Villa warm up for the League Cup final as Brian Little’s much changed side are held at home by a tediously boring Boro side.

Centre Back Paul Browne, 21, makes his debut in a Villa shirt after joining Villa as a trainee and signing professional forms in August 1993 to become the 715th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Midfielder Scott Murray, 21, makes his debut in a Villa shirt after moving from Fraserburgh FC for a fee of £35,000 in August 1994 to become the 716th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Dwight Yorke records his 50th draw in a Villa shirt on his 196th appearance (156 Starts) to make it W85 D50 L61, 59 Goals, 29 Assists and 2 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one for every 2.23 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Steve Staunton records his 50th draw in a Villa shirt on his 184th appearance (179 Starts) to make it W77 D50 L57, 15 Goals, 23 Assists and 10 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Lee Hendrie makes his 2nd appearance in a Villa shirt and 1st start three months after his debut and manages to remain on the pitch to make it W0 D1 L1, 2 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Former Villa right back Neil Cox lines up for Middlesbrough.

Villa fall to a huge deflection as League no-hopers Manchester City leave Villa Park with the points.

Forward Neil Davis, 22, makes his third and final appearance in a Villa shirt before moving on to Walsall in November 1998 leaving with a record of W1 D1 L1 across his six week spell in and around the first team.

Julian Joachim makes his 10th appearance in a Villa shirt (4 Starts) to make it W3 D3 L4 and 1 Goal so far in his Villa career.

Villa end the season on consecutive 0-1 defeats but nothing can take away from their stunning campaign under Brian Little which sees exhilarating football almost from first to last and victory in the League Cup for a record fifth time.

Despite a slow end to the season, Brian Little’s first full season as Villa boss was an unmitigated success. A 4th place finish in the Premier League and a record equalling 5th League Cup win were the highlights however the emergence of an exciting formation prompting attacking football and a squad full of character suggested bright days ahead. 

Centre back Paul Browne, 21, makes his second and final appearance in a Villa shirt before moving on to Raith Rovers for £120,000 in July 1996. Browne left with a record of W0 D1 L2 and 2 Bookings across his brief Villa career.

Lee Hendrie makes his 3rd appearance in a Villa shirt 6 months after his debut and for the first time in two months to make it W0 D1 L2, 2 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Former Villa centre forward Paul Rideout came on as a 70’ substitute for Everton.

Villa open the campaign with a shock defeat at Hillsborough to a Wednesday side who had finished 11 places below them the previous season.

Midfielder Scott Murray, 22, makes his final appearance in a Villa shirt before moving on to Bristol City for a fee of £203,000 in December 1997 to make it W0 D1 L3 across his short Villa career.

Tommy Johnson scores his first goal in 10 Premier League games to make it 47 appearances in a Villa shirt (36 Starts), W20 D10 L17, 13 Goals, 2 Assists and 7 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.13 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Michael Oakes makes his 2nd appearance in a Villa shirt nearly 2 years after his debut under Ron Atkinson to make it W1 D0 L1, 2 Goals Conceded at a rate of 1.00 goals per game and 1 Clean Sheet (50%) so far in his Villa career.

Mark Draper makes his 50th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W26 D12 L12, 5 Goals, 7 Assists and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

Former Villa centre forward Guy Whittingham scores for Wednesday on 84’.