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1987-88 |
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F.A. Cup |
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Exemptions followed the normal pattern, i.e. all First and Second
Divisions exempt to third round, Third and Fourth Division clubs exempt to
first round (along with four non-league clubs - Altrincham, Burton Albion,
Kidderminster Harriers and Telford United), and twenty non-league clubs
exempt to fourth qualifying round (Bath City, Bishop's Stortford, Bognor
Regis Town, Boston Town, Caernarfon Town, Chelmsford City, Chorley, Dagenham,
Dartford, Enfield, Farnborough Town, Frickley Athletic, Lincoln City,
Maidstone United, Nuneaton Borough, Runcorn, Slough Town, V S Rugby,
Wealdstone, Whitby Town)
The F.A. Cup is renowed for its "giant killings", shock results by lower
ranked teams over their so-called superiors, but that is normally a phenomemon
of the earlier rounds. In 1988 though, the Final itself was the scene of one
of the biggest upsets. Wimbledon, eleven years earlier a non-league side and
only in their second season ever in the top flight, beat four time European
Champions Liverpool who were also looking for the League/Cup Double. The
winning goal came from Lawrie Sanchez, with keeper Dave Beasant another hero
for making the first ever save of a penalty kick in a F.A. Cup final from
John Aldridge.
Second Qualifying Round
Group 1
- Clitheroe 0-0 Harrogate Town
- Seaham Red Star 0-1 Bishop Auckland
Replay
- Harrogate Town 2-1 Clitheroe
Group 2
- Chester-le-Street Town 1-1 Billingham Synthonia
- Bridlington Town 1-2 Blyth Spartans
Replay
- Billingham Synthonia 4-3 Chester-le-Street Town
Group 3
- Gretna 1-2 Fleetwood Town
- Crook Town 0-1 Barrow
Group 4
- Penrith 1-2 Easington Collieries
- Ryhope Community Association 0-2 Newcastle Blue Star
Group 5
- Tow Law Town 2-1 Farsley Celtic
- Darlington Cleveland Bridge 2-1 South Bank
Group 6
- Rossendale United 2-3 Guisborough Town
- Stockton 0-1 Emley
Group 7
- Northwich Victoria 2-1 Droylsden
- St Helens Town 0-0 Horwich R M I
Replay
- Horwich R M I 2-3 St Helens Town
Group 8
- Macclesfield Town 5-0 Chadderton
- Bootle 2-2 Marine
Replay
Group 9
- Alfreton Town 2-0 Irlam Town
- Colwyn Bay 2-2 Buxton
Replay
Group 10
- Goole Town 1-3 Brigg Town
- Leek Town 2-1 Hyde United
Group 11
- Stafford Rangers 2-3 Moor Green
- Arnold 2-3 Matlock Town
Group 12
- Wisbech Town 2-3 Tamworth
- Boldmere St Michaels 1-2 Shepshed Charterhouse
Group 13
- Bedworth United 1-2 Racing Club Warwick
- Halesowen Town 5-1 Leicester United
Group 14
- Oldbury United 5-2 Hinckley Town
- Bilston Town 0-3 Willenhall Town
Group 15
- Atherstone United 1-0 Lye Town
- Rothwell Town 1-2 Alvechurch
Group 16
- Buckingham Town 0-0 Boreham Wood
- Leamington 0-6 Worcester City
Replay
- Boreham Wood 2-1 Buckingham Town
Group 17
- Berkhamsted Town 3-3 Hemel Hempstead
- Irthlingborough Diamonds 0-4 Barnet
Replay
- Hemel Hempstead 1-4 Berkhamsted Town
Group 18
- Bury Town 1-1 Letchworth Garden City
- Haverhill Rovers 0-1 March Town United
Replay
- Letchworth Garden City 3-1 Bury Town
Group 19
- Uxbridge 1-0 Baldock Town
- Great Yarmouth Town 3-1 Cambridge City
Group 20
- Harlow Town 1-1 Kingsbury Town
- Histon 1-2 Leytonstone Ilford
Replay
- Kingsbury Town 2-2 Harlow Town
Second Replay
- Kingsbury Town 3-2 Harlow Town
Group 21
- Wembley 1-1 Ruislip Manor
- Dunstable 0-1 Leyton Wingate
Replay
