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Game #3753

Aston Villa

Saturday, 9 April 1983

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Lost

4th (-)

Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥

Division One

Luton Town

Kenilworth Road

Attendance: 10,924

🟥 9 April 1983, Villa 1-2 Luton, Kenilworth Road.

Luton Town

3-1

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Gordon Cowans | 41' |

🟥 9 April 1983, Villa 1-2 Luton, Kenilworth Road.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 9 April 1983

🥅 | 31’ Goal, 1-0, (Luton Town), Trevor Aylott
⚽ | 41' Goal, 1-1, Gary Shaw, Assist by Gordon Cowans
🕒 | HT Luton Town 1-1 Aston Villa
🥅 | 90’+ Goal, 2-1, (Luton Town), David Moss
🕒 | FT Luton Town 2-1 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟥 9 April 1983, Villa 1-2 Luton, Kenilworth Road.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 9 April 1983

Tony Barton's Villa, reigning European Champions, lose for the first time in four as referee Les Burden plays sufficient unmerited injury time to hand Luton a winner. As a result Villa make it eighteen wins, four draws and fourteen losses in thirty six League games this season.

🟥 9 April 1983, Villa 1-2 Luton, Kenilworth Road.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

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Aston Villa

European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82

Luton Town

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
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: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩

🟥 9 April 1983, Villa 1-2 Luton, Kenilworth Road.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season: 1982-83
Matchday: #51
League Match: #36
Manager Game: #76
Saturday, 9 April 1983

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🟥 9 April 1983, Villa 1-2 Luton, Kenilworth Road.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Surrey, 1982-1984
Referee: Les Burden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Poole, 1975-1985
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1982-1984

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 76 | 🟩 | 37 🟨 | 12 🟥 27 | 1.62

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1982-1984

🟥 9 April 1983, Villa 1-2 Luton, Kenilworth Road.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Les Burden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Poole, 1975-1985 🆘
Matches Officiated: 4
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 2
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 21 March 1981, Villa 0-2 Tottenham, White Hart Lane.
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

None

🟥 9 April 1983, Villa 1-2 Luton, Kenilworth Road.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Tony Barton names an unchanged line up.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.71 |

Oldest Player |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 31.63 |

Youngest Player |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.86 |

Referee
Manager

🟥 9 April 1983, Villa 1-2 Luton, Kenilworth Road.

MANAGER

Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1982-1984

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Aston Villa

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Des Bremner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

David Pleat | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Luton Town

GK Tony Godden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kirk Stephens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Richard Money | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Paul Elliott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Mal Donaghy | 🇬🇧 |
M Wayne Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ricky Hill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Radomir Antić | 🇷🇸 |
CF Paul Walsh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Trevor Aylott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟥 9 April 1983, Villa 1-2 Luton, Kenilworth Road.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

🟥 9 April 1983, Villa 1-2 Luton, Kenilworth Road.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Alan Curbishley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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CF Frankie Bunn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟥 9 April 1983, Villa 1-2 Luton, Kenilworth Road.

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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/12

🟥 9 April 1983, Villa 1-2 Luton, Kenilworth Road.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 9 April 1983, Villa 1-2 Luton, Kenilworth Road.

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