1996 Football League Cup Final
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The 1996 Coca-Cola Cup Final took place on 24 March 1996 at Wembley Stadium and was contested between Aston Villa
and Leeds United
. This was the 35th final and the 29th to be played at Wembley. Aston Villa had won the trophy two years earlier, while Leeds' last victory was in their only final appearance in 1968
.
In the first half the teams could only be separated by a superb strike from Savo Milošević
. After half-time, Leeds United tired and Aston Villa took advantage to eventually win 3–0. Goals from Ian Taylor
and Dwight Yorke
completed the scoring. This was the beginning of the end for Leeds United manager Howard Wilkinson
, as he was heckled by the clubs fans for his and the team's failure. However it was Villa's fifth success in the competition, at the time equalling the record set by Liverpool
.
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LEEDS UNITED:
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GK
1
John Lukic
RB
2
Gary Kelly
CB
5
Lucas Radebe
CB
6
David Wetherall
LB
3
John Pemberton
RM
7
Andy Gray
CM
4
Carlton Palmer
CM
8
Mark Ford
CM
10
Gary McAllister
(c)
LM
11
Gary Speed
CF
9
Tony Yeboah
Substitutes:
DF
13
Nigel Worthington
FW
14
Brian Deane
FW
16
Tomas Brolin
Manager:
Howard Wilkinson
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|Round 2 (1st leg)||align=right|Aston Villa
||6–0||Peterborough United
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|Round 2 (2nd leg)||align=right|Peterborough United||1–1||Aston Villa
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| ||colspan=4 align=center|(Aston Villa win 7–1 on aggregate)
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|Round 3||align=right|Aston Villa||2–0||Stockport County
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|Round 4||align=right|Aston Villa||1–0||Queens Park Rangers
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|Quarter-final||align=right|Aston Villa||1–0||Wolverhampton Wanderers
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|Semi-final (1st leg)||align=right|Arsenal
||2–2||Aston Villa
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|Semi-final (2nd leg)||align=right|Aston Villa ||0–0||Arsenal
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| ||colspan=4 align=center|(2–2 on aggregate. Aston Villa advance on Away Goals
)
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|Round 2 (1st leg)||align=right|Leeds United
||0–0||Notts County
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|Round 2 (2nd leg)||align=right|Notts County||2–3||Leeds United
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| ||colspan=4 align=center|(Leeds win 3–2 on aggregate)
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|Round 3||align=right|Derby County
||0–1||Leeds United
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|Round 4||align=right|Leeds United||2–1||Blackburn Rovers
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|Quarter-final||align=right|Leeds United||2–1||Reading
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|Semi-final (1st leg)||align=right|Birmingham City
||1–2||Leeds United
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|Semi-final (2nd leg)||align=right|Leeds United ||3–0||Birmingham City
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| ||colspan=4 align=center|(Leeds United win 5–1 on aggregate)
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Aston Villa F.C.
Aston Villa Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Witton, Birmingham. The club was founded in 1874 and have played at their current home ground, Villa Park, since 1897. Aston Villa were founder members of The Football League in 1888. They were also founder...
and Leeds United
Leeds United A.F.C.
Leeds United Association Football Club are an English professional association football club based in Beeston, Leeds, West Yorkshire, who play in the Football League Championship, the second tier of the English football league system...
. This was the 35th final and the 29th to be played at Wembley. Aston Villa had won the trophy two years earlier, while Leeds' last victory was in their only final appearance in 1968
1968 Football League Cup Final
The 1968 Football League Cup Final took place on 2 March 1968 at Wembley Stadium. It was the eighth final and the second to be played at Wembley. It was contested between Arsenal and Leeds United....
.
In the first half the teams could only be separated by a superb strike from Savo Milošević
Savo Miloševic
Savo Milošević is a retired Serbian footballer who played as a striker.After making a name for himself at Partizan, he signed for Aston Villa, and went on to spend the vast majority of the following decade playing in Spain, where he represented four clubs, amassing La Liga totals of 241 games and...
