League Cup, Littlewoods Challenge Cup | |
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Tournament details | |
Country | England Wales |
Teams | 92 |
Final positions | |
Champions | Nottingham Forest (3rd title) |
Runner-up | Luton Town |
Tournament statistics | |
Top goal scorer(s) | David Platt (6) |
The 1988β89 Football League Cup (known as the Littlewoods Challenge Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 29th season of the Football League Cup, a knockout competition for England's top 92 football clubs. The competition started on 29 August 1988 and ended with the final on 9 April 1989.
The final was contested by First Division teams Nottingham Forest and holders Luton Town at Wembley Stadium in London.
Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date | Agg |
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Aldershot | 0β0 | Leyton Orient | 6 September 1988 | 0β2 |
Birmingham City | 1β0 [1] [2] | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 6 September 1988 | 3β3 |
Blackpool | 3β0 | Carlisle United | 6 September 1988 | 4β1 |
Brentford | 1β0 [1] | Fulham | 6 September 1988 | 3β2 |
Brighton & Hove Albion | 0β1 | Southend United | 7 September 1988 | 0β3 |
Bristol Rovers | 0β0 | AFC Bournemouth | 7 September 1988 | 0β1 |
Burnley | 2β1 | Rochdale | 6 September 1988 | 5β4 |
Chester City | 3β1 | Bolton Wanderers | 7 September 1988 | 3β2 |
Chesterfield | 1β1 | Port Vale | 6 September 1988 | 3β4 |
Darlington | 2β0 | Doncaster Rovers | 6 September 1988 | 3β1 |
Exeter City | 0β1 | Bristol City | 7 September 1988 | 0β2 |
Gillingham | 3β1 | Cambridge United | 6 September 1988 | 5β2 |
Halifax Town | 2β2 [1] [3] | Scarborough | 6 September 1988 | 3β3 |
Huddersfield Town | 2β2 [1] | Scunthorpe United | 6 September 1988 | 4β5 |
Lincoln City | 2β1 | Crewe Alexandra | 7 September 1988 | 3β2 |
Mansfield Town | 1β0 | Notts County | 6 September 1988 | 1β5 |
Northampton Town | 5β0 | Colchester United | 6 September 1988 | 5β0 |
Peterborough United | 0β2 | West Bromwich Albion | 7 September 1988 | 3β2 |
Plymouth Argyle | 3β2 | Hereford United | 6 September 1988 | 6β2 |
Preston North End | 1β0 | Wigan Athletic | 6 September 1988 | 1β0 |
Reading | 3β1 | Torquay United | 7 September 1988 | 4β1 |
Rotherham United | 1β0 | Grimsby Town | 6 September 1988 | 2β0 |
Sheffield United | 2β0 [1] | Hartlepool United | 6 September 1988 | 4β2 |
Sunderland | 4β0 | York City | 6 September 1988 | 4β0 |
Swansea City | 0β2 | Cardiff City | 20 September 1988 | 1β2 |
Tranmere Rovers | 1β1 | Stockport County | 5 September 1988 | 2β1 |
Walsall | 3β0 | Shrewsbury Town | 6 September 1988 | 5β2 |
Wrexham | 2β2 [1] | Bury | 6 September 1988 | 3β4 |
Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
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AFC Bournemouth | 0β4 | Coventry City | 27 September 1988 |
Barnsley | 0β2 | Wimbledon | 27 September 1988 |
Birmingham City | 0β2 | Aston Villa | 27 September 1988 |
Blackburn Rovers | 3β1 | Brentford | 27 September 1988 |
Blackpool | 2β0 | Sheffield Wednesday | 27 September 1988 |
Darlington | 2β0 | Oldham Athletic | 27 September 1988 |
Derby County | 1β0 | Southend United | 28 September 1988 |
Everton | 3β0 | Bury | 27 September 1988 |
