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Game #4364

Aston Villa

Wednesday, 22 February 1995

Aston Villa

4-4

Leicester City

Premier League

Leicester City

Villa Park

Attendance: 30,825

Drew

9th (-)

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨

Assist(s) | Dwight Yorke | 37’ | Ian Taylor | 66’ |

MATCH SUMMARY

Villa look on course to another crushing Villa Park victory as they lead lowly Leicester 4-1 but the Mark Draper inspired foxes fight back to draw 4-4 and make it seven wins and four draws in twelve Premier League games under Brian Little.

KEY MAN

Steve Staunton, capped a brilliant move

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MATCH TIMELINE

Wednesday, 22 February 1995

⚽ | 8’ Goal, 1-0, Dean Saunders
⚽ | 37’ Goal, 2-0, Steve Staunton, Assist by Dwight Yorke
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-0 Leicester City
🟨 | 50’ Booking, Tommy Johnson, Foul
⚽ | 60’ Goal, 3-0, Dwight Yorke
🥅 | 61’ Goal, 3-1, (Leicester City), Mark Robins
⚽ | 66’ Goal, 4-1, Tommy Johnson, Assist by Ian Taylor
🥅 | 67’ Goal, 4-2, (Leicester City), Iwan Roberts
🔁 | 77’ Sub off, Tommy Johnson, Sub on, Dalian Atkinson
🥅 | 80’ Goal, 4-3, (Leicester City), David Lowe
🔁 | 88’ Sub off, Dwight Yorke, Sub on, Franz Carr 🟢
🥅 | 90’ Goal, 4-4, (Leicester City), David Lowe
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 4-4 Leicester City

ON THIS DAY

Another high-scoring game at Villa Park following the annihilation of Wimbledon last time out and another 8 goals scored yet the points are shared as Villa let a 4-1 lead slip to a Mark Draper inspired Leicester City.

A cruising Villa side threw away a three goal lead and allowed Leicester to equalise in the final minute, happily the key player in the Leicester side, midfielder Mark Draper, would, by the start of the following season, be lining up in a Villa shirt.

Winger Franz Carr made his Villa debut aged 28 as an 88’ substitute after joining from Leicester City earlier this month for a fee of £250,000.

Former Villa ‘keeper Kevin Poole and former Villa midfielder Garry Parker lined up for Leicester as future Villa defender Simon Grayson also featured.

Aston Villa

European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1993-94

Leicester City

European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1963-64

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa Vs.

Leicester City

Previous 5 vs. Leicester: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟨

PREVIOUS MATCH

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1994-95 |
Matchday | #40 |
League Match | #30 |
Manager Game | #18 |
Wednesday, 22 February 1995

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Peterlee, 1994-1998
Referee: Kelvin Morton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bury St Edmunds, 1986–1995
Kick off: 7.45pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Score: 🟨 4-4
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 18 | 🟩 | 7 🟨 | 7 🟥 4 | 1.56

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Kelvin Morton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bury St Edmunds, 1986–1995
Matches Officiated: 11
🟩 : 5
🟨 : 5
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 26 December 1994, Villa 0-0 Arsenal, Highbury.
Incidents: 🟨 🟨 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

🟨

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🟨 🟨

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TEAM NEWS

Brian Little names an unchanged line up from the team that beat Sheffield Wednesday in the previous fixture.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 27.19 |

Oldest Player |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 | 35.24 |

Youngest Player |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 22.32 |

MANAGER

Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Aston Villa

GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | ⚽ |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Shaun Teale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Charles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
CF Dean Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 | 🔥 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
CF Tommy Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 | ⚽ | 🔁 |

MANAGER

Mark McGee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Leicester City

GK Kevin Poole (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Simon Grayson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
CB Mike Galloway | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Mike Whitlow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CB Jimmy Willis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Colin Hill | 🇬🇧 |
M Steve Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mark Draper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Garry Parker (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Iwan Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Mark Robins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | CF Dalian Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CF Tommy Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 77’ |
🔁 | W Franz Carr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 | for CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 | 88’ |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | CB Mike Whitlow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (D Neil Lewis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)
🔁 | D Neil Lewis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CF David Lowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |)

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Gavin Ward | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SQUAD STATS

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

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/14

SQUAD STATS

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

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

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

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

DEBUT APPEARANCES

🟢 W Franz Carr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

FINAL APPEARANCES

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

MATCH QUOTES

"Mark McGhee’s down and out Leicester City climbed off the canvas last night to snatch a sensation draw against Aston Villa."

MATCH REPORT

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)

*Daily Mirror*
Thursday, 23 February 1995

Mark McGhee’s down and out Leicester City climbed off the canvas last night to snatch a sensation draw against Aston Villa. Rock bottom city, totally dominated for most of the match and trailing 4-1 with 25 minutes to go, grabbed a stunning injury time leveller through substitute David Lowe that left Villa boss Brian Little absolutely stunned against his old side. Dean Saunders struck his 18th goal of the season after only six minutes, to spark what looked like becoming a Villa goal-fest, and Steve Staunton capped a brilliant move to claim their second. Dwight Yorke increased Villa’s lead after 59 minutes, and although Mark Robins narrowed the gap moments later, Tommy Johnson’s 25 heard lob put Villa firmly in command again after 65 minutes. Leicester were left chasing shadows, but almost unbelievably, the roof fell in on Villa. Iwan Roberts headed their second in the 77th minutes then three minutes later, Lowe pounced when Mark Bosnich could only parry former Villa star Garry Parker’s shot. And no wonder Leicester’s players danced in delight as Lowe bent to bounce his header past the groping Bosnich in the closing seconds.

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