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Wimbledon
1987–88 season
Chairman	Sam Hammam
Manager	Bobby Gould
Stadium	Plough Lane
First Division	7th
FA Cup	Winners
League Cup	Fourth round
Full Members Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: John Fashanu (14); All: John Fashanu (21)
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During the 1987–88 English football season, Wimbledon F.C. competed in the Football League First Division. It was Wimbledon's second consecutive season in the top flight and eleventh consecutive season in the Football League. They ended the season as FA Cup winners and finished seventh in the league. It was their first season under the management of Bobby Gould, who had been appointed following the resignation of Dave Bassett at the end of the previous season.

Season summary

Wimbledon continued to exceed expectations in the First Division, finishing in seventh in the final table, one place lower than their sixth place the previous season. However, Wimbledon's greatest success during the season, perhaps in their entire history, came in the FA Cup, defeating West Bromwich Albion (4–1, home), Mansfield Town (1-2, away), Newcastle United (1-3, away), Watford (2–1, home) and Luton Town (2-1, neutral) to reach their first ever FA Cup Final, against that season's champions Liverpool. Wimbledon took a lead in the 37th minute when Lawrie Sanchez scored a looping header from Dennis Wise's free kick on the left. Liverpool created many chances, with Peter Beardsley finding the net but his goal being disallowed, but failed to pull a goal back, with Dave Beasant saving a penalty from John Aldridge after Clive Goodyear was (incorrectly) adjudged to have fouled inside the box; Beasant was the first goalkeeper to ever save a penalty in an FA Cup final at Wembley. Wimbledon held on to win their first (and only) FA Cup. Due to the ban on English clubs competing in European competition as a result of the Heysel disaster, Wimbledon were denied the opportunity to compete in the Cup Winners' Cup.^[1]^{[additional citation(s) needed]}

Kit

Wimbledon's kit was manufactured by Spall and sponsored by Truman.^[2] Wimbledon's kit for the FA Cup final were sponsored by Danish brewery Carlsberg, who had signed a deal to sponsor Wimbledon's kits for the next season.^[3]

First-team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	ENG	Dave Beasant (captain)
—	GK	ENG	Simon Tracey
—	DF	ENG	Kevin Bedford
—	DF	ENG	Peter Cawley
—	DF	ENG	Brian Gayle
—	DF	ENG	Clive Goodyear
—	DF	ENG	John Scales
—	DF	ENG	Andy Thorn
—	DF	ENG	Eric Young^[4]
—	DF	IRL	Terry Phelan^[5]
—	MF	ENG	Alan Cork
—	MF	ENG	Wally Downes
—	MF	ENG	Carlton Fairweather
—	MF	ENG	John Gannon


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ENG	Ian Hazel
—	MF	WAL	Vinnie Jones^[6]
—	MF	ENG	Paul Miller
—	MF	ENG	Vaughan Ryan
—	MF	NIR	Lawrie Sanchez^[7]
—	MF	ENG	Dennis Wise
—	FW	ENG	Laurie Cunningham
—	FW	ENG	John Fashanu
—	FW	ENG	Paul Fishenden
—	FW	ENG	Terry Gibson
—	DF	ENG	Mick Smith
—	DF	ENG	Andy Clement
—	FW	ENG	Andy Sayer
—	MF	ENG	Steve Galliers

Staff

Manager: Bobby Gould
Assistant manager: Don Howe
Chief scout: Ron Suart
Youth team manager: Dave Kemp
Physiotherapist: Steve Allen
Kit man: Sid Neal, Joe Dillon

Transfers

In

Terry Gibson from Manchester United, £200,000, 24 August

Out

Results

First Division

October

17 October: Luton Town 2-0 Wimbledon

November

4 November: Wimbledon 1-1 Liverpool
7 November: Wimbledon 2-0 Southampton
14 November: Coventry 3-3 Wimbledon
21 November: Wimbledon 2-1 Manchester United
28 November: Chelsea 1-1 Wimbledon

December

5 December: Wimbledon 1-1 Nottingham Forest
12 December: Sheffield Wednesday 1-0 Wimbledon
18 December: Wimbledon 1-0 Norwich City
26 December: West Ham United 1-2 Wimbledon

January

2 January: Oxford United 2-5 Wimbledon

March

5 March: Wimbledon 2-0 Luton Town

May

9 May: Manchester United 2-1 Wimbledon

Unknown date

Wimbledon 3-1 Arsenal
Wimbledon 4-1 Charlton Athletic
Wimbledon 2-2 Chelsea
Wimbledon 1-2 Coventry City
Wimbledon 2-1 Derby County
Wimbledon 1-1 Everton
Wimbledon 0-0 Newcastle United
Wimbledon 1-0 Norwich City
Wimbledon 1-1 Nottingham Forest
Wimbledon 1-1 Oxford United
Wimbledon 2-2 Portsmouth
Wimbledon 1-2 Queens Park Rangers
Wimbledon 1-1 Sheffield Wednesday
Wimbledon 3-0 Tottenham Hotspur
Wimbledon 1-2 Watford
Wimbledon 1-1 West Ham United
Arsenal 3-0 Wimbledon
Charlton Athletic 1-1 Wimbledon
Derby County 0-1 Wimbledon
Everton 2-2 Wimbledon
Liverpool 2-1 Wimbledon (matchday 31)
Newcastle United 1-2 Wimbledon
Norwich City 0-1 Wimbledon
Nottingham Forest 0-0 Wimbledon
Portsmouth 2-1 Wimbledon
Queens Park Rangers 1-0 Wimbledon
Southampton 2-2 Wimbledon
Tottenham Hotspur 0-3 Wimbledon
Watford 1-0 Wimbledon

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
6	Arsenal	40	18	12	10	58	39	+19	66
7	Wimbledon	40	14	15	11	58	47	+11	57
8	Newcastle United	40	14	14	12	55	53	+2	56

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

FA Cup

League Cup

Full Members Cup

References

^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 15 December 2007. Retrieved 6 August 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Wimbledon - Historical Football Kits".
^ "The FA Cup Finalists 1980-1989 - Historical Football Kits".
^ Young was born in Singapore, but qualified to represent any of the home nations as he held a British passport; he would make his international debut for Wales in 1990.
^ Phelan was born in Manchester, England, but qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland; he represented the U21 side during the season and made his full debut for Ireland in 1991.
^ Jones was born in Watford, England, but qualified to represent Wales through his maternal grandfather; he made his international debut for Wales in 1994.
^ Sanchez was born in Lambeth, England, but qualified to represent Northern Ireland through his mother and Ecuador through his father; he made his debut for Northern Ireland in 1989.