FA Cup 1988-89

The FA Cup 1988–89 was the 108th season of the world's oldest football knockout competition, The Football Association Challenge Cup, or FA Cup for short.

First Round Proper

The first round of games were played over the weekend 19-20 November 1988, with most replays being played on the 22nd-23rd. All other replays were played on 28 November.

Fourth Round Proper

The fourth round of games were played over the weekend 28-29 January 1989, with replays being played on 31 January-1 February.

emi-finals

The FA Cup semi-finals were scheduled for 15 April 1989. The Everton-Norwich City game was completed as expected; however, the Liverpool-Nottingham Forest game was abandoned after six minutes due to the Hillsborough Disaster. This match was replayed on the 7th May, with Liverpool emerging as the victors.

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date=1989-04-15
team1=Liverpool
score=Match abandoned
report=
team2=Nottingham Forest
goals1=
goals2=
stadium=Hillsborough Stadium, Sheffield
attendance=
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date=1989-05-07
team1=Liverpool
score=3–1
report=
team2=Nottingham Forest
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goals2=
stadium=Old Trafford, Manchester
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date=1989-04-15
team1=Everton
score=1–0
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team2=Norwich City
goals1=Nevin
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stadium=Villa Park, Birmingham
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referee=

Final

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date=1989-05-20
15:00 BST
team1=Liverpool
score=3 – 2
(a.e.t.)
team2=Everton
report=
goals1=Aldridge goal|4
Rush goal|95 goal|104
goals2=McCall goal|89 goal|102
stadium=Wembley, London
attendance=82,800
referee=Joe Worrall

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