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Game #4373

Saturday, 29 April 1995

Attendance: 32,973

Lost

Premier League

18th (-)

Leeds United

Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥

Elland Road

Villa see Mark Bosnich sent off and Leeds score an injury time winner as another performance that deserves more ends in defeat - Villa's third successive loss to leave them floundering in the table with three to play.

Leeds United

1-0

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | None

KEY MAN

Mark Bosnich, sent off

RELATED MATCHES

MATCH TIMELINE

🕒 | HT Leeds United 0-0 Aston Villa
🔁 | 84’ Sub off, Andy Townsend, Sub on, Graham Fenton
🟨 | 87’ Booking, Mark Bosnich
🟥 | 87’ Sending off, Mark Bosnich
🔁 | 87’ Sub off, Dwight Yorke, Sub on, Nigel Spink
🥅 | 90’+ Goal, 0-1, (Leeds United), Carlton Palmer
🕒 | FT Leeds United 1-0 Aston Villa

🟨 | Booking, Mark Bosnich, Time-wasting

ON THIS DAY

Three consecutive defeats, one win in ten, a sending off, and 90’ concession meant Villa were now in free fall as the dropped to 18th place of 22 clubs with 4 to be relegated.

Former Villa defender Tony Dorigo and future Villa assistant manager Gary McAllister lined up for Leeds.

Aston Villa

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

Leeds United

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

FIXTURE HISTORY

Previous 5 vs. Leeds: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟨

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1994-95 |
Matchday | #49 |
League Match | #39 |
Manager Game | #27 |
Saturday, 29 April 1995

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Peterlee, 1994-1998
Referee: David Elleray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Harrow, 1986-2003
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: David Elleray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Harrow, 1986-2003
Previous 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 4 February 1995, Villa 0-1 Manchester United, Old Trafford.
Cards: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨

CARDS

Villa

🟥 🟨

Leeds United

🟨 🟨 🟨

TEAM NEWS

Tommy Johnson replaces Villa great Dalian Atkinson.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 27.31 |

Oldest Player |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 | 35.42 |

Youngest Player |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 22.50 |

MANAGER

Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Howard Wilkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Aston Villa

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

Leeds United

GK John Lukic | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John Pemberton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Kelly | 🇮🇪 |
CB David Wetherall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
LB Tony Dorigo (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Carlton Palmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🟨 |
M Gary McAllister | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Gary Speed | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CF Rod Wallace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Brian Deane | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
CF Tony Yeboah | 🇬🇭 |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | CF Graham Fenton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 | 84’ |
🔁 | GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for F Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 | 87’ |

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

CF Tommy Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Mark Beeney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Nigel Worthington | 🇬🇧 |
CF Noel Whelan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SQUAD STATS

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

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

MATCHDAY SQUAD

SQUAD STATS

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

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/14

MATCHDAY SQUAD

UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded

Player Abbreviations:

GK : Goalkeeper

LB, RB, FB : Left Back, Right Back, Full Back

CB, D : Centre Back, Defender

M, W : Midfielder. Winger

F, CF : Forward, Centre Forward

🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game

Symbols:

⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution

🟨 | Booking

🟥 | Sending off

🆘 | Poor refereeing performance

DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

TABLE

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PROGRAMME

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MATCHDAY QUOTES

"Carlton Palmer grabbed the winner for Leeds in the dying seconds, three minutes after Bosnich - booked at the end of the first half for time wasting was sent off following a dust-up with the England international."

*The Sunday Independent*
Sunday, 30 April 1995

Aston Villa tumbled deeper into the relegation mire in dramatic fashion at Elland Road.

Carlton Palmer grabbed the winner for Leeds in the dying seconds, three minutes after Bosnich - booked at the end of the first half for time wasting was sent off following a dust-up with the England international.

Nigel Spink took over in goal with Dwight Yorke going off, and was immediately in action, doing well to turn away a shot from Gary McAllister.

But the veteran keeper's luck was out just when Villa thought they had gained the point their piay deserved.

Tony Yeboah whipped in a cross that deceived the Villa defence and Palmer raced into the penalty cox to crack a fierce shot beyond Spink .

Manager Brian Little could hardly believe it and neither could the large band of travelling fans who had been in good voice all afternoon.

John Lukic was again in inspired form for Leeds including a wonder save from a powerful Paul McGrath header.

Villa, who have won only one of their last ten matches, dominated the pattern of the play for most of the game and looked anything like a struggling side

Then came that dramatic last three mutinies that changed the face of the game.