1987 Associate Members' Cup final
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{{Infobox football match
| title = 1987 Associate Members' Cup Final
| image = Old Wembley Stadium (external view).jpg
| image_size = 200
| event = 1986–87 Associate Members' Cup
| team1 = Bristol City
| team1score = 1
| team2 = Mansfield Town
| team2score = 1
| details = Mansfield Town won 5–4 on penalties
| date = 24 May 1987
| stadium = Wembley Stadium
| city = London
| man_of_the_match1a =
| referee = A.Gunn (Burgess Hill)
| attendance = 58,586
| weather =
| previous = 1986
| next = 1988
}}
The 1987 Associate Members' Cup Final, known as the Freight Rover Trophy for sponsorship reasons, was the 4th final of the domestic football cup competition for teams from the Third Division and Fourth Division. The final was played at Wembley Stadium, London on 24 May 1987, and was contested by Bristol City and Mansfield Town. With the score tied at 1–1 after extra time, Mansfield Town won the match in a penalty shootout.
The match was the first ever final at Wembley to be decided by a penalty shootout,{{dubious|date=February 2018}} and the trophy was Mansfield Town's first and last major honour in the club's history.
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Match details
{{football box
|date=24 May 1987
|time=
|team1=Bristol City
|score=1–1
(a.e.t.)
|team2=Mansfield Town
|report=[http://www.thestags.freeserve.co.uk/wemble2.html Report]
|goals1=Riley {{goal|88}}
|goals2=Kent {{goal|57}}
|stadium=Wembley Stadium, London
|attendance=58,586
|referee=A.Gunn (Burgess Hill)
|penalties1= Williams {{pengoal}}
Newman {{pengoal}}
MacPhail {{pengoal}}
Curle {{pengoal}}
Owen {{penmiss}}
Moyes {{penmiss}}
|penaltyscore = 4–5
|penalties2 = {{pengoal}} Kearney
{{penmiss}} Cassells
{{pengoal}} Stringfellow
{{pengoal}} Pollard
{{pengoal}} Kent
{{pengoal}} Kenworthy }}
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|GK | 1 | Keith Waugh | |
|DF | 2 | Rob Newman | |
|DF | 3 | Brian Williams | |
|DF | 4 | David Moyes | |
|DF | 5 | John MacPhail | |
|MF | 6 | Andy Llewellyn | |
|MF | 7 | Gordon Owen | |
|MF | 8 | Gary Marshall | {{suboff|115}} |
|MF | 9 | Glyn Riley | |
|FW | 10 | Alan Walsh | {{suboff|70}} |
|FW | 11 | Joe Jordan | |
colspan=4|Substitutes: | |||
|MF | 12 | Paul Fitzpatrick | {{subon|115}} |
|DF | 14 | Keith Curle | {{subon|70}} |
colspan=4|Manager: | |||
colspan="4"|Terry Cooper |
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|GK | 1 | Kevin Hitchcock | |
|DF | 2 | Mike Graham | |
|DF | 3 | Paul Garner | |
|MF | 4 | Tony Lowery | |
|DF | 5 | George Foster | |
|DF | 6 | Tony Kenworthy | |
|MF | 7 | Kevin Kent | |
|MF | 8 | Jason Danskin | {{suboff|90}} |
|FW | 9 | Neil Whatmore | {{suboff|65}} |
|FW | 10 | Keith Cassells | |
|MF | 11 | Mark Kearney | |
colspan=4|Substitutes: | |||
|DF | 12 | Gary Pollard | {{subon|90}} |
|FW | 14 | Ian Stringfellow | {{subon|65}} |
colspan=4|Manager: | |||
colspan="4"|Ian Greaves |
|}
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| width=50% valign=top| MATCH RULES
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080825153109/http://www.football-league.co.uk/page/JohnstonesPaintTrophy/0,,10794,00.html Official website]
{{EFL Trophy seasons}}
{{1986–87 in English football}}
{{Bristol City F.C. matches}}
{{Mansfield Town F.C.}}