Game #3769
Aston Villa
Saturday, 1 October 1983


Lost
11th (-5)
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥
Division One
Luton Town
Kenilworth Road
Attendance: 12,747
🟥 1 Oct 1983, Villa 0-1 Luton, Kenilworth Road
Luton Town
1-0

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | None
🟥 1 Oct 1983, Villa 0-1 Luton, Kenilworth Road


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 1 October 1983
🕒 | HT Luton Town 0-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 49’ Goal, 0-1, (Luton Town, pen), David Moss
🔁 | 71' Sub off, Tony Morley, Sub on, Gary Shaw
🕒 | FT Luton Town 1-0 Aston Villa
🟨 | Booking, Brendan Ormsby, Persistent fouling
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
🟥 1 Oct 1983, Villa 0-1 Luton, Kenilworth Road

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 1 October 1983
Villa fall to an early second half penalty as Gary Williams 🏴 fouls Frank Bunn in a game littered with fouls. Villa fall to 11th.
Tony Barton's 🏴 fail to score for the second time this season.
Villa make it 🟩 four wins, 🟨 one draw and 🟥 three defeats in 🕒 eight League games so far this season as they fall back to 11th in the table.
Colin Gibson 🏴 makes his 🕒 150th start in a Villa shirt (155 Appearances).
🟥 1 Oct 1983, Villa 0-1 Luton, Kenilworth Road

DEBUT APPEARANCES
None
FINAL APPEARANCES
None
Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
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: ❌
🟥 1 Oct 1983, Villa 0-1 Luton, Kenilworth Road
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season: 1983-84
Matchday: #10
League Match: #8
Manager Game: #92
Saturday, 1 October 1983
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🟥 1 Oct 1983, Villa 0-1 Luton, Kenilworth Road
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Tony Barton | 🏴 | Surrey, 1982-1984
Referee: Jim Borrett | 🏴 | Norfolk, 1983–1994
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Tony Barton | 🏴 | 1982-1984
🕒 92 | 🟩 | 45 🟨 | 14 🟥 33 | 1.62
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟥 1 Oct 1983, Villa 0-1 Luton, Kenilworth Road

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Jim Borrett | 🏴 | Norfolk, 1983–1994
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: 🟨
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

🟨 Brendan Ormsby, Persistent fouling
CARDS

None
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟥 1 Oct 1983, Villa 0-1 Luton, Kenilworth Road

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Des Bremner replaces Steve McMahon.
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.41 |
Oldest Player |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴 | 32.11 |
Youngest Player |
W Mark Walters | 🏴 | 19.34 |
🟥 1 Oct 1983, Villa 0-1 Luton, Kenilworth Road
MANAGER
Tony Barton | 🏴 | 1982-1984

Aston Villa
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 |
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴 |
M Des Bremner | 🏴 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴 |
M Alan Curbishley | 🏴 |
W Tony Morley | 🏴 | 🔁 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴 |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴 |
MANAGER
David Pleat | 🏴 |

Luton Town
GK Les Sealey | 🏴 |
RB Kirk Stephens | 🏴 |
CB Paul Elliott | 🏴 | 🟨 |
LB Mal Donaghy | 🇬🇧 |
M Wayne Turner | 🏴 |
M Brian Horton | 🏴 |
M Ricky Hill | 🏴 |
M David Moss | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
CF Frankie Bunn | 🏴 |
CF Brian Stein | 🏴 |
CF Paul Walsh | 🏴 |
🟥 1 Oct 1983, Villa 0-1 Luton, Kenilworth Road
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | F Gary Shaw | 🏴 | for W Tony Morley | 🏴 | 71' |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M David Moss | 🏴 | (W Radomir Antić | 🇷🇸 |)

🟥 1 Oct 1983, Villa 0-1 Luton, Kenilworth Road
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

None
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

None
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
🟥 1 Oct 1983, Villa 0-1 Luton, Kenilworth Road

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
F Gary Shaw | 🏴 | | 179 | 3 | 72 | 21 | 91 | 35 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟥 1 Oct 1983, Villa 0-1 Luton, Kenilworth Road
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/12
🟥 1 Oct 1983, Villa 0-1 Luton, Kenilworth Road
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟥 1 Oct 1983, Villa 0-1 Luton, Kenilworth Road
UNAVAILABLE

M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟥 1 Oct 1983, Villa 0-1 Luton, Kenilworth Road


MATCH QUOTES
🟥 1 Oct 1983, Villa 0-1 Luton, Kenilworth Road


MATCH REPORTS
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