Game #4105
Aston Villa
Saturday, 10 March 1990


Won
1st (+1)
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩
Division One
Luton Town
Villa Park
Attendance: 22,505
🟩 10 Mar 1990, Villa 2-0 Luton, Villa Park
Aston Villa
2-0

Luton Town

Assist(s) | Paul McGrath | 49' |
🟩 10 Mar 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
Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution
🟩 10 Mar 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.
🟩 10 Mar 1990, Villa 2-0 Luton, Villa Park

DEBUT APPEARANCES
None
FINAL APPEARANCES
None
Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
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
🟩 10 Mar 1990, Villa 2-0 Luton, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1989-90 |
Matchday | #41 |
League Match | #28 |
Manager Game | #139 |
Saturday, 10 March 1990
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🟩 10 Mar 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
🕒 139 | 🟩 | 65 🟨 | 31 🟥 43 | 1.63
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 10 Mar 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: 🟨
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

None
CARDS

🟨
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟩 10 Mar 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 Mar 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 Mar 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 Mar 1990, Villa 2-0 Luton, Villa Park
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

LB Bernie Gallacher | 🏴 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴 |
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 Mar 1990, Villa 2-0 Luton, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
LB Bernie Gallacher | 🏴 | | 4 |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 10 Mar 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
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MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟩 10 Mar 1990, Villa 2-0 Luton, Villa Park


MATCH QUOTES
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MATCH REPORTS
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