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Game #2534

Saturday, 11 April 1959

Attendance: 12,244

Lost

Division One

20th (-)

Preston North End

LLDLL

Deepdale

Preston North End

4-2

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Not recorded

KEY MAN

Billy Myerscough, scored but Villa lose for a fourth time in five League games as the threat of relegation grows, Saturday, 11 April 1959.

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ON THIS DAY

Joe Mercer's Villa suffer a fourth defeat in five to make it eleven wins, five draws and twenty two losses in thirty eight division one games with four games left to play and a tight fight to avoid relegation continues.

Aston Villa

Preston North End

FIXTURE HISTORY

Preston North End

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

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1958-59 |
Matchday | #44 |
League Match | #38 |
Manager Game | #24 |
Saturday, 11 April 1959

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager | Joe Mercer |
FT Result | Lost |
FT Score | 2-4 |
Last 5 Games | LLDLL |

MATCH OFFICIALS

CARDS

Villa

Preston North End

All the matches refereed by:

TEAM NEWS

Jackie Sewell replaces Gerry Hitchens.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 29.28 |

Oldest Player |
F Johnny Dixon | 35.36 |

Youngest Player |
F Peter McParland | 24.98 |

MANAGER

MANAGER

Joe Mercer

Aston Villa

GK Nigel Sims |
FB Peter Aldis |
FB Doug Winton |
CB Jimmy Dugdale |
M Vic Crowe |
W Les Smith |
F Ron Wylie |
F Peter McParland |
F Jackie Sewell |
F Johnny Dixon |
F Billy Myerscough |

Preston North End

Else, Walton, Smith, Mattinson, Cunningham, Milne, Baxter, Thompson (ex) (g) (g), Taylor (g), Hatsell (g), 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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