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Game #3513

Aston Villa

Wednesday, 8 November 1978

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Lost

4th Round

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟥

League Cup

Luton Town

Villa Park

Attendance: 32,727

🟥 8 Nov 1978, Villa 0-2 Luton, Villa Park

Aston Villa

0-2

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Luton Town

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Assist(s) | None

🟥 8 Nov 1978, Villa 0-2 Luton, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE
Wednesday, 8 November 1978

🔁 | 12’ Sub off, Andy Gray (Injury), Sub on, Gordon Cowans
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Luton Town
🥅 | 65’ Goal, 0-1, (Luton Town), Bob Hatton
🥅 | 89’ Goal, 0-2, (Luton Town), Brian Stein
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-2 Luton Town

Match Statistics

Not recorded

Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution

🟥 8 Nov 1978, Villa 0-2 Luton, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY
Wednesday, 8 November 1978
  • Villa are beaten at home by second division Luton in the fourth round of the League Cup after another injury ravaged night for Ron Saunders’ side who lost Andy Gray on 12’ with damaged knee ligaments as Luton record their first away victory in eleven months.

  • Ron Saunders' Villa lose to second division strugglers Luton in the League Cup having needed three attempts to get past fellow second tier side Palace in the previous round.

🟥 8 Nov 1978, Villa 0-2 Luton, Villa Park

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Aston Villa

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1976-77

Luton Town

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

FIXTURE HISTORY
Luton Town
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Previous 5 vs. Luton: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

🟥 8 Nov 1978, Villa 0-2 Luton, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1978-79 |
Matchday | #18 |
Manager Game | #231 |
Wednesday, 8 November 1978

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🟥 8 Nov 1978, Villa 0-2 Luton, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: David Richardson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Blackburn, 1973-1984
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🕒 231 | 🟩 | 106 🟨 | 61 🟥 64 | 1.64

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

🟥 8 Nov 1978, Villa 0-2 Luton, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: David Richardson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Blackburn, 1973-1984

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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None

CARDS
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None

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟥 8 Nov 1978, Villa 0-2 Luton, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Allan Evans replaces Leighton Phillips.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.34 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 30.76 |

Youngest Player |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 17.90 |

Referee

🟥 8 Nov 1978, Villa 0-2 Luton, Villa Park

MANAGER

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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Aston Villa

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔁 |

MANAGER

David Pleat | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Luton Town

GK Milija Aleksic | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Mal Donaghy | 🇬🇧 |
CB Paul Price | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CB Mark Aizlewood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Ricky Hill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Wayne Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alan West | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Lil Fuccillo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Brian Stein | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Bob Hatton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟥 8 Nov 1978, Villa 0-2 Luton, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 | M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | and CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 12' |

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

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Substitutes

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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D Kirk Stephens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

Squad Bios

🟥 8 Nov 1978, Villa 0-2 Luton, Villa Park

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

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/12

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

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/12

🟥 8 Nov 1978, Villa 0-2 Luton, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟥 8 Nov 1978, Villa 0-2 Luton, Villa Park

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Injury | 4 |
M Alex Cropley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB Gordon Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Gary Shelton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE
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Not Recorded

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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟥 8 Nov 1978, Villa 0-2 Luton, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES
“We were awful. We have had some bad games recently. “We have always put it down to injuries. “But this was not the case tonight. "We played only in patches and were never able to put our game together. "He [Andy Gray] is suffering from ligament trouble in his right knee, but we will not know the extent of the damage until the plaster comes off." Ron Saunders.
Quotes

🟥 8 Nov 1978, Villa 0-2 Luton, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 8 Nov 1978, Villa 0-2 Luton, Villa Park

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