FA Cup 1989-90

The FA Cup 1989–90 was the 109th season of the world's oldest football knockout competition, The Football Association Challenge Cup, or FA Cup for short. The competition started in September 1989 for teams outside the football league who played in a [http://www.thefa.com/facup/archives qualifying competition] .

First Round Proper

The first round of games were played over the weekend 17-19 November 1989, with a first round of replays being played on the 21st-22nd. The Bristol Rovers – Reading match went to a second replay, on the 27th.

Fourth Round Proper

The fourth round of games were played over the weekend 27-28 January 1990, with replays being played on the 30th-31st.

emi-finals

The semi-final matches were played on 8 April 1990.

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date=1990-04-08
team1=Manchester United
score=3–3
(a.e.t.)
report=
team2=Oldham Athletic
goals1=Robson
Webb
Wallace
goals2=Barrett
Marshall
Palmer
stadium=
attendance=
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date=1990-04-08
team1=Oldham Athletic
score=1–2
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team2=Manchester United
goals1=
goals2=
stadium=
attendance=
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date=1991-04-14
team1=Crystal Palace
score=4–3
(a.e.t.)
report=
team2=Liverpool
goals1=Bright
O'Reilly
Gray
Pardew
goals2=Rush
McMahon
Barnes
stadium=Villa Park, Birmingham
attendance=
referee=Keith Hackett (South Yorkshire)

Final

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date=1990-05-12
team1=Manchester United
score=3 – 3
(a.e.t.)
report=
team2=Crystal Palace
goals1=Robson goal|35
Hughes goal|62 goal|109
goals2=O'Reilly goal|18
Wright goal|72 goal|92
stadium=Wembley, London
attendance=80,000
referee=Allan Gunn (Sussex)

Final Replay

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date=1990-05-17
team1=Manchester United
score=1 – 0
report=
team2=Crystal Palace
goals1=Martin goal|59
goals2=
stadium=Wembley, London
attendance=80,000
referee=Allan Gunn (Sussex)

References

External links

* [http://www.thefa.com/TheFACup/TheFACup/ The FA Cup] at TheFA.com
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/fa_cup/default.stm FA Cup] at BBC.co.uk
* [http://football.uk.reuters.com/facup/ FA Cup news] at Reuters.co.uk