, Dennis Jackson, Johnny Dixon and Ron Wylie (debut) replace Bill Beaton, Stan Lynn, Gordon Lee, John Sharples and Wally Hazelden.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 28.29 |

Oldest Player |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 34.98 |

Youngest Player |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 24.14 |

MANAGER

Management Committee 1958

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Aston Villa

GK Nigel Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Peter Aldis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Dennis Jackson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jimmy Dugdale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Les Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Peter McParland | 🇬🇧 | ⚽ |
F Jackie Sewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Johnny Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Gerry Hitchens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟢 | 🔥 |

MANAGER

Cliff Britton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Preston North End

GK Fred Else | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Joe Walton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Joe Dunn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Willie Cunningham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Frank O’Farrell | 🇮🇪 |
M Gordon Milne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Derek Mayers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Gil Lambert | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Jimmy Baxter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Tommy Thompson (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Dennis Hatsell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions permitted in period

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Permitted in Period

SQUAD STATS

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Villa XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

SQUAD STATS

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Preston XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 1 |
FB Stan Lynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Player Positions:

GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Half


M, CH, LH, RH : Midfielder, Centre Half, Left Half, Right Half
W, OL, OR : Winger, Outside Left, Outside Right
F, IF, IL, IR : Forward, Inside Forward, Inside Left, Inside Right, Second Striker, False 9
CF : Centre Forward

Match Symbols:

⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution

🟨 | Booking

🟥 | Sending off

🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game

DEBUT APPEARANCES

🟢 F Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

FINAL APPEARANCES

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

MATCH QUOTES

MATCH REPORT

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