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Preston NE 1-2 Blackburn - February 28, 1959 / Division 1 1958/1959

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Division 1 1958/1959 - Round 31

Deepdale - Preston - England

February 28, 1959

Preston NE

1 - 2

Blackburn

Thomas Thompson

36'

34'

Bryan Douglas

40'

Royston Vernon

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34' - Goal Bryan Douglas

36' - Goal Thomas Thompson36

40' - Goal Royston Vernon

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Preston NE

1 - 2

Blackburn

Preston NE Blackburn

Team line-ups

Preston NE

Else

Fred Else

England

B.date31/03/1933

Age25 years

H1m78

positionGoalkeeper

Smith

Jim Smith

Scotland

B.date16/10/1937

Age21 years

positionCentral defender

Cunningham

William Cunningham

Scotland

B.date22/02/1925

Age34 years

positionDefender

Mattinson

Harry Mattinson

England

B.date20/07/1925

Age33 years

positionDefender

Walton

Joe Walton

England

B.date05/06/1925

Age33 years

positionDefender

Milne

Gordon Milne

England

B.date29/03/1937

Age21 years

positionDefender

O'Farrell

Frank O'Farrell

Republic of Ireland

B.date09/10/1927

Age31 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

Mayers

Derek Mayers

England

B.date24/01/1935

Age24 years

positionForward

Campbell

Les Campbell

England

B.date26/07/1935

Age23 years

positionLeft Winger

Thompson36

Thomas Thompson

England

B.date10/11/1928

Age30 years

positionForward

Hatsell

Dennis Hatsell

England

B.date09/06/1930

Age28 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Fred Else		25	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jim Smith		21	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	William Cunningham		34	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Harry Mattinson		33	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Joe Walton		33	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gordon Milne		21	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Frank O'Farrell		31	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Derek Mayers		24	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Les Campbell		23	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Thomas Thompson	36	30	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dennis Hatsell		28	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Blackburn

Leyland

Harry Leyland

England

B.date12/05/1930

Age28 years

positionGoalkeeper

Whelan

Dave Whelan

England

B.date24/11/1936

Age22 years

positionDefender

Taylor

Ken Taylor

England

B.date15/03/1931

Age27 years

positionDefender

Woods

Matt Woods

England

B.date01/11/1931

Age27 years

positionDefender

McGrath

Michael McGrath

Republic of Ireland

B.date07/04/1936

Age22 years

positionMidfield

Clayton

Ronnie Clayton

England

B.date05/08/1934

Age24 years

H1m77

positionRight Midfielder

Vernon40

Royston Vernon

Wales

B.date14/04/1937

Age21 years

positionForward

Douglas34

Bryan Douglas

England

B.date27/05/1934

Age24 years

positionRight Winger

Stephenson

Roy A. Stephenson

England

B.date27/05/1932

Age26 years

positionRight Winger

MacLeod

Alistair MacLeod

Scotland

B.date26/02/1931

Age28 years

positionLeft Winger

Dobing

Peter Dobing

England

B.date01/12/1938

Age20 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Harry Leyland		28	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Dave Whelan		22	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ken Taylor		27	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Matt Woods		27	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Michael McGrath		22	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ronnie Clayton		24	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Royston Vernon	40	21	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Bryan Douglas	34	24	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Roy A. Stephenson		26	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alistair MacLeod		28	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Peter Dobing		20	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Roy A. Stephenson

Jackie Swindells

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Cliff Britton

128

Success rate in this team:

52 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

42 %

Britton vs Blackburn

1 victory

3 draws

6 losses

Latest figure on February 28, 1959

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Key figures

End of streak for Preston NE after 7 consecutive matches without a loss vs Blackburn at home (since 26/12/1924). It was the best streak for the club since 17/12/1898-26/12/1911 (11 matches).

Preston NE keeps its 4 consecutive losses in Premier League running (since 31/01/1959). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 07/04/1956-29/08/1956 time period (7 matches).

Blackburn keeps its 11 consecutive matches without a draw running (since 20/12/1958). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 01/03/1958-19/04/1958 time period (12 matches).

