Game #3810
Aston Villa
Saturday, 21 April 1984
Won
9th (-)
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩
Division One
Attendance: 16,110
Watford
Villa Park
Aston Villa
2-1
Watford
Assist(s) | Mark Walters | 2' | Andy Blair | 59' |
MATCH SUMMARY
Steve Foster scores the winner on his home debut as Villa beat Graham Taylor's Watford but remain 9th in the table under Tony Barton.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 21 April 1984
⚽ | 2’ Goal, 1-0, Dennis Mortimer, Assist by Mark Walters
🥅 | 6’ Goal, 1-1, (Watford), Worrell Sterling
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-1 Watford
⚽ | 59’ Goal, 2-1, Steve Foster, Assist by Andy Blair
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-1 Watford
ON THIS DAY
Tony Barton's Villa win for the first time in three to make it fifteen wins, nine draws and fourteen defeats in thirty eight League games this season.
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: 1983-84
Matchday: #51
League Match: #38
Manager Game: #133
Saturday, 21 April 1984
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Tony Barton | 🏴 | Surrey, 1982-1984
Referee: Ian Hendrick | 🏴 | Preston, 1983–1993
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Tony Barton | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 133 | 🟩 | 61 🟨 | 25 🟥 47 | 1.56
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Ian Hendrick | 🏴 | Preston, 1983–1993
Previous 5:
Last Match: None
Cards: None
ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:
CARDS
Villa
None
Watford
None
TEAM NEWS
Tony Barton names an unchanged line up.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.77 |
Oldest Player |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴 | 32.67 |
Youngest Player |
W Mark Walters | 🏴 | 19.90 |
MANAGER
Tony Barton | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Mervyn Day | 🏴 |
CB Steve Foster | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Andy Blair | 🏴 | 🔥 |
M Steve McMahon | 🏴 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴 |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴 | 🔥 |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Graham Taylor | 🏴 |
Watford
GK Steve Sherwood | 🏴 |
RB David Bardsley | 🏴 |
CB Lee Sinnott | 🏴 |
LB Wilf Rostron | 🏴 |
M Les Taylor | 🏴 |
M Paul Atkinson | 🏴 |
M Worrell Sterling | 🏴 | ⚽ |
W John Barnes | 🏴 |
F George Reilly | 🏴 |
F Jimmy Gilligan | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Mo Johnston | 🏴 |
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | F Jimmy Gilligan | 🏴 | (D Neil Price | 🏴 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
FB Eamonn Deacy | 🇮🇪 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/12
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE
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
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
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