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
🟥 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
FINAL APPEARANCES
🔴 M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 |
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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: ❌
Aston Villa
Luton Town
🟥 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, 1984-1988
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Graham Turner | 🏴 | 1984-1986
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 45 | 🟩 | 17 🟨 | 11 🟥 17 | 1.38
Villa Career Form:
Mid Table
🟥 6 May 1985, Villa 0-1 Luton, Villa Park.
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: John McAuley | 🏴 | Leeds, 1984-1988
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: None
🟥 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
* This Game
Game | Start | Goal | Assist | Win | Draw | Loss | Goal Conceded | Clean Sheet | Yellow | Red | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GK Kevin Poole | 🏴 | |
SUBSTITUTES
Game | Sub | Goal | Assist | Win | Draw | Loss | Goal Conceded | Clean Sheet | Yellow | Red | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
W Tony Daley | 🏴 | | 4 | 1* | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2* | - | - | 0 | 0 |
UNUSED
Unused | |
|---|---|
🟥 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.