Game #396
Saturday, 2 December 1899
Attendance: 12,000
Won
Division One
2nd
Preston North End
DWDWW
Deepdale
Steve Smith hit a hat-trick as reigning Champions Villa dispatched Preston at Deepdale to make it three wins in five unbeaten games.
Preston North End
0-5
Aston Villa (Champions)
Assists(s) | Not recorded
KEY MAN
Steve Smith, hat-trick, Saturday, 2 December 1899.
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MATCH TIMELINE
[Exact timings not recorded]
Goal, 1-0, Billy Garraty
Goal, 2-0, Steve Smith
35’ Goal, 3-0, Steve Smith
HT Preston North End 0-3 Aston Villa
Goal, 4-0, Own Goal
Goal, 5-0, Steve Smith
FT Preston North End 0-5 Aston Villa
ON THIS DAY
Midfielder Charlie McEleny made his sole appearance for Villa aged 27 after joining from New Brighton. McEleny would later move on to Swindon Town.
Aston Villa
Preston North End
FIXTURE HISTORY
Preston North End
Previous 5 vs. Preston: | 🟩 | 🟥 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟥 |
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1899-00 |
Matchday | #17 |
League Match | #16 |
Manager Game | #370 |
Saturday, 2 December 1899
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager | George Ramsay led Management Committee |
FT Score | 5-0 |
FT Result | Won |
Last 5 Games | DWDWW |
MATCH OFFICIALS
CARDS
Villa
Preston North End
TEAM NEWS
Villa make one change from the team that beat Burnley last time out with Charlie McEleny making his debut in place of Tommy Bowman.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age | 25.57 |
Oldest Player |
F Jack Devey | 32.96 |
Youngest Player |
W Bobby Templeton | 20.46 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
George Ramsay led Management Committee
Aston Villa
GK Billy George |
D Michael Noon |
CB Chris Mann |
FB Albert Evans |
M Albert Wilkes |
M Charlie McEleny |
W Bobby Templeton |
W Steve Smith |
F Fred Wheldon |
F Jack Devey |
CF Billy Garraty |
Preston North End
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
PROGRAMME

MATCHDAY QUOTES
"The reverse caused consternation on the ground for the North End have been playing well lately."
*The Sporting Life*
Monday, 4 December 1899
PRESTON NORTH END V. ASTON VILLA.
HOLLOW VICTORY FOR THE VILLANS.
The Aston Villa team are always popular an welcomed at Preston, but they went a bit too strong on Saturday, when they simply romped away from the home lot, and beat then by five goals to nil.
The Villa men at once took up the attack, and Templeton and Wheldon soon put M’Bride upon his metal, but he threw away twice in grand fashion. North End got down and had an opening, but Stevenson stood still till he was charged off the ball. Henderson, however, soon caused a lot of anxiety by two shots, which it took George all his time to save.
The Villa were not long on the defensive, a smart run by Templeton taking the ball to the other end, where after severe pressure, Garraty ran right between the full backs and scored with a shot which gave M’Bride no chance.
For the ensuing few minutes M’Bride had to clear twice. The Villa were not long before they were once more near the home goal, but they were forced back, and Atherton and Henderson made good tries.
In twenty minutes Smith came into possession on the half way line, and with a grand fast dribbled completely beat Dunn and Holmes, and easily scored a second goal.
North End now worked harder than ever to get through the defence. Henderson made George use his hands with a fast shot, and Stevenson, when in a good position, headed over.
Templeton on one side, and Atherton on the other, made some grand ones, and both Henderson and Pearce gave George trouble. The Villa left again got narthex home goal line, where Smith, with a low shot, scored a third goal ten minutes from half time.
North End tried hard to get past Evans and Noon but failed.
Half time. Villa, three; North End, nil.
When the second half commenced, North End were the first to be turned back, and then the visitors commenced a long series of brilliant efforts, in which Smith, Templeton, and Wheldon were prominent.
The defence, however, kept the Villa from scoring, though M’Bride had to be very smart on one or two occasions. North End only got about a couple of shots at George, and these were of a soft description.
So the game proceeded until twelve minutes from the finish, when M’Bride kicked the ball away from goal, when it struck Dunn on the head and rebounded into the net, thus scoring an easy goal for the Villa, much to the surprise of everybody.
Within a very short time Smith, after a very fine tun scored the fifth goal.
The reverse caused consternation on the ground for the North End have been playing well lately.
Result: Villa, five; North End, nil.