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Game #3661

Aston Villa

Saturday, 7 November 1981

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Lost

13th= (-1)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥

Division One

Arsenal

Villa Park

Attendance: 27,316

🟥 7 Nov 1981, Villa 0-2 Arsenal, Villa Park

Aston Villa (Champions)

0-2

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Arsenal

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Assist(s) | None

🟥 7 Nov 1981, Villa 0-2 Arsenal, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 7 November 1981

🥅 | 26’ Goal, 0-1, (Arsenal), Graham Rix
🥅 | 39’ Goal, 0-2, (Arsenal), Brian Talbot
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-2 Arsenal
🔁 | 68' Sub off, Gary Shaw, Sub on, Andy Blair
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-2 Arsenal

Match Statistics

Not recorded

Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution

🟥 7 Nov 1981, Villa 0-2 Arsenal, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 7 November 1981

  • Villa fail to score for a third successive game and suffer a shock defeat to Arsenal at Villa Park. 

  • Villa have now lost three consecutive games in all competitions after a run of fourteen games unbeaten.

  • Villa make it three wins, six draws and four defeats in their title defence as they fall back to 13th in the table.

  • Gordon Cowans makes his 225th appearance in a Villa shirt (210 Starts) to make it W103 D60 L62, 29 Goals and 29 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.88 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

🟥 7 Nov 1981, Villa 0-2 Arsenal, Villa Park

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Aston Villa

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1980-81

Arsenal

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League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1978–79

FIXTURE HISTORY

Arsenal

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Previous 5 vs. Arsenal: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟥

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

🟥 7 Nov 1981, Villa 0-2 Arsenal, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season: 1981-82
Matchday: #20
League Match: #13
Manager Game: #379
Saturday, 7 November 1981

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🟥 7 Nov 1981, Villa 0-2 Arsenal, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Clive Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Treorchy, 1966–1984
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🕒 379 | 🟩 | 173 🟨 | 104 🟥 102 | 1.64

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Clive Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Treorchy, 1966–1984
Matches Officiated: 22
🟩 : 11
🟨 : 3
🟥 : 8
🆘 : 6
Previous 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 25 October 1980, Villa 2-1 Southampton, The Dell.
Cards: None

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS

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None

CARDS

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None

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟥 7 Nov 1981, Villa 0-2 Arsenal, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Ron Saunders names an unchanged line up.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.40 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 33.76 |

Youngest Player |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.98 |

Referee

🟥 7 Nov 1981, Villa 0-2 Arsenal, Villa Park

MANAGER

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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Aston Villa

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Des Bremner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Morley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Terry Neill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Arsenal

GK Pat Jennings | 🇬🇧 |
CB David O’Leary | 🇮🇪 |
CB John Devine | 🇮🇪 |
CB Chris Whyte | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Kenny Sansom | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John Hollins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Brian Talbot | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Paul Davis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Graham Rix | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Paul Vaessen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Charlie Nicholas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟥 7 Nov 1981, Villa 0-2 Arsenal, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Andy Blair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | for F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 68' |

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

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Substitutes

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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CF Raphael Meade | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Player Positions:

GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Half


M, CH, LH, RH : Midfielder, Centre Half, Left Half, Right Half
W, OL, OR : Winger, Outside Left, Outside Right
F, IF, IL, IR : Forward, Inside Forward, Inside Left, Inside Right, Second Striker, False 9
CF : Centre Forward

Match Symbols:

⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution

🟨 | Booking

🟥 | Sending off

🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game

Squad Bios

🟥 7 Nov 1981, Villa 0-2 Arsenal, Villa Park

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/12

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/12

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟥 7 Nov 1981, Villa 0-2 Arsenal, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟥 7 Nov 1981, Villa 0-2 Arsenal, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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🟥 7 Nov 1981, Villa 0-2 Arsenal, Villa Park

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