. After half-time, Leeds United tired and Aston Villa took advantage to eventually win 3–0. Goals from Ian Taylor
Ian Taylor (footballer)
Ian Kenneth Taylor is an English former footballer, best known for his time at Aston Villa. A midfielder, he had a fifteen year career in the Football League and Premier League, making 478 league appearances....
and Dwight Yorke
Dwight Yorke
Dwight Eversley Yorke is a Trinidad and Tobago former football player. He played for Aston Villa for most of his career, followed by stints with Manchester United, Blackburn Rovers, Birmingham City, Sydney FC and Sunderland...
completed the scoring. This was the beginning of the end for Leeds United manager Howard Wilkinson
Howard Wilkinson
Howard Wilkinson is a former English football player and manager, and has recently stepped down as a Non-Executive Director at Sheffield Wednesday after formerly relinquishing the chairman role to Milan Mandaric...
, as he was heckled by the clubs fans for his and the team's failure. However it was Villa's fifth success in the competition, at the time equalling the record set by Liverpool
Liverpool F.C.
Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups...
.
Match details
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| GK | 1 |  Mark BosnichMark Bosnich Mark Bosnich is a retired Australian football player and football pundit. He represented Australia 17 times and played for English Premier League clubs Aston Villa, Manchester United and Chelsea.-Manchester United :... |
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| RWB | 7 | Gary Charles Gary Charles Gary Charles is an English former footballer who played at right-back.-Playing career:Charles won two caps for the England team and turned out at club level for Nottingham Forest, Derby County, Aston Villa, S.L. Benfica, and finally West Ham United. Charles was famously fouled by Paul Gascoigne in... |
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| LWB | 2 | Alan Wright Alan Wright Alan Geoffrey Wright is an English professional footballer. He is a coach in the Centre of Excellence at his first club, Blackpool, a role he assumed in June 2011.... |
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| CB | 5 | Gareth Southgate Gareth Southgate Gareth Southgate in Crawley, West Sussex is a retired English footballer and ex-manager. He is known as the "Penalty Misser of '96." He served as manager of Middlesbrough from June 2006, until he was dismissed in October 2009... |
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| CB | 4 | Paul McGrath Paul McGrath (footballer) Paul McGrath is a retired Irish footballer, who played as a defender. McGrath is widely recognised as one of the greatest players to have ever come out of Ireland.... |
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| CB | 3 | Ugo Ehiogu Ugo Ehiogu Ugochuku "Ugo" Ehiogu is an English former footballer who played as a centre back, most recently for Sheffield United... |
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| CM | 8 | Ian Taylor Ian Taylor (footballer) Ian Kenneth Taylor is an English former footballer, best known for his time at Aston Villa. A midfielder, he had a fifteen year career in the Football League and Premier League, making 478 league appearances.... |
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| CM | 6 | Mark Draper Mark Draper Mark Draper is an English former footballer who played as a midfielder and represented England at under-21 level. He currently works as the Kit Man at Notts County.-Career:... |
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| CM | 11 | Andy Townsend Andy Townsend Andrew "Andy" David Townsend is a former professional footballer, who played in two World Cups for the Republic of Ireland and is now a television and radio pundit.... (c) |
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| CF | 9 | Savo Milošević Savo Miloševic Savo Milošević is a retired Serbian footballer who played as a striker.After making a name for himself at Partizan, he signed for Aston Villa, and went on to spend the vast majority of the following decade playing in Spain, where he represented four clubs, amassing La Liga totals of 241 games and... |
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| CF | 10 |  Dwight YorkeDwight Yorke Dwight Eversley Yorke is a Trinidad and Tobago former football player. He played for Aston Villa for most of his career, followed by stints with Manchester United, Blackburn Rovers, Birmingham City, Sydney FC and Sunderland... |
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| Substitutes: | |||
| GK | 12 | Michael Oakes Michael Oakes Michael Christian Oakes is an English former professional football goalkeeper who is currently working with Wrexham as a goalkeeping coach and Assistant Manager Under Andy Morrell. He is the son of former Manchester City footballer Alan Oakes.- Aston Villa :Oakes began his career in Aston Villa's... |
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| DF | 13 | Steve Staunton Steve Staunton Stephen "Steve" Staunton is an Irish association football manager and former professional footballer, who was most recently manager of Darlington... |
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| FW | 14 | Tommy Johnson Tommy Johnson (footballer born 1971) Thomas "Tommy" Johnson is a retired footballer who played as a striker for clubs including Notts County, Celtic and Aston Villa.-Notts County:... |
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| Manager: | |||
| Brian Little Brian Little (footballer) Brian Little is an English former football player and manager who is currently without a job after being relieved of his duties as manager of Gainsborough Trinity on 22 August 2011. Little has previously managed Darlington, Leicester City, Aston Villa, Stoke City, West Bromwich Albion, Hull City,... |
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John LukicJohn Lukic
Jovan "John" Lukic is an English former football goalkeeper who was a member of Football League championship sides with two different clubs and played at the highest level of English football in four separate decades.-Childhood and early life:Lukic was born in Chesterfield to Yugoslavian parents;...
