This is the first cup final I remember watching. I was only 6 years old at my Grandparents house & have this memory of everyone jumping up when Wimbledon scored. We are all Newcastle fans!! 🤣
Probably the last time the cup final felt like a major event in this country. It was on 3 of the 4 channels. It felt massive, the country literally came to a standstill. We had pride in our cup final. After 88, it went down to one channel, the BBC for hold of it with their boring biased, coverageby 91 the first semi got played at Wembley, terracing was taken down, and it was the beginning of the end. Now look at it. Such a shame. Kind of mirrors how the country has gone as a whole.
I remember the 1989 final between Liverpool and Everton being a huge deal too but that may have been as much to do with being 10 at the time and of course what had happened just weeks prior. I fully agree with the rest though, modern finals are basically an excuse for the corporate bell-ends to get pissed for free at Wembley. Look how many of those mega expensive red seats are vacant for the first 20 minutes of the second half because their occupants are all still too busy shaking hands and taking selfies with the celebrities. Wembley is an expensive embarrassment.
Superbly put, completely right Stokesie. It's gone, they've ruined it, no one really cares now unless it's their team in the final. A wonderful sporting event totally wrecked by a money grabbing shower of bastards who tried to convince us they were making it better. All they ever really succeeded on doing was buggering the whole thing up, and we know that the so called Premier League and Champions League are also major contributors for the FA Cup's downfall.
Stokesie 1980 The Cup Final just feels like any other Saturday late afternoon/early evening game now. I feel like I'm watching any other 5:30pm kick off game on Sky now. Taking away the 3pm kick off was the final nail in the coffin. It's a crying shame.
Sitting here in this constant, massive overreaction that is lockdown, remembering what a great summer 1988 was. First I was at Wembley for the cup final, when we not only won the cup, but we beat the best team on the planet at the time, (arguably). Then I was back at Wembley a couple months later, for Springsteen’s, Tunnel of Love Tour, simply the best concert I’ve ever seen. Now that’s what you call a great summer
My very first FA cup final as a 11 year old... Matches were not shown frequently in singapore back then. By this time... I had already had a love and loyalty for liverpool. This was the final where i cried. Because i had never seen liverpool lose prior to this. It was always liverpool, liverpool and liverpool. They just didnt know how to lose... YNWA
Great to see and you can see why Cup Finals were so much more special back then. Theres a real sense of occasion which is lacking now. These days it just feels like Wembley staging one of many functions.
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Strange, I can't hear a single chant from the Liverpool supporters as Wimbledon collect the trophy. They do sing YNWA after the final whistle, but that's just a salute to their team after they played a great season and came so close to the Double. It's almost as though you're an ABL who is seeing and hearing things that aren't there.
@@martinodoni8943 Booing as the Wimbledon players went up the steps. What is it as Dave Beasant goes up alonf to get the the trophy?... 'Liverpool', 'Liverpool', 'Liverpool'...Disgusting.
I notice that at 5 mins 10 Brian Moore says hello to those watching in Australia. It is still watched at midnight here. I never miss one. Mind you, I wish it was still on Channel 9
The 1987 and 1988 finals were the best in the competition’s history, both involving underdogs overcoming superior opponents. The 1988 final underscores the influence that erratic refereeing had on the outcome of matches in those days. However, all credit to Wimbledon. The Liverpool of the late 1980s ranks alongside Blackpool of the 1950s, Leeds United of the 1960s/70s and Manchester United of the 1990s as one of the great teams, and the gulf in class was obvious from kick-off, but Wimbledon were a robust side and took the fight to Liverpool.
