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Game #3835

Aston Villa

Saturday, 8 December 1984

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Lost

18th (-2)

🟨 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥

Division One

Luton Town

Kenilworth Road

Attendance: 7,696

🟥 8 December 1984, Villa 0-1 Luton, Kenilworth Road.

Luton Town

1-0

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | None

🟥 8 December 1984, Villa 0-1 Luton, Kenilworth Road.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 8 December 1984

🥅 | 39’ Goal, 1-0, (Luton Town), David Preece
🕒 | HT Luton Town 1-0 Aston Villa
🔁 | 53' Sub off, Steve McMahon, Sub on, Tony Dorigo
🕒 | FT Luton Town 1-0 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟥 8 December 1984, Villa 0-1 Luton, Kenilworth Road.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 8 December 1984

  • The crass stupidity of the Ellis / Turner regime is laid bare as Steve Foster - a player needlessly ostracised by Turner - lines up against and beats his former club just one month after leaving for a fee half the size of the purchase price paid six months before. Villa slump to 18th in the table.

  • Graham Turner's Villa fail to win for the ninth time in ten games to make it five wins in eighteen League games, whilst losing eight. 

  • Meanwhile, Steve Foster, jettisoned by Turner, lines up for the victorious Hatters and provides yet another glaring example of the folly of Villa in 1984-85 under Ellis and his new manager.

🟥 8 December 1984, Villa 0-1 Luton, Kenilworth Road.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

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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: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨

🟥 8 December 1984, Villa 0-1 Luton, Kenilworth Road.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1984-85 |
Matchday | #21 |
League Match | #18 |
Manager Game | #21 |
Saturday, 8 December 1984

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🟥 8 December 1984, Villa 0-1 Luton, Kenilworth Road.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1984-1986
Referee: Ray Lewis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Surrey, 1975-1993
FT Result | Lost |
FT Score | 0-1 |
Last 5 Games | DDLWL |

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1984-1986

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 21 | 🟩 | 7 🟨 | 5 🟥 9 | 1.24

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1984-1986

🟥 8 December 1984, Villa 0-1 Luton, Kenilworth Road.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Ray Lewis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Surrey, 1975-1993
Matches Officiated: 8
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 2
🟥 : 4
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 20 January 1984, Villa 1-3 Liverpool, Villa Park.
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

None

🟥 8 December 1984, Villa 0-1 Luton, Kenilworth Road.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Graham Turner names an unchanged line up.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.28 |

Oldest Player |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 33.30 |

Youngest Player |
CF Paul Rideout | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.33 |

Referee
Manager

🟥 8 December 1984, Villa 0-1 Luton, Kenilworth Road.

MANAGER

Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1984-1986

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Aston Villa

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alan Curbishley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Paul Rideout | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

David Pleat | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Luton Town

GK Les Sealey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Tim Breacker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Steve Foster (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Mal Donaghy | 🇬🇧 |
M Wayne Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Preece | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Garry Parker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ricky Hill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Frankie Bunn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Brian Stein | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟥 8 December 1984, Villa 0-1 Luton, Kenilworth Road.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Steve McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 53' |

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

🟥 8 December 1984, Villa 0-1 Luton, Kenilworth Road.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Emeka Nwajiobi | 🇳🇬 |

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 December 1984, Villa 0-1 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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

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

🟥 8 December 1984, Villa 0-1 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

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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

🟥 8 December 1984, Villa 0-1 Luton, Kenilworth Road.

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