Game #4075
Aston Villa
Saturday, 14 October 1989
Won
10th (+3)
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩
Division One
Attendance: 9,433
Luton Town
Kenilworth Road
Luton Town
0-1
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Gordon Cowans | 45' |
MATCH SUMMARY
Villa make is successive first division wins as they overcome the terror of the 80's plastic pitch to beat Luton and climb to 10th in the table under Graham Taylor.
KEY MAN
Derek Mountfield, scored for the second successive game to send Villa tenth in the first division, three games after the local rag tipped them for relegation. Saturday, 14 October 1989.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 14 October 1989
🟢 | 1’ Debut, Mark Blake
⚽ | 45’ Goal, 1-0, Derek Mountfield, Assist by Gordon Cowans
🕒 | HT Luton Town 0-1 Aston Villa
🔁 | 58’ Sub off, Bernie Gallacher, Sub on, Tony Daley
🔁 | 76’ Sub off, Adrian Heath, Sub on, Paul Birch
🕒 | FT Luton Town 0-1 Aston Villa
🟨 | Booking, Adrian Heath, Off the ball incident
ON THIS DAY
Graham Taylor’s Villa win for the third time in nine top flight games after a slow start to the campaign and climb to 11th as a result. Meanwhile, midfielder Mark Blake makes his Villa debut aged 18 after joining from school football.
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: 1987-88
FIXTURE HISTORY
Luton Town
Previous 5 vs. Luton: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1989-90 |
Matchday | #11 |
League Match | #9 |
Manager Game | #109 |
Saturday, 14 October 1989
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Philip Don | 🏴 | Middlesex, 1986–1995
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Graham Taylor | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 109 | 🟩 | 45 🟨 | 28 🟥 36 | 1.50
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
Graham Taylor | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Philip Don | 🏴 | Middlesex, 1986–1995
Previous 5: 🟨 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 22 October 1988, Villa 2-0 Everton, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨
Philip Don
CARDS
Villa
🟨
Luton Town
None
TEAM NEWS
Kent Nielsen (first start in 7), Adrian Heath and Mark Blake (debut) replace Paul McGrath, Tony Daley and Kevin Gage.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.32 |
Oldest Player |
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 | 31.21 |
Youngest Player |
M Mark Blake | 🏴 | 18.84 |
MANAGER
Graham Taylor | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 |
RB Chris Price | 🏴 |
CB Derek Mountfield | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CB Kent Nielsen | 🇩🇰 |
LB Bernie Gallacher | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Mark Blake | 🏴 | 🟢 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 | 🔥 |
M David Platt | 🏴 |
M Stuart Gray | 🏴 |
F Adrian Heath | 🏴 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
CF Ian Olney | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Ray Harford | 🏴 |
Luton Town
GK Alec Chamberlain | 🏴 |
CB Dave Beaumont | 🏴 |
CB Graham Rodger | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CB John Dreyer | 🏴 |
RB Tim Breacker | 🏴 |
M Robert Wilson | 🏴 |
M Steve Williams | 🏴 |
M David Preece | 🏴 |
M Kingsley Black | 🇬🇧 |
F Roy Wegerle | 🇺🇸 | 🔁 |
CF Lars Elstrup | 🇩🇰 |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 W Tony Daley | 🏴 | for LB Bernie Gallacher | 🏴 | 58’ |
🔁 M Paul Birch | 🏴 | for F Adrian Heath | 🏴 | 76’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CB Graham Rodger | 🏴 | (D Richard Harvey | 🏴 |)
🔁 | F Roy Wegerle | 🇺🇸 | (F Richard Cooke | 🏴 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/13
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/13
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
🟢 M Mark Blake | 🏴 |
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
"You get your pleasure from playing on these pitches with the result.
"You have to sacrifice certain things.
"But I am not apologising for It. Artificial pitches never have been, and never will be a substitute for the real thing."
Graham Taylor.
*Birmingham Evening Mail*
Monday, 16 October 1989
Villa turn tables on hated surface
The end justified the means, but provided precious little satisfaction for Graham Taylor.
Villa's manager detests plastic pitches and is merely grateful to grab what he can when his teams have to play on them.
That was why there was never any likelihood of Villa displaying a spirit of adventure at Kenilworth Road.
"You get your pleasure from playing on these pitches with the result," admitted Taylor.
"You have to sacrifice certain things.
"But I am not apologising for it. Artificial pitches never have been, and never will be, a substitute for the real thing."
The small group of Villa fans, who found a way round Luton's ban on visiting supporters, only saw two things to send them home with something to celebrate - Derek Mountfield's left-foot stab on the stroke of halftime and an encouraging debut from 18-year-old Mark Blake.
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