Game #4364
Aston Villa
Wednesday, 22 February 1995


Drew
9th (-)
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨
Premier League
Leicester City
Villa Park
Attendance: 30,825
🟨 22 Feb 1995, Villa 4-4 Leicester, Villa Park
Aston Villa
4-4

Leicester City

Assist(s) | Dwight Yorke | 37’ | Ian Taylor | 66’ |
🟨 22 Feb 1995, Villa 4-4 Leicester, Villa Park


MATCH TIMELINE
Wednesday, 22 February 1995
⚽ | 8’ Goal, 1-0, Dean Saunders
⚽ | 37’ Goal, 2-0, Steve Staunton, Assist by Dwight Yorke
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-0 Leicester City
🟨 | 50’ Booking, Tommy Johnson, Foul
⚽ | 60’ Goal, 3-0, Dwight Yorke
🥅 | 61’ Goal, 3-1, (Leicester City), Mark Robins
⚽ | 66’ Goal, 4-1, Tommy Johnson, Assist by Ian Taylor
🥅 | 67’ Goal, 4-2, (Leicester City), Iwan Roberts
🔁 | 77’ Sub off, Tommy Johnson, Sub on, Dalian Atkinson
🥅 | 80’ Goal, 4-3, (Leicester City), David Lowe
🔁 | 88’ Sub off, Dwight Yorke, Sub on, Franz Carr 🟢
🥅 | 90’ Goal, 4-4, (Leicester City), David Lowe
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 4-4 Leicester City
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
🟨 22 Feb 1995, Villa 4-4 Leicester, Villa Park

ON THIS DAY
Wednesday, 22 February 1995
Villa look on course for another crushing Villa Park victory as they lead lowly Leicester 4-1 but the Mark Draper inspired foxes fight back to draw 4-4 and make it seven wins and four draws in twelve Premier League games under Brian Little.
Another high-scoring game at Villa Park following the annihilation of Wimbledon last time out and another 8 goals scored yet the points are shared as Villa let a 4-1 lead slip.
A cruising Villa side throw away a three goal lead and allow Leicester to equalise in the final minute, happily the key player in the Leicester side, midfielder Mark Draper, would, by the start of the following season, be lining up in a Villa shirt.
Winger Franz Carr, 28, makes his Villa debut as an 88’ substitute after joining from Leicester City earlier this month for a fee of £250,000.
Former Villa ‘keeper Kevin Poole and midfielder Garry Parker line up for Leicester as future Villa defender Simon Grayson also featured.
🟨 22 Feb 1995, Villa 4-4 Leicester, Villa Park

DEBUT APPEARANCES
🟢 W Franz Carr | 🏴 | #704 | £270,000 from Leicester
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: 1993-94
Leicester City


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1963-64
🟨 22 Feb 1995, Villa 4-4 Leicester, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1994-95 |
Matchday | #40 |
League Match | #30 |
Manager Game | #18 |
Wednesday, 22 February 1995
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🟨 22 Feb 1995, Villa 4-4 Leicester, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Brian Little | 🏴 | Peterlee, 1994-1998
Referee: Kelvin Morton | 🏴 | Bury St Edmunds, 1986–1995
Kick off: 7.45pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Score: 🟨 4-4
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Brian Little | 🏴 | 1994-1998
🕒 18 | 🟩 | 7 🟨 | 7 🟥 4 | 1.56
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟨 22 Feb 1995, Villa 4-4 Leicester, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Kelvin Morton | 🏴 | Bury St Edmunds, 1986–1995
Matches Officiated: 11
🟩 : 5
🟨 : 5
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 26 December 1994, Villa 0-0 Arsenal, Highbury.
Incidents: 🟨 🟨 🟨
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

🟨 Tommy Johnson, Foul
CARDS

🟨 🟨
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟨 22 Feb 1995, Villa 4-4 Leicester, Villa Park

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Brian Little names an unchanged line up from the team that beat Sheffield Wednesday in the previous fixture.
Starting XI Average Age
| 27.19 |
Oldest Player |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 | 35.24 |
Youngest Player |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴 | 22.32 |
🟨 22 Feb 1995, Villa 4-4 Leicester, Villa Park
MANAGER
Brian Little | 🏴 | 1994-1998

Aston Villa
GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | ⚽ |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴 |
CB Shaun Teale | 🏴 |
RB Gary Charles | 🏴 |
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴 | 🔥 |
CF Dean Saunders | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 | 🔥 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
CF Tommy Johnson | 🏴 | 🟨 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
MANAGER
Mark McGee | 🏴 |

Leicester City
GK Kevin Poole (ex) | 🏴 |
RB Simon Grayson | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CB Mike Galloway | 🏴 |
CB Mike Whitlow | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CB Jimmy Willis | 🏴 |
CB Colin Hill | 🇬🇧 |
M Steve Thompson | 🏴 |
M Mark Draper | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Garry Parker (ex) | 🏴 |
CF Iwan Roberts | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Mark Robins | 🏴 | ⚽ |
🟨 22 Feb 1995, Villa 4-4 Leicester, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | CF Dalian Atkinson | 🏴 | for CF Tommy Johnson | 🏴 | 77’ |
🔁 | W Franz Carr | 🏴 | 🟢 | for CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 | 88’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CB Mike Whitlow | 🏴 | (D Neil Lewis | 🏴 |)
🔁 | D Neil Lewis | 🏴 | (CF David Lowe | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |)

🟨 22 Feb 1995, Villa 4-4 Leicester, Villa Park
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Gavin Ward | 🏴 |
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
🟨 22 Feb 1995, Villa 4-4 Leicester, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CF Dalian Atkinson | 🏴 | | 109 | 7* | 36 | 21 | 48 | 32* | 29 | - | - | 3 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 | | 79 |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟨 22 Feb 1995, Villa 4-4 Leicester, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/14
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 14/14
🟨 22 Feb 1995, Villa 4-4 Leicester, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟨 22 Feb 1995, Villa 4-4 Leicester, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟨 22 Feb 1995, Villa 4-4 Leicester, Villa Park


MATCH QUOTES
🟨 22 Feb 1995, Villa 4-4 Leicester, Villa Park


MATCH REPORTS
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