Game #2921
Saturday, 28 January 1967
Attendance: 26,385
Won
FA Cup 3rd Round
3rd Round
Preston North End
WLWLW
Deepdale
Villa beat Preston in the third round of the FA Cup at Deepdale thanks to a strike from Dave Roberts.
Preston North End
0-1
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Tony Scott | 56' |
KEY MAN
RELATED MATCHES
MATCH TIMELINE
HT Preston North End 0-0 Aston Villa
56’ Goal, 1-0, Dave Roberts, Assist by Tony Scott
FT Preston North End 0-1 Aston Villa
ON THIS DAY
Dick Taylor's Villa win successive games for the first time since November as they beat second division Preston in the FA Cup third round.
Aston Villa
Preston North End
FIXTURE HISTORY
Previous 5 vs. Preston: | 🟨 | 🟨 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟩 |
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1966-67 |
Matchday | #28 |
Manager Game | #129 |
Saturday, 28 January 1967
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Dick Taylor | 🏴 | Wolverhampton, 1964-1967
Referee: Arthur Dimond | 🏴 | Essex, 1965-1971
FT Result | Won |
FT Score | 1-0 |
Last 5 Games | WLWLW |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Arthur Dimond | 🏴 | Essex, 1965-1971
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None
CARDS
TEAM NEWS
Johnny MacLeod and Dave Roberts replace John Sleeuwenhoek and Willie Anderson.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.35 |
Oldest Player |
F Peter Broadbent | 33.73 |
Youngest Player |
W Dave Roberts | 20.12 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Dick Taylor
Aston Villa
GK Colin Withers |
RB Mick Wright |
D Keith Bradley |
LB Charlie Aitken |
M Dave Pountney |
M Lew Chatterley |
W Tony Scott |
W Johnny MacLeod |
W Dave Roberts |
F Peter Broadbent |
CF Barry Stobart |
Preston North End
Kelly, Ross, Kendall, Lawton, Singleton, Spavin, Hannigan, Godfrey, Dawson, Lyall, Lee.
Manager: Jimmy Milne.
SUBSTITUTES
None
SUBSTITUTES
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
M Bobby Park |
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
*Birmingham Daily Post*
Monday, 30 January 1967