Watford vs Aston Villa Nov 85

A 85/86 first division fixture between Watford and Aston Villa.
The game finishes 1-1 and Villa have two goals disallowed..one of them "scored" by Andy Gray (much to the delight of the Watford fans who had the 84 cup final still fresh in the mind!)

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• Watford
• Aston
• Villa
• Vicarage
• Road
• Luther
• Blissett
• Andy
• Gray
• Brian
• Talbot

[rodthedon]

wtf was gray's disallowed for?

[stevohorn]

Offside.

[rodthedon]

Rhetorical question pal

[stevohorn]

And it was a rhetorical answer ;-)

[Ridgewellog]

I feel cheated !

The two "offsides" are possibly the worst decisions I have ever seen !

Watford 1 Villa 3 - Get the official records changed !

[stevohorn]

With you on the first one. The only thing i can think of is that the lino thought that Steve Hodge had got the final touch..in which case the referee should have overuled him, as he should have had a pretty clear view of it.

For the other one, Walters does appear to have strayed into an offside position.

[Evenmost]

before mid 90's..even a player in offside position without touching or interrupting play is considered offside...

[rodthedon]

very good

[Ridgewellog]

I think your right. It does look like Hodge touched it but it's off the post.

Great video Stevo. Footage of Villa games from 85/86 are about as rare as Birmingham staying in the Premier League for more than one season !

[ww9066]

Ha Ha Ha!  Andy Gray's face after the chip is disallowed is an absolute picture.