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Game #3865

Aston Villa

1-2-2, 5 PTS

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Saturday, 31 August 1985

14th (+7)

Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟩

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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔥 |

Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1984-1986
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Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

M Paul Kerr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)

None

Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)

None

Trophy Record

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

Matchday Squad

Goalkeepers
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Defenders
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Dean Glover | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Full Backs
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Midfielders
M Ray Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Norton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Darren Bradley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Kerr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve Hodge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Wingers
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Unavailable

Steve Foster, Flu
Brendan Ormsby, Injury
Allan Evans, Injury
Gary Williams, Injury
Steve McMahon, Potential transfer out

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 |

Debut Appearances

None

Final Appearances

None

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Won

3-1

🟩 31 Aug 1985, Villa 3-1 Luton, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Mark Walters | 3' | Steve Hodge | 16' | David Norton | 34' |

Assist(s) | Dean Glover | 3' | Tony Daley | 16' | Mark Walters | 34' |

Match Timeline

⚽ | 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

Season | 1985-86 |
Matchday | #5 |
League Match | #5 |
Manager Game | #51 |
Saturday, 31 August 1985

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Match Record
Game Record

Manager: Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1984-1986
Referee: Don Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sandbach, 1979-1987
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 3-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟩

Officials

Referee: Don Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sandbach, 1979-1987

Previous 5 vs. Luton: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥

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Head to Head

Total 🕒 26 | 🟩 W9 (35% ) | 🟨 D4 | 🇺(50% ) | 🟥 L13 (50% ) | ⚽ 29 | 🥅 30 | GD -1

Match Stats

Not recorded

Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1984-1986

🕒 51 | 🟩 | 18 🟨 | 13 🟥 20 | 1.31

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

Division One

Luton Town

1-4-1, 7 PTS

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Villa Park

Attendance: 10,524

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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

David Pleat | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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Substitutes

🔁 | CB Marvin Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Garry Parker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Unused Substitutes

None

Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)

None

Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)

None

Opposition Trophy Record

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

Opposition Matchday Squad

Goalkeepers
GK Andy Dibble | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

Defenders
CB Mitchell Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Marvin Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Full Backs
RB Tim Breacker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Mal Donaghy | 🇬🇧 |

Midfielders
M David Preece | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Peter Nicholas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Ricky Hill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Emeka Nwajiobi | 🇳🇬 |
M Garry Parker (ft) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Forwards
CF Brian Stein | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Mick Harford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Opposition Unavailable

Not Recorded

🟩 12 Apr 2025, Villa 3-0 Southampton, St Mary's TBL.png
Starting XI
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

98

97*

🔥

0

0

🟩

41

🟨

22

🟥

35

32

🥅

128

CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

129

125

🔥

5

3

🟩

53

🟨

35

🟥

41

CB Dean Glover | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

10

10

🔥

0

1

🟩

4

🟨

2

🟥

4

LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

40

35

🔥

0

1

🟩

13

🟨

11

🟥

16

M Ray Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

23

15

🔥

0

1

🟩

6

🟨

10

🟥

7

M David Norton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

5

5

🔥

1

0

🟩

3

🟨

1

🟥

1

M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

61

59

🔥

5

4

🟩

24

🟨

14

🟥

23

M Steve Hodge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

2

2

🔥

1

0

🟩

1

🟨

1

🟥

0

M Darren Bradley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

5

3

🔥

0

0

🟩

2

🟨

2

🟥

1

W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

9

6*

🔥

0

2*

🟩

2*

🟨

3

🟥

4

W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

121

107

🔥

27

22

🟩

51

🟨

23

🟥

47

Substitutes
🕒

🔁

🔥

GK Sub

🟩

🟨

🟥

🥅

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 1

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 2

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 3

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

Match Media
On This Day
  • Villa win for the first time in five League games as an injury and illness hit side go three up against Luton in the first half and hold on for their first victory of the season to climb to 14th.

  • Graham Turner’s 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa 🟩 win 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. 

  • Defender David Norton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 scores his ⚽ first goal in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 5th appearance since his promotion from the Youth Team.

  • Steve Hodge 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 scores his first for the club. 

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