1988 FA Charity Shield

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.

1988 FA Charity Shield
The match programme cover
Date20 August 1988
VenueWembley Stadium, London
RefereeJ Martin
Attendance54,887
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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   Bruce Grobbelaar
CB 2   Gary Gillespie
LB 3   Barry Venison
RB 4   Gary Ablett
CM 5   Ronnie Whelan (c)
CB 6   Alex Watson
CF 7   Peter Beardsley
CF 8   John Aldridge
RM 9   Ray Houghton
LM 10   John Barnes
CM 11   Steve McMahon
Substitutes:
DF 12   Charlie Boyd
DF 14   Steve Staunton
MF 15   Jan Molby
MF 16   Nigel Spackman
GK 17   Mike Hooper
Manager:
  Kenny Dalglish
GK 1   Simon Tracey
RB 2   John Scales  
LB 3   Terry Phelan
MF 4   Vaughan Ryan
CB 5   Eric Young
CB 6   Peter Cawley
FW 7   Terry Gibson
MF 8   Carlton Fairweather
FW 9   John Fashanu  
CM 10   Lawrie Sanchez (c)
MF 11   Dennis Wise
Substitutes:
DF   Andy Clement  
MF   Alan Cork
FW   Robbie Turner  
Manager:
  Bobby Gould

References

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