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Game #3715

Aston Villa

Saturday, 16 October 1982

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Won

9th (+1)

Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩

Division One

Watford

Villa Park

Attendance: 21,572

🟩 16 Oct 1982, Villa 3-0 Watford, Villa Park

Aston Villa

3-0

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Watford

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Assist(s) | Des Bremner | 28' | Gordon Cowans | 89' |

🟩 16 Oct 1982, Villa 3-0 Watford, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 16 October 1982

⚽ | 28’ Goal, 1-0, Peter Withe, Assist by Des Bremner
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Watford
⚽ | 51’ Goal, 2-0, Tony Morley
⚽ | 89’ Goal, 3-0, Tony Morley, Assist by Gordon Cowans
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-0 Watford

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

🟩 16 Oct 1982, Villa 3-0 Watford, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 16 October 1982

  • Winger Tony Morley 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 having been dropped by both Villa and England, returns to the side and gives Graham Taylor's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Watford a torrid time ⚽ scoring a brace to secure Villa's 🟩 first win in five.

  • Tony Barton's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa, reigning European Champions, make it 🟩 five wins and 🟥 five defeats in ten League games this season.

  • Winger Tony Morley 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 contributes his ⚽ 🔥 50th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 134th appearance at a rate of one every 2.63 games.

🟩 16 Oct 1982, Villa 3-0 Watford, Villa Park

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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

Watford

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

FIXTURE HISTORY

Watford

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Previous 5 vs. Watford: 🟥 🟥

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

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FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season: 1982-83
Matchday: #13
League Match: #10
Manager Game: #38
Saturday, 16 October 1982

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🟩 16 Oct 1982, Villa 3-0 Watford, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Surrey, 1982-1984
Referee: Allan Banks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Manchester, 1979-1986
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-0
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1982-1984

🕒 38 | 🟩 | 18 🟨 | 8 🟥 12 | 1.63

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1982-1984

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

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Allan Banks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Manchester, 1981-1983

REFEREE PROFILE

Referee: Allan Banks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Manchester, 1981-1983
🕒 2 | 🟩 1 | 🟨 1 | 🟥 0 | 🆘 : 0
🕒 2 | 🟩 50% | 🟨 50% | 🟥 0% | 🆘 : 0
Cards 🟨 1 | 🟥 0 | 0.50 |
Penalty ⚽ 0 | 🥅 1 |
Last 5: 🟨 🟩

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS

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CARDS

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None

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

🟩 16 Oct 1982, Villa 3-0 Watford, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Colin Gibson (first start of the season) and Tony Morley replace Gary Williams and Pat Heard.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.99 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 34.70 |

Youngest Player |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.92 |

Referee

🟩 16 Oct 1982, Villa 3-0 Watford, Villa Park

MANAGER

Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1982-1984

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Aston Villa

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mark Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Des Bremner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Morley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Watford

GK Steve Sherwood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Wilf Rostron | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Steve Terry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ian Bolton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Les Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Martin Patching | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Kenny Jackett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Nigel Callaghan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W John Barnes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Ross Jenkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Luther Blissett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 16 Oct 1982, Villa 3-0 Watford, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | F Ross Jenkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CF Gerry Armstrong | 🇬🇧 |)

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Substitutes

🟩 16 Oct 1982, Villa 3-0 Watford, Villa Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

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

🟩 16 Oct 1982, Villa 3-0 Watford, Villa Park

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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

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

🟩 16 Oct 1982, Villa 3-0 Watford, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 16 Oct 1982, Villa 3-0 Watford, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES

"I am the best left-sided player in England.” Tony Morley.
Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 16 Oct 1982, Villa 3-0 Watford, Villa Park

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