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Game #4440

Aston Villa

Wednesday, 23 October 1996

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Won

3rd Round

Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩

League Cup

Leeds United

Elland Road

Attendance: 15,803

🟩 23 October 1996, Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road.

Leeds United

1-2

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Aston Villa (Holders)

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🟩 23 October 1996, Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Wednesday, 23 October 1996

🕒 | HT Leeds United 0-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 69’ Goal, 0-1, (Leeds United), Lee Sharpe
⚽ | 70’ Goal, 1-1, Ian Taylor
🔁 | 71’ Sub off, Fernando Nélson, Sub on, Mark Draper
⚽ | 77’ Goal, 2-1, Dwight Yorke (pen)
🕒 | FT Leeds United 1-2 Aston Villa

🟨 | Booking, Tommy Johnson

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 23 October 1996, Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road.

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ON THIS DAY

Wednesday, 23 October 1996

  • In a re-run of the 1996 League Cup Final, Villa face Leeds for the second successive game and run out winners at Elland Road in the third round having also beaten their opponents at Wembley the previous season.

  • Dwight Yorke contributes his 100th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 216th appearance (176 Starts) to make it W93 D56 L67, 67 Goals, 33 Assists and 2 Booking at a goal involvement rate of one for every 2.16 he has played so far in his Villa career. 

  • Tommy Johnson secures his 25th win in a Villa shirt on his 57th appearance (41 Starts) to make it W25 D14 L18, 16 Goals, 4 Assists and 9 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one for every 2.85 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

🟩 23 October 1996, Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

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Aston Villa

European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96

Leeds United

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1991–92

Aston Villa

Leeds United

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Leeds United

Previous 5 vs. Leeds: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩

🟩 23 October 1996, Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1996-97 |
Matchday | #13 |
Manager Game | #94 |
Wednesday, 23 October 1996

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🟩 23 October 1996, Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Peterlee, 1994-1998
Referee: Jeff Winter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Middlesbrough, 1992-2004
Kick off: 7.45pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
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

🕒 94 | 🟩 | 41 🟨 | 28 🟥 25 | 1.61

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1994-1998

🟩 23 October 1996, Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Jeff Winter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Middlesbrough, 1992-2004
Matches Officiated: 4
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 3
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟨 🟨 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 15 September 1996, Villa 1-1 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.
Cards: 🟨 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟨 Tommy Johnson

🟨 Paul Beesley

🟩 23 October 1996, Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Steve Staunton is replaced by Riccardo Scimeca.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.83 |

Oldest Player
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 | 33.28 |

Youngest Player
CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 21.38 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 23 October 1996, Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road.

MANAGER

Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1994-1998

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Aston Villa

GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |
RB Fernando Nélson | 🇵🇹 | 🔁 |
CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Carl Tiler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 |
M Saša Ćurčić | 🇷🇸 |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 | ⚽ |
CF Tommy Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |

MANAGER

George Graham (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Leeds United

GK Nigel Martyn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Richard Jobson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Paul Beesley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
CB Lucas Radebe | 🇿🇦 | 🔁 |
RB Gary Kelly | 🇮🇪 |
M Mark Ford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Carlton Palmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Andy Couzens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Lee Sharpe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Rod Wallace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Ian Rush | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 23 October 1996, Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Mark Draper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for RB Fernando Nélson | 🇵🇹 | 71’ |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | CB Paul Beesley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (LB Ian Harte | 🇮🇪 |)
🔁 | CB Lucas Radebe | 🇿🇦 | (CB David Wetherall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Substitutes

🟩 23 October 1996, Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Michael Oakes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Julian Joachim | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Mark Beeney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟩 23 October 1996, Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road.

SQUAD STATS

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

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/16

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/11

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

🟩 23 October 1996, Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 23 October 1996, Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road.

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 23 October 1996, Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road.

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MATCH QUOTES

"A Richard Jobson blunder gifted lan Taylor an equaliser within a minute and Dwight Yorke booked Villa's fourth-round place with a coolly-taken 77th-minute penalty."
Quotes

🟩 23 October 1996, Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road.

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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, 24 October 1996

BATTLING Aston Villa came from behind to maintain their grip on the Coca-Cola Cup at the expense of struggling Leeds at Elland Road. Leeds were on a revenge mission after their 3-0 defeat against Villa in last season's final and Lee Sharpe raised home hopes with a spectacular 69th-minute opener. But a Richard Jobson blunder gifted lan Taylor an equaliser within a minute and Dwight Yorke booked Villa's fourth-round place with a coolly-taken 77th-minute penalty. Leeds faded after the break and, with Villa pressure mounting, it seemed only a matter of time before the visitors broke the deadlock. It seemed only a matter of time before Villa scored but it was Leeds who took the lead against the run of play on 69 minutes. Wallace battled his way to right byline and cut the ball back for Sharpe, who drove a left foot shot into the roof of the net. Leeds' lead was short lived with Villa grabbing an equaliser within a minute. Curcic escaped on the left and, although Marlyn stuck out his left hand to keep out his shot, Jobson made a mess of his attempted clearance at the far post and Taylor finished from two yards. Seven minutes later, Villa were ahead from the penalty spot. Yorke surged into the area and Beesley brought him down. This time Villa's appeals did not fall on deaf hears with the referee pointing to the spot without any hesitation. Yorke stepped up to coolly send Martyn the wrong way with his spotkick.
Reports

🟩 23 October 1996, Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road.

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