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Game #3759

Aston Villa

Saturday, 14 May 1983

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Won

6th (-1)

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩

Division One

Arsenal

Villa Park

Attendance: 24,647

🟩 14 May 1983, Villa 2-1 Arsenal, Villa Park

Aston Villa

2-1

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Arsenal

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Assist(s) | Tony Morley | 39' | Gary Shaw | 55' |

🟩 14 May 1983, Villa 2-1 Arsenal, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 14 May 1983

⚽ | 39’ Goal, 1-0, Gary Shaw, Assist by Tony Morley
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Arsenal
⚽ | 55’ Goal, 2-0, Colin Gibson, Assist by Gary Shaw
🥅 | 69’ Goal, 2-1, (Arsenal), Paul Davis
🔁 | 79' Sub off, Tony Morley, Sub on, David Geddis
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-1 Arsenal

Match Statistics

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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

🟩 14 May 1983, Villa 2-1 Arsenal, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 14 May 1983

  • Villa, reigning European Champions, end the season with a 🟩 victory to make it 🟩 twenty one wins, 🟨 five draws and 🟥 sixteen losses in 🕒 forty two League games this season under Tony Barton.

  • But Villa fall to sixth on the final day of the season despite 🟩 beating Arsenal as teams around them win their games in hand.

  • Villa also delivered a European Super Cup 🟩 win over Barcelona in what proved another positive season after the highs of 1980-81 and 1981-82. 

  • Centre Back Ken McNaught 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 28 makes his 260th and final appearance in a Villa shirt before moving on to West Bromwich Albion for a fee of £125,000. McNaught a League and European Cup winner with Villa was an integral part of Villa’s success over the previous five seasons and left with a record of 🟩 W118  🟨 D65 🟥 L77, ⚽ 13 Goals and 🔥 9 Assists.

  • Centre Forward David Geddis 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 25 makes his 🕒 57th & final appearance in a Villa shirt (52 Starts) before moving on to Barnsley in September 1983 for a fee of £50,000. Geddis left with a record of 🟩 W22 🟨 D15 🟥 L20, ⚽ 16 Goals and 🔥 5 Assists.

  • As a result, just 12 months after being crowned Champions of Europe, the boardroom regime under Chairman Doug Ellis - who had controversially wrestled back control of the club earlier in the season - had disposed of League Champions and European Cup winning players Kenny Swain 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿, Jimmy Rimmer 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿, David Geddis 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 and Ken McNaught 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿. 

  • More departures were to follow as Tony Barton’s 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 task was about to be made a whole lot more difficult by the powers that be.

  • Midfielder Gordon Cowans 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 secures his 🟩 150th win in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 323rd appearance (308 Starts) to make it 🟩 W149 🟨 D74 🟥 L97, ⚽ 50 Goals and 🔥 50 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.23 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

  • Midfielder Dennis Mortimer 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 🕒 350th appearance in a Villa shirt.

  • Right back Mark Jones 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his first appearance in 4 months.

🟩 14 May 1983, Villa 2-1 Arsenal, Villa Park

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

🔴 CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1977-83 🕒 260 | ✅ 260 🔁 (0) | ⚽ 13 | 🔥 9 | 🇺 2 | #590 |
🔴 CF David Geddis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1979-83 🕒 57 | ✅ 52 🔁 (5) | ⚽ 16 | 🔥 5 | 🇺 5 | #607 |

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

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

FIXTURE HISTORY

Arsenal

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Previous 5 vs. Arsenal: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥

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

🟩 14 May 1983, Villa 2-1 Arsenal, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season: 1982-83
Matchday: #57
League Match: #42
Manager Game: #82
Saturday, 14 May 1983

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🟩 14 May 1983, Villa 2-1 Arsenal, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Surrey, 1982-1984
Referee: Neville Ashley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Nantwich, 1976-1986
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1982-1984

🕒 82 | 🟩 | 40 🟨 | 13 🟥 29 | 1.62

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1982-1984

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

🟩 14 May 1983, Villa 2-1 Arsenal, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Neville Ashley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Nantwich, 1976-1986

REFEREE PROFILE

Referee: Neville Ashley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Nantwich, 1976-1986
🕒 7 | 🟩 2 | 🟨 1 | 🟥 4 | 🆘 : 1
🕒 7 | 🟩 29% | 🟨 14% | 🟥 57% | 🆘 : 14%
Cards 🟨 2 | 🟥 0 | 0.29 |
Penalty ⚽ 1 | 🥅 1 |
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS

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CARDS

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

🟩 14 May 1983, Villa 2-1 Arsenal, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Mark Jones replaces Gary Williams.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.05 |

Oldest Player |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 31.13 |

Youngest Player |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 21.49 |

Referee

🟩 14 May 1983, Villa 2-1 Arsenal, Villa Park

MANAGER

Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1982-1984

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Aston Villa

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mark Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Des Bremner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alan Curbishley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Morley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | 🔁 |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔥 |

MANAGER

Terry Neill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Arsenal

GK Pat Jennings | 🇬🇧 |
CB David O’Leary | 🇮🇪 |
CB John Devine | 🇮🇪 |
CB Colin Hill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Chris Whyte | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Kenny Sansom | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Davis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Brian Talbot | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Vladimir Petrović | 🇷🇸 |
M Brian McDermott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Charlie Nicholas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 14 May 1983, Villa 2-1 Arsenal, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | CF David Geddis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for W Tony Morley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 79' |

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

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Substitutes

🟩 14 May 1983, Villa 2-1 Arsenal, Villa Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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W Martin Hayes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟩 14 May 1983, Villa 2-1 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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 8/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/12

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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

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

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