Read the next 16 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LPreston North End 0-3 Blackpool26/12/1958

VPreston North End 2-0 Manchester City03/01/1959

VPreston North End 4-2 Derby County19/01/1959

VPreston North End 3-2 Bradford24/01/1959

LPreston North End 2-4 West Bromwich Albion31/01/1959

DPreston North End 1-1 Bolton Wanderers18/02/1959

Overall

LPreston North End 2-4 West Bromwich Albion31/01/1959

LBirmingham City 5-1 Preston North End07/02/1959

DBolton Wanderers 2-2 Preston North End14/02/1959

DPreston North End 1-1 Bolton Wanderers18/02/1959

LBolton Wanderers 2-1 Preston North End21/02/1959

LBolton Wanderers 1-0 Preston North End23/02/1959

Current form

Away

VManchester City 0-1 Blackburn29/11/1958

DLuton Town 1-1 Blackburn13/12/1958

VChelsea 0-2 Blackburn27/12/1958

LTottenham 3-1 Blackburn03/01/1959

LWolverhampton 5-0 Blackburn31/01/1959

LAston Villa 1-0 Blackburn18/02/1959

Overall

VBlackburn 4-2 Leyton Orient10/01/1959

LBlackburn 1-2 Burnley28/01/1959

LWolverhampton 5-0 Blackburn31/01/1959

VBlackburn 2-1 Portsmouth07/02/1959

LAston Villa 1-0 Blackburn18/02/1959

LBlackburn 1-2 West Ham21/02/1959

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	2
Unbeaten streak	1	0
Winless streak	2	6
Drawless streak	0	2
Scoring streak	5	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	4	10

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	3	2
Winless streak	3	2
Drawless streak	4	10
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	2	0
Conceding streak	3	7

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

30	Number of games (Competition total)	29
14	Number of games (Home / Away)	15
14	Victories (Competition total)	11
8	Victories (Home / Away)	4
4	Draws (Competition total)	7
1	Draws (Home / Away)	5
12	Losses (Competition total)	11
5	Losses (Home / Away)	6

Goals

53	Goals scored (Competition total)	55
29	Goals scored (Home / Away)	22
53	Goals conceded (Competition total)	52
22	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	31
1.77	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.9
2.07	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.47
1.77	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.79
1.57	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2.07

Betting aid

21	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	20
11	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	8
6	Clean sheets (Competition total)	7
4	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	3
4	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	5
2	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	3
21	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	19
9	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	10
3-1 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-1 (3 times)

Bookings

0	Yellow cards (Competition total)	0
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	0
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Dennis Hatsell	15 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	16 goals	Peter Dobing
Dennis Hatsell	8 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	7 goals	Royston Vernon
Dennis Hatsell	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Peter Dobing
Dennis Hatsell	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Bryan Douglas
Thomas Thompson	5 goals during the last 9 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Alistair MacLeod

Historical head to head

Home

35 matches

20 v

9 d

6 l

61 gf

40 ga

Away

36 matches

9 v

13 d

14 l

43 gf

63 ga

Total

71 matches

29 v

22 d

20 l

104 gf

103 ga

Historical head to head

Home

36 matches

14 v

13 d

9 l

63 gf

43 ga

Away

35 matches

6 v

9 d

20 l

40 gf

61 ga

Total

71 matches

20 v

22 d

29 l

103 gf

104 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	December 07, 1946
Home	4 - 0	December 07, 1946

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	December 25, 1913
Away	5 - 1	December 26, 1913

Latest head to head

October 11, 1958 - Division 1 1958/1959

Blackburn

4 - 1

Preston NE

March 24, 1951 - Division 2 1950/1951

Preston NE

3 - 0

Blackburn

November 04, 1950 - Division 2 1950/1951

Blackburn

2 - 1

Preston NE

April 10, 1950 - Division 2 1949/1950

Preston NE

3 - 1

Blackburn

April 07, 1950 - Division 2 1949/1950

Blackburn

2 - 3

Preston NE

Best historical scorers against Blackburn

Gordon Milne

1 goal

1958 - 1958

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Best historical scorers against Preston NE

Dave Whelan	2 goals	1958 - 1958
Royston Vernon	1 goal	1958 - 1958
Bryan Douglas	1 goal	1958 - 1958

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Players with most games played vs Blackburn

Fred Else	1 match	1958 - 1958
Joe Walton	1 match	1958 - 1958
Gordon Milne	1 match	1958 - 1958
Thomas Thompson	1 match	1958 - 1958
Derek Mayers	1 match	1958 - 1958
Jimmy Baxter	1 match	1958 - 1958

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Players with most games played vs Preston NE

Alistair MacLeod	1 match	1958 - 1958
Roy A. Stephenson	1 match	1958 - 1958
Harry Leyland	1 match	1958 - 1958
Matt Woods	1 match	1958 - 1958
Ronnie Clayton	1 match	1958 - 1958
Bryan Douglas	1 match	1958 - 1958