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Game #4075

Aston Villa

Saturday, 14 October 1989

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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

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Gordon Cowans | 45' |

🟩 14 October 1989, Villa 1-0 Luton, Kenilworth Road.

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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.

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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.

🟩 14 October 1989, Villa 1-0 Luton, Kenilworth Road.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

🟢 M Mark Blake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #666 | Youth Team promotion

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

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Luton Town

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Luton Town

Previous 5 vs. Luton: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩

🟩 14 October 1989, Villa 1-0 Luton, Kenilworth Road.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1989-90 |
Matchday | #11 |
League Match | #9 |
Manager Game | #109 |
Saturday, 14 October 1989

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🟩 14 October 1989, Villa 1-0 Luton, Kenilworth Road.

MATCH SUMMARY

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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: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩

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

🕒 109 | 🟩 | 45 🟨 | 28 🟥 36 | 1.50

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1987-1990

🟩 14 October 1989, Villa 1-0 Luton, Kenilworth Road.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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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: 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟨

None

🟩 14 October 1989, Villa 1-0 Luton, Kenilworth Road.

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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 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 14 October 1989, Villa 1-0 Luton, Kenilworth Road.

MANAGER

Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1987-1990

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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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 | 🇩🇰 |

Line Ups

🟩 14 October 1989, Villa 1-0 Luton, Kenilworth Road.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for LB Bernie Gallacher | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 58’ |
🔁 M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for F Adrian Heath | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 76’ |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | CB Graham Rodger | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (D Richard Harvey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)
🔁 | F Roy Wegerle | 🇺🇸 | (F Richard Cooke | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Substitutes

🟩 14 October 1989, Villa 1-0 Luton, Kenilworth Road.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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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

🟩 14 October 1989, Villa 1-0 Luton, Kenilworth Road.

SQUAD STATS

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

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/13

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/11

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

🟩 14 October 1989, Villa 1-0 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

🟩 14 October 1989, Villa 1-0 Luton, Kenilworth Road.

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MATCH QUOTES

"You get your pleasure from playing on these pitches with the result. "You have to sacrifice certain things. "But I am not apologising for It. Artificial pitches never have been, and never will be a substitute for the real thing." Graham Taylor.
Quotes

🟩 14 October 1989, Villa 1-0 Luton, Kenilworth Road.

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MATCH REPORTS

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*Birmingham Evening Mail*
Monday, 16 October 1989

Villa turn tables on hated surface The end justified the means, but provided precious little satisfaction for Graham Taylor. Villa's manager detests plastic pitches and is merely grateful to grab what he can when his teams have to play on them. That was why there was never any likelihood of Villa displaying a spirit of adventure at Kenilworth Road. "You get your pleasure from playing on these pitches with the result," admitted Taylor. "You have to sacrifice certain things. "But I am not apologising for it. Artificial pitches never have been, and never will be, a substitute for the real thing." The small group of Villa fans, who found a way round Luton's ban on visiting supporters, only saw two things to send them home with something to celebrate - Derek Mountfield's left-foot stab on the stroke of halftime and an encouraging debut from 18-year-old Mark Blake.
Reports

🟩 14 October 1989, Villa 1-0 Luton, Kenilworth Road.

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