1995–96 Aston Villa F.C. season

Aston Villa
1995–96 season
Chairman	Doug Ellis
Manager	Brian Little
Stadium	Villa Park
Premiership	4th
FA Cup	Semi-finals
League Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Yorke (17); All: Yorke (25)
Highest home attendance	39,336 vs Manchester City ; (27 Apr 1996, Premier League)
Lowest home attendance	17,679 vs Stockport County ; (25 Oct 1995, League Cup)
Average home league attendance	31,688
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1994–95 1996–97 →

During the 1995–96 English football season, Aston Villa competed in the Premier League.

Season summary

Aston Villa made huge progress in their first full season under Brian Little's management. They finished fourth in the league and matched Liverpool's record of five League Cup victories (Liverpool have since reclaimed the record with victories in 2001, 2003 and 2012) thanks to a 3-0 Wembley win over Leeds United in March.^[2] Villa were also FA Cup semi-finalists, but their hopes of a Wembley double were ended with a defeat to Liverpool.

A new-look Villa side proved itself to be one of the finest in the country thanks to the likes of Gary Charles, Alan Wright, Ian Taylor and Mark Draper. Trinidadian striker Dwight Yorke proved himself as one of the Premier League's most competent goalscorers, though there were some doubts regarding the suitability of Savo Milošević as the man to replace Dean Saunders.

Final league table

Results Summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	18	9	11	52	35	+17	63	11	5	3	32	15	+17	7	4	8	20	20	0

Source: Statto

Results by round

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Results

Aston Villa's score comes first^[3]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

FA Premier League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
19 August 1995	Manchester United	H	3-1	34,655	Taylor 14', Draper 27', Yorke 36' (pen)
23 August 1995	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1-0	26,726	Ehiogu 69'
26 August 1995	Leeds United	A	0-2	35,086
30 August 1995	Bolton Wanderers	H	1-0	31,770	Yorke 75'
9 September 1995	Blackburn Rovers	A	1-1	27,084	Milošević 33'
16 September 1995	Wimbledon	H	2-0	26,928	Draper 7', Taylor 47'
23 September 1995	Nottingham Forest	H	1-1	33,972	Townsend 67'
30 September 1995	Coventry City	A	3-0	20,987	Yorke 1', Milošević 84', 87'
14 October 1995	Chelsea	H	0-1	34,922
21 October 1995	Arsenal	A	0-2	38,271
28 October 1995	Everton	H	1-0	32,792	Yorke 76'
4 November 1995	West Ham United	A	4-1	23,637	Milošević 33', 89', Johnson 49', Yorke 54'
18 November 1995	Newcastle United	H	1-1	39,167	Johnson 22'
20 November 1995	Southampton	A	1-0	13,582	Johnson 30'
25 November 1995	Manchester City	A	0-1	28,027
2 December 1995	Arsenal	H	1-1	37,770	Yorke 65'
10 December 1995	Nottingham Forest	A	1-1	25,790	Yorke 47'
16 December 1995	Coventry City	H	4-1	28,486	Johnson 12', Milošević 48', 63', 90'
23 December 1995	Queens Park Rangers	A	0-1	14,778
1 January 1996	Middlesbrough	A	2-0	28,535	Wright 21', Johnson 40'
13 January 1996	Manchester United	A	0-0	42,667
21 January 1996	Tottenham Hotspur	H	2-1	35,666	McGrath 23', Yorke 79'
31 January 1996	Liverpool	H	0-2	39,332
3 February 1996	Leeds United	H	3-0	35,982	Yorke 11', 23', Wright 62'
10 February 1996	Bolton Wanderers	A	2-0	18,099	Yorke 40', 53'
24 February 1996	Wimbledon	A	3-3	12,193	Reeves 33' (own goal), Yorke 49' (pen), Cunningham 58' (own goal)
28 February 1996	Blackburn Rovers	H	2-0	28,008	Joachim 55', Southgate 71'
3 March 1996	Liverpool	A	0-3	39,508
6 March 1996	Sheffield Wednesday	H	3-2	27,893	Milošević 61', 62', Townsend 75'
9 March 1996	Queens Park Rangers	H	4-2	28,221	Milošević 18', Yorke 65', 80', Yates 82' (own goal)
16 March 1996	Sheffield Wednesday	A	0-2	22,964
19 March 1996	Middlesbrough	H	0-0	23,933
6 April 1996	Chelsea	A	2-1	23,530	Milošević 39', Yorke 59'
8 April 1996	Southampton	H	3-0	34,059	Taylor 64', Charles 78', Yorke 82'
14 April 1996	Newcastle United	A	0-1	36,510
17 April 1996	West Ham United	H	1-1	26,768	McGrath 27'
27 April 1996	Manchester City	H	0-1	39,336
5 May 1996	Everton	A	0-1	40,127

FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	6 January 1996	Gravesend & Northfleet	A	3-0	26,021	Draper 2', Milošević 47', Johnson 72'
R4	28 January 1996	Sheffield United	A	1-0	18,749	Yorke 63' (pen)
R5	17 February 1996	Ipswich Town	A	3-1	20,748	Draper 10', Yorke 19', Taylor 53'
QF	13 March 1996	Nottingham Forest	A	1-0	21,067	Carr 26'
SF	31 March 1996	Liverpool	N	0-3	39,072