Gary Kelly Lucas RadebeLucas Radebe
Lucas Valeriu Radebe is a former Leeds United and South African football player. During his career, Radebe was renowned for being a world-class centre back and a great ambassador for the sport....
David WetherallDavid Wetherall
David Wetherall is an English former footballer who played as a central defender, finishing his playing career with Bradford City at the end of the 2007–08 season. Born in Sheffield, he supported Sheffield Wednesday as a child, and started his playing career there...
John PembertonJohn Pemberton (footballer)
John Pemberton is an English former footballer who made more than 300 appearances in the Football League and Premier League playing as a defender for Rochdale, Crewe Alexandra, Crystal Palace, Sheffield United and Leeds United...
Andy Gray Carlton PalmerCarlton Palmer
Carlton Lloyd Palmer is a former English professional football player who played as a midfielder, most notably for Sheffield Wednesday.-Playing career:...
Mark FordMark Ford (footballer)
Mark Stuart Ford is an English former professional footballer who played in the Football League for Leeds United, Burnley, Torquay United and Darlington and in the Belgian First Division for Lommel. He was capped twice for the England under-21s.-Career:Ford was born in Pontefract and attended...
Gary McAllisterGary McAllister
Gary McAllister MBE is a Scottish former professional footballer.McAllister played primarily as a midfielder, in a successful career spanning over nineteen years. He started his career at local side Motherwell before moving south of the border to Leicester City at the age of 20...
(c)
Gary SpeedGary Speed
Gary Andrew Speed, MBE was a Welsh football player and manager. He was captain of the Wales national football team until he retired from international football in 2004 and he remains the most capped outfield player for Wales and the second overall, having appeared 85 times at senior level between...
Tony YeboahTony Yeboah
Anthony "Tony" Yeboah is a Ghanaian former footballer most noted for his time at European clubs 1. FC Saarbrücken, Eintracht Frankfurt, Leeds United and Hamburger SV during the 1990s...
Nigel WorthingtonNigel Worthington
Nigel Worthington is a former Northern Ireland international footballer and manager.He was manager of the Northern Ireland national team from 2007 until after their final Euro 2012 qualifying campaign match against Italy in October 2011.As a player, he was a left full back and occasional left...
Brian DeaneBrian Deane
Brian Christopher Deane is an English former footballer.Signed for £40,000 from Doncaster Rovers in the close season of 1988, Deane first played and scored for Sheffield United in an 8–1 victory against Skegness Town...
Tomas BrolinTomas Brolin
Per Tomas Brolin is a Swedish former professional football player who had a successful period with A.C. Parma during the early nineties winning the 1992 Coppa Italia, the 1993 Cup Winners' Cup, the 1993 UEFA Super Cup and the 1995 UEFA Cup.Brolin also played for the Swedish national team,...
Howard WilkinsonHoward Wilkinson
Howard Wilkinson is a former English football player and manager, and has recently stepped down as a Non-Executive Director at Sheffield Wednesday after formerly relinquishing the chairman role to Milan Mandaric...
MATCH RULES
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Aston Villa
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|Round 2 (1st leg)||align=right|Aston Villa
Aston Villa F.C.
Aston Villa Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Witton, Birmingham. The club was founded in 1874 and have played at their current home ground, Villa Park, since 1897. Aston Villa were founder members of The Football League in 1888. They were also founder...
||6–0||Peterborough United
Peterborough United F.C.
