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Game #3775

Aston Villa

Saturday, 29 October 1983

Aston Villa

2-6

Arsenal

Division One

Arsenal

Villa Park

Attendance: 23,678

Lost

14th (-5)

Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥

Assist(s) | Des Bremner | 37' |

MATCH SUMMARY

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.

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

Villa Vs.

Arsenal

Previous 5 vs. Arsenal: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩

PREVIOUS MATCH

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

FIXTURE DETAILS

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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

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Arthur Robinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Radcliffe, 1981-1988
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

None

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None

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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

Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Terry Neill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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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

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Stewart Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Brian McDermott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |)

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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Not recorded

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

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

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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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

MATCH QUOTES

"The worst performance I've ever seen. “I was disgusted and we were lucky it wasn’t double figures.” Tony Barton.

MATCH REPORT

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