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Game #3899

Aston Villa

Tuesday, 4 February 1986

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Won

Quarter Final

Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟩

League Cup

Arsenal

Highbury

Attendance: 33,091

🟩 4 February 1986, Villa 2-1 Arsenal, Highbury.

Arsenal

1-2

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Tony Dorigo | 30' | Paul Birch | 54' |

🟩 4 February 1986, Villa 2-1 Arsenal, Highbury.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Tuesday, 4 February 1986

⚽ | 30’ Goal, 1-0, Paul Birch, Assist by Tony Dorigo
🕒 | FT Arsenal 0-1 Aston Villa
⚽ | 54’ Goal, 2-0, Allan Evans, Assist by Paul Birch
🔁 | 70' Sub off, Mark Walters, Sub on Simon Stainrod
🥅 | 79’ Goal, 2-1, (Arsenal), Paul Mariner
🕒 | FT Arsenal 1-2 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 4 February 1986, Villa 2-1 Arsenal, Highbury.

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ON THIS DAY

Tuesday, 4 February 1986

Graham Turner’s Villa line up for their sixth Cup match in the last nine fixtures and win for only the second time in that run, but it is a victory at Highbury that takes them through to the League Cup semi finals.

🟩 4 February 1986, Villa 2-1 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: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟨

🟩 4 February 1986, Villa 2-1 Arsenal, Highbury.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1985-86 |
Matchday | #39 |
Manager Game | #85 |
Tuesday, 4 February 1986

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🟩 4 February 1986, Villa 2-1 Arsenal, Highbury.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1984-1986
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1984-1986

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 85 | 🟩 | 28 🟨 | 25 🟥 32 | 1.28

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1984-1986

🟩 4 February 1986, Villa 2-1 Arsenal, Highbury.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Unknown
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

None

🟩 4 February 1986, Villa 2-1 Arsenal, Highbury.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Paul Birch and Mark Walters replace Gary Shaw and Darren Bradley.

Starting XI Average Age
| 23.37 |

Oldest Player |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 30.20 |

Youngest Player |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.11 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 4 February 1986, Villa 2-1 Arsenal, Highbury.

MANAGER

Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1984-1986

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Aston Villa

GK Kevin Poole | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
CB Dean Glover | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Paul Elliott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔥 |
M David Norton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve Hodge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Kerr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

MANAGER

Don Howe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Arsenal

GK John Lukic | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Viv Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB David O’Leary | 🇮🇪 |
CB Tommy Caton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Kenny Sansom | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Graham Rix | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Rocastle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Ian Allinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Paul Mariner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Charlie Nicholas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Niall Quinn | 🇮🇪 |

Line Ups

🟩 4 February 1986, Villa 2-1 Arsenal, Highbury.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 70' |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | F Ian Allinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CF Tony Woodcock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Substitutes

🟩 4 February 1986, Villa 2-1 Arsenal, Highbury.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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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

🟩 4 February 1986, Villa 2-1 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 Kevin Poole | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

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

UNUSED

Unused
Squad Bios

🟩 4 February 1986, Villa 2-1 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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/12

🟩 4 February 1986, Villa 2-1 Arsenal, Highbury.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 4 February 1986, Villa 2-1 Arsenal, Highbury.

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 4 February 1986, Villa 2-1 Arsenal, Highbury.

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MATCH QUOTES

"I could not believe the freedom and confidence of the players when you remember the pressure they were under. “It was an ordeal for them. “I just hope that we can make his the start of a run. Another couple of good results could really set us off. “My future is in other people’s hands but I was confident the chairman was behind me. We are doing a major rebuilding job and I hope I get the time to see the potential fulfilled.” Graham Turner on the ‘major rebuilding job’ needed for a club that won the European Cup four years previously. --- "Last night's result was of no surprise to those who have been closely involved at Villa Park during the last few months. "Although I have gone on record as saying that Graham Turner is building a side capable of maintaining success over a period of time. “I’m also well aware that the youngsters he has are maturing very quickly. “They have a glimpse of the exciting future which awaits Villa fans. “I am as pleased for Graham as he was about the team's performance." Herbert Douglas Ellis on a side with two wins in sixteen sitting 19th in the League table, one point off the relegation places having won the European Cup four years previously. --- "After what the boss [Graham Turner] said to me. I feel it would be best to leave quickly." “What followed was just a slanging match and I feel am forced to go on the list. “I certainly don't want to leave Villa. We are in the semi-finals of the Milk Cup at the moment and, even though I am not in the team. no player wants to leave a club in that situation. "But I don't feel I have any other choice. It is a matter of principle. "I am not asking to go because I have been dropped. I know I was rubbish at Millwall. “I am the first to admit that I had hopeless game that night. “But if I had just been dropped and it had been left at that. I would have been disappointed but no more." Gary Williams.
Quotes

🟩 4 February 1986, Villa 2-1 Arsenal, Highbury.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 4 February 1986, Villa 2-1 Arsenal, Highbury.

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