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Game #4215

Aston Villa

Saturday, 25 April 1992

Lost

9th (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥

Division One

Luton Town

Attendance: 11,178

Kenilworth Road

Luton Town

2-0

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | None

MATCH SUMMARY

Villa lose to relegation threatened Luton at Kenilworth Road to leave them in ninth place in the first division table with one game to play.

KEY MAN

Mark Bosnich, outstanding saves on debut.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 25 April 1992

🟢 | 1’ Debut, Mark Bosnich
🥅 | 10’ Goal, 0-1, (Luton Town), Brian Stein
🕒 | HT Luton Town 1-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 48’ Goal, 0-2, (Luton Town), Mark Pembridge
🟨 | 51’ Booking, Mark Bosnich, Ungentlemanly conduct : for holding on to ball to prevent Luton taking a quick throw-in when he - the goalkeeper - was on the touchline yards from goal.
🔁 | 52’ Sub off, Ian Olney, Sub on, Dalian Atkinson
🕒 | FT Luton Town 2-0 Aston Villa

ON THIS DAY

Ron Atkinson's Villa lose for the second time in three games as Australian goalkeeper Mark Bosnich made his Villa debut aged 20 after moving from Sydney Croatia (Australia) for a fee of £150,000 in February 1992.

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

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Season | 1991-92 |
Matchday | #50 |
League Match | #41 |
Manager Game | #50 |
Saturday, 25 April 1992

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Ron Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Liverpool, 1991-1994
Referee: Graham Pooley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bishops Stortford, 1988–1997
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Ron Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 50 | 🟩 | 20 🟨 | 12 🟥 18 | 1.44

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Graham Pooley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bishops Stortford, 1988–1997 🆘
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

Villa

🟨

Luton Town

None

TEAM NEWS

Cyrille Regis replaces Bryan Small whilst Mark Bosnich is handed his debut in place of Nigel Spink.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.08 |

Oldest Player |
CF Cyrille Regis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 34.23 |

Youngest Player |
GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 | 20.30 |

MANAGER

Ron Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Aston Villa

GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 | 🟢 | 🟨 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 |
CB Shaun Teale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Neil Cox | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Earl Barrett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Kevin Richardson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Garry Parker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Ian Olney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Cyrille Regis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

David Pleat | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Luton Town

GK Alec Chamberlain | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Darren Salton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Trevor Peake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John Dreyer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Julian James | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Preece | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mark Pembridge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Chris Kamara | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Brian Stein | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Scott Oakes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Mick Harford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 CF Dalian Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CF Ian Olney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 52’ |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | CF Scott Oakes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CF Imre Váradi | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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LB Bryan Small | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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CF Phil Gray | 🇬🇧 |

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SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/13

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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SQUAD STATS

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

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

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

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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

🟢 GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |

FINAL APPEARANCES

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

MATCH QUOTES

"The only artificial aspect of Saturday afternoon in fact was a feeble Villa performance as they were comprehensively beaten 2-0."

MATCH REPORT

Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Reach PLC. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)

*Birmingham Evening Mail*
Monday, 27 April 1992

They allow visiting supporters into Kenilworth Road these days, and there’s grass on the pitch too. The only artificial aspect of Saturday afternoon in fact was a feeble Villa performance as they were comprehensively beaten 2-0. For the second consecutive away fixture, Ron Atkinson’s men subjected their loyal followers to 90 minutes of tired, laboured football - and found they had run out of excuses. Villa were lethargic from the outset and became more uncomfortable as Luton’s confidence blossomed. It was a mixed debut for Mark Bosnich. The 20 year old Australian kept the score in reasonable proportions with two outstanding first half saved but was later booked for ungentlemanly conduct after a dash to the touchline.

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