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Game #4409

Aston Villa

Wednesday, 14 February 1996

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Drew

Semi Final

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨

League Cup

Arsenal

Highbury

Attendance: 37,562

🟨 14 Feb 1996, Villa 2-2 Arsenal, Highbury

Arsenal

2-2

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Aston Villa

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🟨 14 Feb 1996, Villa 2-2 Arsenal, Highbury

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MATCH TIMELINE
Wednesday, 14 February 1996

🥅 | 26’ Goal, 0-1, (Arsenal)
🥅 | 32’ Goal, 0-2, (Arsenal)
⚽ | 39’ Goal, 1-2, Dwight Yorke
🕒 | HT Arsenal 2-1 Aston Villa
⚽ | 72’ Goal, 2-2, Dwight Yorke
🕒 | FT Arsenal 2-2 Aston Villa

🟨 | Booking, Alan Wright

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

🟨 14 Feb 1996, Villa 2-2 Arsenal, Highbury

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ON THIS DAY
Wednesday, 14 February 1996
  • Dwight Yorke scores his third successive brace but Villa are held at Highbury in the first leg of the League Cup semi final.

  • Dwight Yorke had now scored 8 goals in the last 6 games including 6 in the last 3 as he hit braces in 3 consecutive matches. 

  • Future Villa midfielder Paul Merson and former Villa defender Martin Keown lined up for Arsenal.

🟨 14 Feb 1996, Villa 2-2 Arsenal, Highbury

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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: 1993-94

Arsenal

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1993–94

FIXTURE HISTORY
Arsenal
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Previous 5 vs. Arsenal: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

🟨 14 Feb 1996, Villa 2-2 Arsenal, Highbury

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1995-96 |
Matchday | #33 |
Manager Game | #63 |
Wednesday, 14 February 1996

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🟨 14 Feb 1996, Villa 2-2 Arsenal, Highbury

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Peterlee, 1994-1998
Referee: Paul Durkin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Dorset, 1988-2004
Kick off: 7.45pm
HT Score: 🟥 1-2
FT Score: 🟨 2-2
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1994-1998

🕒 63 | 🟩 | 28 🟨 | 19 🟥 16 | 1.63

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1994-1998

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

🟨 14 Feb 1996, Villa 2-2 Arsenal, Highbury

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Paul Durkin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Dorset, 1988-2004

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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🟨 Alan Wright

CARDS
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None

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟨 14 Feb 1996, Villa 2-2 Arsenal, Highbury

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Villa name an unchanged line up.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.45 |

Oldest Player |
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 | 32.59 |

Youngest Player |
CF Savo Milošević | 🇷🇸 | 22.47 |

Referee

🟨 14 Feb 1996, Villa 2-2 Arsenal, Highbury

MANAGER

Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1994-1998

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Aston Villa

GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |
RB Gary Charles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Gareth Southgate | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 |
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 |
M Mark Draper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Tommy Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CF Savo Milošević | 🇷🇸 |

MANAGER

Bruce Rioch (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Arsenal

GK David Seaman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Lee Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Andy Linighan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Martin Keown (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Nigel Winterburn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John Jensen | 🇩🇰 |
M David Hillier | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Merson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Glenn Helder | 🇳🇱 | 🔁 |
F Dennis Bergkamp | 🇳🇱 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CF Ian Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |

Line Ups

🟨 14 Feb 1996, Villa 2-2 Arsenal, Highbury

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | W Glenn Helder | 🇳🇱 | (M Ray Parlour | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

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Substitutes

🟨 14 Feb 1996, Villa 2-2 Arsenal, Highbury

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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GK Michael Oakes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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RB Steve Morrow | 🇬🇧 |
CF John Hartson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

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 Feb 1996, Villa 2-2 Arsenal, Highbury

SQUAD STATS
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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 6/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 8/14

SQUAD STATS
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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 8/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/14

🟨 14 Feb 1996, Villa 2-2 Arsenal, Highbury

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟨 14 Feb 1996, Villa 2-2 Arsenal, Highbury

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MATCH QUOTES
"Brian Little's 24- year-old Tobagan is in irrepressible form and took his haul to eight goals in six games as he hauled the Midlanders level."
Quotes

🟨 14 Feb 1996, Villa 2-2 Arsenal, Highbury

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MATCH REPORTS

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*The Irish Independent”
Thursday, 15 February 1996
RED-hot Dwight Yorke melted Dennis Bergkamp's Wembley reservation, after the Arsenal iceman had coolly fired Arsenal into a two-goal lead in their Coca- Cola Cup semi-final at Highbury. But Brian Little's 24- year-old Tobagan is in irrepressible form and took his haul to eight goals in six games as he hauled the Midlanders level. Now the four-times winners must be favourites to reach their seventh final from the second leg next Wednesday they have not lost at Villa Park for nine years and 21 games in their favourite competition. They should have gone into that game ahead with Yorke denied his hat-trick only by a wonderful reflex save by England goalkeeper David Seaman in the 78th minute. Tommy Johnson had just crashed a shot against the Arsenal crossbar and the goal appeared at Yorke's mercy as he latched onto the rebound 10 yards out, but Seaman picked himself off the floor and saved with his legs.
Reports

🟨 14 Feb 1996, Villa 2-2 Arsenal, Highbury

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