Wimbledon had some good players in that side, much better than the detractors gave them credit for. Yes their style of play wasn't easy on the eye but they were no worse than most other teams, they played to their strengths and this was a victory for honest endeavour and will to win. I doubt that Wimbledon's style of play would be that successful and effective now because of the many rule changes in the game, but Wimbledon's story was unique and I doubt we'll see it again
@@mike04574 Of course, you're right. 89 was the famous Merseyside derby after the Hillsborough disaster. Everton equalised in the last minute and there was a pitch invasion. 90 was the one that had to be replayed and Leighton was dropped in the replay. I think the standard of football is generally better nowadays and the pitches are better, but somehow it's just not the same as those days. There was something magical and special about the cup final that isn't the case now.
funny you say that Tom, ive always thought this and youre the first person ive ever heard say it. i grew up living in kingston upon thames and supported wimbledon as a kid, but my dad was from coventry and was a massive cov fan. So, my babysitter she was a dons fan and would take me to plough lane to watch them, and then my dad would often take me to watch cov away games against london teams, However, like you said, 87 and 88 were two back to back years where there was MASSIVE underdogs in a final... cov had never been in a final or a semi, the whole team combined was worth about 750K, and they played spurs who had been in seven previous cup finals.....and.......had won all seven!! and then youve got wimbledon of course, who came from non league to the top flight in a ridiculously short time of like 11 years i think.( and also played one of the best teams in the world at that time) anyway. i got a bit excited that you made that point tom so i thought id babble on about your point a bit. sorry to bore ya! haha. Have a good day mate.
@@jamiew1664 Not bored at all, good comment. I'm a Leeds fan and was actually at the 1987 semi-final. I was only 9 and the only thing I remember (and not even sure if this is accurate and I even forget where it was!) is that a woman standing up near us threw the ball to a Coventry player and then they scored! LOL. Interesting thing is we were the definite underdogs that game as we were then in Second Division, but Coventry became the definite underdogs in the final against a talented Tottenham side.
Adam Weishaupt 7th....Arsenal were 6th 9 points above Wimbledon. But yeah still it's a cup final anything can happen I always think like that. Especially when it's 2 teams who are at least in the same division.
I know this is a late response but it's important to remember that just ten years prior to '88, Wimbledon was in the fourth division so although they had a good season in the first division that year (7th place finish), they really were seen as underdogs as they had risen so quickly and so unexpectedly.
Fair play to Wimbledon they played really well on the day. Liverpool were breathtaking that season but on this day it just didn't happen for them. Maybe they underestimated Wimbledon and thought they would blow them away but that's what made the FA Cup so great back then.
It's been said that maybe Liverpool lacked a bit of sharpness with the title wrapped up weeks before. The last few games of the season, they didn't need to win, so lost their edge a bit. Had the league championship had gone down to the wire it may have been different, added to the fact that certain incidents contrived against them that afternoon. Fair do's to Wimbledon - they did their homework.
This is the first time I have seen this match in full since 1988! How the hell did Liverpool lose this match? The goal by Beardsley should never have been ruled out. Madness. Credit to Wimbledon for their spoiling tactics, they stopped Liverpool playing their smooth football. Wimbledon hardly put five passes together all match!! Plus Vinnie Jones' tackle on McMahon should have been a yellow card. It just went all wrong for Liverpool and definitely brings back bad memories. Throughout the 1990s I went to Sehurst Park a few times and saw Liverpool lose or draw with Wimbledon virtually every time, including 1997 when they finished off Liverpool's title challenge that season. I also saw Crystal Palace beat Liverpool at Selhurst Park as well even when Dalglish was still manager in 1990. Even when I would go to Anfield to watch Liverpool take on Wimbledon, they would end up drawing. I remember in 1996/97 Loehardsen equalised for Wimbledon late on at Anfield, next season Liverpool buy him! Liverpool at that stage were going nowhere fast. Sadly throughout the 1990s I don't recall going to a match home or away where Liverpool actually beat Wimbledon. The strange thing about this Wimbledon team is they had good players despite the dreadful football. Dennis Wise became a Chelsea captain and legend. John Scales went to Liverpool in 1994, Terry Phelan played for Ireland, Laurie Cunningham was past his best but a top talent. Don Howe was a well respected coach and former manager of Arsenal. Terry Gibson played for Manchester Utd. Just a very strange day in 1988, not to be for Liverpool but well done Wimbledon. As a Londoner it was sad to see what happened to Wimbledon in 2000 even though I didn't like their football much.
