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Game #4383

Aston Villa

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Wednesday, 20 September 1995

2nd Round

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩

GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |
RB Gary Charles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Gareth Southgate | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mark Draper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 | 🔁 |
CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CF Tommy Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1994-1998
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Substitutes

🔁 | CF Graham Fenton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Ian Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 79' |
🔁 | M Gareth Farrelly | 🇮🇪 | 🟢 | for M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 | 85' |

Unused Substitutes

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)

None

Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)

None

Trophy Record

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

Matchday Squad

Unavailable

Not recorded

Team News

Tommy Johnson replaces Savo Milošević for the League Cup opener.

Team Stats

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.35 |

Oldest Player |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 | 35.82 |

Youngest Player |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 22.89 |

Debut Appearances

🟢 M Gareth Farrelly | 🇮🇪 | #710 | Youth Team promotion

Final Appearances

None

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Won

6-0

🟩 20 Sep 1995, Villa 6-0 Peterborough, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Mark Draper | 12’ | Dwight Yorke | 15’ (pen) | 42’ (pen) | Tommy Johnson | 69’ | Own Goal | 81’ | Gareth Southgate | 89’ |

Assist(s) | None

Match Timeline

⚽ | 12’ Goal, 1-0, Mark Draper
⚽ | 15’ Goal, 2-0, Dwight Yorke (pen)
🟥 | 36' Sending off, (Peterborough United), Lee Williams
⚽ | 42’ Goal, 3-0, Dwight Yorke (pen)
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 3-0 Peterborough United
⚽ | 69’ Goal, 4-0, Tommy Johnson
⚽ | 81’ Goal, 5-0, Own Goal, Greg Heald
🔁 | 79’ Sub off, Ian Taylor, Sub on, Graham Fenton
🔁 | 85’ Sub off, Andy Townsend Sub on, Gareth Farrelly 🟢
⚽ | 89’ Goal, 6-0, Gareth Southgate
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 6-0 Peterborough United

Season | 1995-96 |
Matchday | #7 |
Manager Game | #37 |
Wednesday, 20 September 1995

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Match Record
Game Record

Manager: Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Peterlee, 1994-1998
Referee: Terry Heilbron | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Newton Aycliffe, 1995–2000
Kick off: 7.45pm
HT Score: 🟩 3-0
FT Score: 🟩 6-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩

Officials

Referee: Terry Heilbron | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Newton Aycliffe, 1995–2000

Previous 5 vs. Peterborough: 🟨 🟩 🟩

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Head to Head

Total 🕒 4 | 🟩 W3 (75% ) | 🟨 D1 | 🇺(100% ) | 🟥 L0 (0% ) | ⚽ 15 | 🥅 3 | GD 12

Match Stats

Not recorded

Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1994-1998

🕒 37 | 🟩 | 14 🟨 | 12 🟥 11 | 1.46

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

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League Cup

Peterborough United

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Villa Park

Attendance: 19,602

GK Jon Sheffield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
LB Gregor Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Gary Breen | 🇮🇪 |
CB Greg Heald | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Simon Clark | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Lee Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟥 |
M Billy Manuel | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Marcus Ebdon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Danny Carter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
F Gary Martindale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |

John Still | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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Substitutes

🔁 | M Danny Carter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Dave Morrison | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)
🔁 | F Gary Martindale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CF Lee Power | 🇮🇪 |)

Unused Substitutes

GK Mark Tyler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)

🟨 🟨

Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)

None

Opposition Trophy Record

European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

Opposition Matchday Squad

Opposition Unavailable

Not Recorded

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Starting XI
GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |
🕒

101

100*

🔥

0

0

🟩

43*

🟨

24

🟥

34

35*

🥅

106

RB Gary Charles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

22

20*

🔥

0

2

🟩

11*

🟨

6

🟥

5

CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

89

75*

🔥

5

1

🟩

36*

🟨

22

🟥

31

CB Gareth Southgate | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

7

7*

🔥

1*

0

🟩

5*

🟨

1

🟥

1

CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 |
🕒

289

285*

🔥

8

9

🟩

122*

🟨

75

🟥

92

LB Alan Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

15

15*

🔥

0

0

🟩

7*

🟨

4

🟥

4

M Ian Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

31

31*

🔥

3

3

🟩

14*

🟨

8

🟥

9

M Mark Draper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

7

7*

🔥

3*

1

🟩

5*

🟨

1

🟥

1

M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 |
🕒

94

94*

🔥

6

12

🟩

42*

🟨

20

🟥

32

F Tommy Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

18

13*

🔥

5*

0

🟩

7*

🟨

3

🟥

8

F Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 |
🕒

161

121*

🔥

41*

21

🟩

66*

🟨

41

🟥

54

Substitutes
🕒

🔁

🔥

GK Sub

🟩

🟨

🟥

🥅

CF Graham Fenton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

36

🔁

18*

🔥

3

1

Sub 1

🟩

10*

🟨

9

🟥

17

M Gareth Farrelly | 🇮🇪 |
🕒

1

🔁

1*

🔥

0

0

Sub 2

🟩

1*

🟨

0

🟥

0

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 3

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

Match Media
On This Day
  • Villa thrash third tier side Peterborough in the second round of the League Cup.

  • Midfielder Gareth Farrelly, 20, makes his debut in a Villa shirt after coming through the youth ranks following his move from Home Farm in January 1992, to become the 710th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

  • Tommy Johnson, without a goal in 9 Premier League games, scores in the League Cup against third Tier Peterborough to make it 18 Appearances (13 Starts), W7 D3 L8, 5 Goals and 4 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.60 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

  • Ugo Ehiogu makes his 75th start in a Villa shirt (89 Appearances) to make it W36 D22 L21, 5 Goals, 1 Assist, 10 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

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