Preston V Swansea (1964)

Full title reads: “Villa Park. Semi-Final. Preston V Swansea“. Villa Park, Birmingham. Preston North End beat Swansea City 2-1 in FA Cup Semi-Final football tie. SV The toss up. GV Crowd. GV The kick off. LV Swansea attack down the middle. The ball is centred and Thomas jumps and heads the ball but it just goes wide. SV Swansea supporters. GV Swansea attacking. A Swansea forward is tripped right on the edge of the penalty area. He goes down and slides on his behind nearly into the goal. CU Threatening supporters. LV Swansea player takes free kick. But it’s deflected by a defender and just goes past the post. CU Boy in crowd. GV Preston attacking. Alec Ashworth runs onto loose ball and takes a shot. Keeper Dwyer just pushes it round to corner. SV Crowd. GV As the corner comes in, Preston player takes several shots but gets nowhere. CU Man in crowd. GV Swansea attacking. Keeper Alan Kelly punches clear and the ball goes to Jimmy McLaughlin who runs and shoots and the ball goes into the net for Swansea’s g
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