Game #3859
Aston Villa
Monday, 6 May 1985
Lost
10th (-)
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥
Division One
Luton Town
Villa Park
Attendance: 14,130
🟥 6 May 1985, Villa 0-1 Luton, Villa Park
Aston Villa
0-1
Luton Town
Assist(s) | None
🟥 6 May 1985, Villa 0-1 Luton, Villa Park
MATCH TIMELINE
Monday, 6 May 1985
🥅 | Goal, 0-1, (Luton Town), Mark Stein
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-1 Luton Town
🔁 | 47' Sub off, Mark Walters, Sub on, Tony Daley
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-1 Luton Town
🟨 | Booking, Steve McMahon, Foul
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
🟥 6 May 1985, Villa 0-1 Luton, Villa Park
ON THIS DAY
Monday, 6 May 1985
Villa lose their penultimate game of the season as they are beaten at Villa Park by Luton.
Villa fail to score for the seventeenth time this season and make it fourteen wins in forty one League games, losing fifteen under Graham Turner.
Gordon Cowans, 26, becomes the latest player forced out of the club by Chairman Herbert Douglas Ellis as he makes his 357th and final appearance of his first spell with Villa before joining Bari in July for a fee of £500,000.
Cowans is the ninth member of the fourteen man League title winning squad that has now been sold by the Herbert Douglas Ellis regime. Cowans played for Villa between 1975-76 and 1984-85 and his departure followed those of Kenny Swain, Ken McNaught, Jimmy Rimmer, David Geddis. Tony Morley, Eamonn Deacy, Des Bremner and Dennis Mortimer.
🟥 6 May 1985, Villa 0-1 Luton, Villa Park
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: ❌
🟥 6 May 1985, Villa 0-1 Luton, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1984-85 |
Matchday | #45 |
League Match | #41 |
Manager Game | #45 |
Monday, 6 May 1985
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🟥 6 May 1985, Villa 0-1 Luton, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Graham Turner | 🏴 | Ellesmere Port, 1984-1986
Referee: John McAuley | 🏴 | Leeds, 1985
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Graham Turner | 🏴 | 1984-1986
🕒 45 | 🟩 | 17 🟨 | 11 🟥 17 | 1.38
Villa Career Form:
Mid Table
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟥 6 May 1985, Villa 0-1 Luton, Villa Park
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: John McAuley | 🏴 | Leeds, 1985
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS
None
CARDS
None
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟥 6 May 1985, Villa 0-1 Luton, Villa Park
TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Allan Evans replaces Darren Bradley.
Starting XI Average Age
| 24.36 |
Oldest Player |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴 | 33.71 |
Youngest Player |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴 | 19.36 |
🟥 6 May 1985, Villa 0-1 Luton, Villa Park
MANAGER
Graham Turner | 🏴 | 1984-1986
Aston Villa
GK Kevin Poole | 🏴 |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 |
CB Dean Glover | 🏴 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 |
M Steve McMahon | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴 |
MANAGER
David Pleat | 🏴 |
Luton Town
GK Les Sealey | 🏴 |
RB Tim Breacker | 🏴 |
CB Steve Foster (ex) | 🏴 |
CB Mitchell Thomas | 🏴 |
LB Mal Donaghy | 🇬🇧 |
M David Preece | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Garry Parker | 🏴 |
M Peter Nicholas | 🏴 |
M Emeka Nwajiobi | 🇳🇬 |
CF Brian Stein | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Mick Harford | 🏴 |
🟥 6 May 1985, Villa 0-1 Luton, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | W Tony Daley | 🏴 | for W Mark Walters | 🏴 | 47' |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M David Preece | 🏴 | (M Wayne Turner | 🏴 |)
🟥 6 May 1985, Villa 0-1 Luton, Villa Park
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
🟥 6 May 1985, Villa 0-1 Luton, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
W Tony Daley | 🏴 | | 4 | 1* | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2* | - | - | 0 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
|---|---|
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟥 6 May 1985, Villa 0-1 Luton, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/12
🟥 6 May 1985, Villa 0-1 Luton, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟥 6 May 1985, Villa 0-1 Luton, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟥 6 May 1985, Villa 0-1 Luton, Villa Park
MATCH QUOTES
🟥 6 May 1985, Villa 0-1 Luton, Villa Park
MATCH REPORTS
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🟥 6 May 1985, Villa 0-1 Luton, Villa Park