EFL Cup 1995-96 Facts & Trivia
The 1995-96 EFL Cup (Carabao Cup) was won by Aston Villa. Below are the facts, records and trivia from that cup run — the final, the giant-killings, the biggest wins, the hat-tricks and the shootouts.
See the full EFL Cup 1995-96 bracket and results. Or read the FA Cup 1995-96 facts.
1. Aston Villa — champions
Aston Villa beat Leeds United 3-0 to win the EFL Cup.
2. Final scorers
Savo Milosevic, Ian Taylor and Dwight Yorke scored for Aston Villa in the final.
3. Birmingham City's cup run
Birmingham City, in from the 1st Round, went all the way to the Semi-Final — a memorable run from the early rounds.
4. Ashley Ward's hat-trick
Ashley Ward scored a hat-trick for Norwich City in the 3rd Round (3-5 v Bradford City) (6 hat-tricks were scored in all).
5. The heaviest win
The biggest win of the competition: Aston Villa beat Peterborough United 6-0 in the 2nd Round.
6. 9-goal thriller
Wimbledon 4-5 Charlton Athletic was the highest-scoring tie of the season with 9 goals.
7. Spot-kick marathon
Hartlepool United and Scarborough needed 13 penalties to settle their 1st Round tie (7-6 on spot-kicks after 1-0).
8. Aston Villa's road to glory
Aston Villa beat Peterborough United, Stockport County, Queens Park Rangers, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Arsenal and Leeds United on the way to the trophy — 6 ties won.
9. Sharpest shooters
Birmingham City scored the most goals of any club in the competition this season, with 17.
10. Leeds United fall short
Leeds United reached the final but finished runners-up.
11. The last four
The semi-finalists were Arsenal, Aston Villa, Birmingham City and Leeds United.
12. By the numbers
91 ties across 161 matches produced 474 goals in the EFL Cup this season.