FA Cup 1987-88

The FA Cup 1987–88 was the 108th season of the world's oldest football knockout competition, The Football Association Challenge Cup, or FA Cup for short. The competition was won by Wimbledon F.C.'s so-called Crazy Gang who defeated league champions Liverpool through a goal by Lawrie Sanchez, thus denying Liverpool the double. They would be one of three clubs other than Manchester United, Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool to win the trophy in the following 20 years (the others being Everton and Spurs) before Portsmouth's victory in the 2008 final.

The tournament started in August 1987 with non-league teams competing in a [http://www.thefa.com/facup/archives qualifying competition] . Teams from the First and Second Divisions entered at the third round.

First Round Proper

The first round of games were played over the weekend 14-15 November 1987, with the exception of the Welling United – Carshalton Athletic game. Replays were played in the midweek fixtures on 16th-17th. All other replays were played on 28 November.

Fourth Round Proper

The fourth round of games were played over the weekend 30 January-1 February 1988, with replays being played on 3 February. A second replay was then played on the 9th.

emi Finals

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Final

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date=1988-05-14
15:00 BST
team1=Wimbledon
score=1 – 0
team2=Liverpool
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stadium=Wembley, London
attendance=98,203
referee=Brian Hill

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