Sutton United 2–1 Coventry City (1989)

Sutton United 2–1 Coventry City
Event 1988–89 FA Cup
Date 7 January 1989
Venue Borough Sports Ground, Sutton, London
Referee Alf Buksh
Attendance 8,000

Sutton United 2–1 Coventry City was a football match played on 7 January 1989 at Gander Green Lane, Sutton. The match was an FA Cup Third Round tie.

It is one of the most famous 'giant-killings' in the competition's history, notable for being one of those rare occasions when a club from the highest tier of English football was defeated by a non-League side. It remained the last occurrence of this for 24 years, until Luton Town beat Norwich City in the Fourth Round in 2013.[1] The home-team, Sutton United, played in the Conference. The away team, Coventry City, played in the old First Division.

For Coventry, it was a distinct role reversal from their success in the FA Cup final of just two seasons before (in fact it was only 19 months prior), when they had been on the right end of a much-celebrated underdog triumph.

Match summary

7 January 1989
15:00
Sutton United 2–1 Coventry City
Rains  42'
Hanlan  59'
Report Phillips  52'
Borough Sports Ground, Sutton
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Alf Buksh
Sutton United
Coventry City
GK 1 England Trevor Roffey
DF 2 England Robin Jones
DF 3 England Tony Rains (c)
DF 4 England Nigel Golley
DF 5 England Vernon Pratt
MF 6 England Paul Rogers
MF 7 England Mickey Stephens
MF 8 England Phil Dawson
FW 9 Jamaica Lennie Dennis
FW 10Scotland Paul McKinnon
MF 11England Matthew Hanlan
Manager:
England Barrie Williams
GK 1 England Steve Ogrizovic
DF 2 England Brian Borrows
DF 3 Wales David Phillips
DF 4 England Steve Sedgley
DF 5 England Brian Kilcline (c)
DF 6 England Trevor Peake
MF 7 England Dave Bennett
MF 8 Scotland David Speedie
FW 9 England Cyrille Regis
FW 10England Lloyd McGrath
MF 11England David Smith
Substitute:
FW 12England Keith Houchen
Manager:
England John Sillett

References

  1. Phillips, Owen. "BBC Sport – Brighton's secret FA Cup giant-killer". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2012-02-18.

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