1996 Football League Cup Final

1996 Football League Cup Final

Event	1995–96 Football League Cup
Aston Villa Leeds United 3 0
Date	24 March 1996
Venue	Wembley Stadium, London
Man of the Match	Andy Townsend[1] (Aston Villa)
Referee	Robbie Hart (County Durham)[2]
Attendance	77,056[2]
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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.^[2] 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.

Match details

24 March 1996 17:00	Aston Villa	3–0	Leeds United	Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 77,056[2] Referee: Robbie Hart (County Durham)[2]
	Milošević  20' Taylor  55' Yorke  88'	Report

Aston Villa

Leeds United

GK 1 Mark Bosnich RWB 2 Gary Charles LWB 3 Alan Wright CB 4 Gareth Southgate CB 5 Paul McGrath CB 6 Ugo Ehiogu CM 7 Ian Taylor CM 8 Mark Draper CM 11 Andy Townsend (c) CF 9 Savo Milošević CF 10 Dwight Yorke Substitutes: GK 12 Michael Oakes DF 13 Steve Staunton FW 14 Tommy Johnson Manager: Brian Little

GK 1 John Lukic RWB 2 Gary Kelly CB 3 Lucas Radebe 65' CB 6 David Wetherall CB 5 John Pemberton CF 7 Andy Gray CM 4 Carlton Palmer CM 8 Mark Ford 46' CM 10 Gary McAllister (c) LWB 11 Gary Speed CF 9 Tony Yeboah Substitutes: DF 13 Nigel Worthington FW 14 Brian Deane 46' FW 16 Tomas Brolin 65' Manager: Howard Wilkinson

Road to Wembley