I watched this in Cyprus, had a guy on the flat roof of a clubhouse holding the aerial so we could pick this up on Middle East TV and the sound came from the BBC World Service.
Some observations: Wimbledon played almost 90 minutes of low block defending. This was a way of defending that was quite uncommon back then for pro clubs, unlike now. The way to get around it, I think is to let the low block team come at you and hit them on the break or draw them in and then hit a key pass. Unless you're Man City who can pass through teams at will. But Liverpool in 1988, as good as they were, were not the Man City of modern day. Thus, Liverpool made the mistake of trying to pass through Wimbledon and it was just impossible but back then, as I say, that type of defending was so uncommon, teams didn't really know how to counter it. Barnes resorted to hit and hope crosses. Beardsley trying to take 3 Wimbledon players on every time and losing out. You could tell Liverpool sort of gave up hope. The disallowed Beardsley goal was symptomatic of the quality of refereeing back then. You think it is bad now, it was bloody terrible back then. The goal Liverpool conceded was just rank bad defending. Gary Ablett just didn't want to attack the ball and so ultimately that gave Sanchez a free header. The penalty was obviously never a penalty and I always thought the ref gave it to make up for Beardsley's disallowed goal. But Aldridge's kick was so poor. Telegraphed into the hands of Beasant. It was not a difficult save. And the adverts - well, they are definitely worth watching. Good times the late 80's.
I think the last proper competitive Fa cup was 1993, and since then it starts going down with the introduction of PL, CL, Sky Tv and Bosman, the FA cup is the greatest and oldest football competition, and is major and important as the championship in my opinion, gone the replay days, we hardly see lower teams in the finals and surprises against odds which make it so exciting and gives hope for smaller teams in glory, and the final nail in the coffin is wembly, cant believe how they demolished the historical stadium and build this sole less stadium.
As a west Brom fan, I was so happy for Laurie cunningham!! And then 12 months later; So sad; he and cyrille were so loved by us baggies fans, I just hope they realised just how much. I was 15 at the time and watched it wth a load of Scousers in Majorca. I cheered when Laurie came on I cheered then dons won the cup I left eagerly. LOL
It takes a special kind of idiot to mess up a marriage with Princess Diana. She added the touch a exquisite class to an unforgettable day of cup final football. I had just finished secondary school that summer with the world ahead of me, it's been a tough life but watching this final and build-up on the old tv set with old friends long gone is memories one should cherish. Life goes by at the blink of an eye.
Wimbledon. To do what they did a non Lge side, then zipped up the four divs to Div1 & stay there nigh on 10yrs, oh won FAC agin LFC & sold players too big boys. Big respect, Roy of the Rovers made real.
Brian More gave fulsome praise to the Wimbledon goal. Whereas the Liverpool supporter John Motson commentated to the Wimledon goal through gritted teeth.
The disallowed Beardsley goal was probably the worst most incompetent refereeing decision I’ve ever seen. A decision so bad you’d assume it would have to be corruption.
Nope. It was unquestionably a foul on Beardsley. The problem was the ref blew for the foul straight away and doesn't wait to see if he should play the advantage. So it can't be a "perfectly good goal" because play had already stopped for the free kick. Beardsley just ignores the whistle and with Beasant relaxed, he puts it in the net for the hell of it.
@@zargonthemagnificent330 You are talking absolute crap, and you know it. Beasant went hurtling out and dived in it at Beardsley's feet to try and stop him scoring, you can see clear as daylight that he thought play was still going on. And as for "Puts it in the net for the hell of it," again, that is just crap. Beardsley was celebrating as the ball went in, and then he became completely distraught when he turned around and saw the referee calling back play. The ref got it totally wrong, and that DID have a serious impact on the course of the game, because Wimbledon went down the other end and scored a minute later - from a very, very softly-awarded free kick, I might add. Now, these things happen in football, and when they do, they are very unlucky. But please, stop trying to justify them by making out that things happened differently from how they very visibly did happen.
