Game #4040
Aston Villa
4-8-5, 20 PTS
Saturday, 17 December 1988


Drew
15th (-1)
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨
Division One
Luton Town
4-7-6, 19 PTS
Kenilworth Road
Attendance: 8,785
🟨 17 Dec 1988, Villa 1-1 Luton, Kenilworth Road
Luton Town
1-1

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | None
🟨 17 Dec 1988, Villa 1-1 Luton, Kenilworth Road


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 17 December 1988
🥅 | 41’ Goal, 0-1, (Luton Town), Roy Wegerle
🕒 | HT Luton Town 1-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 61’ Goal, 1-1, Own Goal, Marvin Johnson
🔁 | 73’ Sub off, Tony Daley, Sub on, Paul Birch
🕒 | FT Luton Town 1-1 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
🟨 17 Dec 1988, Villa 1-1 Luton, Kenilworth Road

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 17 December 1988
Villa secure their fifth away draw of the season on the horrendous Kenilworth Road plastic pitch the pathetic result of the interference of Thatcher, Colin Moynihan and David Evans in a century old game they are simply incapable of understanding. With no shortage of irony a 25 yard own goal from an uncontrolled clearance gifts Villa their equaliser.
Graham Taylor's Villa make it three games unbeaten in the League and had now lost just six of the last twenty seven, winning eleven and drawing ten. Yet they fell to 15th in the table.
🟨 17 Dec 1988, Villa 1-1 Luton, Kenilworth Road

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: 1987-88
🟨 17 Dec 1988, Villa 1-1 Luton, Kenilworth Road
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1988-89 |
Matchday | #23 |
League Match | #17 |
Manager Game | #74 |
Saturday, 17 December 1988
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🟨 17 Dec 1988, Villa 1-1 Luton, Kenilworth Road
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Allan Gunn | 🏴 | Sussex, 1977-1994
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 1987-1990
🕒 74 | 🟩 | 35 🟨 | 20 🟥 19 | 1.69
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟨 17 Dec 1988, Villa 1-1 Luton, Kenilworth Road

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Allan Gunn | 🏴 | Sussex, 1977-1994
Matches Officiated: 5
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 3
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 22 November 1986, Villa 1-1 West Ham, Upton Park.
Cards: None
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
🟨 17 Dec 1988, Villa 1-1 Luton, Kenilworth Road

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Graham Taylor names an unchanged line up.
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.52 |
Oldest Player |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 | 32.20 |
Youngest Player |
W Tony Daley | 🏴 | 21.18 |
🟨 17 Dec 1988, Villa 1-1 Luton, Kenilworth Road
MANAGER
Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 1987-1990

Aston Villa
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 |
RB Chris Price | 🏴 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴 |
RB Kevin Gage | 🏴 |
M Stuart Gray | 🏴 |
M Andy A Gray | 🏴 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 |
M David Platt | 🏴 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Alan McInally | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Ray Harford | 🏴 |

Luton Town
GK Les Sealey | 🏴 |
FB Rob Johnson | 🏴 |
CB Marvin Johnson | 🏴 |
CB Steve Foster (ex) | 🏴 |
D Richard Harvey | 🏴 |
M Kingsley Black | 🇬🇧 |
M Robert Wilson | 🏴 |
M David Preece | 🏴 |
M Ricky Hill | 🏴 |
CF Roy Wegerle | 🇺🇸 | ⚽ |
CF Mick Harford | 🏴 |
🟨 17 Dec 1988, Villa 1-1 Luton, Kenilworth Road
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 M Paul Birch | 🏴 | for W Tony Daley | 🏴 | 73' |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made

🟨 17 Dec 1988, Villa 1-1 Luton, Kenilworth Road
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

CB Derek Mountfield | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

CB John Dreyer | 🏴 |
M David Oldfield | 🇦🇺 |
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
🟨 17 Dec 1988, Villa 1-1 Luton, Kenilworth Road

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M Paul Birch | 🏴 | | 181 | 13 | 22 | 22 | 65 | 49 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
UNUSED
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟨 17 Dec 1988, Villa 1-1 Luton, Kenilworth Road
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 13/13
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/13
🟨 17 Dec 1988, Villa 1-1 Luton, Kenilworth Road
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟨 17 Dec 1988, Villa 1-1 Luton, Kenilworth Road
UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME


🟨 17 Dec 1988, Villa 1-1 Luton, Kenilworth Road


MATCH QUOTES
🟨 17 Dec 1988, Villa 1-1 Luton, Kenilworth Road


MATCH REPORTS
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