'We knew we were going to win - there was such a swagger'
It is 30 years to the day since Aston Villa won the League Cup by defeating Leeds 3-0 at Wembley. Goals from Savo Milosevic, Ian Taylor and Dwight Yorke were enough for Brian Little's Villa to emerge victorious, two years on from Villa's 3-1 win over Manchester United in the 1994 final.
[Getty Images] It is 30 years to the day since Aston Villa won the League Cup by defeating Leeds 3-0 at Wembley. Goals from Savo Milosevic, Ian Taylor and Dwight Yorke were enough for Brian Little's Villa to emerge victorious, two years on from Villa's 3-1 win over Manchester United in the 1994 final. That success in 1996 remains Villa's most recent major domestic trophy.
Reminiscing about the match in an interview from 2025, goalscorer Taylor told BBC Radio WM: "It was just an unbelievable day. "Funny things happen. I had been at the same cup final two years previous where we played against Manchester United as a fan and then two years later I'm playing in it and scoring.
"It was just nuts. Just to be there playing at Wembley was a massive thing, but to be winning there as well that was just amazing. " Midfielder Taylor's volley put Villa 2-0 up 10 minutes into the second half.
"Left foot as well," he added. "It was with my swinger. It was just the confidence going into that final - we knew we were going to win.