Game #4727
Wednesday, 2 October 2002
Attendance: 20,833
Won
League Cup 2nd Round
2nd Round
Luton Town
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩
Villa Park
Villa beat third tier Luton in the second round of the League Cup.
Aston Villa
3-0
Luton Town
Assist(s) | Not recorded
KEY MAN
Dion Dublin, brace.
PREVIOUS MATCH
NEXT MATCH
MATCH TIMELINE
⚽ | 9’ Goal, 1-0, Ulises de la Cruz, Assist by Gareth Barry
⚽ | 25’ Goal, 2-0, Dion Dublin, Assist by Lee Hendrie
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-0 Luton Town
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Darius Vassell, Sub on, Stefan Moore
⚽ | 48’ Goal, 3-0, Dion Dublin
🔁 | 69’ Sub off, Steve Staunton, Sub on, Öyvind Leonhardsen
🔁 | 83’ Sub off, Dion Dublin, Sub on, Marcus Allbäck
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-0 Luton Town
ON THIS DAY
Villa seek respite from their League troubles as they see off Second Division side Luton Town to reach the League Cup third round.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
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 | 2002-03 |
Matchday | #13 |
Manager Game | #26 |
Wednesday, 2 October 2002
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴 | Worksop, 2002-2003
Referee: Colin Webster | 🏴 | Newcastle upon Tyne, 2000-2012
Kick off: 7.45pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Score: 🟩 3-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Colin Webster | 🏴 | Newcastle upon Tyne, 2000-2012
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: 🟨 🟨
CARDS
TEAM NEWS
Ulises de la Cruz replaces Mark Delaney.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 27.31 |
Oldest Player |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | 33.72 |
Youngest Player |
RB Jlloyd Samuel | 🏴 | 21.53 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Graham Taylor | 🏴 |
Joe Kinnear | 🇮🇪 |
Aston Villa
GK Peter Enckelman | 🇫🇮 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | 🔁 |
CB Olof Mellberg | 🇸🇪 |
CB Ronny Johnsen | 🇳🇴 |
RB Ulises de la Cruz | 🇪🇨 | ⚽ |
RB Jlloyd Samuel | 🏴 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 | 🔥 |
M Mark Kinsella | 🇮🇪 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 | 🔥 |
CF Dion Dublin | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ | 🔁 |
F Darius Vassell | 🏴 | 🔁 |
Luton Town
GK Carl Emberson | 🏴 |
LB Sol Davis | 🏴 |
CB Chris Coyne | 🇦🇺 |
CB Russell Perrett | 🏴 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
RB Emmerson Boyce | 🏴 |
M Paul Hughes | 🏴 |
M Matthew Spring | 🏴 |
M Steven Robinson | 🇬🇧 |
M Peter Holmes | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Steve Howard | 🏴 | 🟨 |
F Andrew Fotiadis | 🏴 | 🔁 |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 CF Stefan Moore | 🏴 | for CF Darius Vassell | 🏴 | 46’ |
🔁 M Öyvind Leonhardsen | 🇳🇴 | for LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | 69’ |
🔁 CF Marcus Allbäck | 🇸🇪 | for CF Dion Dublin | 🏴 | 83’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CB Russell Perrett | 🏴 | (CB Alan Neilson | 🏴 |)
🔁 | M Peter Holmes | 🏴 | (CB Ian Hillier | 🏴 |)
🔁 | F Andrew Fotiadis | 🏴 | (F Dean Crowe | 🏴 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Stefan Postma | 🇳🇱 |
CF Peter Crouch | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Cédric Berthelin | 🇫🇷 |
M Ahmet Brkovic | 🇭🇷 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 5/11
Homegrown: 4/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/16
Homegrown: 5/16
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 13/16
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Not reported
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 reported
TABLE
PROGRAMME



MATCHDAY QUOTES
"Luton’s hopes of staging a second half revival were effectively killed off within three minutes of the restart through a fine second goal from Dublin."
*BBC Sport*
Wednesday, 2 October 2002
Dion Dublin scored twice as Aston Villa cruised past Luton Town and into the third round of the Worthington Cup.
Villa boss Graham Taylor played his strongest team and his side dominated proceedings from start to finish.
Luton, who battled hard throughout, had the first half-chance of the game when Chris Coyne went close with a low drive following a corner from Peter Holmes.
But Villa were soon in the ascendancy and just about their first worthwhile attack produced the opening goal after nine minutes from Ulises de la Cruz.
Jlloyd Samuel crossed from the left flank and Gareth Barry turned the ball into the path of de la Cruz, who made no mistake from close range.
Villa doubled their lead after 25 minutes through Dublin, who was again preferred to Peter Crouch and Marcus Allback as Darius Vassell’s strike partner.
Dublin connected with a Lee Hendrie free kick and headed home from six yards out.
Luton’s hopes of staging a second half revival were effectively killed off within three minutes of the restart through a fine second goal from Dublin.
Luton substitute Ian Hillier cleared the ball out of the danger area but it quickly came back to Dublin, who controlled on his chest before sending a low volley past the despairing dive of Carl Emberson.
Dublin was causing all sorts of problems and he thought he had completed his hat-trick after 57 minutes when he scored from close range after a Hendrie shot had been parried by Emberson into his path.
But his celebrations in front of the Holte End were cut short as he was adjudged to have been marginally offside.
Villa substitute Oyvind Leonhardsen then came close to registering his first goal for the club when his far post effort hit the post after he had got on the end of a de la Cruz cross.