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Game #4157

Aston Villa

Wednesday, 3 April 1991

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Lost

17th (-4)

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟥

Division One

Arsenal

Highbury

Attendance: 41,868

🟥 3 Apr 1991, Villa 0-5 Arsenal, Highbury

Arsenal

5-0

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Assist(s) | None

🟥 3 Apr 1991, Villa 0-5 Arsenal, Highbury

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MATCH TIMELINE
Wednesday, 3 April 1991

🥅 | 37’ Goal, 0-1, (Arsenal), Kevin Campbell
🕒 | HT Arsenal 1-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 55’ Goal, 0-2, (Arsenal), Paul Davis
🥅 | 59’ Goal, 0-3, (Arsenal), Alan Smith
🥅 | 61’ Goal, 0-4, (Arsenal), Alan Smith
🔁 | 76’ Sub off, Nigel Spink (injury), Sub on, Mark Blake
🚑 | 76’ Outfield player in goal, David Platt
🥅 | 83’ Goal, 0-5, (Arsenal), Kevin Campbell
🕒 | FT Arsenal 5-0 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

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

🟥 3 Apr 1991, Villa 0-5 Arsenal, Highbury

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ON THIS DAY
Wednesday, 3 April 1991
  • Villa are swept aside by champions elect Arsenal at Highbury conceding three in six second half minutes before Nigel Spink is forced to leave the field injured and midfielder David Platt takes over goalkeeping duties for the final 15 minutes, conceding once.

  • Jozef Vengloš' Villa end a run of three unbeaten with a heavy defeat at Highbury. Already 0-3 behind, 

  • Villa lose 'keeper Nigel Spink to injury forcing Mark Blake to take on the gloves with no substitute goalkeeper available. Blake concedes a further two goals in the final 10 as Villa drop back to 16th in the table.

🟥 3 Apr 1991, Villa 0-5 Arsenal, Highbury

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

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: 1988–89

FIXTURE HISTORY
Arsenal
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Previous 5 vs. Arsenal: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨

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

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FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1990-91 |
Matchday | #41 |
League Match | #30 |
Manager Game | #41 |
Wednesday, 3 April 1991

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MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Jozef Vengloš | 🇨🇿 | Ružomberok, 1990-1991
Referee: Ian Hemley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ampthill, 1987–1994
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-5
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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Jozef Vengloš | 🇨🇿 | 1990-1991

🕒 41 | 🟩 | 15 🟨 | 12 🟥 14 | 1.39

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

Jozef Vengloš | 🇨🇿 | 1990-1991

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

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Ian Hemley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ampthill, 1987–1994

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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None

CARDS
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None

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

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Ian Ormondroyd and Andy Comyn replace Kent Nielsen and Mark Blake.

Starting XI Average Age
| 28.43 |

Oldest Player |
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 32.67 |

Youngest Player |
CB Andy Comyn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 22.68 |

Referee

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MANAGER

Jozef Vengloš | 🇨🇿 | 1990-1991

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Aston Villa

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
RB Chris Price | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kevin Gage | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Andy Comyn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Derek Mountfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 |
M David Platt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Tony Cascarino | 🇮🇪 |
CF Gary Penrice | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Ian Ormondroyd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

George Graham (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Arsenal

GK David Seaman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Lee Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Steve Bould | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Tony Adams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Nigel Winterburn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Davis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M David Hillier | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Paul Merson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Anders Limpar | 🇸🇪 |
CF Alan Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CF Kevin Campbell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |

Line Ups

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SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 M Mark Blake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 76' |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | M David Hillier | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Michael Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)
🔁 | M Paul Merson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (W Perry Groves | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

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Substitutes

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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CB Andy Comyn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

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SQUAD STATS
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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/13

SQUAD STATS
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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/13

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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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MATCH QUOTES
"England midfielder David Platt took over the goalkeeping duties but there was little he could do to prevent Campbell claiming his second goal five minutes from time."
Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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*Irish Independent*
Thursday, 4 April 1991
Arsenal marched magnificently nearer their second English League championship title in three years with a five star, five goal display against Aston Villa at Highbury last night. Two goals each for Kevin Campbell and Alan Smith and one from Paul Davis humbled Villa. But Arsenal had to be patient in front of an expectant 41,868 Highbury crowd and the Gunners survived early scares as Villa's lan Ormondroyd twice went close and £1 million signing Gary Penrice had a goal disallowed in the opening 35 minutes. A minute later, however, the North Bank breathed a collective sigh of relief when Campbell put the Gunners ahead, courtesy of a brilliant through-ball by Swedish international Anders Limpar, who squeezed his pass between Derek Mountfield and Paul McGrath into Campbell's path. Villa, making a major contribution to a thrilling encounter, almost snatched an equaliser six minutes into the second half when Ormondroyd again threatened but his goal-bound shot rebounded off teammate Penrice to spare Arsenal. The Gunners responded by turning on the style and settled the match with three goals in six scintillating minutes. Davis began the thrills in the 55th minute when he controlled Nigel Winterburn's low cross with his first touch and then swept the ball home on the turn, via the near post, with his second. Then, Smith, grabbed a double to push the home side further in front. First, he fired in a looping header that was already over the goal-line before McGrath hooked desperately away and, then, in the 61st minute, Smith stabbed home Arsenal's fourth. To add to their woes, Villa had goalkeeper Spink stretchered off after a 73rd minute collision with Campbell just outside the area. England midfielder David Platt took over the goalkeeping duties but there was little he could do to prevent Campbell claiming his second goal five minutes from time. The exciting. emerging striker picked his spot and buried the ball in the bottom corner with Platt looking on helplessly.
Reports

🟥 3 Apr 1991, Villa 0-5 Arsenal, Highbury

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