- Ruislip Manor 5-0 Wembley
Group 22
- Hendon 1-2 Hertford Town
- Sudbury Town 1-1 Aylesbury United
Replay
- Aylesbury United 2-1 Sudbury Town
Group 23
- Welling United 2-1 Walton & Hersham
- Burnham 2-1 Harrow Borough
Group 24
- Hayes 4-1 Darenth Heathside
- Chatham Town 0-3 Fisher Athletic
Group 25
- Sutton United 3-1 Redhill
- Harefield United 2-3 Bromley
Group 26
- Gravesend & Northfleet 1-0 Witham Town
- Saffron Walden Town 1-5 Carshalton Athletic
Group 27
- Tooting & Mitcham United 0-0 Pagham
- Marlow 1-1 Basingstoke Town
Replays
- Pagham 3-4 Tooting & Mitcham United (@ Bognor Regis Town)
- Basingstoke Town 2-1 Marlow
Group 28
- Metropolitan Police 3-0 Epsom & Ewell
- Ramsgate 0-1 Croydon
Group 29
- Littlehampton Town 0-3 Thame United
- Banstead Athletic 0-0 Woking
Replay
- Woking 1-0 Banstead Athletic
Group 30
- Eastbourne United 0-0 Tonbridge A F C
- Whyteleafe 3-3 Wokingham Town
Replays
- Tonbridge A F C 3-1 Eastbourne United
- Wokingham Town 1-0 Whyteleafe
Group 31
- Bracknell Town 4-0 Chichester City
- Chertsey Town 0-1 Newport I O W
Group 32
- Wimborne Town 2-1 Oxford City
- Waterlooville 1-1 Yeovil Town
Replay
- Yeovil Town 3-2 Waterlooville
Group 33
- Weymouth 3-0 Radstock Town
- Swanage Town & Herston 0-2 Fareham Town
Group 34
- Ton Pentre 1-2 Weston-super-Mare
- Mangotsfield United 1-1 Cheltenham Town
Replay
- Cheltenham Town 2-0 Mangotsfield United
Group 35
- Barry Town 0-1 Merthyr Tydfil
- Barnstaple Town 1-2 Forest Green Rovers
Group 36
- Saltash United 7-1 Ottery St Mary
- Tiverton Town 4-2 Bideford
Third Qualifying Round
Group 1
- Harrogate Town 1-1 Bishop Auckland
Replay
- Bishop Auckland 2-0 Harrogate Town
Group 2
- Billingham Synthonia 5-2 Blyth Spartans
Group 3
- Fleetwood Town 0-0 Barrow
Replay
- Barrow 3-2 Fleetwood Town
Group 4
- Easington Collieries 3-0 Newcastle Blue Star
Group 5
- Tow Law Town 4-0 Darlington Cleveland Bridge
Group 6
- Guisborough Town 3-2 Emley
Group 7
- Northwich Victoria 3-2 St Helens Town
Group 8
- Macclesfield Town 0-0 Marine
Replay
- Marine 1-2 Macclesfield Town
Group 9
- Alfreton Town 1-1 Colwyn Bay
Replay
- Colwyn Bay 1-0 Alfreton Town
Group 11
- Moor Green 3-2 Matlock Town
Group 12
- Tamworth 3-2 Shepshed Charterhouse
Group 13
- Racing Club Warwick 1-3 Halesowen Town
Group 14
- Oldbury United 0-1 Willenhall Town
Group 15
- Atherstone United 4-3 Alvechurch
Group 16
- Boreham Wood 1-3 Worcester City
Group 17
- Berkhamsted Town 0-3 Barnet
Group 18
- Letchworth Garden City 2-2 March Town United
Replay
- March Town United 2-3 Letchworth Garden City
Group 19
- Uxbridge 0-2 Great Yarmouth Town
Group 20
- Kingsbury Town 0-1 Leytonstone Ilford
Group 21
- Wembley 2-2 Leyton Wingate
Replay
- Leyton Wingate 5-1 Wembley
Group 22
- Hertford Town 0-4 Aylesbury United
Group 23
- Welling United 3-1 Burnham
Group 24
- Hayes 2-0 Fisher Athletic
Group 25
- Sutton United 0-0 Bromley
Replay
- Bromley 1-2 Sutton United
Group 26
- Gravesend & Northfleet 2-6 Carshalton Athletic
Group 27
- Tooting & Mitcham United 0-0 Basingstoke Town
Replay
- Basingstoke Town 4-1 Tooting & Mitcham United
Group 28
- Metropolitan Police 0-1 Croydon
Group 30
- Tonbridge A F C 0-0 Wokingham Town
Replay
- Wokingham Town 2-1 Tonbridge A F C
Group 31
- Bracknell Town 4-1 Newport I O W
Group 32
- Wimborne Town 0-4 Yeovil Town
Group 33
- Weymouth 2-2 Fareham Town
Replay
- Fareham Town 1-2 Weymouth
Group 34
- Weston-super-Mare 1-2 Cheltenham Town
Group 35
- Merthyr Tydfil 3-1 Forest Green Rovers
