1988–89 Football League Cup
Appearance
League Cup, Littlewoods Challenge Cup | |
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Tournament details | |
Country | ![]() ![]() |
Teams | 92 |
Final positions | |
Champions | Nottingham Forest (3rd title) |
Runner-up | Luton Town |
Tournament statistics | |
Top goal scorer(s) | David Platt (6) |
The 1988–89 Football League Cup (known as the Littlewoods Challenge Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 29th season of the Football League Cup, a knockout competition for England's top 92 football clubs. The competition started on 29 August 1988 and ended with the final on 9 April 1989.
The final was contested by First Division teams Nottingham Forest and holders Luton Town at Wembley Stadium in London.
First round
First Leg
Second Leg
Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date | Agg |
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Aldershot | 0–0 | Leyton Orient | 6 September 1988 | 0–2 |
Birmingham City | 1–0[1][2] | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 6 September 1988 | 3–3 |
Blackpool | 3–0 | Carlisle United | 6 September 1988 | 4–1 |
Brentford | 1–0[1] | Fulham | 6 September 1988 | 3–2 |
Brighton & Hove Albion | 0–1 | Southend United | 7 September 1988 | 0–3 |
Bristol Rovers | 0–0 | Bournemouth | 7 September 1988 | 0–1 |
Burnley | 2–1 | Rochdale | 6 September 1988 | 5–4 |
Chester City | 3–1 | Bolton Wanderers | 7 September 1988 | 3–2 |
Chesterfield | 1–1 | Port Vale | 6 September 1988 | 3–4 |
Darlington | 2–0 | Doncaster Rovers | 6 September 1988 | 3–1 |
Exeter City | 0–1 | Bristol City | 7 September 1988 | 0–2 |
Gillingham | 3–1 | Cambridge United | 6 September 1988 | 5–2 |
Halifax Town | 2–2[1][3] | Scarborough | 6 September 1988 | 3–3 |
Huddersfield Town | 2–2[1] | Scunthorpe United | 6 September 1988 | 4–5 |
Lincoln City | 2–1 | Crewe Alexandra | 7 September 1988 | 3–2 |
Mansfield Town | 1–0 | Notts County | 6 September 1988 | 1–5 |
Northampton Town | 5–0 | Colchester United | 6 September 1988 | 5–0 |
Peterborough United | 0–2 | West Bromwich Albion | 7 September 1988 | 3–2 |
Plymouth Argyle | 3–2 | Hereford United | 6 September 1988 | 6–2 |
Preston North End | 1–0 | Wigan Athletic | 6 September 1988 | 1–0 |
Reading | 3–1 | Torquay United | 7 September 1988 | 4–1 |
Rotherham United | 1–0 | Grimsby Town | 6 September 1988 | 2–0 |
Sheffield United | 2–0[1] | Hartlepool United | 6 September 1988 | 4–2 |
Sunderland | 4–0 | York City | 6 September 1988 | 4–0 |
Swansea City | 0–2 | Cardiff City | 20 September 1988 | 1–2 |
Tranmere Rovers | 1–1 | Stockport County | 5 September 1988 | 2–1 |
Walsall | 3–0 | Shrewsbury Town | 6 September 1988 | 5–2 |
Wrexham | 2–2[1] | Bury | 6 September 1988 | 3–4 |
Second round
First Leg
Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
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Barnsley | 0–2 | Wimbledon | 27 September 1988 |
Birmingham City | 0–2 | Aston Villa | 27 September 1988 |
Blackburn Rovers | 3–1 | Brentford | 27 September 1988 |
Blackpool | 2–0 | Sheffield Wednesday | 27 September 1988 |
Bournemouth | 0–4 | Coventry City | 27 September 1988 |
Darlington | 2–0 | Oldham Athletic | 27 September 1988 |
Derby County | 1–0 | Southend United | 28 September 1988 |
Everton | 3–0 | Bury | 27 September 1988 |
Hull City | 1–2 | Arsenal | 28 September 1988 |
Leicester City | 4–1 | Watford | 28 September 1988 |
Leyton Orient | 1–2 | Stoke City | 27 September 1988 |
Lincoln City | 1–1 | Southampton | 28 September 1988 |
Liverpool | 1–0 | Walsall | 28 September 1988 |
