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Leicester 2-1 Crystal Palace - May 27, 1996 / Championship Play-Off 1996

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Championship Play-Off 1996 - Final

Wembley Stadium - London - England

May 27, 1996

73 573

Leicester

2 - 1

After extra time

Crystal Palace

(penalty) Garry Parker

76'

Steve Claridge

120'

14'

Andy Roberts

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14' - Goal Andy Roberts

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69' - Substitution David Hopkinis substituted by Carl Veart

76' - Goal Garry Parker76

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99' - Substitution Dougie Freedmanis substituted by Bruce Dyer

100' - Substitution Scott Tayloris substituted by Mark Robins100

101

101' - Substitution David Tuttleis substituted by Simon Rodger

117' - Substitution Steve Walshis substituted by Colin Hill117

119' - Substitution Kevin Pooleis substituted by Zeljko Kalac119

120' - Goal Steve Claridge120

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match

Leicester

2 - 1

Crystal Palace

Leicester Crystal Palace

Team line-ups

Leicester

Poole119

Kevin Poole

England

B.date21/07/1963

Age32 years

H1m78

positionGoalkeeper

Walsh117

Steve Walsh

England

B.date03/11/1964

Age31 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Whitlow

Mike Whitlow

England

B.date13/01/1968

Age28 years

positionDefender

Watts

Julian Watts

England

B.date17/03/1971

Age25 years

positionDefender

Grayson

Simon Grayson

England

B.date16/12/1969

Age26 years

H1m83

positionRight full-back

Taylor100

Scott Taylor

England

B.date23/11/1970

Age25 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Parker76

Garry Parker

England

B.date07/09/1965

Age30 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

Lennon

Neil Lennon

Northern Ireland

B.date25/06/1971

Age24 years

H1m76

positionRight central midfielder

Izzet

Muzzy Izzet

Turkey

B.date31/10/1974

Age21 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Heskey

Emile Heskey

England

B.date11/01/1978

Age18 years

H1m88

positionStriker

Claridge120

Steve Claridge

England

B.date10/04/1966

Age30 years

H1m80

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Kevin Poole	119	32	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Walsh	117	31	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mike Whitlow		28	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Julian Watts		25	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Simon Grayson		26	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Scott Taylor	100	25	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Garry Parker	76	30	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Neil Lennon		24	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Muzzy Izzet		21	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Emile Heskey		18	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Steve Claridge	120	30	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Crystal Palace

Martyn

Nigel Martyn

England

B.date11/08/1966

Age29 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Tuttle101

David Tuttle

England

B.date06/02/1972

Age24 years

H1m75

positionCentral defender

Edworthy

Marc Edworthy

England

B.date24/12/1972

Age23 years

H1m79

positionRight full-back

Pitcher

Darren Pitcher

England

B.date12/10/1969

Age26 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

Brown

Kenny Brown

England

B.date11/07/1967

Age28 years

H1m73

positionRight full-back

Hopkin69

David Hopkin

Scotland

B.date21/08/1970

Age25 years

positionDefensive Midfielder

Houghton

Ray Houghton

Republic of Ireland

B.date09/01/1962

Age34 years

H1m70

positionCentre Midfield

Quinn

Rob Quinn

England

B.date08/11/1976

Age19 years

positionMidfield

Roberts14

Andy Roberts

England

B.date20/03/1974

Age22 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Freedman99

Dougie Freedman

Scotland

B.date25/05/1974

Age22 years

H1m75

positionStriker

Ndah

George Ndah

Nigeria

B.date23/12/1974

Age21 years

H1m86

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Nigel Martyn		29	219	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Tuttle	101	24	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Marc Edworthy		23	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Darren Pitcher		26	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kenny Brown		28	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Hopkin	69	25	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ray Houghton		34	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Rob Quinn		19	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Andy Roberts	14	22	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dougie Freedman	99	22	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	George Ndah		21	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Zeljko Kalac	119	23	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Colin Hill	117	32	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mark Robins	100	26	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Simon Rodger	101	24	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Carl Veart	69	26	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Bruce Dyer	99	21	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Martin O'Neill

Success rate in this team:

38 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

44 %

O'Neill vs Crystal Palace

3 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on May 27, 1996

O'Neill vs Bassett

2 victories

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on May 27, 1996

Manager

Age

Match num

Dave Bassett

Success rate in this team:

61 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

41 %

Bassett vs Leicester

2 victories

1 draw

5 losses

Latest figure on May 27, 1996

Bassett vs O'Neill

1 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on May 27, 1996

Referee

David Allison

1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Leicester1 match	General total	Crystal Palace1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Leicester1 match	Season total	Crystal Palace1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on May 27, 1996					Latest figure on May 27, 1996

Videos

January 07, 2014

Comments

Key figures

It's the first time Garry Parker scores 1 goal vs in Championship Play-Off

Leicester keeps its 4 matches with at least one goal conceded surterrainneutre running (since 25/05/1992). It's a record streak. The first of history

Leicester keeps its 3 matches with at least one goal scored surterrainneutre running (since 31/05/1993). It's a record streak. The first of history

Read the next 20 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Neutral ground

