Villa and Arsenal fight out in a fabulous attacking game but despite taking a 2-0 first half lead at Highbury with Pat Heard 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 scoring one and creating one Villa come out second best on a thrilling day and make it consecutive - though very different - defeats under Tony Barton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿.

After eight League games Barton 󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮has now 🟩 won three, 🟨 drawn three and 🟥 lost twice to make it 🟩 nine wins, 🟨 ten draws and 🟥 twelve defeats after 🕒 31 games of Villa's title defence. 

Midfielder Terry Bullivant 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 25 makes his 🕒 14th & final appearance in a Villa shirt (11 Starts) before moving on to Charlton Athletic in July for a fee of £90,000. Bullivant made 7 appearances in 1979-80 before not being selected for 21 months. Bullivant returned to the first team set up for a further 7 appearances in 1981-82 and left with a record of 🟩 W4 🟨 D2 🟥 L8.

Left back Pat Heard 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 scores his ⚽ first goal in a Villa shirt and creates an 🔥 assist for the second successive game on his 🕒 11th appearance.