Hull City | 1β2 | Arsenal | 28 September 1988 |
Leicester City | 4β1 | Watford | 28 September 1988 |
Leyton Orient | 1β2 | Stoke City | 27 September 1988 |
Lincoln City | 1β1 | Southampton | 28 September 1988 |
Liverpool | 1β0 | Walsall | 28 September 1988 |
Luton Town | 1β1 | Burnley | 27 September 1988 |
Manchester City | 1β0 | Plymouth Argyle | 28 September 1988 |
Middlesbrough | 0β0 | Tranmere Rovers | 28 September 1988 |
Millwall | 3β0 | Gillingham | 27 September 1988 |
Northampton Town | 1β1 | Charlton Athletic | 27 September 1988 |
Norwich City | 2β0 | Preston North End | 28 September 1988 |
Nottingham Forest | 6β0 | Chester City | 28 September 1988 |
Notts County | 1β1 | Tottenham Hotspur | 27 September 1988 |
Oxford United | 2β4 | Bristol City | 28 September 1988 |
Peterborough United | 1β2 | Leeds United | 27 September 1988 |
Port Vale | 1β0 | Ipswich Town | 26 September 1988 |
Portsmouth | 2β2 | Scarborough | 27 September 1988 |
Queens Park Rangers | 3β0 | Cardiff City | 28 September 1988 |
Reading | 1β1 | Bradford City | 28 September 1988 |
Rotherham United | 0β1 | Manchester United | 28 September 1988 |
Scunthorpe United | 4β1 | Chelsea | 27 September 1988 |
Sheffield United | 3β0 | Newcastle United | 27 September 1988 |
Sunderland | 0β3 | West Ham United | 27 September 1988 |
Swindon Town | 1β2 | Crystal Palace | 27 September 1988 |
Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date | Agg |
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Arsenal | 3β0 | Hull City | 12 October 1988 | 5β1 |
Aston Villa | 5β0 | Birmingham City | 12 October 1988 | 7β0 |
Bradford City | 2β1 [1] | Reading | 12 October 1988 | 3β2 |
Brentford | 4β3 | Blackburn Rovers | 12 October 1988 | 5β6 |
Bristol City | 2β0 | Oxford United | 11 October 1988 | 6β2 |
Burnley | 0β1 | Luton Town | 11 October 1988 | 1β2 |
Bury | 2β2 | Everton | 11 October 1988 | 2β5 |
Cardiff City | 1β4 | Queens Park Rangers | 11 October 1988 | 1β7 |
Charlton Athletic | 2β1 | Northampton Town | 11 October 1988 | 3β2 |
Chelsea | 2β2 | Scunthorpe United | 12 October 1988 | 3β6 |
Chester City | 0β4 | Nottingham Forest | 12 October 1988 | 0β10 |
Coventry City | 3β1 | AFC Bournemouth | 11 October 1988 | 7β1 |
Crystal Palace | 2β0 | Swindon Town | 12 October 1988 | 4β1 |
Gillingham | 1β3 | Millwall | 11 October 1988 | 1β6 |
Ipswich Town | 3β0 | Port Vale | 11 October 1988 | 3β1 |
Leeds United | 3β1 | Peterborough United | 12 October 1988 | 5β2 |
Manchester United | 5β0 | Rotherham United | 12 October 1988 | 6β0 |
Newcastle United | 2β0 | Sheffield United | 12 October 1988 | 2β3 |
Oldham Athletic | 4β0 [1] | Darlington | 11 October 1988 | 4β2 |
Plymouth Argyle | 3β6 | Manchester City | 12 October 1988 | 3β7 |
Preston North End | 0β3 | Norwich City | 11 October 1988 | 0β5 |
Scarborough | 3β1 | Portsmouth | 12 October 1988 | 5β3 |
Sheffield Wednesday | 3β1 [1] [4] | Blackpool | 12 October 1988 | 3β3 |
Southampton | 3β1 | Lincoln City | 11 October 1988 | 4β2 |
Southend United | 1β2 | Derby County | 11 October 1988 | 1β3 |
Stoke City | 1β2 [1] [5] | Leyton Orient | 11 October 1988 | 3β3 |
Tottenham Hotspur | 2β1 | Notts County | 11 October 1988 | 3β2 |
Tranmere Rovers | 1β0 | Middlesbrough | 11 October 1988 | 1β0 |
Walsall | 1β3 | Liverpool | 12 October 1988 | 1β4 |