VMaidstone United 0-1 Leicester27/08/1991

LBlackburn 1-0 Leicester25/05/1992

LSwindon Town 4-3 Leicester31/05/1993

VLeicester 2-1 Derby County30/05/1994

DBolton Wanderers 0-0 Leicester24/10/1995

VStoke City 0-1 Leicester15/05/1996

Overall

VLeicester 2-0 Oldham Athletic17/04/1996

VLeicester 2-1 Huddersfield Town20/04/1996

VLeicester 3-0 Birmingham City27/04/1996

VWatford 0-1 Leicester05/05/1996

DLeicester 0-0 Stoke City12/05/1996

VStoke City 0-1 Leicester15/05/1996

Current form

Neutral ground

DManchester United 2-2 Crystal Palace09/04/1995

LCrystal Palace 0-2 Manchester United12/04/1995

Overall

VCrystal Palace 2-0 Southend13/04/1996

VWolverhampton 0-2 Crystal Palace20/04/1996

LDerby County 2-1 Crystal Palace28/04/1996

LCrystal Palace 0-1 Norwich City05/05/1996

VCharlton 1-2 Crystal Palace12/05/1996

VCrystal Palace 1-0 Charlton15/05/1996

Running streaks

	Neutral ground	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	3	7
Drawless streak	1	1
Scoring streak	1	1
Invincibility streak	2	4

Running streaks

	Neutral ground	Total
Winning streak	0	2
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	2
Winless streak	2	0
Drawless streak	1	8
Scoring streak	0	2
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	2	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

2	Number of games (Competition total)	2
1	Victories (Competition total)	2
1	Draws (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Competition total)	0

Goals

1	Goals scored (Competition total)	3
0	Goals conceded (Competition total)	1
0.5	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.5
0	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.5

Betting aid

0	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	1
2	Clean sheets (Competition total)	1
1	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
0	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	1

Bookings

0	Yellow cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0

Key players

Garry Parker	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	-
Garry Parker	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	-
Garry Parker	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	-

Historical head to head

Home

18 matches

6 v

8 d

4 l

26 gf

20 ga

Away

18 matches

7 v

1 d

10 l

21 gf

25 ga

Total

36 matches

13 v

9 d

14 l

47 gf

45 ga

Historical head to head

Home

18 matches

10 v

1 d

7 l

25 gf

21 ga

Away

18 matches

4 v

8 d

6 l

20 gf

26 ga

Total

36 matches

14 v

9 d

13 l

45 gf

47 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	September 30, 1922
Neutral ground	No success yet

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 0	January 14, 1995
Neutral ground	No success yet

Latest head to head

April 06, 1996 - First Division 1995/1996

Crystal Palace

0 - 1

Leicester

October 28, 1995 - First Division 1995/1996

Leicester

2 - 3

Crystal Palace logo Crystal Palace

January 14, 1995 - Premier League 1994/1995

Crystal Palace

2 - 0

Leicester

October 29, 1994 - Premier League 1994/1995

Leicester

0 - 1

Crystal Palace logo Crystal Palace

January 22, 1994 - First Division 1993/1994

Crystal Palace

2 - 1

Leicester

Best historical scorers against Crystal Palace

Alan Birchenall	1 goal	1972 - 1972
Alan Young	1 goal	1980 - 1980
Frank Worthington	1 goal	1972 - 1972
Keith Weller	1 goal	1973 - 1973
Rodney Fern	1 goal	1972 - 1972
John O'Neill	1 goal	1981 - 1981

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 03/04/1972. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Leicester

Don Rogers	1 goal	1972 - 1972
John Craven	1 goal	1972 - 1972
George Ndah	1 goal	1995 - 1995
Vince Hilaire	1 goal	1980 - 1980
David Price	1 goal	1981 - 1981
Andy Preece	1 goal	1994 - 1994

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 03/04/1972. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Crystal Palace

Stephen Whitworth	4 matches	1971 - 1973
Malcolm Manley	4 matches	1971 - 1973
Keith Weller	4 matches	1971 - 1973
Graham Cross	4 matches	1971 - 1973
Alan Birchenall	3 matches	1971 - 1973
Mark Wallington	3 matches	1972 - 1981

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 02/10/1971. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Leicester

John Craven	4 matches	1971 - 1973
John Jackson	4 matches	1971 - 1973
Anthony Taylor	4 matches	1971 - 1973
Mel Blyth	4 matches	1971 - 1973
David Payne	4 matches	1971 - 1973
Gareth Southgate	2 matches	1994 - 1995

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 02/10/1971. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Alan Birchenall

174 matches

41 matches

1970 - 1977

Steve Kember

109 matches

97 matches

1969 - 1980

Mark Bright

44 matches

127 matches

1984 - 1992

Tony Sealy

39 matches

18 matches

1980 - 1986

Bobby Kellard

22 matches

49 matches

1970 - 1972

Total : 5 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 09/08/1969. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Mark Bright

44 matches

127 matches

1984 - 1992

Steve Kember

109 matches

97 matches

1969 - 1980

Bobby Kellard

22 matches

49 matches

1970 - 1972

Alan Birchenall

174 matches

41 matches

1970 - 1977

Tony Sealy

39 matches

18 matches

1980 - 1986

Total : 5 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 09/08/1969. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

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Leicester 2-1 Crystal Palace - May 27, 1996 / Championship Play-Off 1996

Leicester

2 - 1

Crystal Palace

Team line-ups

First 11

First 11

Substitutes

Substitutes

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Manager

O'Neill vs Crystal Palace

O'Neill vs Bassett

Manager

Bassett vs Leicester

Bassett vs O'Neill

Referee

Videos

Comments

Key figures

Pre-match

Current form

Current form

Running streaks

Running streaks

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

Goals

Betting aid

Bookings

Key players

Historical head to head

Historical head to head

Largest victory

Largest victory

Latest head to head

Best historical scorers against Crystal Palace

Best historical scorers against Leicester

Players with most games played vs Crystal Palace

Players with most games played vs Leicester

They played in both sides

They played in both sides