1989 Football League Cup Final

1989 Football League Cup Final
Event	1988–89 Football League Cup
Date	9 April 1989
Venue	Wembley Stadium, London
Referee	Roger Milford (Somerset)
Attendance	76,130
	← 1988 1990 →

The 1989 Football League Cup Final was a football match played on 9 April 1989 between Nottingham Forest and the 1988 League Cup winners, Luton Town at Wembley Stadium. Nottingham Forest claimed victory in the 29th League Cup final with a 3–1 victory. Luton opened the scoring in the first half with a header from Mick Harford, while Forest's Lee Chapman had a goal disallowed at the other end. In the second half Forest took control and equalised with a penalty by Nigel Clough. Soon after, Tommy Gaynor provided a cross for Neil Webb to control and slot into the Luton net. Clough completed the scoring with a low drilled shot from just outside the penalty area. It was Forest's third victory in this competition.

Match details[]

9 April 1989	Nottingham Forest	3–1	Luton Town	Wembley, London Attendance: 76,130 Referee: Roger Milford (Somerset)
	Webb Clough		Harford



GK	1	Steve Sutton
RB	2	Brian Laws
LB	3	Stuart Pearce
CB	4	Des Walker
CB	5	Terry Wilson
LM	6	Steve Hodge
RM	7	Tommy Gaynor
CM	8	Neil Webb
CF	9	Nigel Clough
CF	10	Lee Chapman
CM	11	Garry Parker
Substitutes:
Manager:
Brian Clough



GK	1	Les Sealey
RB	2	Tim Breacker
LB	3	Ashley Grimes
CM	4	David Preece
CB	5	Steve Foster
CB	6	Dave Beaumont
RM	7	Danny Wilson
CF	8	Roy Wegerle
CF	9	Mick Harford
CM	10	Ricky Hill
LM	11	Kingsley Black
Substitutes:
DF		Darron McDonough
Manager:
Ray Harford

Road to Wembley[]

Luton

Luton 1–1 Burnley (R Johnson) 2nd Round 1st Leg

Burnley 0–1 Luton (R Hill) 2nd Round 2nd Leg

Leeds 0–2 Luton (D Wilson, K Black) 3rd Round

Luton 3–1 Manchester City (R Wegerle 2, Oldfield) 4th Round

Luton 1–1 Southampton (M Harford) 5th Round

Southampton 1–2 Luton (M Harford, R Hill) 5th Round Replay

West Ham United 0–3 Luton (M Harford, R Wegerle, D Wilson) Semi Final 1st Leg

Luton 2–0 West Ham United (M Harford, R Wegerle) Semi Final 2nd Leg

References[]

Match report at the Sporting Chronicle

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