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Game #3919

Wednesday, 3 September 1986

Attendance: 13,122

Won

Division One

19th (+3)

Luton Town

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩

Villa Park

Villa secure their first win of the season thanks to a brace from substitute, and frustrated sixth choice striker, Paul Kerr.

Aston Villa

2-1

Luton Town

Assist(s) | Simon Stainrod | 45' | Tony Daley | 46' |

KEY MAN

RELATED MATCHES

MATCH TIMELINE

🔁 | 15’ Sub off, Andy Blair, Sub on, Paul Kerr
⚽ | 45’ Goal, 1-0, Paul Kerr, Assist by Simon Stainrod
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Luton Town
🔁 | 46’ (Luton Town) Sub off, Tim Breaker, Sub on, Marc North
⚽ | 46’ Goal, 2-0, Paul Kerr, Assist by Tony Daley
💥 | 68' Luton reduced to 10 men after injury to Marc North
🥅 | 78’ Goal, 2-1, (Luton Town), Brian Stein
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-1 Luton Town

🟨 | Booking, Garry Thompson, Foul
🟨 | Booking, Steve Hodge, Dissent
🟨 | Booking, Paul Elliott, Foul

ON THIS DAY

Graham Turner's Villa win for the first time this season but had now won just seven of their last thirty one league games, losing fifteen.

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

Previous 5 vs. Luton: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1986-87 |
Matchday | #4 |
League Match | #4 |
Manager Game | #105 |
Wednesday, 3 September 1986

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1984-1986
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Unknown
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨

CARDS

Villa

🟨 🟨 🟨

Luton Town

None

TEAM NEWS

Garry Thompson replaces Paul Kerr.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.59 |

Oldest Player |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 30.10 |

Youngest Player |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.89 |

MANAGER

Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

John Moore | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Aston Villa

GK Kevin Poole | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Paul Elliott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Andy Blair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Steve Hodge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |

Luton Town

GK Les Sealey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Tim Breacker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CB Marvin Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Steve Foster (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Mal Donaghy | 🇬🇧 |
M Robert Wilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Peter Nicholas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Ricky Hill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Emeka Nwajiobi | 🇳🇬 |
CF Mark Stein | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Mike Newell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | M Paul Kerr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ | for M Andy Blair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 15' |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | RB Tim Breacker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CF Marc North | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

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 Abbreviations:

GK : Goalkeeper

LB, RB, FB : Left Back, Right Back, Full Back

CB, D : Centre Back, Defender

M, W : Midfielder. Winger

F, CF : Forward, Centre Forward

🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game

Symbols:

⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution

🟨 | Booking

🟥 | Sending off

🆘 | Poor refereeing performance

DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

TABLE

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PROGRAMME

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MATCHDAY QUOTES

“I have thought about moving but Villa are a wonderful club and I am prepared to battle it out.

“I know my goal tally from 20 games is now only three but I have never had an extended chance.”

Paul Kerr.

*Birmingham Evening Mail*
Thursday, 4 September 1986.