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 }}

width="100%"

|valign="top" width="50%"|

{| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"

|colspan="4"|

width="25"|width="25"|width="200"|
|GK1Keith Waugh
|DF2Rob Newman
|DF3Brian Williams
|DF4David Moyes
|DF5John MacPhail
|MF6Andy Llewellyn
|MF7Gordon Owen
|MF8Gary Marshall{{suboff|115}}
|MF9Glyn Riley
|FW10Alan Walsh{{suboff|70}}
|FW11Joe Jordan
colspan=4|Substitutes:
|MF12Paul Fitzpatrick{{subon|115}}
|DF14Keith Curle{{subon|70}}
colspan=4|Manager:
colspan="4"|Terry Cooper

|valign="top" width="50%"|

style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"

|colspan="4"|

width="25"|width="25"|width="200"|
|GK1Kevin Hitchcock
|DF2Mike Graham
|DF3Paul Garner
|MF4Tony Lowery
|DF5George Foster
|DF6Tony Kenworthy
|MF7Kevin Kent
|MF8Jason Danskin{{suboff|90}}
|FW9Neil Whatmore{{suboff|65}}
|FW10Keith Cassells
|MF11Mark Kearney
colspan=4|Substitutes:
|DF12Gary Pollard{{subon|90}}
|FW14Ian Stringfellow{{subon|65}}
colspan=4|Manager:
colspan="4"|Ian Greaves

|}

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| width=50% valign=top|

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.