Aston Villa

3-3-3, 12 PTS

Saturday, 14 October 1989

1989-90

10th (+3)

Won

1-0

Luton Town

2-3-4, 9 PTS

Division One

Kenilworth Road

Attendance: 9,433

On This Day

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Saturday, 14 October 1989

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🟩 14 Oct 1989, Villa 1-0 Luton, Kenilworth Road

Scorer(s) | Derek Mountfield | 45' |

Assist(s) | Gordon Cowans | 45' |

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩

Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1987-1990

🕒 109 | 🟩 | 45 🟨 | 28 🟥 36 | 1.50

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

Game #4075

Match Record

Season | 1989-90 |
Matchday | #11 |
League Match | #9 |
Manager Game | #109 |
Saturday, 14 October 1989

Game Record

Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Philip Don | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Middlesex, 1987–1995
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩

Head to Head

Previous 5 vs. Luton: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩

Total 🕒 32 | 🟩 W12 (38% ) | 🟨 D5 | 🇺(53% ) | 🟥 L15 (47% ) | ⚽ 36 | 🥅 37 | GD -1

Villa Trophy Cabinet

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

Head to Head

Opposition Trophy Cabinet

European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1987-88

Team News

Unavailable

Not recorded

Opposition Unavailable

Not Recorded

Kent Nielsen (first start in 7), Adrian Heath and Mark Blake (debut) replace Paul McGrath, Tony Daley and Kevin Gage.

Squad News

Debut Appearances

🟢 M Mark Blake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #666 | Youth Team promotion

Final Appearances

None

Match Timeline

Line Up & Subs

Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1987-1990

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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

🔁 W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for LB Bernie Gallacher | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 58’ |
🔁 M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for F Adrian Heath | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 76’ |

Unused Substitutes

None

Ray Harford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🔁 | CB Graham Rodger | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (D Richard Harvey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)
🔁 | F Roy Wegerle | 🇺🇸 | (F Richard Cooke | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Unused Substitutes

None

Officials

Referee: Philip Don | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Middlesex, 1987–1995

Officials

Referee Profile

VAR Profile (Post 2021)

Officials

Villa Bookings

🟨 Adrian Heath, Off the ball incident (2)

Opposition Bookings

None

Villa Sendings Off

None

Opposition Sendings Off

None

Matchday Squads

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

Defenders
CB Derek Mountfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Kent Nielsen | 🇩🇰 |

Full Backs
RB Chris Price | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Bernie Gallacher | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Midfielders
M Mark Blake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Platt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Stuart Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Wingers
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Forwards
CF Ian Olney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Adrian Heath | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Goalkeepers
GK Alec Chamberlain | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Defenders
CB Dave Beaumont | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Graham Rodger | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John Dreyer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Richard Harvey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Full Backs
RB Tim Breacker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Midfielders
M Robert Wilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Preece | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Kingsley Black | 🇬🇧 |

Forwards
F Roy Wegerle | 🇺🇸 |
CF Lars Elstrup | 🇩🇰 |
F Richard Cooke | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Match Stats

Not recorded

Match Media

What they Said

"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.

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.

Match Highlights

Team Selection

Goalkeeper

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒

278

✅

277*

⚽

🔥

🟩

102

🟨

🟥

⛔

🥅

376

Defenders

RB Chris Price | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒

✅

54*

⚽

🔥

🟩

19*

🟨

🟥

CB Derek Mountfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒

✅

42*

⚽

🔥

🟩

15*

🟨

🟥

CB Kent Nielsen | 🇩🇰 |

🕒

✅

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

LB Bernie Gallacher | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

🕒

✅

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

Midfielders

M Mark Blake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒

✅

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

M Stuart Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒

✅

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒

406

✅

389

⚽

🔥

🟩

180

🟨

🟥

127

M David Platt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒

✅

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

Forwards

F Adrian Heath | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒

✅

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

CF Ian Olney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒

✅

16*

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

Substitutes

None

🕒

🔁

⚽

🔥

GK Sub

🟩

🟨

🟥

⛔

🥅

W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒

129

🔁

28*

⚽

Sub 1

🔥

🟩

36*

🟨

🟥

M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒

193

🔁

177

⚽

🔥

Sub 2

🟩

🟨

🟥

None

🕒

🔁

⚽

🔥

Sub 3

🟩

🟨

🟥

None

🕒

🔁

⚽

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

None

🕒

🔁

⚽

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

1989-90

First Team Squad

GK Lee Butler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #658 |

Goalkeeper

Where are they now?

Halifax Town 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

CB Derek Mountfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #656 |

Centre Back

Where are they now?

Scarborough FC 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

LB Bernie Gallacher | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #643 |

Full Back

Where are they now?

Northampton Town 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Died

M David Platt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #653 |

Midfielder

Where are they now?

Nottingham Forest 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

M Mark Blake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #666 |

Midfielder

Where are they now?

Kidderminster Harriers 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

W Nigel Callaghan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #659 |

Winger

Where are they now?

Aston Villa 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 | #668 |

Forward

Where are they now?

Sunderland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

CF Tony Cascarino | 🇮🇪 | #667 |

Forward

Where are they now?

AS Red Star 93 🇫🇷 Retired

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #611 |

Goalkeeper

Where are they now?

Forest Green Rovers 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

CB Kent Nielsen | 🇩🇰 | #664 |

Centre Back

Where are they now?

Aarhus GF 🇩🇰 Retired

RB Chris Price | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #655 |

Full Back

Where are they now?

Portsmouth 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

M Gareth Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #654 |

Midfielder

Where are they now?

Matlock Town 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #619 |

Midfielder

Where are they now?

Halesowen Town 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Died

W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #633 |

Winger

Where are they now?

Forest Green 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

CF Ian Olney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #657 |

Forward

Where are they now?

Forest Green Rovers 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

CB Andy Comyn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #665 |

Centre Back

Where are they now?

Hednesford Town 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 | #663 |

Centre Back

Where are they now?

Sheffield United 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

RB Kevin Gage | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #645 |

Full Back

Where are they now?

Hull City 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #582 |

Midfielder

Where are they now?

Burnley 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

M Stuart Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #652 |

Midfielder

Where are they now?

Southampton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

F Adrian Heath | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #662 |

Forward

Where are they now?

Sheffield United 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

CF Ian Ormondroyd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #660 |

Forward

Where are they now?

Scunthorpe United 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

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