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Game #3741

Aston Villa

Saturday, 19 February 1983

Aston Villa

4-1

Watford

FA Cup

Watford

Villa Park

Attendance: 34,330

Won

5th Round

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

Assist(s) | Tony Morley | 32' | Gary Williams | 37' | Gordon Cowans | 57' | Andy Blair | 86' |

MATCH SUMMARY

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.

KEY MAN

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 19 February 1983

⚽ | 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

Villa Vs.

Watford

Previous 5 vs. Watford: 🟥 🟥 🟩

PREVIOUS MATCH

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

FIXTURE DETAILS

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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: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 64 | 🟩 | 32 🟨 | 11 🟥 21 | 1.67

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Colin Seel | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Carlisle, 1973-1987
Matches Officiated: 5
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 2
🆘 : 3
Previous 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 19 December 1981, Villa 0-2 Everton, Goodison Park.
Cards: 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

🟨

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🟨

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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

Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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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 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

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Jan Lohman | 🇳🇱 | (CF Gerry Armstrong | 🇬🇧 |)

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Des Bremner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

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

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

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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

DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

MATCH 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.

MATCH REPORT

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