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Game #3911

Aston Villa

Saturday, 12 April 1986

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Won

17th (+3)

Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩

Division One

Watford

Villa Park

Attendance: 12,781

🟩 12 April 1986, Villa 4-1 Watford, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

4-1

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Watford

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🟩 12 April 1986, Villa 4-1 Watford, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 12 April 1986

🥅 | 11’ Goal, 0-1, (Watford), Lee Sinnott
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-1 Watford
⚽ | 47’ Goal, 1-1, Tony Dorigo
⚽ | 66’ Goal, 2-1, Allan Evans (pen)
⚽ | 67’ Goal, 3-1, Andy Gray, Assist by Mark Walters
⚽ | 80’ Goal, 4-1, Simon Stainrod, Assist by Mark Walters
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 4-1 Watford

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 12 April 1986, Villa 4-1 Watford, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 12 April 1986

  • Graham Turner’s 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa make it five games unbeaten as they ⚽ score four second half goals to see off Graham Taylor's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Watford. 

  • Villa win for the third time in seven first division games as Andy Gray 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 scores his ⚽ first goal since January. 

  • Villa though are forced to take a penalty after the referee refuses to give a goal after Brian Talbot’s 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 hand deflected the ball into his own net. 

  • Regardless the much needed win sends Villa 17th, two points clear of the relegation places with four to play.

  • Andy Gray 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 scores his ⚽ first goal in 🕒 16 games and his ⚽ 7th in 🕒 43 games since his return to the club.

🟩 12 April 1986, Villa 4-1 Watford, Villa Park.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

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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: ❌

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Watford

Previous 5 vs. Watford: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟨

🟩 12 April 1986, Villa 4-1 Watford, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1985-86 |
Matchday | #51 |
League Match | #38 |
Manager Game | #97 |
Saturday, 12 April 1986

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🟩 12 April 1986, Villa 4-1 Watford, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1984-1986
Referee: Lester Shapter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Torquay, 1974-1992
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1984-1986

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 97 | 🟩 | 31 🟨 | 30 🟥 36 | 1.27

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

🟩 12 April 1986, Villa 4-1 Watford, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Lester Shapter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Torquay, 1974-1992 🆘
Matches Officiated: 8
🟩 : 5
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 2
🆘 : 3
Previous 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 20 October 1984, Villa 2-2 Norwich, Villa Park.
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1984-1986

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

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🟩 12 April 1986, Villa 4-1 Watford, Villa Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Andy Gray replaces Tony Daley.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.98 |

Oldest Player |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 30.39 |

Youngest Player |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.29 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 12 April 1986, Villa 4-1 Watford, Villa Park.

MANAGER

Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1984-1986

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Aston Villa

GK Kevin Poole | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M David Norton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
CB Paul Elliott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Andy Blair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Steve Hodge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | 🔥 |
CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Watford

GK Tony Coton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Steve Terry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Lee Sinnott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CB John McClelland | 🇬🇧 |
RB Nigel Gibbs | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB David Bardsley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Brian Talbot | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Worrell Sterling | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Kenny Jackett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W John Barnes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Malcolm Allen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 🔁 |

Line Ups

🟩 12 April 1986, Villa 4-1 Watford, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | CF Malcolm Allen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | (CF Iwan Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |)

Substitutes

🟩 12 April 1986, Villa 4-1 Watford, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟩 12 April 1986, Villa 4-1 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

🟩 12 April 1986, Villa 4-1 Watford, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 12 April 1986, Villa 4-1 Watford, Villa Park.

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 12 April 1986, Villa 4-1 Watford, Villa Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

"The players are buzzing. They can't wait for the next match.” Graham Turner.
Quotes

🟩 12 April 1986, Villa 4-1 Watford, Villa Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 12 April 1986, Villa 4-1 Watford, Villa Park.

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