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Game #3859

Aston Villa

Monday, 6 May 1985

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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

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Luton Town

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Assist(s) | None

🟥 6 May 1985, Villa 0-1 Luton, Villa Park.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥

🟥 6 May 1985, Villa 0-1 Luton, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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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

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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: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥

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

🕒 45 | 🟩 | 17 🟨 | 11 🟥 17 | 1.38

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1984-1986

🟥 6 May 1985, Villa 0-1 Luton, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: John McAuley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Leeds, 1984-1988
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

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None

🟥 6 May 1985, Villa 0-1 Luton, Villa Park.

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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 |

Referee
Manager

🟥 6 May 1985, Villa 0-1 Luton, Villa Park.

MANAGER

Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1984-1986

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟥 6 May 1985, Villa 0-1 Luton, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 47' |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M David Preece | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Wayne Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Substitutes

🟥 6 May 1985, Villa 0-1 Luton, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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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

Squad Bios

🟥 6 May 1985, Villa 0-1 Luton, Villa Park.

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

🟥 6 May 1985, Villa 0-1 Luton, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟥 6 May 1985, Villa 0-1 Luton, Villa Park.

UNAVAILABLE

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Not recorded

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

🟥 6 May 1985, Villa 0-1 Luton, Villa Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟥 6 May 1985, Villa 0-1 Luton, Villa Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 6 May 1985, Villa 0-1 Luton, Villa Park.

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