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Game #3786

Aston Villa

9-4-6, 31 PTS

Monday, 26 December 1983

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Lost

9th (-2)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥

Division One

Watford

5-4-10, 19 PTS

Vicarage Road

Attendance: 18,226

🟥 26 Dec 1983, Villa 2-3 Watford, Vicarage Road

Watford

3-2

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Aston Villa

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🟥 26 Dec 1983, Villa 2-3 Watford, Vicarage Road

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MATCH TIMELINE

Monday, 26 December 1983

🥅 | 2’ Goal, 0-1, (Watford), Jimmy Gilligan, (80 Seconds)
🥅 | 19' Goal, 0-2, (Watford), John Barnes
🕒 | HT Watford 2-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 55' Goal, 0-3, (Watford), Jimmy Gilligan,
🟥 | 61’ Sending off, Eamonn Deacy
⚽ | 70' Goal, 1-3, Alan Curbishley
⚽ | 79' Goal, 2-3, Mark Walters
🕒 | HT Watford 3-2 Aston Villa

🟨 | Booking, Eamonn Deacy, Foul

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

🟥 26 Dec 1983, Villa 2-3 Watford, Vicarage Road

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ON THIS DAY

Monday, 26 December 1983

  • Tony Barton's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa suffer a Boxing Day nightmare as they fall three behind to Watford before a late fightback sees them lose 3-2. 

  • Villa's poor first half defensive performance is exacerbated by Eamonn Deacy's 🇮🇪 🟥 red card on the hour after a succession of fouls yet still Watford are left hanging on against the ten men.

  • As a result, Villa make it 🟩 nine wins, 🟨 four draws and 🟥 six defeats in 🕒 nineteen League games this season to fall back to 9th in the table.

  • Midfielder Alan Curbishley 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 scores his ⚽ first goal in a Villa shirt on his 24th appearance.

🟥 26 Dec 1983, Villa 2-3 Watford, Vicarage Road

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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 🥅

🟥 26 Dec 1983, Villa 2-3 Watford, Vicarage Road

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season: 1983-84
Matchday: #27
League Match: #19
Manager Game: #109
Monday, 26 December 1983

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🟥 26 Dec 1983, Villa 2-3 Watford, Vicarage Road

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Surrey, 1982-1984
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 2-3
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1982-1984

🕒 109 | 🟩 | 53 🟨 | 19 🟥 37 | 1.63

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1982-1984

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

🟥 26 Dec 1983, Villa 2-3 Watford, Vicarage Road

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Unknown
Cards: 🟥 🟨

REFEREE PROFILE

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS

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🟥 Eamonn Deacy
🟨 Eamonn Deacy, Foul

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

🟥 26 Dec 1983, Villa 2-3 Watford, Vicarage Road

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Tony Barton names an unchanged line up.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.07 |

Oldest Player |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 32.35 |

Youngest Player |
CF Paul Rideout | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.38 |

Referee

🟥 26 Dec 1983, Villa 2-3 Watford, Vicarage Road

MANAGER

Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1982-1984

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Aston Villa

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Eamonn Deacy | 🇮🇪 | 🟨 | 🟥 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alan Curbishley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Steve McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Paul Rideout | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Watford

GK Steve Sherwood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB David Bardsley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Steve Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Paul Franklin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Wilf Rostron | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Les Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Kenny Jackett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Nigel Callaghan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W John Barnes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Jimmy Gilligan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CF Mo Johnston | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Line Ups

🟥 26 Dec 1983, Villa 2-3 Watford, Vicarage Road

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

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Substitutes

🟥 26 Dec 1983, Villa 2-3 Watford, Vicarage Road

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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Not recorded

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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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

Squad Bios

🟥 26 Dec 1983, Villa 2-3 Watford, Vicarage Road

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/12

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

🟥 26 Dec 1983, Villa 2-3 Watford, Vicarage Road

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟥 26 Dec 1983, Villa 2-3 Watford, Vicarage Road

UNAVAILABLE

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M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟥 26 Dec 1983, Villa 2-3 Watford, Vicarage Road

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟥 26 Dec 1983, Villa 2-3 Watford, Vicarage Road

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MATCH REPORTS

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