1987 Football League Trophy Final

1987 Freight Rover Trophy
Event 1986–87 Football League Trophy
Bristol City Mansfield Town
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Mansfield Town won 5–4 on penalties
Date 24 May 1987
Venue Wembley Stadium, London
Referee A.Gunn (Burgess Hill)
Attendance 58,586

The 1987 Football League Trophy 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, and the trophy was Mansfield Town's first major honours in the club's history.

Match details

GK 1Keith Waugh
DF 2 Rob Newman
DF 3 Brian Williams
DF 4David Moyes
DF 5 John MacPhail
MF 6Andy Llewellyn
MF 7Gordon Owen
MF 8Gary Marshall  115'
MF 9Glyn Riley
FW 10Alan Walsh  70'
FW 11Joe Jordan
Substitutes:
MF 12Paul Fitzpatrick  115'
DF 14Keith Curle  70'
Manager:
Terry Cooper
GK 1Kevin Hitchcock
DF 2Mike Graham
DF 3Paul Garner
MF 4Tony Lowery
DF 5George Foster
DF 6Tony Kenworthy
MF 7 Kevin Kent
MF 8 Jason Danskin  90'
FW 9 Neil Whatmore  65'
FW 10 Keith Cassells
MF 11 Mark Kearney
Substitutes:
DF 12Gary Pollard  90'
FW 14Ian Stringfellow  65'
Manager:
Ian Greaves

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.

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