Watford | 2β2 | Leicester City | 11 October 1988 | 3β6 |
West Ham United | 2β1 | Sunderland | 12 October 1988 | 5β1 |
Wimbledon | 0β1 | Barnsley | 12 October 1988 | 2β1 |
Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
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Aston Villa | 3β1 | Millwall | 2 November 1988 |
Bradford City | 1β1 | Scunthorpe United | 2 November 1988 |
Bristol City | 4β1 | Crystal Palace | 1 November 1988 |
Everton | 1β1 | Oldham Athletic | 8 November 1988 |
Ipswich Town | 2β0 | Leyton Orient | 1 November 1988 |
Leeds United | 0β2 | Luton Town | 2 November 1988 |
Leicester City | 2β0 | Norwich City | 2 November 1988 |
Liverpool | 1β1 | Arsenal | 2 November 1988 |
Manchester City | 4β2 | Sheffield United | 2 November 1988 |
Nottingham Forest | 3β2 | Coventry City | 2 November 1988 |
Queens Park Rangers | 2β1 | Charlton Athletic | 2 November 1988 |
Scarborough | 2β2 | Southampton | 2 November 1988 |
Tottenham Hotspur | 0β0 | Blackburn Rovers | 1 November 1988 |
Tranmere Rovers | 1β0 | Blackpool | 1 November 1988 |
West Ham United | 5β0 | Derby County | 1 November 1988 |
Wimbledon | 2β1 | Manchester United | 2 November 1988 |
Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
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Arsenal | 0β0 [1] | Liverpool | 9 November 1988 |
Blackburn Rovers | 1β2 [1] | Tottenham Hotspur | 9 November 1988 |
Oldham Athletic | 0β2 | Everton | 29 November 1988 |
Scunthorpe United | 0β1 | Bradford City | 22 November 1988 |
Southampton | 1β0 | Scarborough | 22 November 1988 |
Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
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Liverpool | 2β1 | Arsenal | 23 November 1988 |
Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
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Aston Villa | 6β2 | Ipswich Town | 30 November 1988 |
Bradford City | 3β1 | Everton | 14 December 1988 |
Bristol City | 1β0 | Tranmere Rovers | 29 November 1988 |
Leicester City | 0β0 | Nottingham Forest | 30 November 1988 |
Luton Town | 3β1 | Manchester City | 29 November 1988 |
Queens Park Rangers | 0β0 | Wimbledon | 30 November 1988 |
Southampton | 2β1 | Tottenham Hotspur | 29 November 1988 |
West Ham United | 4β1 | Liverpool | 30 November 1988 |
Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
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Nottingham Forest | 2β1 | Leicester City | 14 December 1988 |
Wimbledon | 0β1 | Queens Park Rangers | 14 December 1988 |
Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
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Bradford City | 0β1 | Bristol City | 18 January 1989 |
Luton Town | 1β1 | Southampton | 18 January 1989 |
Nottingham Forest | 5β2 | Queens Park Rangers | 18 January 1989 |
West Ham United | 2β1 | Aston Villa | 18 January 1989 |
Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
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Southampton | 1β2 [1] | Luton Town | 25 January 1989 |
Nottingham Forest, flying high in the First Division, had a narrow victory over Third Division underdogs Bristol City in the semi-finals, while holders Luton Town enjoyed a comfortable triumph over West Ham United in both legs.
Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
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Nottingham Forest | 1β1 | Bristol City | 15 February 1989 |
West Ham United | 0β3 | Luton Town | 12 February 1989 |
Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date | Agg |
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Bristol City | 0β1 [1] | Nottingham Forest | 26 February 1989 | 1β2 |
Luton Town | 2β0 | West Ham United | 1 March 1989 | 5β0 |
Nottingham Forest | 3β1 | Luton Town |
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League Cup, Littlewoods Challenge Cup | |
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Tournament details | |
Country | England Wales |
Teams | 92 |
Final positions | |
Champions | Nottingham Forest (3rd title) |
Runner-up | Luton Town |
Tournament statistics | |
Top goal scorer(s) | David Platt (6) |
The 1988β89 Football League Cup (known as the Littlewoods Challenge Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 29th season of the Football League Cup, a knockout competition for England's top 92 football clubs. The competition started on 29 August 1988 and ended with the final on 9 April 1989.
The final was contested by First Division teams Nottingham Forest and holders Luton Town at Wembley Stadium in London.
Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date | Agg |
---|---|---|---|---|
Aldershot | 0β0 | Leyton Orient | 6 September 1988 | 0β2 |
Birmingham City | 1β0 [1] [2] | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 6 September 1988 | 3β3 |
Blackpool | 3β0 | Carlisle United | 6 September 1988 | 4β1 |
Brentford | 1β0 [1] | Fulham | 6 September 1988 | 3β2 |
Brighton & Hove Albion | 0β1 | Southend United | 7 September 1988 | 0β3 |
Bristol Rovers | 0β0 | AFC Bournemouth | 7 September 1988 | 0β1 |
Burnley | 2β1 | Rochdale | 6 September 1988 | 5β4 |
Chester City | 3β1 | Bolton Wanderers | 7 September 1988 | 3β2 |
Chesterfield | 1β1 | Port Vale | 6 September 1988 | 3β4 |
Darlington | 2β0 | Doncaster Rovers | 6 September 1988 | 3β1 |
Exeter City | 0β1 | Bristol City | 7 September 1988 | 0β2 |
Gillingham | 3β1 | Cambridge United | 6 September 1988 | 5β2 |
Halifax Town | 2β2 [1] [3] | Scarborough | 6 September 1988 | 3β3 |
Huddersfield Town | 2β2 [1] | Scunthorpe United | 6 September 1988 | 4β5 |
Lincoln City | 2β1 | Crewe Alexandra | 7 September 1988 | 3β2 |
Mansfield Town | 1β0 | Notts County | 6 September 1988 | 1β5 |
Northampton Town | 5β0 | Colchester United | 6 September 1988 | 5β0 |
Peterborough United | 0β2 | West Bromwich Albion | 7 September 1988 | 3β2 |
Plymouth Argyle | 3β2 | Hereford United | 6 September 1988 | 6β2 |
Preston North End | 1β0 | Wigan Athletic | 6 September 1988 | 1β0 |
Reading | 3β1 | Torquay United | 7 September 1988 | 4β1 |
Rotherham United | 1β0 | Grimsby Town | 6 September 1988 | 2β0 |
Sheffield United | 2β0 [1] | Hartlepool United | 6 September 1988 | 4β2 |
Sunderland | 4β0 | York City | 6 September 1988 | 4β0 |
Swansea City | 0β2 | Cardiff City | 20 September 1988 | 1β2 |
Tranmere Rovers | 1β1 | Stockport County | 5 September 1988 | 2β1 |
Walsall | 3β0 | Shrewsbury Town | 6 September 1988 | 5β2 |
Wrexham | 2β2 [1] | Bury | 6 September 1988 | 3β4 |
Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
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AFC Bournemouth | 0β4 | Coventry City | 27 September 1988 |
