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WBA 3-1 Watford - December 22, 1985 / Division 1 1985/1986

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Division 1 1985/1986 - Round 22

The Hawthorns - West Bromwich - England

December 22, 1985

WBA

3 - 1

Watford

(penalty) Steve Hunt

Imre Varadi

Robbie Dennison

90'

Worrell Sterling

logo West Bromwich Albion WBA

0' - Goal Steve Hunt photo Imre Varadi

0' - Goal Imre Varadi0

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46' - Substitution Tony Grealishis substituted by Robbie Dennison46

46' - Substitution Neil Smillieis substituted by Jan Lohman

90' - Goal Robbie Dennison90

90' - Goal Worrell Sterling

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Team line-ups

WBA

Godden

Tony Godden

England

B.date02/08/1955

Age30 years

positionGoalkeeper

Robertson

Ally Robertson

Scotland

B.date09/09/1952

Age33 years

positionCentral defender

Bennett

Martyn Bennett

England

B.date04/08/1961

Age24 years

positionDefender

Statham

Derek Statham

England

B.date24/03/1959

Age26 years

positionDefender

Nicholl

Jimmy Nicholl

Northern Ireland

B.date28/12/1956

Age28 years

positionRight full-back

Grealish46

Tony Grealish

Republic of Ireland

B.date21/09/1956

Age29 years

positionCentre Midfield

Hunt0

Steve Hunt

England

B.date04/08/1956

Age29 years

H1m70

positionMidfield

Thomas

Mickey Thomas

Wales

B.date07/07/1954

Age31 years

H1m68

positionLeft Midfielder

MacKenzie

Steve MacKenzie

England

B.date23/11/1961

Age24 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

Varadi0

Imre Varadi

England

B.date08/07/1959

Age26 years

H1m75

positionForward

Reilly

George Reilly

Scotland

B.date14/09/1957

Age28 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Tony Godden		30	272	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ally Robertson		33	416	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Martyn Bennett		24	152	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Derek Statham		26	287	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jimmy Nicholl		28	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tony Grealish	46	29	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve Hunt		29	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mickey Thomas		31	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve MacKenzie		24	111	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Imre Varadi		26	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	George Reilly		28	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28 years

Average number of matches played for the team

131

Watford

Coton

Tony Coton

England

B.date19/05/1961

Age24 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

McClelland

John McClelland

Northern Ireland

B.date07/12/1955

Age30 years

H1m90

positionCentral defender

Terry

Steve Terry

England

B.date14/06/1962

Age23 years

positionDefender

Jackett

Kenny Jackett

Wales

B.date05/01/1962

Age23 years

positionDefender

Rostron

Wilf Rostron

England

B.date29/09/1956

Age29 years

positionDefender

Gibbs

Nigel Gibbs

England

B.date20/11/1965

Age20 years

H1m70

positionRight full-back

Smillie46

Neil Smillie

England

B.date19/07/1958

Age27 years

positionMidfield

Talbot

Brian Talbot

England

B.date21/07/1953

Age32 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Blissett

Luther Blissett

England

B.date01/02/1958

Age27 years

positionForward

West

Colin West

England

B.date13/11/1962

Age23 years

positionForward

Sterling90

Worrell Sterling

England

B.date08/06/1965

Age20 years

positionRight Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Tony Coton		24	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John McClelland		30	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Terry		23	89	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kenny Jackett		23	136	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Wilf Rostron		29	146	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nigel Gibbs		20	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Neil Smillie	46	27	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Brian Talbot		32	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Luther Blissett		27	102	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Colin West		23	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Worrell Sterling	90	20	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Robbie Dennison	9046	22	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Jan Lohman	46	26	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Wilf Rostron

Lee Sinnott

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Nobby Stiles

Success rate in this team:

25 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

28 %

Stiles vs Watford

2 victories

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on December 22, 1985

Stiles vs Taylor

2 victories

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on December 22, 1985

Manager

Age

Match num

Graham Taylor

352

Success rate in this team:

44 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

43 %

Taylor vs WBA

5 victories

0 draw

6 losses

Latest figure on December 22, 1985

Taylor vs Stiles

2 victories

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on December 22, 1985

Videos

Comments

Key figures

WBA keeps its 7 consecutive matches without a draw vs Watford in Premier League running (since 11/09/1982). It's a record streak. The first of history

WBA keeps its 3 consecutive matches without a loss vs Watford running (since 08/12/1984). It's a record streak. The first of history

It's the first time Steve Hunt scores 1 goal vs in Premier League

Read the next 12 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VWest Bromwich Albion 4-3 Coventry06/11/1985

