Game #4075
Aston Villa
Saturday, 14 October 1989
Won
10th (+3)
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩
Division One
Luton Town
Kenilworth Road
Attendance: 9,433
🟩 14 October 1989, Villa 1-0 Luton, Kenilworth Road.
Luton Town
0-1
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Gordon Cowans | 45' |
🟩 14 October 1989, Villa 1-0 Luton, Kenilworth Road.
MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 14 October 1989
🟢 | 1’ Debut, Mark Blake
⚽ | 45’ Goal, 1-0, Derek Mountfield, Assist by Gordon Cowans
🕒 | HT Luton Town 0-1 Aston Villa
🔁 | 58’ Sub off, Bernie Gallacher, Sub on, Tony Daley
🔁 | 76’ Sub off, Adrian Heath, Sub on, Paul Birch
🕒 | FT Luton Town 0-1 Aston Villa
🟨 | Booking, Adrian Heath, Off the ball incident
Match Statistics
Not recorded
🟩 14 October 1989, Villa 1-0 Luton, Kenilworth Road.
ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 14 October 1989
Villa make is successive first division wins as they overcome the terror of a 1980's plastic pitch to beat Luton and climb to 10th in the table under Graham Taylor.
Villa win for the third time in nine top flight games after a slow start to the campaign.
Midfielder Mark Blake, 18, makes his debut in a Villa after coming through the youth ranks to become the 666th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.
Derek Mountfield scores for the second successive game to make it 6 Goals in a Villa shirt on his 44th appearance (42 Starts), W15 D10 L19, 6 Goals and 1 Assist so far in his Villa career.
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
Aston Villa
Luton Town
🟩 14 October 1989, Villa 1-0 Luton, Kenilworth Road.
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1989-90 |
Matchday | #11 |
League Match | #9 |
Manager Game | #109 |
Saturday, 14 October 1989
🟩 14 October 1989, Villa 1-0 Luton, Kenilworth Road.
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Philip Don | 🏴 | Middlesex, 1986–1995
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 1987-1990
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 109 | 🟩 | 45 🟨 | 28 🟥 36 | 1.50
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
🟩 14 October 1989, Villa 1-0 Luton, Kenilworth Road.
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Philip Don | 🏴 | Middlesex, 1986–1995
Matches Officiated: 3
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟨 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 22 October 1988, Villa 2-0 Everton, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨
🟩 14 October 1989, Villa 1-0 Luton, Kenilworth Road.
TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Kent Nielsen (first start in 7), Adrian Heath and Mark Blake (debut) replace Paul McGrath, Tony Daley and Kevin Gage.
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.32 |
Oldest Player |
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 | 31.21 |
Youngest Player |
M Mark Blake | 🏴 | 18.84 |
🟩 14 October 1989, Villa 1-0 Luton, Kenilworth Road.
MANAGER
Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 1987-1990
Aston Villa
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 |
RB Chris Price | 🏴 |
CB Derek Mountfield | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CB Kent Nielsen | 🇩🇰 |
LB Bernie Gallacher | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Mark Blake | 🏴 | 🟢 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 | 🔥 |
M David Platt | 🏴 |
M Stuart Gray | 🏴 |
F Adrian Heath | 🏴 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
CF Ian Olney | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Ray Harford | 🏴 |
Luton Town
GK Alec Chamberlain | 🏴 |
CB Dave Beaumont | 🏴 |
CB Graham Rodger | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CB John Dreyer | 🏴 |
RB Tim Breacker | 🏴 |
M Robert Wilson | 🏴 |
M Steve Williams | 🏴 |
M David Preece | 🏴 |
M Kingsley Black | 🇬🇧 |
F Roy Wegerle | 🇺🇸 | 🔁 |
CF Lars Elstrup | 🇩🇰 |
🟩 14 October 1989, Villa 1-0 Luton, Kenilworth Road.
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 W Tony Daley | 🏴 | for LB Bernie Gallacher | 🏴 | 58’ |
🔁 M Paul Birch | 🏴 | for F Adrian Heath | 🏴 | 76’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CB Graham Rodger | 🏴 | (D Richard Harvey | 🏴 |)
🔁 | F Roy Wegerle | 🇺🇸 | (F Richard Cooke | 🏴 |)
🟩 14 October 1989, Villa 1-0 Luton, Kenilworth Road.
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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
🟩 14 October 1989, Villa 1-0 Luton, Kenilworth Road.
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
* This Game
SUBSTITUTES
Game | Sub | Goal | Assist | Win | Draw | Loss | Goal Conceded | Clean Sheet | Yellow | Red | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
W Tony Daley | 🏴 | | 129 | 28* | 16 | 14 | 36* | 35 | 58 | - | - | 2 | 0 |
UNUSED
Unused | |
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🟩 14 October 1989, Villa 1-0 Luton, Kenilworth Road.
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/13
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/13
🟩 14 October 1989, Villa 1-0 Luton, Kenilworth Road.
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟩 14 October 1989, Villa 1-0 Luton, Kenilworth Road.
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟩 14 October 1989, Villa 1-0 Luton, Kenilworth Road.
MATCH QUOTES
🟩 14 October 1989, Villa 1-0 Luton, Kenilworth Road.
MATCH REPORTS
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