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Game #4058

Aston Villa

Saturday, 1 April 1989

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Won

14th (+1)

Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩

Division One

Luton Town

Villa Park

Attendance: 15,640

🟩 1 April 1989, Villa 2-1 Luton, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

2-1

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Luton Town

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Assist(s) | Alan McInally | 2' | Nigel Callaghan | 35' |

🟩 1 April 1989, Villa 2-1 Luton, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 1 April 1989

⚽ | 2’ Goal, 1-0, Tony Daley, Assist by Alan McInally
🥅 | 26’ Goal, 1-1, (Luton Town), Ricky Hill
🔁 | 32’ Sub off, Tony Daley, Sub on, Ian Olney
⚽ | 35’ Goal, 2-1, Ian Olney, Assist by Nigel Callaghan
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-1 Luton Town
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-1 Luton Town

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 1 April 1989, Villa 2-1 Luton, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 1 April 1989

Graham Taylor's Villa score for the first time in six games and win for the first time in nine. As a result although they remain 7th in the table, they increase the gap to their opponents, and the relegation places, to four points in a tight Division One table.

🟩 1 April 1989, Villa 2-1 Luton, Villa Park.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

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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

Aston Villa

Luton Town

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Luton Town

Previous 5 vs. Luton: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟨

🟩 1 April 1989, Villa 2-1 Luton, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1988-89 |
Matchday | #41 |
League Match | #32 |
Manager Game | #92 |
Saturday, 1 April 1989

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🟩 1 April 1989, Villa 2-1 Luton, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Steve Lodge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Barnsley, 1987-2001
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
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

🕒 92 | 🟩 | 40 🟨 | 22 🟥 30 | 1.54

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1987-1990

🟩 1 April 1989, Villa 2-1 Luton, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Steve Lodge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Barnsley, 1987-2001
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: 🟨

🟩 1 April 1989, Villa 2-1 Luton, Villa Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Gordon Cowans, Alan McInally, Tony Daley and Nigel Callaghan replace Derek Mountfield, Ian Olney, Ian Ormondroyd and Mark Lillis.

Starting XI Average Age
| 27.56 |

Oldest Player |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 32.49 |

Youngest Player |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 21.47 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 1 April 1989, Villa 2-1 Luton, Villa Park.

MANAGER

Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1987-1990

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Aston Villa

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

MANAGER

Ray Harford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Luton Town

GK Les Sealey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Dave Beaumont | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Steve Foster (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Tim Breacker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Robert Wilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ricky Hill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Ashley Grimes | 🇮🇪 | 🔁 |
M Kingsley Black | 🇬🇧 |
M Darren McDonough | 🇧🇪 | 🔁 |
CF Roy Wegerle | 🇺🇸 |
CF Mick Harford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 1 April 1989, Villa 2-1 Luton, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 CF Ian Olney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | for W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 32' |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Ashley Grimes | 🇮🇪 | (CB John Dreyer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)
🔁 | M Darren McDonough | 🇧🇪 | (CF Raphael Meade | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Substitutes

🟩 1 April 1989, Villa 2-1 Luton, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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CB Derek Mountfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟩 1 April 1989, Villa 2-1 Luton, Villa Park.

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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 8/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/13

🟩 1 April 1989, Villa 2-1 Luton, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 1 April 1989, Villa 2-1 Luton, Villa Park.

UNAVAILABLE

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UNAVAILABLE

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 1 April 1989, Villa 2-1 Luton, Villa Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

"Daley gave Villa the lead after only 100 seconds and Luton needed some fine goalkeeping from Les Sealey to survive the early onslaught."
Quotes

🟩 1 April 1989, Villa 2-1 Luton, Villa Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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*Sunday World (Dublin)*
Sunday, 2 April 1989

LUTON-born lan Olney gave Aston Villa their first win for nine games, but pushed his home town club closer to the second division. The 19-year-old substitute replaced Injured winger Tony Daley and was on the field for only three minutes before he forced his first league goal from a centre by Nigel Callaghan. Olney's 35th minute strike put Luton in desperate trouble with only one point from eight games as they approach the Littlewoods Cup final next weekend. Daley gave Villa the lead after only 100 seconds and Luton needed some fine goalkeeping from Les Sealey to survive the early onslaught. They eventually hit back to equalise with a header by Ricky Hill after 26 minutes but their luck was out when a shot from Raphael Meade rebounded from the bar. Brilliant saves by Sealey and Nigel Spink added to the thrills of the second half and Villa escaped again when Meade hit the woodwork.
Reports

🟩 1 April 1989, Villa 2-1 Luton, Villa Park.

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