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Game #4178

Saturday, 5 October 1991

Attendance: 18,722

Won

Division One

14th (+3)

Luton Town

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩

Villa Park

Dalian Atkinson hits a brace of assists as Villa record their biggest win of the season to climb to 14th in the first division table under Ron Atkinson.

Aston Villa

4-0

Luton Town

Assist(s) | Dalian Atkinson | 4' | 59' | Dwight Yorke | 47' |

KEY MAN

Paul Mortimer, a very unhappy boy.

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MATCH TIMELINE

⚽ | 4’ Goal, 1-0, Kevin Richardson, Assist by Dalian Atkinson
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Luton Town
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Kent Nielsen, Sub on, Paul Mortimer
⚽ | 47’ Goal, 2-0, Cyrille Regis, Assist by Dwight Yorke
⚽ | 59’ Goal, 3-0, Dwight Yorke, Assist by Dalian Atkinson
💥 | Missed penalty, (Luton Town), Phil Gray
⚽ | 80’ Goal, 4-0, Paul Mortimer
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 4-0 Luton Town

🟨 | Booking, Dalian Atkinson, Foul
🟨 | Booking, Dwight Yorke, Encroachment

ON THIS DAY

Ron Atkinson's Villa secure their their second win in ten as goalscorer Paul Mortimer give the Holte End a two fingered salute. Despite only recently arriving at the club, Mortimer would soon be ushered out the exit door by Atkinson.

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 | 1991-92 |
Matchday | #13 |
League Match | #12 |
Manager Game | #13 |
Saturday, 5 October 1991

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Ron Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Liverpool, 1991-1994
Referee: Philip Don | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Middlesex, 1986–1995
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Philip Don | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Middlesex, 1986–1995
Previous 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 15 December 1990, Villa 1-1 Southampton, The Dell.
Incidents: 🟨 🟨

CARDS

Villa

🟨 🟨

Luton Town

None

Philip Don

TEAM NEWS

Gordon Cowans and Dalian Atkinson replace Paul Mortimer and Gary Penrice.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 28.41 |

Oldest Player |
CF Cyrille Regis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 33.67 |

Youngest Player |
CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 | 19.93 |

MANAGER

MANAGER

Ron Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

David Pleat | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Aston Villa

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 |
CB Kent Nielsen | 🇩🇰 | 🔁 |
CB Shaun Teale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 |
RB Dariusz Kubicki | 🇵🇱 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Kevin Richardson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Cyrille Regis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Dalian Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | 🔥 | 🟨 |
CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 | 🔥 | ⚽ | 🟨 |

Luton Town

GK Alec Chamberlain | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Graham Rodger | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Trevor Peake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John Dreyer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Matt Jackson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Paul Telfer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Steve Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mark Pembridge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Ceri Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CF Kurt Nogan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CF Phil Gray | 🇬🇧 |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 M Paul Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CB Kent Nielsen | 🇩🇰 | 46’ |

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

CF Gary Penrice | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

D Dave Beaumont | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Brian Stein | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 6/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 8/13

MATCHDAY SQUAD

SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 13/13

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’m probably not sharp enough to score goals myself, so I’ve got to set them up for others.”

Dalian Atkinson.

*Sunday Tribune*
Sunday 06 October 1991

RECORD signing Dalian Atkinson turned his long delayed home debut into a triumph for Aston Villa and more misery for struggling Luton Town.

After playing in only three away games since his £1.6 million summer transfer from Real Sociedad, Atkinson took only four minutes to lay on the opening goal for Kevin Richardson.

Cyrille Regis added a second but the best was still to come from Atkinson.

His tremendous pace took him past three defenders before he supplied a centre for Dwight Yorke to head the third.

Luton even missed a penalty when Philip Gray smashed his kick against the bar after a handling offence.

It became all too easy for Villa, and 10 minutes from time substitute Paul Mortimer scored the fourth.