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Game #3902

Aston Villa

Saturday, 8 March 1986

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Lost

20th (-)

Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟥

Division One

Arsenal

Villa Park

Attendance: 10,584

🟥 8 March 1986, Villa 1-4 Arsenal, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

1-4

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Arsenal

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🟥 8 March 1986, Villa 1-4 Arsenal, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 8 March 1986

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Arsenal
⚽ | 49’ Goal, 1-0, Mark Walters
🥅 | 58’ Goal, 1-1, (Arsenal), Paul Elliott, o.g.
🥅 | 73’ Goal, 1-2, (Arsenal), Charlie Nicholas
🥅 | 81’ Goal, 1-3, (Arsenal), Martin Hayes
🥅 | 89’ Goal, 1-4, (Arsenal), David Rocastle
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-4 Arsenal

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟥 8 March 1986, Villa 1-4 Arsenal, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 8 March 1986

Graham Turner’s Villa lose successive League games and continue their woeful form to leave them with just five wins in thirty Division One games and fifteen defeats. Meanwhile, Darren Bradley played his final game for Villa aged just 20 before moving on to West Bromwich Albion for a fee of £90,000 later this month. Bradley had played for Villa in 1984-85 and 1985-86 making 23 appearances.

🟥 8 March 1986, Villa 1-4 Arsenal, Villa Park.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

🔴 M Darren Bradley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1985-86 | 🕒 23 | 19 (4) | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 4 | #630 |

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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: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟩

🟥 8 March 1986, Villa 1-4 Arsenal, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1985-86 |
Matchday | #42 |
League Match | #30 |
Manager Game | #88 |
Saturday, 8 March 1986

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🟥 8 March 1986, Villa 1-4 Arsenal, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1984-1986
Referee: Joe Worrall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Warrington, 1976-1995
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-4
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

🕒 88 | 🟩 | 28 🟨 | 26 🟥 34 | 1.25

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1984-1986

🟥 8 March 1986, Villa 1-4 Arsenal, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Joe Worrall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Warrington, 1976-1995
Matches Officiated: 11
🟩 : 5
🟨 : 2
🟥 : 4
🆘 : 2
Previous 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 5 March 1986, League Cup, Villa 2-2 Oxford, Villa Park.
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

None

🟥 8 March 1986, Villa 1-4 Arsenal, Villa Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Dean Glover and Andy Gray replace Paul Kerr and Tony Dorigo.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.40 |

Oldest Player |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 30.29 |

Youngest Player |
M Darren Bradley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.30 |

Referee
Manager

🟥 8 March 1986, Villa 1-4 Arsenal, Villa Park.

MANAGER

Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1984-1986

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Aston Villa

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Dean Glover | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Paul Elliott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Norton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve Hodge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Darren Bradley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔴 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

MANAGER

Don Howe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Arsenal

GK Rhys Wilmot | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
LB Kenny Sansom | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB David O’Leary | 🇮🇪 |
RB Viv Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Graham Rix | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Rocastle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Martin Hayes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Charlie Nicholas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Tony Woodcock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟥 8 March 1986, Villa 1-4 Arsenal, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

🟥 8 March 1986, Villa 1-4 Arsenal, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Paul Kerr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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CF Paul Mariner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟥 8 March 1986, Villa 1-4 Arsenal, Villa Park.

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
130
129*
0
0
49
34
47
178
38
2
0

SUBSTITUTES

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

UNUSED

Unused
Squad Bios

🟥 8 March 1986, Villa 1-4 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

🟥 8 March 1986, Villa 1-4 Arsenal, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟥 8 March 1986, Villa 1-4 Arsenal, Villa Park.

UNAVAILABLE

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Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟥 8 March 1986, Villa 1-4 Arsenal, Villa Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

“I understand the frustrations of the crowd but let them be assured that there is no-one more concerned than myself, the board and everyone at Villa," Herbert Douglas Ellis returns to a tired old script.
Quotes

🟥 8 March 1986, Villa 1-4 Arsenal, Villa Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 8 March 1986, Villa 1-4 Arsenal, Villa Park.

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MATCH VIDEO

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