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Game #3775

Aston Villa

Saturday, 29 October 1983

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Lost

14th (-5)

Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥

Division One

Arsenal

Villa Park

Attendance: 23,678

🟥 29 October 1983, Villa 2-6 Arsenal, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

2-6

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Arsenal

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🟥 29 October 1983, Villa 2-6 Arsenal, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 29 October 1983

🥅 | 5’ Goal, 0-1, (Arsenal), Tony Woodcock
🥅 | 11’ Goal, 0-2, (Arsenal), Tony Woodcock
🥅 | 36’ Goal, 0-3, (Arsenal), Tony Woodcock
⚽ | 37’ Goal, 1-3, Tony Morley, Assist by Des Bremner
🥅 | 38' Goal, 1-4, (Arsenal), Tony Woodcock
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-4 Arsenal
🥅 | 49’ Goal, 1-5, (Arsenal), Tony Woodcock
⚽ | 65’ Goal, 2-5, Allan Evans (pen)
🥅 | 88' Goal, 2-6, (Arsenal), Brian McDermott
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-6 Arsenal

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟥 29 October 1983, Villa 2-6 Arsenal, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 29 October 1983

  • 48 years after Ted Drake scored seven, Tony Woodcock hits five at Villa Park to leave Villa with 🟩 five wins, 🟨 two draws and 🟥 four defeats in 🕒 eleven League games this season.

  • Right back Mark Jones 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his first appearance in 5 months.

🟥 29 October 1983, Villa 2-6 Arsenal, Villa Park.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

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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

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Arsenal

Previous 5 vs. Arsenal: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩

🟥 29 October 1983, Villa 2-6 Arsenal, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season: 1983-84
Matchday: #16
League Match: #11
Manager Game: #98
Saturday, 29 October 1983

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🟥 29 October 1983, Villa 2-6 Arsenal, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Surrey, 1982-1984
Referee: Arthur Robinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Radcliffe, 1981-1988
HT Score: 🟥 1-4
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 2-6
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

🕒 98 | 🟩 | 47 🟨 | 17 🟥 34 | 1.61

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

🟥 29 October 1983, Villa 2-6 Arsenal, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Arthur Robinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Radcliffe, 1981-1988
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1982-1984

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

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None

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Mark Jones (first start of the season) replaces Colin Gibson.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.01 |

Oldest Player |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 32.19 |

Youngest Player |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.42 |

Referee
Manager

🟥 29 October 1983, Villa 2-6 Arsenal, Villa Park.

MANAGER

Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1982-1984

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Aston Villa

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mark Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Des Bremner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 |
M Steve McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Morley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Terry Neill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Arsenal

GK Pat Jennings | 🇬🇧 |
LB Kenny Sansom | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Colin Hill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Chris Whyte | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB David O’Leary | 🇮🇪 |
M Stewart Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Paul Davis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Graham Rix | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Tony Woodcock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CF Alan Sunderland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Charlie Nicholas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟥 29 October 1983, Villa 2-6 Arsenal, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Stewart Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Brian McDermott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |)

Substitutes

🟥 29 October 1983, Villa 2-6 Arsenal, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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Not recorded

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

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

🟥 29 October 1983, Villa 2-6 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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

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

🟥 29 October 1983, Villa 2-6 Arsenal, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟥 29 October 1983, Villa 2-6 Arsenal, Villa Park.

UNAVAILABLE

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M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟥 29 October 1983, Villa 2-6 Arsenal, Villa Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

"The worst performance I've ever seen. “I was disgusted and we were lucky it wasn’t double figures.” Tony Barton.
Quotes

🟥 29 October 1983, Villa 2-6 Arsenal, Villa Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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