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Game #3902

Aston Villa

5-10-15, 25 PTS

Saturday, 8 March 1986

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Lost

20th (-)

Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟥

Division One

Arsenal

19-7-5, 45 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 10,584

🟥 8 Mar 1986, Villa 1-4 Arsenal, Villa Park

Aston Villa

1-4

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Arsenal

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🟥 8 Mar 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 Mar 1986, Villa 1-4 Arsenal, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 8 March 1986

  • Villa are destroyed in the second half at Villa Park despite taking an early lead in what it described as a "capitulation" and "quite one of their worst displays for many years" as Villa remain twentieth in the table, in the relegation places and now four points from safety. 

  • 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. 

  • As a result Graham Turner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 and Chairman Ellis' resignations are demanded as both the local media and fans call time on their incompetent regime.

  • Darren Bradley 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 20 makes his his 23rd and final appearance in a Villa shirt (19 Starts) before moving on to West Bromwich Albion for a fee of £90,000 later this month. Bradley left with a record of 🟩 W7 🟨 D6 🟥 L10.

🟥 8 Mar 1986, Villa 1-4 Arsenal, Villa Park

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

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

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Arsenal

Previous 5 vs. Arsenal: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟩

🟥 8 Mar 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 Mar 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: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟥

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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

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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 LED BY:

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Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1984-1986

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

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None

🟥 8 Mar 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 Mar 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 Mar 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 Mar 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

Squad Bios

🟥 8 Mar 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 Mar 1986, Villa 1-4 Arsenal, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟥 8 Mar 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 Mar 1986, Villa 1-4 Arsenal, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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🟥 8 Mar 1986, Villa 1-4 Arsenal, Villa Park

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