LWest Bromwich Albion 0-1 Queens Park Rangers09/11/1985

DWest Bromwich Albion 2-2 Chelsea13/11/1985

DWest Bromwich Albion 0-0 Arsenal23/11/1985

LWest Bromwich Albion 1-2 Aston Villa26/11/1985

LWest Bromwich Albion 0-3 Everton07/12/1985

Overall

DAston Villa 2-2 West Bromwich Albion19/11/1985

DWest Bromwich Albion 0-0 Arsenal23/11/1985

LWest Bromwich Albion 1-2 Aston Villa26/11/1985

LWest Ham 4-0 West Bromwich Albion30/11/1985

LWest Bromwich Albion 0-3 Everton07/12/1985

DOxford United 2-2 West Bromwich Albion14/12/1985

Current form

Away

LSouthampton 3-1 Watford05/10/1985

LEverton 4-1 Watford19/10/1985

DNewcastle United 1-1 Watford02/11/1985

LWest Ham 2-1 Watford16/11/1985

DManchester United 1-1 Watford30/11/1985

VBirmingham City 1-2 Watford07/12/1985

Overall

DWatford 1-1 Aston Villa09/11/1985

LWest Ham 2-1 Watford16/11/1985

LWatford 1-2 Luton Town23/11/1985

DManchester United 1-1 Watford30/11/1985

VBirmingham City 1-2 Watford07/12/1985

VWatford 1-0 Tottenham14/12/1985

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	0	1
Loosing streak	2	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	5	9
Drawless streak	2	0
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	2	4

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	2	3
Drawless streak	1	2
Scoring streak	11	7
Conceding streak	20	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

21	Number of games (Competition total)	21
10	Number of games (Home / Away)	11
1	Victories (Competition total)	8
1	Victories (Home / Away)	1
5	Draws (Competition total)	5
3	Draws (Home / Away)	3
15	Losses (Competition total)	8
6	Losses (Home / Away)	7

Goals

16	Goals scored (Competition total)	37
8	Goals scored (Home / Away)	13
52	Goals conceded (Competition total)	35
20	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	26
0.76	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.76
0.8	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.18
2.48	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.67
2	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2.36

Betting aid

15	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	16
6	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	9
1	Clean sheets (Competition total)	4
1	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
9	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	1
4	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	1
12	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	16
6	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	10
1-1 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-2 (2 times)

Bookings

0	Yellow cards (Competition total)	0
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	0
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Garth Crooks	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	8 goals	Colin West
Carl Valentine	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Wilf Rostron
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Kenny Jackett
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Kenny Jackett
Imre Varadi	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 2 matches	Luther Blissett

Historical head to head

Home

4 matches

3 v

0 d

1 l

6 gf

4 ga

Away

5 matches

1 v

0 d

4 l

5 gf

15 ga

Total

9 matches

4 v

0 d

5 l

11 gf

19 ga

Historical head to head

Home

5 matches

4 v

0 d

1 l

15 gf

5 ga

Away

4 matches

1 v

0 d

3 l

4 gf

6 ga

Total

9 matches

5 v

0 d

4 l

19 gf

11 ga

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 0	May 07, 1985
Home	2 - 0	October 01, 1983

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 1	August 24, 1985
Away	3 - 1	April 09, 1983

Latest head to head

August 24, 1985 - Division 1 1985/1986

Watford

5 - 1

WBA

May 07, 1985 - Division 1 1984/1985

Watford

0 - 2

WBA

December 08, 1984 - Division 1 1984/1985

WBA

2 - 1

Watford

November 20, 1984 - League Cup 1984/1985

Watford

4 - 1

WBA

February 04, 1984 - Division 1 1983/1984

Watford

3 - 1

WBA

Best historical scorers against Watford

Garry Thompson	3 goals	1983 - 1985
Martin Jol	1 goal	1983 - 1983
Imre Varadi	1 goal	1985 - 1985
Gary Owen	1 goal	1985 - 1985
Romeo Zondervan	1 goal	1984 - 1984
Nicky Cross	1 goal	1984 - 1984

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 11/09/1982. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against WBA

Colin West	3 goals	1985 - 1985
Luther Blissett	2 goals	1982 - 1982
John Barnes	2 goals	1983 - 1984
Jimmy Gilligan	2 goals	1984 - 1984
Nigel Callaghan	1 goal	1983 - 1983
Brian Talbot	1 goal	1985 - 1985

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 11/09/1982. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Watford

Clive Whitehead	5 matches	1982 - 1985
Ally Robertson	5 matches	1982 - 1985
Garry Thompson	4 matches	1983 - 1985
Martyn Bennett	4 matches	1982 - 1985
Romeo Zondervan	4 matches	1982 - 1984
Barry Cowdrill	4 matches	1983 - 1985

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 11/09/1982. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs WBA

John Barnes	7 matches	1982 - 1985
Kenny Jackett	7 matches	1982 - 1985
Wilf Rostron	7 matches	1982 - 1985
Nigel Callaghan	7 matches	1982 - 1985
Luther Blissett	5 matches	1982 - 1985
Steve Terry	5 matches	1983 - 1985