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Game #3746

Aston Villa

Saturday, 12 March 1983

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Lost

Quarter Final

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥

FA Cup

Arsenal

Highbury

Attendance: 41,774

🟥 12 March 1983, Villa 0-2 Arsenal, Highbury.

Arsenal

2-0

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | None

🟥 12 March 1983, Villa 0-2 Arsenal, Highbury.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 12 March 1983

🥅 | 31’ Goal, 0-1, (Arsenal), Tony Woodcock
🥅 | 36’ Goal, 0-2, (Arsenal), Vladimir Petrovic
🕒 | HT Arsenal 2-0 Aston Villa
🔁 | 75' Sub off, Eamonn Deacy, Sub on, Mark Walters
🕒 | FT Arsenal 2-0 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟥 12 March 1983, Villa 0-2 Arsenal, Highbury.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 12 March 1983

Tony Barton's Villa, reigning European Champions, fail to score for the twelfth time this season as they fall to Arsenal in the FA Cup quarter final.

🟥 12 March 1983, Villa 0-2 Arsenal, Highbury.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

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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: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥

🟥 12 March 1983, Villa 0-2 Arsenal, Highbury.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season: 1982-83
Matchday: #44
Manager Game: #69
Saturday, 12 March 1983

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🟥 12 March 1983, Villa 0-2 Arsenal, Highbury.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Surrey, 1982-1984
Referee: Ken Walmsley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Blackpool, 1974-1988
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-2
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

🕒 69 | 🟩 | 34 🟨 | 11 🟥 24 | 1.64

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1982-1984

🟥 12 March 1983, Villa 0-2 Arsenal, Highbury.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Ken Walmsley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Blackpool, 1974-1988
Matches Officiated: 3
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 2
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟥 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 26 March 1980, Villa 2-0 Norwich, Villa Park.
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

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None

🟥 12 March 1983, Villa 0-2 Arsenal, Highbury.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Gary Williams and Tony Morley replace Ken McNaught and Mark Walters.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.16 |

Oldest Player |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 31.55 |

Youngest Player |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 21.32 |

Referee
Manager

🟥 12 March 1983, Villa 0-2 Arsenal, Highbury.

MANAGER

Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1982-1984

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Aston Villa

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Eamonn Deacy | 🇮🇪 | 🔁 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Des Bremner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Morley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Terry Neill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Arsenal

GK Pat Jennings | 🇬🇧 |
LB Kenny Sansom | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Chris Whyte | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Davis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John Hollins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Vladimir Petrović | 🇷🇸 | ⚽ |
M Graham Rix | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Stewart Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Tony Woodcock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Alan Sunderland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Charlie Nicholas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟥 12 March 1983, Villa 0-2 Arsenal, Highbury.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for FB Eamonn Deacy | 🇮🇪 | 75' |

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

🟥 12 March 1983, Villa 0-2 Arsenal, Highbury.

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

🟥 12 March 1983, Villa 0-2 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 Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
19
18*
0
0
10
2
7
20
7
0
0

SUBSTITUTES

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

UNUSED

Unused
Squad Bios

🟥 12 March 1983, Villa 0-2 Arsenal, Highbury.

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

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

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

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

🟥 12 March 1983, Villa 0-2 Arsenal, Highbury.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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UNAVAILABLE

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟥 12 March 1983, Villa 0-2 Arsenal, Highbury.

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MATCH QUOTES

"It took us 45 minutes to get into the match and by then the horse had bolted.” Tony Barton.
Quotes

🟥 12 March 1983, Villa 0-2 Arsenal, Highbury.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 12 March 1983, Villa 0-2 Arsenal, Highbury.

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