Game #3688
Aston Villa
Saturday, 27 March 1982
Lost
14th (-1)
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥
Division One
Attendance: 24,756
Arsenal
Highbury
Villa and Arsenal fight out in a fabulous attacking game but despite Pat Heard scoring one and creating one Villa come out second best on a thrilling day and make it consecutive - though very different - defeats under Tony Barton.
Arsenal
4-3
Aston Villa (Champions)
Assist(s) | Pat Heard | 38' | Tony Morley | 65' |
KEY MAN
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 27 March 1982
🥅 | 2’ Goal, 0-1, (Arsenal), Alan Sunderland
⚽ | 19’ Goal, 1-1, Gary Shaw
🥅 | 24’ Goal, 1-2, (Arsenal), Graham Rix
⚽ | 38’ Goal, 2-2, Tony Morley, Assist by Pat Heard
🕒 | HT Arsenal 2-2 Aston Villa
🥅 | 56’ Goal, 2-3, (Arsenal), Graham Rix
🥅 | 63’ Goal, 2-4, (Arsenal), Raphael Meade
⚽ | 65’ Goal, 3-4, Pat Heard, Assist by Tony Morley
🕒 | FT Arsenal 4-3 Aston Villa
ON THIS DAY
Reigning Champions Villa lose for the second time in the League under Tony Barton having not lost in the previous six games and despite taking a 2-0 first half lead at Highbury. As a result after eight League games Barton had won three, drawn three and lost twice to make it nine wins, ten draws and twelve defeats after 31 games of their title defence. Meanwhile, Terry Bullivant made his final appearance for Villa aged 25 before moving on to Charlton Athletic in July for a fee of £90,000. Bullivant played for Villa between 1979-80 and 1981-82 making 14 appearances.
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1980-81
Arsenal
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1978–79
FIXTURE HISTORY
Arsenal
Previous 5 vs. Arsenal: 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1981-82 |
Matchday | #47 |
League Match | #31 |
Manager Game | #11 |
Saturday, 27 March 1982
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Tony Barton (Caretaker) | 🏴 | Surrey, 1982-1984
Referee: Cliff Maskell | 🏴 | Cambridge, 1976–1982
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 2-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 3-4
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Tony Barton | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 11 | 🟩 | 4 🟨 | 4 🟥 3 | 1.45
Career Form:
Top 8
Tony Barton | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Cliff Maskell | 🏴 | Cambridge, 1976–1982
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards:
Cliff Maskell
CARDS
Villa
None
Arsenal
None
TEAM NEWS
Peter Withe, Mark Jones and Pat Heard replace Andy Blair, Terry Donovan and Gary Williams.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.09 |
Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 | 34.15 |
Youngest Player |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴 | 20.36 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Tony Barton | 🏴 |
Terry Neill | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 |
RB Mark Jones | 🏴 |
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴 |
M Terry Bullivant | 🏴 | 🔴 |
M Pat Heard | 🏴 | 🔥 | ⚽ |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 |
W Tony Morley | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🔥 |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴 |
Arsenal
GK George Wood | 🏴 |
CB David O’Leary | 🇮🇪 |
CB Chris Whyte | 🏴 |
LB Kenny Sansom | 🏴 |
M Stewart Robson | 🏴 |
M John Hollins | 🏴 |
M Brian Talbot | 🏴 |
M Paul Davis | 🏴 |
M Graham Rix | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CF Alan Sunderland | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Raphael Meade | 🏴 | ⚽ |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
RB Gary Williams | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
CF John Hawley | 🏴 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/12
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
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
DEBUT APPEARANCES
FINAL APPEARANCES
🔴 CF Terry Bullivant | 🏴 |
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
TABLE
PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
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