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Game #4395

Aston Villa

Wednesday, 29 November 1995

Won

4th Round

Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩

League Cup 4th Round

Attendance: 24,951

Queens Park Rangers

Villa Park

Villa beat fellow Premier League side QPR to progress to the quarter finals of the League Cup.

Aston Villa

1-0

Queens Park Rangers

Assist(s) | Not recorded

KEY MAN

Andy Townsend, second of the season wins it

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MATCH TIMELINE

Wednesday, 29 November 1995

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 QPR
⚽ | 60’ Goal, 1-0, Andy Townsend
🔁 | 76' Sub off, Tommy Johnson, Sub on, Steve Staunton
🔁 | 76' Sub off, Mark Draper, Sub on, Riccardo Scimeca
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 QPR

ON THIS DAY

Villa progress to the fifth round of the League Cup with victory over Premier League rivals QPR.

Former Villa centre forward Tony Hateley’s son, Mark, sat on the bench for QPR whilst future Villa assistant manager Ray Wilkins lined up for the hoops.

Aston Villa

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

Queens Park Rangers

European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1966-67

FIXTURE HISTORY

Queens Park Rangers

Previous 5 vs. QPR: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1995-96 |
Matchday | #19 |
Manager Game | #49 |
Wednesday, 29 November 1995

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Peterlee, 1994-1998
Referee: Robbie Hart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Darlington, 1986-1996
Kick off: 7.45pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Robbie Hart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Darlington, 1986-1996
Previous 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 21 October 1995, Villa 0-2 Arsenal, Highbury.
Cards: None

CARDS

Villa

None

Queens Park Rangers

None

Robbie Hart

TEAM NEWS

Andy Townsend returns with Ian Taylor dropping out.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.07 |

Oldest Player |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 | 36.01 |

Youngest Player |
CF Savo Milošević | 🇷🇸 | 22.25 |

MANAGER

MANAGER

Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Ray Wilkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Aston Villa

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

Queens Park Rangers

GK Tony Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
RB David Bardsley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Alan McDonald | 🇬🇧 |
CB Karl Ready | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
D Steve Yates | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Andy Impey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Matt Brazier | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Simon Barker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ray Wilkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Trevor Sinclair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Kevin Gallen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | for CF Tommy Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 76' |
🔁 | CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Mark Draper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 76' |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | CF Kevin Gallen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CF Mark Hateley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

CB Danny Maddix | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Simon Osborn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SQUAD STATS

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

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 8/14

MATCHDAY SQUAD

SQUAD STATS

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

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

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

"Dwight's strength is to hold it up which he did before giving me the chance."

*The Evening Herald*
Thursday, 30 November 1995

ANDY TOWNSEND is anxiously hoping there is no reaction to his foot problem after sending Aston Villa into the last eight of the Coca-Cola Cup.

Townsend returned after a three-match absence to score the only goal against Queens Park Rangers, but admitted afterwards:

"My heel is still a bit sore and is still a wee bit of a problem."

Midfielder Townsend missed three Premiership matches and also the Republic of Ireland's final European Championship qualifier in Portugal because of the trouble which has plagued him for a large part of the season.

He is determined to help the Irish in their play-off match against Holland at Anfield on December 13, but is clearly still concerned about his injury.

"I am hoping it's not going to come back with a vengeance, I really am," he said. "But hopefully, I've got over the worse and it's going to go away. I was pleased to make the full 90 minutes against QPR."

Townsend, who helped Villa win the Coca-Cola Cup against Manchester United at Wembley two seasons ago, is wearing a special insole in his right boot to counter his discomfort but he showed there is definitely nothing wrong with his left foot with a superb goal, only his second of the season.

And he applauded Dwight Yorke for the way he set up the 60th-minute strike, saying:

"Dwight's strength is to hold it up which he did before giving me the chance."

Five minutes later, Yorke rattled the Rangers bar, but apart from that it was a disappointing affair.

Ray Wilkins' men have not won in their last seven Premiership games and have now failed to score in five successive away games.

Player-boss Wilkins, however, says he is not worried about scoring goals only keeping them out. He added: "We defended too deep for their goal. But it was a good strike from Andy full credit to him." .