Report

Liverpool 0 - 1 Wimbledon

Game date: Saturday 14 May 1988 at 15:00 Stadium: Wembley
Competition: FA Cup Final Attendance: 98,203
Half-time score 0 - 1 Referee Hill B
Manager Kenny Dalglish Opposition manager Bobby Gould
   

Starting lineup

1 Bruce Grobbelaar Bruce Grobbelaar
2 Gary Gillespie Gary Gillespie
3 Gary Ablett Gary Ablett
4 Steve Nicol Steve Nicol
5 Nigel Spackman Nigel Spackman
6 Alan Hansen Alan Hansen
7 Peter Beardsley Peter Beardsley
8 John Aldridge John Aldridge
9 Ray Houghton Ray Houghton
10 John Barnes John Barnes
11 Steve McMahon Steve McMahon

Subs

12 Craig Johnston Craig Johnston
14 Jan Mølby Jan Mølby

Goals

Substitutions

John Aldridge out for Craig Johnston 64'
Nigel Spackman out for Jan Mølby 74'

Opposition lineup

Dave Beasant, Clive Goodyear, Terry Phelan, Vinnie Jones, Eric Young, Andy Thorn, Terry Gibson, Alan Cork, John Fashanu, Lawrie Sanchez, Dennis Wise

Opposition goals

Lawrie Sanchez 36'

Opposition substitutions

Alan Cork out for Laurie Cunningham 58'
Terry Gibson out for John Scales 64'

Notes

- John Aldridge missed a penalty on 60'
- Average age of the Liverpool starting lineup: 27.48
- Average age of the Wimbledon starting lineup: 25.54
- This was the first time that a penalty had been missed in a Wembley F.A. cup final.
- The penalty was saved by Dave Beasant.

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