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Game #3899

Aston Villa

Tuesday, 4 February 1986

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Won

Quarter Final

Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟩

League Cup

Arsenal

Highbury

Attendance: 33,091

🟩 4 Feb 1986, Villa 2-1 Arsenal, Highbury

Arsenal

1-2

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Tony Dorigo | 30' | Paul Birch | 54' |

🟩 4 Feb 1986, Villa 2-1 Arsenal, Highbury

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MATCH TIMELINE
Tuesday, 4 February 1986

⚽ | 30’ Goal, 1-0, Paul Birch, Assist by Tony Dorigo
🕒 | FT Arsenal 0-1 Aston Villa
⚽ | 54’ Goal, 2-0, Allan Evans, Assist by Paul Birch
🔁 | 70' Sub off, Mark Walters, Sub on Simon Stainrod
🥅 | 79’ Goal, 2-1, (Arsenal), Paul Mariner
🕒 | FT Arsenal 1-2 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

🟩 4 Feb 1986, Villa 2-1 Arsenal, Highbury

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ON THIS DAY
Tuesday, 4 February 1986
  • Villa earn a shock Highbury 🟩 win - only their second victory in sixteen games - to set up a two legged League Cup Semi final with Oxford thanks to an excellent display from Paul Birch 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿.

  • Graham Turner’s 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa line up for their sixth Cup match in the last nine fixtures and 🟩 win for only the second time in that run, but it is a victory at Highbury that takes them through to the League Cup semi finals.

  • Midfielder Paul Birch 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ⚽ scores one and 🔥 creates one to make it ⚽ 🔥 20 Goal Involvements in 🕒 88 appearance in a Villa shirt (84 Starts).

  • Centre forward Andy Gray 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 makes his 175th appearance in a Villa shirt.

🟩 4 Feb 1986, Villa 2-1 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: 1978–79

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

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

🟩 4 Feb 1986, Villa 2-1 Arsenal, Highbury

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1985-86 |
Matchday | #39 |
Manager Game | #85 |
Tuesday, 4 February 1986

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🟩 4 Feb 1986, Villa 2-1 Arsenal, Highbury

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1984-1986
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1984-1986

🕒 85 | 🟩 | 28 🟨 | 25 🟥 32 | 1.28

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1984-1986

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

🟩 4 Feb 1986, Villa 2-1 Arsenal, Highbury

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Unknown

REFEREE PROFILE

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

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

🟩 4 Feb 1986, Villa 2-1 Arsenal, Highbury

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Paul Birch and Mark Walters replace Gary Shaw and Darren Bradley.

Starting XI Average Age
| 23.37 |

Oldest Player |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 30.20 |

Youngest Player |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.11 |

Referee

🟩 4 Feb 1986, Villa 2-1 Arsenal, Highbury

MANAGER

Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1984-1986

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Aston Villa

GK Kevin Poole | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
CB Dean Glover | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Paul Elliott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔥 |
M David Norton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve Hodge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Kerr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

MANAGER

Don Howe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Arsenal

GK John Lukic | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Viv Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB David O’Leary | 🇮🇪 |
CB Tommy Caton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Kenny Sansom | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Graham Rix | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Rocastle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Ian Allinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Paul Mariner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Charlie Nicholas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Niall Quinn | 🇮🇪 |

Line Ups

🟩 4 Feb 1986, Villa 2-1 Arsenal, Highbury

SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 | CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 70' |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | F Ian Allinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CF Tony Woodcock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

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Substitutes

🟩 4 Feb 1986, Villa 2-1 Arsenal, Highbury

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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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

🟩 4 Feb 1986, Villa 2-1 Arsenal, Highbury

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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/12

🟩 4 Feb 1986, Villa 2-1 Arsenal, Highbury

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟩 4 Feb 1986, Villa 2-1 Arsenal, Highbury

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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟩 4 Feb 1986, Villa 2-1 Arsenal, Highbury

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MATCH QUOTES
"I could not believe the freedom and confidence of the players when you remember the pressure they were under. “It was an ordeal for them. “I just hope that we can make his the start of a run. Another couple of good results could really set us off. “My future is in other people’s hands but I was confident the chairman was behind me. We are doing a major rebuilding job and I hope I get the time to see the potential fulfilled.” Graham Turner on the ‘major rebuilding job’ needed for a club that won the European Cup four years previously. --- "Last night's result was of no surprise to those who have been closely involved at Villa Park during the last few months. "Although I have gone on record as saying that Graham Turner is building a side capable of maintaining success over a period of time. “I’m also well aware that the youngsters he has are maturing very quickly. “They have a glimpse of the exciting future which awaits Villa fans. “I am as pleased for Graham as he was about the team's performance." Herbert Douglas Ellis on a side with two wins in sixteen sitting 19th in the League table, one point off the relegation places having won the European Cup four years previously. --- "After what the boss [Graham Turner] said to me. I feel it would be best to leave quickly." “What followed was just a slanging match and I feel am forced to go on the list. “I certainly don't want to leave Villa. We are in the semi-finals of the Milk Cup at the moment and, even though I am not in the team. no player wants to leave a club in that situation. "But I don't feel I have any other choice. It is a matter of principle. "I am not asking to go because I have been dropped. I know I was rubbish at Millwall. “I am the first to admit that I had hopeless game that night. “But if I had just been dropped and it had been left at that. I would have been disappointed but no more." Gary Williams.
Quotes

🟩 4 Feb 1986, Villa 2-1 Arsenal, Highbury

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MATCH REPORTS

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🟩 4 Feb 1986, Villa 2-1 Arsenal, Highbury

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