Luton Town | 1–1 | Burnley | 27 September 1988 |
Manchester City | 1–0 | Plymouth Argyle | 28 September 1988 |
Middlesbrough | 0–0 | Tranmere Rovers | 28 September 1988 |
Millwall | 3–0 | Gillingham | 27 September 1988 |
Northampton Town | 1–1 | Charlton Athletic | 27 September 1988 |
Norwich City | 2–0 | Preston North End | 28 September 1988 |
Nottingham Forest | 6–0 | Chester City | 28 September 1988 |
Notts County | 1–1 | Tottenham Hotspur | 27 September 1988 |
Oxford United | 2–4 | Bristol City | 28 September 1988 |
Peterborough United | 1–2 | Leeds United | 27 September 1988 |
Port Vale | 1–0 | Ipswich Town | 26 September 1988 |
Portsmouth | 2–2 | Scarborough | 27 September 1988 |
Queens Park Rangers | 3–0 | Cardiff City | 28 September 1988 |
Reading | 1–1 | Bradford City | 28 September 1988 |
Rotherham United | 0–1 | Manchester United | 28 September 1988 |
Scunthorpe United | 4–1 | Chelsea | 27 September 1988 |
Sheffield United | 3–0 | Newcastle United | 27 September 1988 |
Sunderland | 0–3 | West Ham United | 27 September 1988 |
Swindon Town | 1–2 | Crystal Palace | 27 September 1988 |
Second Leg
Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date | Agg |
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Arsenal | 3–0 | Hull City | 12 October 1988 | 5–1 |
Aston Villa | 5–0 | Birmingham City | 12 October 1988 | 7–0 |
Bradford City | 2–1[1] | Reading | 12 October 1988 | 3–2 |
Brentford | 4–3 | Blackburn Rovers | 12 October 1988 | 5–6 |
Bristol City | 2–0 | Oxford United | 11 October 1988 | 6–2 |
Burnley | 0–1 | Luton Town | 11 October 1988 | 1–2 |
Bury | 2–2 | Everton | 11 October 1988 | 2–5 |
Cardiff City | 1–4 | Queens Park Rangers | 11 October 1988 | 1–7 |
Charlton Athletic | 2–1 | Northampton Town | 11 October 1988 | 3–2 |
Chelsea | 2–2 | Scunthorpe United | 12 October 1988 | 3–6 |
Chester City | 0–4 | Nottingham Forest | 12 October 1988 | 0–10 |
Coventry City | 3–1 | Bournemouth | 11 October 1988 | 7–1 |
Crystal Palace | 2–0 | Swindon Town | 12 October 1988 | 4–1 |
Gillingham | 1–3 | Millwall | 11 October 1988 | 1–6 |
Ipswich Town | 3–0 | Port Vale | 11 October 1988 | 3–1 |
Leeds United | 3–1 | Peterborough United | 12 October 1988 | 5–2 |
Manchester United | 5–0 | Rotherham United | 12 October 1988 | 6–0 |
Newcastle United | 2–0 | Sheffield United | 12 October 1988 | 2–3 |
Oldham Athletic | 4–0[1] | Darlington | 11 October 1988 | 4–2 |
Plymouth Argyle | 3–6 | Manchester City | 12 October 1988 | 3–7 |
Preston North End | 0–3 | Norwich City | 11 October 1988 | 0–5 |
Scarborough | 3–1 | Portsmouth | 12 October 1988 | 5–3 |
Sheffield Wednesday | 3–1[1][4] | Blackpool | 12 October 1988 | 3–3 |
Southampton | 3–1 | Lincoln City | 11 October 1988 | 4–2 |
Southend United | 1–2 | Derby County | 11 October 1988 | 1–3 |
Stoke City | 1–2[1][5] | Leyton Orient | 11 October 1988 | 3–3 |
Tottenham Hotspur | 2–1 | Notts County | 11 October 1988 | 3–2 |
Tranmere Rovers | 1–0 | Middlesbrough | 11 October 1988 | 1–0 |
Walsall | 1–3 | Liverpool | 12 October 1988 | 1–4 |
Watford | 2–2 | Leicester City | 11 October 1988 | 3–6 |
West Ham United | 2–1 | Sunderland | 12 October 1988 | 5–1 |
Wimbledon | 0–1 | Barnsley | 12 October 1988 | 2–1 |
Third round
Ties
Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
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Aston Villa | 3–1 | Millwall | 2 November 1988 |
Bradford City | 1–1 | Scunthorpe United | 2 November 1988 |
Bristol City | 4–1 | Crystal Palace | 1 November 1988 |
Everton | 1–1 | Oldham Athletic | 8 November 1988 |
Ipswich Town | 2–0 | Leyton Orient | 1 November 1988 |
