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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 November 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 November 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

🟥 8 November 1978, Villa 0-2 Luton, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Wednesday, 8 November 1978

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 November 1978, Villa 0-2 Luton, Villa Park.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

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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: ❌

Aston Villa

Luton Town

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Luton Town

Previous 5 vs. Luton: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥

🟥 8 November 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 November 1978, Villa 0-2 Luton, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: David Richardson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Blackburn, 1972-1985
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 231 | 🟩 | 106 🟨 | 61 🟥 64 | 1.64

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🟥 8 November 1978, Villa 0-2 Luton, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: David Richardson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Blackburn, 1972-1985
Matches Officiated: 6
🟩 : 3
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 2
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 26 October 1977, Villa 1-0 QPR, Villa Park.
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

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None

🟥 8 November 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
Manager

🟥 8 November 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 November 1978, Villa 0-2 Luton, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

🟥 8 November 1978, Villa 0-2 Luton, Villa Park.

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

🟥 8 November 1978, Villa 0-2 Luton, Villa Park.

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MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES

STARTING XI

* This Game

Game
Start
Goal
Assist
Win
Draw
Loss
Goal Conceded
Clean Sheet
Yellow
Red
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

Game
Sub
Goal
Assist
Win
Draw
Loss
Goal Conceded
Clean Sheet
Yellow
Red
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
79
15*
10
6
36
17
26*
-
-
1
0

UNUSED

Unused
Squad Bios

🟥 8 November 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

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟥 8 November 1978, Villa 0-2 Luton, Villa Park.

UNAVAILABLE

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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

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟥 8 November 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 November 1978, Villa 0-2 Luton, Villa Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 8 November 1978, Villa 0-2 Luton, Villa Park.

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