Game #3865
Aston Villa
Saturday, 31 August 1985
Aston Villa
3-1
Luton Town
Division One
Luton Town
Villa Park
Attendance: 10,524
Won
14th (+7)
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟩
Assist(s) | Dean Glover | 3' | Tony Daley | 16' | Mark Walters | 34' |
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 31 August 1985
⚽ | 3’ Goal, 1-0, Mark Walters, Assist by Dean Glover
⚽ | 16’ Goal, 2-0, Steve Hodge, Assist by Tony Daley
⚽ | 34' Goal, 3-0, David Norton, Assist by Mark Walters
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 3-0 Luton Town
🥅 | 53' Goal, 3-1, (Luton Town), Brian Stein
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-1 Luton Town
ON THIS DAY
Graham Turner’s Villa for the first time this season and for the first time in seven matches as they score as many goals in the first forty five minutes of the game as they had managed in their previous four matches. Steve Hodge scores his first for the club as David Norton scores his first League goal.
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 DETAILS
Season | 1985-86 |
Matchday | #5 |
League Match | #5 |
Manager Game | #51 |
Saturday, 31 August 1985
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Graham Turner | 🏴 | Ellesmere Port, 1984-1986
Referee: Don Shaw | 🏴 | Sandbach, 1976-1988
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 3-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Graham Turner | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 51 | 🟩 | 18 🟨 | 13 🟥 20 | 1.31
Villa Career Form:
Mid Table
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Don Shaw | 🏴 | Sandbach, 1976-1988
Matches Officiated: 7
🟩 : 3
🟨 : 2
🟥 : 2
🆘 : 3
Previous 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 23 March 1985, Villa 0-4 Manchester United, Old Trafford.
Cards: None
TEAM NEWS
Ray Walker replaces Andy Gray as Graham Turner fields one of the youngest starting XIs in Villa's history with an average age of just 21.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 21.86 |
Oldest Player |
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 | 27.08 |
Youngest Player |
W Tony Daley | 🏴 | 17.88 |
MANAGER
Graham Turner | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 |
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴 |
CB Dean Glover | 🏴 | 🔥 |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴 |
M Ray Walker | 🏴 |
M David Norton | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Paul Birch | 🏴 |
M Darren Bradley | 🏴 |
M Steve Hodge | 🏴 | ⚽ |
W Tony Daley | 🏴 | 🔥 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🔥 |
MANAGER
David Pleat | 🏴 |
Luton Town
GK Andy Dibble | 🏴 |
RB Tim Breacker | 🏴 |
CB Mitchell Thomas | 🏴 |
CB Marvin Johnson | 🏴 | 🔁 |
LB Mal Donaghy | 🇬🇧 |
M David Preece | 🏴 |
M Peter Nicholas | 🏴 |
M Ricky Hill | 🏴 |
M Emeka Nwajiobi | 🇳🇬 |
CF Brian Stein | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Mick Harford | 🏴 |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CB Marvin Johnson | 🏴 | (M Garry Parker | 🏴 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
M Paul Kerr | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/12
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Steve Foster, Flu
Brendan Ormsby, Injury
Allan Evans, Injury
Gary Williams, Injury
Steve McMahon, Potential transfer out
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
MATCH QUOTES
MATCH REPORT
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