Game #4105
Aston Villa
Saturday, 10 March 1990
Won
1st (+1)
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩
Division One
Luton Town
Villa Park
Attendance: 22,505
🟩 10 March 1990, Villa 2-0 Luton, Villa Park.
Aston Villa
2-0
Luton Town
Assist(s) | Paul McGrath | 49' |
🟩 10 March 1990, Villa 2-0 Luton, Villa Park.
MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 10 March 1990
⚽ | 29’ Goal, 1-0, Tony Daley
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Luton Town
⚽ | 49’ Goal, 2-0, David Platt, Assist Paul McGrath
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-0 Luton Town
Match Statistics
Not recorded
🟩 10 March 1990, Villa 2-0 Luton, Villa Park.
ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 10 March 1990
Villa bounce back from consecutive league defeats to beat Luton and climb back to first in the table two points clear of Liverpool but having played a game more.
Villa win for the first time in three League games to make it sixteen first division victories in twenty one games so far rhis season under Graham Taylor.
Meanwhile the Birmingham Evening Mail, presumably with nothing to bitch and moan about Villa, brand fans fickle for understandable top of the table nerves.
Gordon Cowans secures his 200th win in a Villa shirt on his 435th appearance (418 Starts) to make it W200 D101 L134, 55 Goals and 76 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.32 games he has played 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
🟩 10 March 1990, Villa 2-0 Luton, Villa Park.
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1989-90 |
Matchday | #41 |
League Match | #28 |
Manager Game | #139 |
Saturday, 10 March 1990
🟩 10 March 1990, Villa 2-0 Luton, Villa Park.
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: John Martin | 🏴 | Alton, 1978–1993
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 1987-1990
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 139 | 🟩 | 65 🟨 | 31 🟥 43 | 1.63
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
🟩 10 March 1990, Villa 2-0 Luton, Villa Park.
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: John Martin | 🏴 | Alton, 1978–1993
Matches Officiated: 7
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 3
🟥 : 2
🆘 : 2
Previous 5: 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 6 May 1989, Villa 1-2 Derby, Baseball Ground.
Cards: 🟨
🟩 10 March 1990, Villa 2-0 Luton, Villa Park.
TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Gareth Williams and Stuart Gray replace Derek Mountfield and Ian Ormondroyd.
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.98 |
Oldest Player |
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 | 31.61 |
Youngest Player |
CF Ian Olney | 🏴 | 20.24 |
🟩 10 March 1990, Villa 2-0 Luton, Villa Park.
MANAGER
Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 1987-1990
Aston Villa
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 |
RB Chris Price | 🏴 |
CB Kent Nielsen | 🇩🇰 |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 | 🔥 |
RB Kevin Gage | 🏴 |
M Gareth Williams | 🏴 |
M Stuart Gray | 🏴 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 |
M David Platt | 🏴 | ⚽ |
W Tony Daley | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Ian Olney | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Jimmy Ryan | 🏴 |
Luton Town
GK Alec Chamberlain | 🏴 |
D Tim Allpress | 🏴 |
RB Julian James | 🏴 |
CB John Dreyer | 🏴 |
RB Tim Breacker | 🏴 |
M Kingsley Black | 🇬🇧 |
M Jason Rees | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Mick Kennedy | 🏴 |
M Ceri Hughes | 🏴 | 🔁 |
F Kurt Nogan | 🏴 |
CF Iain Dowie | 🇬🇧 | 🟨 |
🟩 10 March 1990, Villa 2-0 Luton, Villa Park.
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Jason Rees | 🏴 | (M Neil Poutch | 🇮🇪 |)
🔁 | M Ceri Hughes | 🏴 | (CF Paul Gray | 🇬🇧 |)
🟩 10 March 1990, Villa 2-0 Luton, Villa Park.
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
M Paul Birch | 🏴 |
LB Bernie Gallacher | 🏴 |
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
🟩 10 March 1990, Villa 2-0 Luton, Villa Park.
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
* This Game
SUBSTITUTES
Game | Sub | Goal | Assist | Win | Draw | Loss | Goal Conceded | Clean Sheet | Yellow | Red | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UNUSED
Unused | |
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🟩 10 March 1990, Villa 2-0 Luton, Villa Park.
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/13
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/13
🟩 10 March 1990, Villa 2-0 Luton, Villa Park.
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟩 10 March 1990, Villa 2-0 Luton, Villa Park.
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟩 10 March 1990, Villa 2-0 Luton, Villa Park.
MATCH QUOTES
🟩 10 March 1990, Villa 2-0 Luton, Villa Park.
MATCH REPORTS
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