Game #3741
Saturday, 19 February 1983
Attendance: 34,330
Won
FA Cup 5th Round
5th Round
Watford
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩
Villa Park
Villa and Watford compete in a tie "of all that is good in the game" as Gary Shaw, Tony Morley, Colin Gibson and Gordon Cowans score "masterpieces" to put Villa through to the FA Cup quarter final.
Aston Villa
4-1
Watford
Assist(s) | Tony Morley | 32' | Gary Williams | 37' | Gordon Cowans | 57' | Andy Blair | 86' |
KEY MAN
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MATCH TIMELINE
⚽ | 32’ Goal, 1-0, Gary Shaw, Assist by Tony Morley
⚽ | 37’ Goal, 2-0, Tony Morley, Assist by Gary Williams
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-0 Watford
⚽ | 57' Goal, 3-0, Colin Gibson, Assist by Gordon Cowans
⚽ | 86' Goal, 4-0, Gordon Cowans, Assist by Andy Blair
🥅 | 90’+2 Goal, 4-1, (Watford, pen), Luther Blissett
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 4-1 Watford
🟨 | Booking, Andy Blair, Foul
ON THIS DAY
Tony Barton's Villa, reigning European Champions, dispatch high-flying Watford in the FA Cup to make the quarter finals.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82
Watford
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
FIXTURE HISTORY
Watford
Previous 5 vs. Watford: 🟥 🟥 🟩
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season: 1982-83
Matchday: #39
Manager Game: #64
Saturday, 19 February 1983
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Tony Barton | 🏴 | Surrey, 1982-1984
Referee: Colin Seel | 🏴 | Carlisle, 1973-1987
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Colin Seel | 🏴 | Carlisle, 1973-1987
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: 🟨
CARDS
TEAM NEWS
Dennis Mortimer and Mark Walters replace Des Bremner and Peter Withe.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 24.64 |
Oldest Player |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴 | 30.90 |
Youngest Player |
W Mark Walters | 🏴 | 18.73 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Tony Barton | 🏴 |
Graham Taylor | 🏴 |
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 | 🏴 | ⚽ |
Watford
GK Steve Sherwood | 🏴 |
LB Wilf Rostron | 🏴 |
CB Ian Bolton | 🏴 |
CB Steve Sims | 🏴 |
RB Pat Rice | 🇬🇧 |
M Les Taylor | 🏴 |
M Kenny Jackett | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Jan Lohman | 🇳🇱 | 🔁 |
W John Barnes | 🏴 |
W Nigel Callaghan | 🏴 |
CF Luther Blissett | 🏴 | ⚽ |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Jan Lohman | 🇳🇱 | (CF Gerry Armstrong | 🇬🇧 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
M Des Bremner | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/12
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
Player Abbreviations:
GK : Goalkeeper
LB, RB, FB : Left Back, Right Back, Full Back
CB, D : Centre Back, Defender
M, W : Midfielder. Winger
F, CF : Forward, Centre Forward
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game
Symbols:
⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
DEBUT APPEARANCES
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
TABLE
PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
“It looks at 4-1 like it was a doddle. It certainly wasn’t that.
“All credit to Watford for making it a marvellous match.”
Tony Barton.
