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1988 Associate Members' Cup Final
Event	1987–88 Associate Members' Cup
Date	29 May 1988
Venue	Wembley Stadium, London
Man of the Match	Floyd Streete (Wolves)
Referee	Roger Milford (Somerset)
Attendance	80,841
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The 1988 Associate Members' Cup Final, known as the Sherpa Van Trophy Final for sponsorship reasons, was the 5th final of the domestic football cup competition for teams from the Third and Fourth Divisions.

The final was played at Wembley Stadium in London on 29 May 1988, The game was contested by Burnley and Wolverhampton Wanderers before a crowd of 80,841, a then record for the trophy, which was not bettered until the 2019 final between Sunderland and Portsmouth. Wolves won the match 2–0 thanks to goals in either half by Andy Mutch and Robbie Dennison.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Background

The match took place three weeks after the end of the domestic league programme. Wolves had already won the Fourth Division title in their second ever season at that level, and boasted the division's top goalscorer in Steve Bull (34 league goals; 52 in total). Burnley had finished tenth in the division and would take four further seasons before being promoted. Wolves had won both league games between the two clubs that season 3–0.

It was the first time in the cup's history that two previous English champions met in the final, and Wolves were the first of the former champions to have won the trophy.

In a further twist of irony, Burnley and Wolves had contested the English league title between the two of them only twenty-eight years previously, Burnley emerging as champions on the final day of the 1959–60 season by a point (denying Wolves, FA Cup winners that season, the first English League and Cup 'double' of the 20th Century.)

Match details

29 May 1988

15:00 BST

Burnley	0–2	Wolverhampton Wanderers
		Mutch 23' Dennison 51'

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 80,841

Referee: Roger Milford (Somerset)

Burnley

Wolverhampton Wanderers



GK	1	Chris Pearce
RB	2	Peter Daniel
LB	3	Ray Deakin (c)
CM	4	Ian Britton
CB	5	Steve Davis
CB	6	Steve Gardner
RM	7	Andy Farrell
CF	8	George Oghani
CF	9	Steve Taylor
CM	10	Paul Comstive
LM	11	Shaun McGrory	61'
Substitutes:
DF	12	Ashley Hoskin
MF	14	Leighton James	61'
Manager:
Brian Miller



GK	1	Mark Kendall
RB	2	Gary Bellamy
LB	3	Andy Thompson
CB	4	Floyd Streete
CB	5	Ally Robertson (c)	47'
CM	6	Phil Robinson
RM	7	Robbie Dennison
CM	8	Keith Downing
CF	9	Steve Bull
CF	10	Andy Mutch
LM	11	Micky Holmes	45'
Substitutes:
MF	12	Nigel Vaughan	45'
FW	14	Jackie Gallagher	47'
Manager:
Graham Turner

MATCH OFFICIALS

Assistant referees:
- Dennis Palmer (Avon)
- Graham Butland (Chelmsford)
Reserve referee: Michael Peck (Kendal)

MATCH RULES

90 minutes.
30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
Two named substitutes
Maximum of two substitutions.

Road to Wembley

Burnley

Northern Section Group 1	Tranmere Rovers	1–2	Burnley
Northern Section Group 1	Burnley	3–2	Rochdale
Northern Section First Round	Burnley	1–0	Chester City
Northern Section Quarter-finals	Bury	0–1	Burnley
Northern Section Semi-final	Burnley	0–0	Halifax Town
	Burnley won 5–3 on Penalties
Northern Section Final 1st Leg	Burnley	0–0	Preston North End
Northern Section Final 2nd Leg	Preston North End	1–3	Burnley

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Southern Section Group 1	Swansea City	1–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Southern Section Group 1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	3–1	Bristol City
Southern Section First Round	Wolverhampton Wanderers	4–0	Brentford
Southern Section Quarter-finals	Wolverhampton Wanderers	4–0	Peterborough United
Southern Section Semi-final	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–0	Torquay United
Southern Section Final 1st Leg	Notts County	1–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Southern Section Final 2nd Leg	Wolverhampton Wanderers	3–0	Notts County