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1988 FA Charity Shield

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1988 FA Charity Shield
The match programme cover
Date20 August 1988
VenueWembley Stadium, London
RefereeJ Martin
Attendance54,887
1987
1989

The 1988 FA Charity Shield was the 66th Charity Shield, a football match contested by the winners of the previous season's Football League and FA Cup competitions. The match was played on 20 August 1988 between 1987–88 Football League champions Liverpool and 1987–88 FA Cup winners Wimbledon.

The fixture was a rematch of previous season's FA Cup Final, and Liverpool gained some small revenge for that defeat with a 2–1 win, with both of their goals coming from John Aldridge – the player whose penalty in the FA Cup Final, three months earlier had been saved.[1] However, the man who had saved his penalty – Wimbledon's goalkeeper Dave Beasant – had gone, transferred to Newcastle United in the close season, and his place for this game was taken by Simon Tracey.

Wimbledon had taken the lead in the 17th minute with a John Fashanu header from a Dennis Wise cross from the right. Liverpool equalized with John Aldridge scoring after 23 minutes. Wimbledon goalkeeper Simon Tracey had come out of the penalty box to clear the ball, but the ball was quickly passed to Aldridge from John Barnes who rolled the ball into the empty net from the edge of the penalty area. Liverpool took the lead after 69 minutes with Aldridge again scoring after a cross from John Barnes. Barnes had made a long run down the left and crossed to Aldridge who controlled the ball with his left leg before volleying with his right to the net.

Match details

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Liverpool2–1Wimbledon
Aldridge 23', 69' Report Fashanu 17'
Attendance: 54,887
Referee: J Martin
Liverpool
Wimbledon
GK 1 Zimbabwe Bruce Grobbelaar
CB 2 Scotland Gary Gillespie
LB 3 England Barry Venison
RB 4 England Gary Ablett
CM 5 Republic of Ireland Ronnie Whelan (c)
CB 6 England Alex Watson
CF 7 England Peter Beardsley
CF 8 Republic of Ireland John Aldridge
RM 9 Republic of Ireland Ray Houghton
LM 10 England John Barnes
CM 11 England Steve McMahon
Substitutes:
DF 12 England Charlie Boyd
DF 14 Republic of Ireland Steve Staunton
MF 15 Denmark Jan Molby
MF 16 England Nigel Spackman
GK 17 England Mike Hooper
Manager:
Scotland Kenny Dalglish
GK 1 England Simon Tracey
RB 2 England John Scales downward-facing red arrow
LB 3 Republic of Ireland Terry Phelan
MF 4 England Vaughan Ryan
CB 5 Wales Eric Young
CB 6 England Peter Cawley
FW 7 England Terry Gibson
MF 8 England Carlton Fairweather
FW 9 England John Fashanu downward-facing red arrow
CM 10 Northern Ireland Lawrie Sanchez (c)
MF 11 England Dennis Wise
Substitutes:
DF Wales Andy Clement upward-facing green arrow
MF England Alan Cork
FW England Robbie Turner upward-facing green arrow
Manager:
England Bobby Gould

References

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  1. ^ "1988 Charity Shield". football site.co.uk. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
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