League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 1st Leg	20 September 1995	Peterborough United	H	6-0	19,602	Draper 12', Yorke pens 15', 42', Johnson 69', Heald 81' (own goal), Southgate 89'
R2 2nd Leg	3 October 1995	Peterborough United	A	1-1 (won 7-1 on agg)	5,745	Staunton 87'
R3	25 October 1995	Stockport County	H	2-0	17,679	Ehiogu 57', Yorke 65'
R4	29 November 1995	Queens Park Rangers	H	1-0	24,951	Townsend 60'
R5	10 January 1996	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1-0	39,277	Johnson 66'
SF 1st Leg	14 February 1996	Arsenal	A	2-2	37,562	Yorke 39', 72'
SF 2nd Leg	21 February 1996	Arsenal	H	0-0 (won on away goals)	39,334
F	24 March 1996	Leeds United	N	3-0	77,065	Milošević 21', Taylor 55', Yorke 90'

Squad

^[4] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	AUS	Mark Bosnich
2	DF	ENG	Gary Charles
3	DF	IRL	Steve Staunton
4	DF	ENG	Gareth Southgate
5	DF	IRL	Paul McGrath^[5]
6	DF	ENG	Carl Tiler
7	MF	ENG	Ian Taylor
8	MF	ENG	Mark Draper
9	FW	SCG	Savo Milošević^[6]
10	FW	ENG	Tommy Johnson
11	MF	IRL	Andy Townsend^[7] (captain)
12	DF	ENG	Phil King
13	GK	ENG	Nigel Spink
14	DF	ENG	Alan Wright


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	MF	ENG	Lee Hendrie
16	DF	ENG	Ugo Ehiogu
18	FW	TRI	Dwight Yorke
19	MF	IRL	Gareth Farrelly
20	DF	ENG	Riccardo Scimeca
21	DF	SCO	Paul Browne
22	MF	ENG	David Farrell
23	FW	ENG	Neil Davis
24	MF	SCO	Scott Murray
25	MF	ENG	Steve Cowe
26	FW	ENG	Julian Joachim
28	MF	ENG	Trevor Berry
30	GK	ENG	Michael Oakes
35	GK	ENG	Adam Rachel

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	FW	ENG	Graham Fenton (to Blackburn Rovers)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	MF	ENG	Franz Carr (to Reggiana)

Reserve squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	ENG	Stuart Brock
—	DF	ENG	Aaron Lescott
—	DF	ENG	Ben Petty


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	ENG	Bryan Small
—	FW	JAM	Darren Byfield
—	FW	IRL	Alan Lee

Transfers

In

Date	Pos	Name	From	Fee
26 June 1995	FW	Savo Milošević	FK Partizan	£3,500,000
1 July 1995	DF	Gareth Southgate	Crystal Palace	£2,500,000
5 July 1995	MF	Mark Draper	Leicester City	£3,250,000

Out

Date	Pos	Name	To	Fee
1 July 1995	FW	Dean Saunders	Galatasaray	£2,350,000
3 July 1995	DF	Dennis Pearce	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Free transfer
1 August 1995	FW	Dalian Atkinson	Fenerbahçe	Signed
14 August 1995	DF	Shaun Teale	Tranmere Rovers	£450,000
13 September 1995	DF	Darren Evans	Hereford United	Free transfer
14 September 1995	MF	David Farrell	Wycombe Wanderers	£100,000
13 October 1995	MF	Trevor Berry	Rotherham United	£20,000
1 March 1996	DF	Bryan Small	Bolton Wanderers	Free transfer
21 March 1996	MF	Steve Cowe	Swindon Town	£100,000

Transfers in:

£9,250,000

Transfers out:

£3,020,000

Total spending:

£6,230,000

Statistics

Starting 11

Considering starts in all competitions^[8]

No.	Pos.	Name	MS
1	GK	Mark Bosnich	51
2	RB	Gary Charles	47
4	CB	Gareth Southgate	43
5	CB	Paul McGrath	37
16	CB	Ugo Ehiogu	49
14	LB	Alan Wright	51
7	CM	Ian Taylor	42
8	CM	Mark Draper	49
11	CM	Andy Townsend	44
9	CF	Savo Milošević	48
18	CF	Dwight Yorke	48

References

^ 760,503/24
^ "Milosevic gives Villa a touch of magic". The Independent. 25 March 1996. Retrieved 1 March 2012.
^ "Aston Villa 1995-1996 Home - statto.com". Archived from the original on 7 March 2012. Retrieved 1 March 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/1995-1996/faprem/avilla.htm
^ McGrath was born in Ealing, England, but was raised in Dublin, the Republic of Ireland and made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in 1985.
^ Milošević was born in Bijeljina, SFR Yugoslavia (now Bosnia and Herzegovina).
^ Townsend was born in Maidstone, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his grandmother and made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in February 1989.
^ http://www.11v11.com/teams/aston-villa/tab/players/season/1996

[1] 760,503/24

[2] "Milosevic gives Villa a touch of magic". The Independent. 25 March 1996. Retrieved 1 March 2012.

[3] "Aston Villa 1995-1996 Home - statto.com". Archived from the original on 7 March 2012. Retrieved 1 March 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[4] ttp://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/1995-1996/faprem/avilla.htm

[5] McGrath was born in Ealing, England, but was raised in Dublin, the Republic of Ireland and made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in 1985.

[6] Milošević was born in Bijeljina, SFR Yugoslavia (now Bosnia and Herzegovina).

[7] Townsend was born in Maidstone, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his grandmother and made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in February 1989.

[8] ttp://www.11v11.com/teams/aston-villa/tab/players/season/1996

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