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1987 Associate Members' Cup final

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1987 Associate Members' Cup Final
Event1986–87 Associate Members' Cup
Mansfield Town won 5–4 on penalties
Date24 May 1987
VenueWembley Stadium, London
RefereeA.Gunn (Burgess Hill)
Attendance58,586
1986
1988

The 1987 Associate Members' Cup Final, known as the Freight Rover Trophy for sponsorship reasons, was the 4th final of the domestic football cup competition for teams from the Third Division and Fourth Division. The final was played at Wembley Stadium, London on 24 May 1987, and was contested by Bristol City and Mansfield Town. With the score tied at 1–1 after extra time, Mansfield Town won the match in a penalty shootout.

The match was the first ever final at Wembley to be decided by a penalty shootout,[dubiousdiscuss] and the trophy was Mansfield Town's first and last major honour in the club's history.

Match details

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Bristol City1–1
(a.e.t.)
Mansfield Town
Riley 88' Report Kent 57'
Penalties
Williams soccer ball with check mark
Newman soccer ball with check mark
MacPhail soccer ball with check mark
Curle soccer ball with check mark
Owen soccer ball with red X
Moyes soccer ball with red X
4–5 soccer ball with check mark Kearney
soccer ball with red X Cassells
soccer ball with check mark Stringfellow
soccer ball with check mark Pollard
soccer ball with check mark Kent
soccer ball with check mark Kenworthy
Attendance: 58,586
Referee: A.Gunn (Burgess Hill)
GK 1 Keith Waugh
DF 2 Rob Newman
DF 3 Brian Williams
DF 4 David Moyes
DF 5 John MacPhail
MF 6 Andy Llewellyn
MF 7 Gordon Owen
MF 8 Gary Marshall downward-facing red arrow 115'
MF 9 Glyn Riley
FW 10 Alan Walsh downward-facing red arrow 70'
FW 11 Joe Jordan
Substitutes:
MF 12 Paul Fitzpatrick upward-facing green arrow 115'
DF 14 Keith Curle upward-facing green arrow 70'
Manager:
Terry Cooper
GK 1 Kevin Hitchcock
DF 2 Mike Graham
DF 3 Paul Garner
MF 4 Tony Lowery
DF 5 George Foster
DF 6 Tony Kenworthy
MF 7 Kevin Kent
MF 8 Jason Danskin downward-facing red arrow 90'
FW 9 Neil Whatmore downward-facing red arrow 65'
FW 10 Keith Cassells
MF 11 Mark Kearney
Substitutes:
DF 12 Gary Pollard upward-facing green arrow 90'
FW 14 Ian Stringfellow upward-facing green arrow 65'
Manager:
Ian Greaves

MATCH RULES

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Two named substitutes
  • Maximum of two substitutions.
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