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the first official League match between Aston Villa and Arsenal took place on December 8 1904 with Villa emerging victorious in a 2 to1 win in the early years of the Rivalry Aston Villa was the stronger side regularly finishing near the top of the league while Arsenal was still finding its footing in the top division the post-war era saw both clubs go through ups and downs Downs with Arsenal gradually rising to become one of the dominant forces in English football especially during the 1970s and 1980s Aston Villa while experiencing success including their remarkable European Cup victory in 1982 often found themselves an Arsenal shadow in terms of League performance with the Advent of the Premier League in 1992 the Rivalry took on a new dimension