@@martinodoni8943 Suit yourself pal, but it's just a simple fact that play had already stopped when the ref blew for the original foul, so no goal. Of course Beardsley celebrates, any player would. Not quite sure how you can conclude that incident directly led to the Wimbledon goal either. Are you suggesting that Liverpool, by far the best side in the league that season, simply switched off and went to sleep because they had a goal disallowed?
@@martinodoni8943 Whatever the ref got wrong in that incident, the scales were balanced when John Aldridgepenaltycheat was given an undeserved spot kick.
I noticed that backpassing was allowed, both keepers picked up direct passes from defenders. Guess backpassing is a rule that wasn't around in the 80s, cool
Did you notice there is a player in this match who later played in another FA Cup match featuring Cristiano Ronaldo. Crazy that Ronaldo played against these people and is still scoring goals today
Appalling refereeing decision. Beardsley rode the foul so the ref should have played on, and called it back if he hadn't scored. Excellent skill by Beardsley and, had the goal stood, Liverpool could have easily gone on to win it.
Worse was the penalty decision. If John Aldridgepenaltycheat had got up and said to the ref, no it was not a pen, even if he had missed, I think Liverpool would have won the match. Instead, he looked like a cheat who had got his just deserts.
@@thevillaaston7811 No, the decision against Beardsley was clearly far worse, because the player scoring is penalised for a foul ON him, plus Wimbledon went downfield and scored a minute later from a very questionable free kick. Worse, while everyone remembers that Goodyear clearly won the ball for the penalty Liverpool were awarded, they all forget another terrible bit of refereeing that came at 56:42, when Aldridge was clearly barged over on the penalty spot by Young, and nothing was given at all. The Wimbledon players who were in that Final have never stopped moaning to this day about the penalty that Liverpool were given. But they keep forgetting the three other enormous blunders the referee committed that all went in Wimbledon's favour, and all played a huge role in deciding the game.
@@martinodoni8943 56:42 John Aldridgepenaltycheat and Eric Young were nowhere near enough to each other for the well placed referee to give a penalty. John Aldridgepenaltycheat was just having dip to see if he would get lucky. Of of course, he got lucky in the second half...and got his comeuppance. The foul for the free kick before Wimbledon scored their well deserved goal was routine decision via a well placed linesman. If you have got a problem that, you have a problem with anything. Mavellous! Beardley, and playing advantage. No doubt people in Liverpool were shedding tears. No doubt, people in Turin were shedding a lot more tears three years earlier. Vinnie Jones facing down Steve McMahon, Ian St John and the Liverpool suppoter John Motson trying, and failing to convey evenhandedness. Big Ears trying to cope with failure. Greavesie thoroughly enjoying himself, Don Howe giving the media a long overdue lecture about what football should really be about. Marvellous! Liverpool had gone from a bunch of cloggers in the 60s (Smith, Yeats, St John, and so on), to a team that ground out results in the 70s, through to a team that was finally being feted for the quality of it play, in its arrogance, thinking it only had to turn up at Wembley to claim the trophy. Fancy Liverpool, with all their money, support, and media mates having to rely on cheating the referee to try to get past ex Southern League Wimbledon. Fancy Liverpool, with all their money, support, and media mates getting turned over by ex Southern League Wimbledon. Wimbledon, who had their cup-final celebration in a marquee on the pitch at Plough Lane.. Marvellous! As far as the supporters were concerned, the good guys won, the murderers lost.
@@martinodoni8943 And while I am about it...Craig Johnstonwaanabepenaltycheat tried his luck to con the referee into giving Liverpool a penalty in the last few minutes.
