Game #4411
Aston Villa
Wednesday, 21 February 1996


Drew
Semi Final
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟨
League Cup
Arsenal
Villa Park
Attendance: 39,334
🟨 21 Feb 1996, Villa 0-0 Arsenal, Villa Park
Aston Villa
0-0

Arsenal

Assist(s) | None
🟨 21 Feb 1996, Villa 0-0 Arsenal, Villa Park


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
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
🟨 21 Feb 1996, Villa 0-0 Arsenal, Villa Park

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 Feb 1996, Villa 0-0 Arsenal, 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: 1993-94
Arsenal


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1993–94
🟨 21 Feb 1996, Villa 0-0 Arsenal, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1995-96 |
Matchday | #35 |
Manager Game | #65 |
Wednesday, 21 February 1996
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🟨 21 Feb 1996, Villa 0-0 Arsenal, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Brian Little | 🏴 | Peterlee, 1994-1998
Referee: Keith Burge | 🏴 | Tonypandy, 1987–1999
Kick off: 7.45pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Score: 🟨 0-0
AET Result: 🟨 Drew
AET Score: 🟨 0-0 (2-2 Villa win on Away goals)
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟨
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Brian Little | 🏴 | 1994-1998
🕒 65 | 🟩 | 29 🟨 | 20 🟥 16 | 1.65
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟨 21 Feb 1996, Villa 0-0 Arsenal, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Keith Burge | 🏴 | Tonypandy, 1987–1999
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

🟨 Riccardo Scimeca
CARDS

🟨 Steve Morrow
🟨 Ray Parlour
🟨 David Hillier
🟨 David Platt
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟨 21 Feb 1996, Villa 0-0 Arsenal, Villa Park

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 |
🟨 21 Feb 1996, Villa 0-0 Arsenal, Villa Park
MANAGER
Brian Little | 🏴 | 1994-1998

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) | 🏴 |

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 | 🏴 |
🟨 21 Feb 1996, Villa 0-0 Arsenal, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 | for M Ian Taylor | 🏴 | 33' |
🔁 | CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴 | 🟨 | for LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | 70' |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | LB Nigel Winterburn | 🏴 | (M David Platt (ex) | 🏴 | 🟨 |)

🟨 21 Feb 1996, Villa 0-0 Arsenal, Villa Park
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Michael Oakes | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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

🟨 21 Feb 1996, Villa 0-0 Arsenal, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 | | 310 | 6* | 9 | 9 | 132 | 81* | 97 | - | - | 16 | 0 |
UNUSED
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟨 21 Feb 1996, Villa 0-0 Arsenal, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/14
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 13/14
🟨 21 Feb 1996, Villa 0-0 Arsenal, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟨 21 Feb 1996, Villa 0-0 Arsenal, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE


MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟨 21 Feb 1996, Villa 0-0 Arsenal, Villa Park


MATCH QUOTES
🟨 21 Feb 1996, Villa 0-0 Arsenal, Villa Park


MATCH REPORTS
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