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Game #3894

Aston Villa

5-9-13, 24 PTS

Saturday, 18 January 1986

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Lost

18th (-)

🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥

Division One

Luton Town

12-8-7, 44 PTS

Kenilworth Road

Attendance: 10,217

🟥 18 Jan 1986, Villa 0-2 Luton, Kenilworth Road

Luton Town

2-0

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | None

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 18 January 1986

🥅 | 17’ Goal, 0-1, (Luton Town), Mike Newell
🕒 | HT Luton Town 1-0 Aston Villa
🔁 | 70' Sub off, Simon Stainrod, Sub on, Gary Shaw
🥅 | 75’ Goal, 0-2, (Luton Town), Mark Stein
🕒 | FT Luton Town 2-0 Aston Villa

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

🟥 18 Jan 1986, Villa 0-2 Luton, Kenilworth Road

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 18 January 1986
  • Villa sit 18th in the table one point off the relegation places as Graham Turner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 presides over his 🟥 seventh defeat in twelve first division games 🟩 winning once.

  • Graham Turner’s 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa continue their woeful League form as they lose for the 🟥 seventh time in ten and now have just 🟩 five wins in twenty seven Division One games and 🟥 thirteen defeats.

  • Forward Gary Shaw 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 200th appearance in a Villa shirt (194 Starts) but only 8 of those have come in the last 2 years as injuries have derailed his career.

  • Winger Mark Walters 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 🕒 150th appearance in a Villa shirt (136 Starts).

  • Centre forward Simon Stainrod 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 25th appearance in a Villa shirt.

🟥 18 Jan 1986, Villa 0-2 Luton, Kenilworth Road

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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

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

FIXTURE HISTORY
Luton Town
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Previous 5 vs. Luton: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

🟥 18 Jan 1986, Villa 0-2 Luton, Kenilworth Road

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1985-86 |
Matchday | #34 |
League Match | #27 |
Manager Game | #80 |
Saturday, 18 January 1986

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🟥 18 Jan 1986, Villa 0-2 Luton, Kenilworth Road

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1984-1986
Referee: Ray Lewis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Surrey, 1978-1992
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1984-1986

🕒 80 | 🟩 | 27 🟨 | 22 🟥 31 | 1.29

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1984-1986

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Ray Lewis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Surrey, 1978-1992

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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None

CARDS
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None

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟥 18 Jan 1986, Villa 0-2 Luton, Kenilworth Road

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Gary Williams and Dean Glover replace Tony Dorigo and Steve Hodge.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.57 |

Oldest Player |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 30.16 |

Youngest Player |
M David Norton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.89 |

Referee

🟥 18 Jan 1986, Villa 0-2 Luton, Kenilworth Road

MANAGER

Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1984-1986

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Aston Villa

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Paul Elliott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Dean Glover | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Norton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Kerr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

MANAGER

David Pleat | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Luton Town

GK Les Sealey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Tim Breacker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Mitchell Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Steve Foster (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Mal Donaghy | 🇬🇧 |
M Peter Nicholas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Ricky Hill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ashley Grimes | 🇮🇪 |
CF Brian Stein | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Marc North | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Mike Newell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟥 18 Jan 1986, Villa 0-2 Luton, Kenilworth Road

SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 | F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 70' |

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

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Substitutes

🟥 18 Jan 1986, Villa 0-2 Luton, Kenilworth Road

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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M Andy King | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟥 18 Jan 1986, Villa 0-2 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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

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

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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟥 18 Jan 1986, Villa 0-2 Luton, Kenilworth Road

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

🟥 18 Jan 1986, Villa 0-2 Luton, Kenilworth Road

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 18 Jan 1986, Villa 0-2 Luton, Kenilworth Road

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