Preston North End v Aston Villa | movie | 1905 | Official Featurette - video Dailymotion

Early football footage from Mitchell & Kenyon. | dG1fSmhmeXJsczNpT1k

Transcript

00:00 The players now appear very comfortable lining up for the cinematograph and there's a nonchalance

00:17 about them as they walk past the camera.

00:22 Villa are out first, followed by Preston, for whom Peter McBride once again keeps goal.

00:30 As usual, he's in his flat cap.

00:33 The

00:59 reaction on the pitch is fast and furious.

01:06 Preston pile the pressure on the Villa goal.

01:10 A near miss by Preston is soon followed by what appears to be a goal, which the crowd

01:16 celebrate.

01:25 Then we see a Villa player point towards the net and after animated discussion, the goal

01:30 is disallowed by Mr. J.H.

01:32 Pearson of Crewe because it had gone through a hole in the side netting.

01:38 We see the referee inspecting the net.

02:00 In the tenth minute, there's a superb goal by Dickie Bond after a fine run, in the words

02:05 of the local paper, the Lancashire Daily Post.

02:09 Preston scored another goal to finish up 2-0 winners.

02:13 the game.

02:20 [music]