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Game #4040

Aston Villa

4-8-5, 20 PTS

Saturday, 17 December 1988

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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

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Aston Villa

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

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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

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

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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.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

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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: 1987-88

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Luton Town

Previous 5 vs. Luton: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥

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

FIXTURE DETAILS

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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

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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: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1987-1990

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 74 | 🟩 | 35 🟨 | 20 🟥 19 | 1.69

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1987-1990

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

MATCH OFFICIALS

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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

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

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None

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

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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 |

Referee
Manager

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

MANAGER

Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1987-1990

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Aston Villa

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Chris Price | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kevin Gage | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Stuart Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Platt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Alan McInally | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

MANAGER

Ray Harford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

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

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 73' |

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

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

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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CB Derek Mountfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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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

Squad Bios

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

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 13/13

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/13

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

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

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

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MATCH QUOTES

"The 61st minute own-goal was such a stunner that even the Villa players were too shocked to celebrate."
Quotes

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

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MATCH REPORTS

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*Sunday Mirror*
Sunday, 18 December 1988

LUTON'S Marvin Johnson chose the last game before Christmas to hand Villa the perfect gift. And his 61st minute own-goal was such a stunner that even the Villa players were too shocked to celebrate. The 20-year-old defender tried to clear a harmless high ball but to miskicked it backwards and high into his own net. If Villa's equaliser was met with a ghostly silence, Luton' s first-half goal nearly brought the house down. Johnson started a five man move that swept the ball the full length of the pitch for Roy Wegerle to turn in his sixth goal in six games. Luton keeper Les Sealey rarely had a shot to save, while Steve Foster gave, the First Division's leading marksman, Alan Mclnally, a torrid time. The Hatters' burly forward Mick Harford was also a constant worry to the Villa defence with his running and tackles. And Kingsley Black and Danny Wilson both had fine chances to put the game beyond the visitors’ reach.
Reports

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

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