The 1987 FA Cup Final took place on 16 May 1987 at Wembley Stadium. Events 1204 - Baldwin IX Count of Flanders is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) original Wembley Stadium was a football Stadium in Wembley, a suburb of north-west London, standing on the site now occupied by the It was contested between Coventry City and Tottenham Hotspur. Coventry City Football Club, otherwise known as the Sky Blues owing to the traditional colour of their strip is an association football club based in Coventry, Tottenham Hotspur, ˈtɒʔnəm is an English professional football club which currently plays in the Premier League. Spurs were appearing in their third final in seven seasons, having won the trophy in 1981 and 1982 and were heavy favourites, while unfancied Coventry were appearing in their first ever final after 104 years of trying. The 1981 FA Cup Final was contested by Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester City at Wembley. The 1982 FA Cup Final took place on 22 May 1982 at Wembley Stadium. Spurs were going for a record eighth victory and had never lost a final. In an exciting match, Coventry eventually triumphed 3–2 after extra time. Aggregated Extra Time (AET, commonly known as extra time is an additional period played in some sports codes if the score is tied at the end of normal time
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Match summary
After only two minutes, Clive Allen scored his 49th goal of the season, heading past keeper Steve Ogrizovic at the near-post from a perfect Chris Waddle cross. Clive Darren Allen (born Stepney, London, 20 May 1961) is a former English international football player and a prolific scorer for Steve Ogrizovic (from Serbo-Croat: Ogrizović) (born September 12, 1957 in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England Christopher Roland Waddle (born 14 December 1960 in Felling, Tyne and Wear, England) is an English former professional Within seven minutes though, the Sky Blues were level through Dave Bennett, a Cup Final loser in 1981 for Manchester City, ironically at the hands of Spurs. David Anthony Bennett (born July 11[[ 959]] in Manchester) is an English former Association football player TalkManchester City FC before changing verbs to singular --> Manchester City Football Club is an English professional football club
The London club were back in front five minutes before the break though through defender Gary Mabbutt. Gary Mabbutt MBE (born 23 August 1961 in Bristol) is an English former professional football player Midway through the second half Coventry were level again - Bennett's pinpoint cross from the right was met by striker Keith Houchen with a diving header for a memorable goal. Keith Houchen (born July 25 1960) is a retired English professional Association football player
The scores stayed level until full-time and the game went into extra time. Six minutes in, Mabbutt scored an own goal after Lloyd McGrath centred the ball and it took a deflection off of the Spurs defender's knee and over keeper Ray Clemence. An own goal occurs in Association football and other goal-scoring games when a player scores a goal that is registered against his or her own team Lloyd McGrath is an ex-professional English footballer who was born on 24 February 1965 in Birmingham. Raymond Neal "Ray" Clemence, MBE (born 5 August, 1948) is one of English and European football 's most decorated Goalkeepers
Match details
| May 16, 1987 | Coventry City | 3 – 2 (aet) |
Tottenham Hotspur | Wembley, London Attendance: 80,000 Referee: Neil Midgley (Manchester) |
Bennett  9'Houchen 64'Mabbutt (o.g.) 96' |
C. Allen 2' Mabbutt 40' |
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MATCH RULES
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Road to Wembley
Home teams listed first.
Coventry CityRound 3: Coventry City 3–0 Bolton Wanderers Round 4: Manchester United 0–1 Coventry City Round 5: Stoke City 0–1 Coventry City Round 6: Sheffield Wednesday 1–3 Coventry City Semi-final: Coventry City 3–2 Leeds United |
Tottenham HotspurRound 3: Tottenham Hotspur 3–2 Scunthorpe United Round 4: Tottenham Hotspur 4–0 Crystal Palace Round 5: Tottenham Hotspur 1–0 Newcastle United Round 6: Wimbledon 0–2 Tottenham Hotspur Semi-final: Tottenham Hotspur 4–1 Watford |
See also
References
- Match report at fa-cupfinals. Bolton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional football club based in Horwich, in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Stoke City Football Club is a football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, England. Leeds United Association Football Club, commonly referred to as simply Leeds United or informally Leeds, are an English professional football Scunthorpe United Football Club are an English Association football team based in the town of Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire. Crystal Palace FC is an English football club based in South Norwood, London. Newcastle United Football Club (also known as The Magpies or The Toon) is an English football club based in Newcastle upon This article refers to the original club from London which existed until 2004 Watford Football Club is an English professional football club based in Watford, Hertfordshire. co. uk
- Game facts at soccerbase. com
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