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
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
PROGRAMME
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.
