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Game #3742

Aston Villa

Saturday, 26 February 1983

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Lost

5th= (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥

Division One

Watford

Vicarage Road

Attendance: 19,318

🟥 26 February 1983, Villa 1-2 Watford, Vicarage Road.

Watford

2-1

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Aston Villa

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🟥 26 February 1983, Villa 1-2 Watford, Vicarage Road.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 26 February 1983

🥅 | 7' Goal, 0-1, (Watford), Luther Blissett
⚽ | 21' Goal, 1-1, Mark Walters
🕒 | HT Watford 1-1 Aston Villa
🥅 | 88’ Goal, 1-2, (Watford), Wilf Rostron
🕒 | FT Watford 2-1 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟥 26 February 1983, Villa 1-2 Watford, Vicarage Road.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 26 February 1983

Tony Barton's Villa, reigning European Champions, play high-flying Watford for the second successive match and lose for the first time in seven to make it thirteen wins, three draws and twelve losses in twenty eight League games this season.

🟥 26 February 1983, Villa 1-2 Watford, Vicarage Road.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

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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: ❌

Aston Villa

Watford

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Watford

Previous 5 vs. Watford: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩

🟥 26 February 1983, Villa 1-2 Watford, Vicarage Road.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season: 1982-83
Matchday: #40
League Match: #28
Manager Game: #65
Saturday, 26 February 1983

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🟥 26 February 1983, Villa 1-2 Watford, Vicarage Road.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Surrey, 1982-1984
Referee: Mike James | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sussex, 1981-1993
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1982-1984

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 65 | 🟩 | 32 🟨 | 11 🟥 22 | 1.65

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1982-1984

🟥 26 February 1983, Villa 1-2 Watford, Vicarage Road.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Mike James | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sussex, 1981-1993
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

None

🟥 26 February 1983, Villa 1-2 Watford, Vicarage Road.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Tony Barton names an unchanged line up.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.66 |

Oldest Player |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 30.92 |

Youngest Player |
F Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.75 |

Referee
Manager

🟥 26 February 1983, Villa 1-2 Watford, Vicarage Road.

MANAGER

Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1982-1984

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Aston Villa

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Andy Blair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Morley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Watford

GK Steve Sherwood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Wilf Rostron | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CB Steve Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Richard Jobson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ian Bolton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Pat Rice | 🇬🇧 |
M Les Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Kenny Jackett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Nigel Callaghan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W John Barnes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Luther Blissett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟥 26 February 1983, Villa 1-2 Watford, Vicarage Road.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

🟥 26 February 1983, Villa 1-2 Watford, Vicarage Road.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Ray Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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CF Gerry Armstrong | 🇬🇧 |

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

🟥 26 February 1983, Villa 1-2 Watford, Vicarage Road.

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MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES

STARTING XI

* This Game

Game
Start
Goal
Assist
Win
Draw
Loss
Goal Conceded
Clean Sheet
Yellow
Red
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
15
14*
0
0
8
2
5
14
6
0
0

SUBSTITUTES

Game
Sub
Goal
Assist
Win
Draw
Loss
Goal Conceded
Clean Sheet
Yellow
Red

UNUSED

Unused
Squad Bios

🟥 26 February 1983, Villa 1-2 Watford, Vicarage Road.

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

🟥 26 February 1983, Villa 1-2 Watford, Vicarage Road.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟥 26 February 1983, Villa 1-2 Watford, Vicarage Road.

UNAVAILABLE

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Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟥 26 February 1983, Villa 1-2 Watford, Vicarage Road.

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MATCH QUOTES

"I'm glad to see the back of this lot. “We've played Watford twice in a week and they've not stopped coming at us." Tony Barton.
Quotes

🟥 26 February 1983, Villa 1-2 Watford, Vicarage Road.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 26 February 1983, Villa 1-2 Watford, Vicarage Road.

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