Peterborough United Football Club are a professional English football club based in Peterborough. Peterborough United formed in 1934 and played in the old Midland League, which they won six times; eventually being admitted to the Football League in 1960, replacing Gateshead. Their home ground is...
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|Round 2 (2nd leg)||align=right|Peterborough United||1–1||Aston Villa
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| ||colspan=4 align=center|(Aston Villa win 7–1 on aggregate)
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|Round 3||align=right|Aston Villa||2–0||Stockport County
Stockport County F.C.
Stockport County Football Club is an English football club based in Stockport, Greater Manchester. The club formed in 1883 as Heaton Norris Rovers, shortly afterwards merging with Heaton Norris F.C., and adopted the current name on 24 May 1890 on the creation of the County Borough of Stockport...
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|Round 4||align=right|Aston Villa||1–0||Queens Park Rangers
Queens Park Rangers F.C.
Queens Park Rangers Football Club is an English professional football club, based in White City, Hammersmith and Fulham, west London. As the 2010-11 Football League Championship champions, they now play in the top tier of English football the Premier League, for the first time in 15 years...
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|Quarter-final||align=right|Aston Villa||1–0||Wolverhampton Wanderers
Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.
Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club that represents the city of Wolverhampton in the West Midlands region. They are members of the Premier League, the highest level of English football. The club was founded in 1877 and since 1889 has played at...
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|Semi-final (1st leg)||align=right|Arsenal
Arsenal F.C.
Arsenal Football Club is a professional English Premier League football club based in North London. One of the most successful clubs in English football, it has won 13 First Division and Premier League titles and 10 FA Cups...
||2–2||Aston Villa
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|Semi-final (2nd leg)||align=right|Aston Villa ||0–0||Arsenal
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| ||colspan=4 align=center|(2–2 on aggregate. Aston Villa advance on Away Goals
Away goals rule
The away goals rule is a method of breaking ties in association football and other sports when teams play each other twice, once at each team's home ground. By the away goals rule, the team that has scored more goals "away from home" will win if scores are otherwise equal...
)
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Leeds United
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|Round 2 (1st leg)||align=right|Leeds United
Leeds United A.F.C.
Leeds United Association Football Club are an English professional association football club based in Beeston, Leeds, West Yorkshire, who play in the Football League Championship, the second tier of the English football league system...
||0–0||Notts County
Notts County F.C.
Notts County Football Club are an English professional football club based in Nottingham. They are the oldest of all the clubs in the world that are now professional, having been formed in 1862. They currently play in League One of The Football League, the third tier of the English football system...
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|Round 2 (2nd leg)||align=right|Notts County||2–3||Leeds United
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| ||colspan=4 align=center|(Leeds win 3–2 on aggregate)
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|Round 3||align=right|Derby County
Derby County F.C.
Derby County Football Club is an English football based in Derby. the club play in the Football League Championship and is notable as being one of the twelve founder members of the Football League in 1888 and is, therefore, one of only ten clubs to have competed in every season of the English...
||0–1||Leeds United
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|Round 4||align=right|Leeds United||2–1||Blackburn Rovers
Blackburn Rovers F.C.
Blackburn Rovers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of Blackburn, Lancashire. The team currently competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football....
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|Quarter-final||align=right|Leeds United||2–1||Reading
Reading F.C.
Reading Football Club is an English association football club based in the town of Reading, Berkshire who currently play in the Championship...
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|Semi-final (1st leg)||align=right|Birmingham City
Birmingham City F.C.
Birmingham City Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Birmingham, England. Formed in 1875 as Small Heath Alliance, they became Small Heath in 1888, then Birmingham in 1905, finally becoming Birmingham City in 1943.They were relegated at the end of the...
||1–2||Leeds United
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|Semi-final (2nd leg)||align=right|Leeds United ||3–0||Birmingham City
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| ||colspan=4 align=center|(Leeds United win 5–1 on aggregate)
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External links
- Game facts at soccerbase.com
- Full Results from the 1996 Football League Cup competition at soccerbase.com
- League Cup 1996 at The English Football Archive