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Game #4411

Aston Villa

Wednesday, 21 February 1996

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Drew

Semi Final

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟨

League Cup

Arsenal

Villa Park

Attendance: 39,334

🟨 21 February 1996, Villa 0-0 Arsenal, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

0-0

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Arsenal

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Assist(s) | None

🟨 21 February 1996, Villa 0-0 Arsenal, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Wednesday, 21 February 1996

🔁 | 33’ Sub off, Ian Taylor, Sub on, Paul McGrath
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Arsenal
🔁 | 70’ Sub off, Steve Staunton, Sub on, Riccardo Scimeca
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-0 Arsenal
🕒 | AET Aston Villa 0-0 Arsenal
Aggregate Aston Villa 2-2 Arsenal
Villa win on away goals

🟨 | Booking, Riccardo Scimeca

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟨 21 February 1996, Villa 0-0 Arsenal, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Wednesday, 21 February 1996

  • Villa win through to the League Cup final for the second time in three years as Arsenal fans - never known for under-reaction - disgrace themselves at Villa Park.

  • A goalless draw sees Villa qualify for their 7th League Cup final courtesy of the brace of away goals Dwight Yorke scored at Highbury a week earlier.

  • Steve Staunton makes his 175th start in a Villa shirt (180 Appearances) to make it W76 D48 L56, 15 Goals, 23 Assists and 10 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

  • Gary Charles makes his 50th appearance in a Villa shirt (48 Starts) to make it W26 D14 L10, 5 Assists and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

🟨 21 February 1996, Villa 0-0 Arsenal, Villa Park.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

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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

Aston Villa

Arsenal

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Arsenal

Previous 5 vs. Arsenal: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨

🟨 21 February 1996, Villa 0-0 Arsenal, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1995-96 |
Matchday | #35 |
Manager Game | #65 |
Wednesday, 21 February 1996

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🟨 21 February 1996, Villa 0-0 Arsenal, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Peterlee, 1994-1998
Referee: Keith Burge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Tonypandy, 1986–1999
Kick off: 7.45pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 0-0
AET Result: 🟨 Drew
AET Score: 🟨 0-0
Aggregate Result: 🟨 Drew
Aggregate Score: 🟨 2-2
🟩 Villa win on Away goals
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟨

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1994-1998

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 65 | 🟩 | 29 🟨 | 20 🟥 16 | 1.65

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1994-1998

🟨 21 February 1996, Villa 0-0 Arsenal, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Keith Burge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Tonypandy, 1986–1999
Matches Officiated: 12
🟩 : 8
🟨 : 2
🟥 : 2
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 28 October 1995, Villa 1-0 Everton, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟨 Riccardo Scimeca

🟨 Steve Morrow
🟨 Ray Parlour
🟨 David Hillier
🟨 David Platt

🟨 21 February 1996, Villa 0-0 Arsenal, Villa Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Villa recall Ian Taylor in place of Tommy Johnson.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.71 |

Oldest Player |
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 | 32.61 |

Youngest Player |
CF Savo Milošević | 🇷🇸 | 22.48 |

Referee
Manager

🟨 21 February 1996, Villa 0-0 Arsenal, Villa Park.

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 Ian Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 |
M Mark Draper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 |
CF Savo Milošević | 🇷🇸 |

MANAGER

Bruce Rioch (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Arsenal

GK David Seaman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Steve Morrow | 🇬🇧 | 🟨 |
RB Lee Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Andy Linighan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Martin Keown (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Nigel Winterburn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Ray Parlour | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
M David Hillier | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Paul Merson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Dennis Bergkamp | 🇳🇱 |
CF Ian Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟨 21 February 1996, Villa 0-0 Arsenal, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 | for M Ian Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 33' |
🔁 | CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 | for LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | 70' |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | LB Nigel Winterburn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M David Platt (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |)

Substitutes

🟨 21 February 1996, Villa 0-0 Arsenal, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Michael Oakes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Vince Bartram | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Stephen Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟨 21 February 1996, Villa 0-0 Arsenal, Villa Park.

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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 13/14

🟨 21 February 1996, Villa 0-0 Arsenal, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟨 21 February 1996, Villa 0-0 Arsenal, Villa Park.

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟨 21 February 1996, Villa 0-0 Arsenal, Villa Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

"Stewards and police soon brought order and subdued the dramatic ending to a nerve-wracked semi-final."
Quotes

🟨 21 February 1996, Villa 0-0 Arsenal, Villa Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Reach PLC. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)

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*The Irish Independent”
Thursday, 22 February 1996

ANGRY Arsenal fans soured Aston Villa's Coca-Cola Cup celebrations after seeing their own season shunted into the sidings. They poured over the Villa Park hoardings and tried to clash with jubilant Midlanders on the pitch as Brian Little's men attempted a lap of honour. Stewards and police soon brought order and subdued the dramatic ending to a nerve-wracked semi-final. Bruce Rioch's hopes of beginning a new era for the Gunners with a trophy in his first season rested on this second leg. But he chose to stifle the life out of a tie that was so vibrant at Hlghbury a week ago when Dennis Bergkamp had his side two goals ahead inside the first half-hour. And in the end he paid the penalty for his caution, going out on the away goals rule after extra time. Dwight Yorke's two=goal rescue mission down in London proving priceless. Now Little seeks a double, hoping to lift the League Cup as a manager that he won as a player with the Villa 19 years ago. Though Villa were cramped and anxious, their efficiency deservedly earned them their second final in three seasons. And though entertainment was scarce they went closer to providing a goal than the Londoners. While Savo Milosevic continues to look like a man lost in a penalty area, Yorke played with the confidence of a man in the goals in his previous games while Andy Townsend was the star for Villa.
Reports

🟨 21 February 1996, Villa 0-0 Arsenal, Villa Park.

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