Game #3775
Aston Villa
Saturday, 29 October 1983
Lost
14th (-5)
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥
Division One
Attendance: 23,678
Arsenal
Villa Park
Although Villa had struggled in the previous match against second tier Portsmouth, out of nowhere came a performance comfortably the worst in a decade, as Tony Woodcock, 48 years after Ted Drake scored seven, hitting five at Villa Park to condemn a shocked Tony Barton to 14th place.
Aston Villa
2-6
Arsenal
Assist(s) | Des Bremner | 37' |
KEY MAN
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 29 October 1983
🥅 | 5’ Goal, 0-1, (Arsenal), Tony Woodcock
🥅 | 11’ Goal, 0-2, (Arsenal), Tony Woodcock
🥅 | 36’ Goal, 0-3, (Arsenal), Tony Woodcock
⚽ | 37’ Goal, 1-3, Tony Morley, Assist by Des Bremner
🥅 | 38' Goal, 1-4, (Arsenal), Tony Woodcock
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-4 Arsenal
🥅 | 49’ Goal, 1-5, (Arsenal), Tony Woodcock
⚽ | 65’ Goal, 2-5, Allan Evans (pen)
🥅 | 88' Goal, 2-6, (Arsenal), Brian McDermott
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-6 Arsenal
ON THIS DAY
Tony Barton's Villa lose heavily as Arsenal's Tony Woodcock hits four first half goals and another after the break to leave Villa with five wins, two draws and four defeats in eleven League games this season.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82
Arsenal
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1978–79
FIXTURE HISTORY
Arsenal
Previous 5 vs. Arsenal: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season: 1983-84
Matchday: #16
League Match: #11
Manager Game: #98
Saturday, 29 October 1983
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Tony Barton | 🏴 | Surrey, 1982-1984
Referee: Arthur Robinson | 🏴 | Radcliffe, 1981-1988
HT Score: 🟥 1-4
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 2-6
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Tony Barton | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 98 | 🟩 | 47 🟨 | 17 🟥 34 | 1.61
Career Form:
Top 6
Tony Barton | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Arthur Robinson | 🏴 | Radcliffe, 1981-1988
Previous 5:
Last Match: None
Cards: None
Arthur Robinson
CARDS
Villa
None
Arsenal
None
TEAM NEWS
Mark Jones (first start of the season) replaces Colin Gibson.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.01 |
Oldest Player |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴 | 32.19 |
Youngest Player |
W Mark Walters | 🏴 | 19.42 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Tony Barton | 🏴 |
Terry Neill | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 |
RB Mark Jones | 🏴 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴 |
M Des Bremner | 🏴 | 🔥 |
M Steve McMahon | 🏴 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴 |
W Tony Morley | 🏴 | ⚽ |
W Mark Walters | 🏴 |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴 |
Arsenal
GK Pat Jennings | 🇬🇧 |
LB Kenny Sansom | 🏴 |
CB Colin Hill | 🏴 |
CB Chris Whyte | 🏴 |
CB David O’Leary | 🇮🇪 |
M Stewart Robson | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Paul Davis | 🏴 |
M Graham Rix | 🏴 |
CF Tony Woodcock | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CF Alan Sunderland | 🏴 |
CF Charlie Nicholas | 🏴 |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Stewart Robson | 🏴 | (M Brian McDermott | 🏴 | ⚽ |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
Not recorded
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
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
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 |
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
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
TABLE
PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
"The worst performance I've ever seen.
“I was disgusted and we were lucky it wasn’t double figures.”
Tony Barton.
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