Barnsley | 0β2 | Wimbledon | 27 September 1988 |
Birmingham City | 0β2 | Aston Villa | 27 September 1988 |
Blackburn Rovers | 3β1 | Brentford | 27 September 1988 |
Blackpool | 2β0 | Sheffield Wednesday | 27 September 1988 |
Darlington | 2β0 | Oldham Athletic | 27 September 1988 |
Derby County | 1β0 | Southend United | 28 September 1988 |
Everton | 3β0 | Bury | 27 September 1988 |
Hull City | 1β2 | Arsenal | 28 September 1988 |
Leicester City | 4β1 | Watford | 28 September 1988 |
Leyton Orient | 1β2 | Stoke City | 27 September 1988 |
Lincoln City | 1β1 | Southampton | 28 September 1988 |
Liverpool | 1β0 | Walsall | 28 September 1988 |
Luton Town | 1β1 | Burnley | 27 September 1988 |
Manchester City | 1β0 | Plymouth Argyle | 28 September 1988 |
Middlesbrough | 0β0 | Tranmere Rovers | 28 September 1988 |
Millwall | 3β0 | Gillingham | 27 September 1988 |
Northampton Town | 1β1 | Charlton Athletic | 27 September 1988 |
Norwich City | 2β0 | Preston North End | 28 September 1988 |
Nottingham Forest | 6β0 | Chester City | 28 September 1988 |
Notts County | 1β1 | Tottenham Hotspur | 27 September 1988 |
Oxford United | 2β4 | Bristol City | 28 September 1988 |
Peterborough United | 1β2 | Leeds United | 27 September 1988 |
Port Vale | 1β0 | Ipswich Town | 26 September 1988 |
Portsmouth | 2β2 | Scarborough | 27 September 1988 |
Queens Park Rangers | 3β0 | Cardiff City | 28 September 1988 |
Reading | 1β1 | Bradford City | 28 September 1988 |
Rotherham United | 0β1 | Manchester United | 28 September 1988 |
Scunthorpe United | 4β1 | Chelsea | 27 September 1988 |
Sheffield United | 3β0 | Newcastle United | 27 September 1988 |
Sunderland | 0β3 | West Ham United | 27 September 1988 |
Swindon Town | 1β2 | Crystal Palace | 27 September 1988 |
Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date | Agg |
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Arsenal | 3β0 | Hull City | 12 October 1988 | 5β1 |
Aston Villa | 5β0 | Birmingham City | 12 October 1988 | 7β0 |
Bradford City | 2β1 [1] | Reading | 12 October 1988 | 3β2 |
Brentford | 4β3 | Blackburn Rovers | 12 October 1988 | 5β6 |
Bristol City | 2β0 | Oxford United | 11 October 1988 | 6β2 |
Burnley | 0β1 | Luton Town | 11 October 1988 | 1β2 |
Bury | 2β2 | Everton | 11 October 1988 | 2β5 |
Cardiff City | 1β4 | Queens Park Rangers | 11 October 1988 | 1β7 |
Charlton Athletic | 2β1 | Northampton Town | 11 October 1988 | 3β2 |
Chelsea | 2β2 | Scunthorpe United | 12 October 1988 | 3β6 |
Chester City | 0β4 | Nottingham Forest | 12 October 1988 | 0β10 |
Coventry City | 3β1 | AFC Bournemouth | 11 October 1988 | 7β1 |
Crystal Palace | 2β0 | Swindon Town | 12 October 1988 | 4β1 |
Gillingham | 1β3 | Millwall | 11 October 1988 | 1β6 |
Ipswich Town | 3β0 | Port Vale | 11 October 1988 | 3β1 |
Leeds United | 3β1 | Peterborough United | 12 October 1988 | 5β2 |
Manchester United | 5β0 | Rotherham United | 12 October 1988 | 6β0 |
Newcastle United | 2β0 | Sheffield United | 12 October 1988 | 2β3 |
Oldham Athletic | 4β0 [1] | Darlington | 11 October 1988 | 4β2 |
Plymouth Argyle | 3β6 | Manchester City | 12 October 1988 | 3β7 |
Preston North End | 0β3 | Norwich City | 11 October 1988 | 0β5 |
Scarborough | 3β1 | Portsmouth | 12 October 1988 | 5β3 |
Sheffield Wednesday | 3β1 [1] [4] | Blackpool | 12 October 1988 | 3β3 |
Southampton | 3β1 | Lincoln City | 11 October 1988 | 4β2 |