Group 36
- Saltash United 3-0 Tiverton Town
Fourth Qualifying Round
- Macclesfield Town 3-1 Whitby Town
- Colwyn Bay 2-1 Tow Law Town
- Northwich Victoria 3-0 Easington Collieries
- Caernarfon Town 0-2 Billingham Synthonia
- Guisborough Town 1-2 Bishop Auckland
- Runcorn 2-1 Barrow
- Chorley 2-0 Frickley Athletic
- Brigg Town 1-4 Lincoln City (@ Lincoln City)
- Leyton Wingate 0-0 Atherstone United
- Letchworth Garden City 0-1 Chelmsford City
- Boston United 1-1 Welling United
- Great Yarmouth Town 0-2 Dagenham
- V S Rugby 3-0 Nuneaton Borough
- Willenhall Town 0-6 Barnet
- Enfield 1-2 Aylesbury United
- Hayes 2-0 Moor Green
- Halesowen Town 1-0 Bishop's Stortford
- Leytonstone Ilford 0-1 Worcester City
- Tamworth 2-0 Wealdstone
- Carshalton Athletic 2-1 Wokingham Town
- Sutton United 3-0 Basingstoke Town
- Merthyr Tydfil 3-0 Croydon
- Farnborough Town 4-2 Saltash United
- Bath City 3-1 Slough Town
- Thanet United 0-4 Bognor Regis Town
- Cheltenham Town 2-1 Bracknell Town
- Weymouth 1-3 Yeovil Town
- Maidstone United 2-0 Dartford
Fourth Qualifying Round Replays
- Atherstone United 4-2 Leyton Wingate
- Welling United 3-2 Boston United
First Round
- Lincoln City 2-1 Crewe Alexandra
- Scunthorpe United 3-1 Bury
- Burnley 0-1 Bolton Wanderers
- Doncaster Rovers 1-1 Rotherham United
- Northwich Victoria 1-0 Colwyn Bay
- Notts County 3-3 Chesterfield
- Sunderland 2-0 Darlington
- Scarborough 1-2 Grimsby Town
- York City 0-0 Burton Albion
- Chester City 0-1 Runcorn
- Rochdale 0-2 Wrexham
- Altrincham 0-2 Wigan Athletic
- Billingham Synthonia 2-4 Halifax Town (@ Hartlepool United)
- Bishop Auckland 1-4 Blackpool
- Macclesfield Town 4-2 Carlisle United
- Telford United 1-1 Stockport County
- Preston North End 1-1 Mansfield Town
- Chorley 0-2 Hartlepool United
- Tranmere Rovers 2-2 Port Vale
- Bristol Rovers 6-0 Merthyr Tydfil
- Bognor Regis Town 0-3 Torquay United
- Gillingham 2-1 Fulham
- Sutton United 3-0 Aldershot
- Cambridge United 2-1 Farnborough Town
- Welling United 3-2 Carshalton Athletic
- Worcester City 1-1 Yeovil Town
- Northampton Town 2-1 Newport County
- Colchester United 3-0 Tamworth
- V S Rugby 0-0 Atherstone United
- Leyton Orient 2-0 Exeter City
- Peterborough United 2-1 Cardiff City
- Hayes 0-1 Swansea City
- Dagenham 0-2 Maidstone United
- Wolverhampton Wanderers 5-1 Cheltenham Town
- Chelmsford City 1-2 Bath City
- Barnet 0-1 Hereford United
- Halesowen Town 2-2 Kidderminster Harriers
- Southend United 0-0 Walsall
- Bristol City 1-0 Aylesbury United
- Brentford 0-2 Brighton & Hove Albion
First Round Replays
- Rotherham United 2-0 Doncaster Rovers
- Chesterfield 0-1 Notts County
- Burton Albion 1-2 York City
- Stockport County 2-0 Telford United
- Mansfield Town 4-2 Preston North End
- Port Vale 3-1 Tranmere Rovers
- Yeovil Town 1-0 Worcester City
- Atherstone United 0-2 V S Rugby
- Kidderminster Harriers 4-0 Halesowen Town
- Walsall 2-1 Southend United
Second Round
- Macclesfield Town 4-0 Rotherham United
- Wrexham 1-2 Bolton Wanderers
- Runcorn 0-1 Stockport County
- Grimsby Town 0-0 Halifax Town
- Northwich Victoria 0-2 Blackpool
- Mansfield Town 4-3 Lincoln City
- Wigan Athletic 1-3 Wolverhampton Wanderers
- Port Vale 2-0 Notts County
- Scunthorpe United 2-1 Sunderland
- York City 1-1 Hartlepool United
- Bristol City 0-1 Torquay United
- Maidstone United 1-1 Kidderminster Harriers
- Gillingham 2-1 Walsall
- Northampton Town 1-2 Brighton & Hove Albion
