Game #3859
Aston Villa
Monday, 6 May 1985
Lost
10th (-)
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥
Division One
Attendance: 14,130
Luton Town
Villa Park
Villa lose their penultimate game of the season as they are beaten at Villa Park by Luton.
Aston Villa
0-1
Luton Town
Assist(s) | None
KEY MAN
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MATCH TIMELINE
Monday, 6 May 1985
🥅 | Goal, 0-1, (Luton Town), Mark Stein
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-1 Luton Town
🔁 | 47' Sub off, Mark Walters, Sub on, Tony Daley
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-1 Luton Town
🟨 | Booking, Steve McMahon, Foul
ON THIS DAY
Graham Turner's Villa fail to score for the seventeenth time this season and make it fourteen wins in forty one League games, whilst losing fifteen. Meanwhile, Gordon Cowans made his final Villa appearance aged 26 before joining Bari for a fee of £500,000. Cowans was the ninth member of the fourteen man League title winning squad that had now been sold by the Herbert Douglas Ellis regime. Cowans played for Villa between 1975-76 and 1984-85 and his departure followed those of Kenny Swain, Ken McNaught, Jimmy Rimmer, David Geddis. Tony Morley, Eamonn Deacy, Des Bremner and Dennis Mortimer.
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
Luton Town
Previous 5 vs. Luton: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1984-85 |
Matchday | #45 |
League Match | #41 |
Manager Game | #45 |
Monday, 6 May 1985
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Graham Turner | 🏴 | Ellesmere Port, 1984-1986
Referee: John McAuley | 🏴 | Leeds, 1984-1988
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Graham Turner | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 45 | 🟩 | 17 🟨 | 11 🟥 17 | 1.38
Career Form:
Mid Table
Graham Turner | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: John McAuley | 🏴 | Leeds, 1984-1988
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: None
John McAuley
CARDS
Villa
None
Luton Town
None
TEAM NEWS
Allan Evans replaces Darren Bradley.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 24.36 |
Oldest Player |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴 | 33.71 |
Youngest Player |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴 | 19.36 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Graham Turner | 🏴 |
David Pleat | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Kevin Poole | 🏴 |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 |
CB Dean Glover | 🏴 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 |
M Steve McMahon | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴 |
Luton Town
GK Les Sealey | 🏴 |
RB Tim Breacker | 🏴 |
CB Steve Foster (ex) | 🏴 |
CB Mitchell Thomas | 🏴 |
LB Mal Donaghy | 🇬🇧 |
M David Preece | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Garry Parker | 🏴 |
M Peter Nicholas | 🏴 |
M Emeka Nwajiobi | 🇳🇬 |
CF Brian Stein | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Mick Harford | 🏴 |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | W Tony Daley | 🏴 | for W Mark Walters | 🏴 | 47' |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M David Preece | 🏴 | (M Wayne Turner | 🏴 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/12
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
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
🔴 M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 |
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
TABLE
PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
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