Leeds United | 0–2 | Luton Town | 2 November 1988 |
Leicester City | 2–0 | Norwich City | 2 November 1988 |
Liverpool | 1–1 | Arsenal | 2 November 1988 |
Manchester City | 4–2 | Sheffield United | 2 November 1988 |
Nottingham Forest | 3–2 | Coventry City | 2 November 1988 |
Queens Park Rangers | 2–1 | Charlton Athletic | 2 November 1988 |
Scarborough | 2–2 | Southampton | 2 November 1988 |
Tottenham Hotspur | 0–0 | Blackburn Rovers | 1 November 1988 |
Tranmere Rovers | 1–0 | Blackpool | 1 November 1988 |
West Ham United | 5–0 | Derby County | 1 November 1988 |
Wimbledon | 2–1 | Manchester United | 2 November 1988 |
Replays
Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
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Arsenal | 0–0[1] | Liverpool | 9 November 1988 |
Blackburn Rovers | 1–2[1] | Tottenham Hotspur | 9 November 1988 |
Oldham Athletic | 0–2 | Everton | 29 November 1988 |
Scunthorpe United | 0–1 | Bradford City | 22 November 1988 |
Southampton | 1–0 | Scarborough | 22 November 1988 |
2nd Replay
Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
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Liverpool | 2–1 | Arsenal | 23 November 1988 |
Fourth round
Ties
Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
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Aston Villa | 6–2 | Ipswich Town | 30 November 1988 |
Bradford City | 3–1 | Everton | 14 December 1988 |
Bristol City | 1–0 | Tranmere Rovers | 29 November 1988 |
Leicester City | 0–0 | Nottingham Forest | 30 November 1988 |
Luton Town | 3–1 | Manchester City | 29 November 1988 |
Queens Park Rangers | 0–0 | Wimbledon | 30 November 1988 |
Southampton | 2–1 | Tottenham Hotspur | 29 November 1988 |
West Ham United | 4–1 | Liverpool | 30 November 1988 |
Replays
Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
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Nottingham Forest | 2–1 | Leicester City | 14 December 1988 |
Wimbledon | 0–1 | Queens Park Rangers | 14 December 1988 |
Fifth Round
Ties
Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
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Bradford City | 0–1 | Bristol City | 18 January 1989 |
Luton Town | 1–1 | Southampton | 18 January 1989 |
Nottingham Forest | 5–2 | Queens Park Rangers | 18 January 1989 |
West Ham United | 2–1 | Aston Villa | 18 January 1989 |
Replay
Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
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Southampton | 1–2[1] | Luton Town | 25 January 1989 |
Semi-finals
Nottingham Forest, flying high in the First Division, had a narrow victory over Third Division underdogs Bristol City in the semi-finals, while holders Luton Town enjoyed a comfortable triumph over West Ham United in both legs.
First Leg
Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
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Nottingham Forest | 1–1 | Bristol City | 15 February 1989 |
West Ham United | 0–3 | Luton Town | 12 February 1989 |
Second Leg
Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date | Agg |
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Bristol City | 0–1[1] | Nottingham Forest | 26 February 1989 | 1–2 |
Luton Town | 2–0 | West Ham United | 1 March 1989 | 5–0 |
Final
References
General
- "English League Cup 1988/1989". Soccerbase. Retrieved 23 January 2012.
- "England League Cup Full Results 1960–1996". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 23 January 2012.
- "English League Cup 1988–1989 : Results". Statto. Archived from the original on 9 January 2010. Retrieved 23 January 2012.
Specific