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Game #3835

Aston Villa

Saturday, 8 December 1984

Luton Town

1-0

Aston Villa

Division One

Luton Town

Kenilworth Road

Attendance: 7,696

Lost

18th (-2)

🟨 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥

Assist(s) | None

MATCH SUMMARY

The crass stupidity of the Ellis / Turner regime is laid bare as Steve Foster - a player needlessly ostracised by Turner - lines up against and beats his former club just one month after leaving for a fee half the size of the purchase price paid six months before. Villa slump to 18th in the table.

KEY MAN

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 8 December 1984

🥅 | 39’ Goal, 1-0, (Luton Town), David Preece
🕒 | HT Luton Town 1-0 Aston Villa
🔁 | 53' Sub off, Steve McMahon, Sub on, Tony Dorigo
🕒 | FT Luton Town 1-0 Aston Villa

ON THIS DAY

Graham Turner's Villa fail to win for the ninth time in ten games to make it five wins in eighteen League games, whilst losing eight. Meanwhile, Steve Foster, jettisoned by Turner, lines up for the victorious Hatters and provides yet another glaring example of the folly of Villa in 1984-85 under Ellis and his new manager.

Aston Villa

European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82

Luton Town

European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa Vs.

Luton Town

Previous 5 vs. Luton: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨

PREVIOUS MATCH

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1984-85 |
Matchday | #21 |
League Match | #18 |
Manager Game | #21 |
Saturday, 8 December 1984

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1984-1986
Referee: Ray Lewis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Surrey, 1975-1993
FT Result | Lost |
FT Score | 0-1 |
Last 5 Games | DDLWL |

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 21 | 🟩 | 7 🟨 | 5 🟥 9 | 1.24

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Ray Lewis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Surrey, 1975-1993
Matches Officiated: 8
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 2
🟥 : 4
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 20 January 1984, Villa 1-3 Liverpool, Villa Park.
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

None

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None

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TEAM NEWS

Graham Turner names an unchanged line up.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.28 |

Oldest Player |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 33.30 |

Youngest Player |
CF Paul Rideout | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.33 |

MANAGER

Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Aston Villa

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alan Curbishley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Paul Rideout | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

David Pleat | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Luton Town

GK Les Sealey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Tim Breacker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Steve Foster (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Mal Donaghy | 🇬🇧 |
M Wayne Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Preece | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Garry Parker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ricky Hill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Frankie Bunn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Brian Stein | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Steve McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 53' |

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Emeka Nwajiobi | 🇳🇬 |

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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

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

MATCH REPORT

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