- Cambridge United 0-1 Yeovil Town
- Leyton Orient 2-0 Swansea City
- Peterborough United 1-3 Sutton United
- V S Rugby 1-1 Bristol Rovers
- Colchester United 3-2 Hereford United
- Welling United 0-1 Bath City
Second Round Replays
- Halifax Town 2-0 Grimsby Town
- Hartlepool United 3-1 York City
- Kidderminster Harriers 2-2 Maidstone United
- Bristol Rovers 4-0 V S Rugby
Second Round Second Replay
- Kidderminster Harriers 0-0 Maidstone United
Second Round Third Replay
- Maidstone United 2-1 Kidderminster Harriers
Third Round
- West Ham United 2-0 Charlton Athletic
- Leeds United 1-2 Aston Villa
- Gillingham 0-3 Birmingham City
- Scunthorpe United 0-0 Blackpool
- Bradford City 2-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers
- Barnsley 3-1 Bolton Wanderers
- Sutton United 1-1 Middlesbrough
- Shrewsbury Town 2-1 Bristol Rovers
- Newcastle United 1-0 Crystal Palace
- Mansfield Town 4-0 Bath City
- Yeovil Town 0-3 Queens Park Rangers
- Coventry City 2-0 Torquay United
- Sheffield Wednesday 1-1 Everton
- Huddersfield Town 2-2 Manchester City
- Arsenal 2-0 Millwall
- Derby County 1-3 Chelsea
- Wimbledon 4-1 West Bromwich Albion
- Reading 0-1 Southampton
- Stoke City 0-0 Liverpool
- Hartlepool United 1-2 Luton Town
- Ipswich Town 1-2 Manchester United
- Port Vale 1-0 Macclesfield Town
- Sheffield United 1-0 Maidstone United
- Watford 1-1 Hull City
- Plymouth Argyle 2-0 Colchester United
- Blackburn Rovers 1-2 Portsmouth
- Halifax Town 0-4 Nottingham Forest
- Oldham Athletic 2-4 Tottenham Hotspur
- Brighton & Hove Albion 2-0 A F C Bournemouth
- Swindon Town 0-0 Norwich City
- Stockport County 1-2 Leyton Orient
- Oxford United 2-0 Leicester City
Third Round Replays
- Blackpool 1-0 Scunthorpe United
- Middlesbrough 1-0 Sutton United
- Everton 1-1 Sheffield Wednesday
- Manchester City 0-0 Huddersfield Town
- Liverpool 1-0 Stoke City
- Hull City 2-2 Watford
- Norwich City 0-2 Swindon Town
Third Round Second Replays
- Everton 1-1 Sheffield Wednesday
- Huddersfield Town 0-3 Manchester City
Third Round Third Replay
- Sheffield Wednesday 0-5 Everton
Fourth Round
- Coventry City 0-1 Watford
- Luton Town 2-1 Southampton
- Portsmouth 2-1 Sheffield United
- Barnsley 0-2 Birmingham City
- Blackpool 1-1 Manchester City
- Bradford City 4-2 Oxford United
- Plymouth Argyle 1-0 Shrewsbury Town
- Newcastle United 5-0 Swindon Town
- Port Vale 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur
- Aston Villa 0-2 Liverpool
- Leyton Orient 1-2 Nottingham Forest
- Queens Park Rangers 3-1 West Ham United
- Mansfield Town 1-2 Wimbledon
- Everton 1-1 Middlesbrough
- Manchester United 2-0 Chelsea
- Brighton & Hove Albion 1-2 Arsenal
Fourth Round Replays
- Manchester City 2-1 Blackpool
- Middlesbrough 2-2 Everton
Fourth Round Second Replay
- Everton 2-1 Middlesbrough
Fifth Round
- Queens Park Rangers 1-1 Luton Town
- Newcastle United 1-3 Wimbledon
- Port Vale 0-0 Watford
- Portsmouth 3-0 Bradford City
- Arsenal 2-1 Manchester United
- Everton 0-1 Liverpool
- Manchester City 3-1 Plymouth Argyle
- Birmingham City 0-1 Nottingham Forest
Fifth Round Replays
- Luton Town 1-0 Queens Park Rangers
Quarter Finals
- Manchester City 0-4 Liverpool
- Arsenal 1-2 Nottingham Forest
- Wimbledon 2-1 Watford
- Luton Town 3-1 Portsmouth
Semi-Finals
- Liverpool 2-1 Nottingham Forest (@ Sheffield Wednesday)
- Luton Town 1-2 Wimbledon (@ Tottenham Hotspur)
Final (@ Wembley Stadium)
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