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Game #3726

Aston Villa

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Tuesday, 7 December 1982

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Lost

2nd= (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥

Division One

Arsenal

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Highbury

Attendance: 17,384

🟥 7 December 1982, Villa 1-2 Arsenal, Highbury.

Arsenal

2-1

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Aston Villa

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Scorer(s) | Ken McNaught | 42' |

Assist(s) | Pat Heard | 42' |

🟥 7 December 1982, Villa 1-2 Arsenal, Highbury.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Tuesday, 7 December 1982

🥅 | 11’ Goal, 0-1, (Arsenal), Chris Whyte
🥅 | 30’ Goal, 0-2, (Arsenal), Tony Woodcock
⚽ | 42’ Goal, 1-2, Ken McNaught, Assist by Pat Heard
🕒 | HT Arsenal 2-1 Aston Villa
🟥 | 64’ Sending off, (Arsenal), George Wood
💥 | 64' Outfield player in goal (Arsenal), Stewart Robson
🔁 | 78' Sub off, Pat Heard, Sub on, Mark Walters
🕒 | FT Arsenal 2-1 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟥 7 December 1982, Villa 1-2 Arsenal, Highbury.

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ON THIS DAY

Tuesday, 7 December 1982

Tony Barton's Villa, reigning European Champions, contrive to lose for the first time in eight against 10-man Arsenal with an outfield player in goal for nearly 30 minutes. As a result Villa make it ten wins, a draw and seven losses in eighteen League games this season. Meanwhile, Pat Heard made his final appearance for Villa aged just 22 before moving on to Sheffield Wednesday for £60,000 in January 1983. Heard played for Villa between 1979-80 and 1982-83 making 27 appearances and scoring twice.

🟥 7 December 1982, Villa 1-2 Arsenal, Highbury.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

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FINAL APPEARANCES

🔴 LB Pat Heard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1980-82 | 🕒 27 | 21 (6) | ⚽ 2 | 🔥 1 | 🇺 14 | #612 |

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Aston Villa

European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82

Arsenal

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

Aston Villa

Arsenal

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Arsenal

Previous 5 vs. Arsenal: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥

🟥 7 December 1982, Villa 1-2 Arsenal, Highbury.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season: 1982-83
Matchday: #24
League Match: #18
Manager Game: #49
Tuesday, 7 December 1982

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🟥 7 December 1982, Villa 1-2 Arsenal, Highbury.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Surrey, 1982-1984
Referee: David Letts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Basingstoke, 1979-1985
HT Score: 🟥 1-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1982-1984

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 49 | 🟩 | 25 🟨 | 9 🟥 15 | 1.71

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1982-1984

🟥 7 December 1982, Villa 1-2 Arsenal, Highbury.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: David Letts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Basingstoke, 1979-1985
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: 🟥

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

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🟥 7 December 1982, Villa 1-2 Arsenal, Highbury.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Pat Heard replaces Dennis Mortimer.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.35 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 34.85 |

Youngest Player |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 21.06 |

Referee
Manager

🟥 7 December 1982, Villa 1-2 Arsenal, Highbury.

MANAGER

Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1982-1984

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Aston Villa

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mark Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
LB Pat Heard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | 🔁 | 🔴 |
M Des Bremner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Morley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Terry Neill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Arsenal

GK George Wood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB David O’Leary | 🇮🇪 |
CB Chris Whyte | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
LB Kenny Sansom | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Stewart Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John Hollins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Brian Talbot | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Davis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Graham Rix | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Tony Woodcock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Alan Sunderland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟥 7 December 1982, Villa 1-2 Arsenal, Highbury.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for LB Pat Heard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

🟥 7 December 1982, Villa 1-2 Arsenal, Highbury.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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CF Lee Chapman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Player Positions:

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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

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Match Symbols:

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⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution

🟨 | Booking

🟥 | Sending off

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

🟥 7 December 1982, Villa 1-2 Arsenal, Highbury.

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MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES

STARTING XI

* This Game

Game
Start
Goal
Assist
Win
Draw
Loss
Goal Conceded
Clean Sheet
Yellow
Red
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

Game
Sub
Goal
Assist
Win
Draw
Loss
Goal Conceded
Clean Sheet
Yellow
Red

UNUSED

Unused
Squad Bios

🟥 7 December 1982, Villa 1-2 Arsenal, Highbury.

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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/12

🟥 7 December 1982, Villa 1-2 Arsenal, Highbury.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟥 7 December 1982, Villa 1-2 Arsenal, Highbury.

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Not Recorded

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟥 7 December 1982, Villa 1-2 Arsenal, Highbury.

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟥 7 December 1982, Villa 1-2 Arsenal, Highbury.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 7 December 1982, Villa 1-2 Arsenal, Highbury.

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