Southend United | 1β2 | Derby County | 11 October 1988 | 1β3 |
Stoke City | 1β2 [1] [5] | Leyton Orient | 11 October 1988 | 3β3 |
Tottenham Hotspur | 2β1 | Notts County | 11 October 1988 | 3β2 |
Tranmere Rovers | 1β0 | Middlesbrough | 11 October 1988 | 1β0 |
Walsall | 1β3 | Liverpool | 12 October 1988 | 1β4 |
Watford | 2β2 | Leicester City | 11 October 1988 | 3β6 |
West Ham United | 2β1 | Sunderland | 12 October 1988 | 5β1 |
Wimbledon | 0β1 | Barnsley | 12 October 1988 | 2β1 |
Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
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Aston Villa | 3β1 | Millwall | 2 November 1988 |
Bradford City | 1β1 | Scunthorpe United | 2 November 1988 |
Bristol City | 4β1 | Crystal Palace | 1 November 1988 |
Everton | 1β1 | Oldham Athletic | 8 November 1988 |
Ipswich Town | 2β0 | Leyton Orient | 1 November 1988 |
Leeds United | 0β2 | Luton Town | 2 November 1988 |
Leicester City | 2β0 | Norwich City | 2 November 1988 |
Liverpool | 1β1 | Arsenal | 2 November 1988 |
Manchester City | 4β2 | Sheffield United | 2 November 1988 |
Nottingham Forest | 3β2 | Coventry City | 2 November 1988 |
Queens Park Rangers | 2β1 | Charlton Athletic | 2 November 1988 |
Scarborough | 2β2 | Southampton | 2 November 1988 |
Tottenham Hotspur | 0β0 | Blackburn Rovers | 1 November 1988 |
Tranmere Rovers | 1β0 | Blackpool | 1 November 1988 |
West Ham United | 5β0 | Derby County | 1 November 1988 |
Wimbledon | 2β1 | Manchester United | 2 November 1988 |
Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
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Arsenal | 0β0 [1] | Liverpool | 9 November 1988 |
Blackburn Rovers | 1β2 [1] | Tottenham Hotspur | 9 November 1988 |
Oldham Athletic | 0β2 | Everton | 29 November 1988 |
Scunthorpe United | 0β1 | Bradford City | 22 November 1988 |
Southampton | 1β0 | Scarborough | 22 November 1988 |
Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
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Liverpool | 2β1 | Arsenal | 23 November 1988 |
Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
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Aston Villa | 6β2 | Ipswich Town | 30 November 1988 |
Bradford City | 3β1 | Everton | 14 December 1988 |
Bristol City | 1β0 | Tranmere Rovers | 29 November 1988 |
Leicester City | 0β0 | Nottingham Forest | 30 November 1988 |
Luton Town | 3β1 | Manchester City | 29 November 1988 |
Queens Park Rangers | 0β0 | Wimbledon | 30 November 1988 |
Southampton | 2β1 | Tottenham Hotspur | 29 November 1988 |
West Ham United | 4β1 | Liverpool | 30 November 1988 |
Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
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Nottingham Forest | 2β1 | Leicester City | 14 December 1988 |
Wimbledon | 0β1 | Queens Park Rangers | 14 December 1988 |
Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
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Bradford City | 0β1 | Bristol City | 18 January 1989 |
Luton Town | 1β1 | Southampton | 18 January 1989 |
Nottingham Forest | 5β2 | Queens Park Rangers | 18 January 1989 |
West Ham United | 2β1 | Aston Villa | 18 January 1989 |
Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
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Southampton | 1β2 [1] | Luton Town | 25 January 1989 |
Nottingham Forest, flying high in the First Division, had a narrow victory over Third Division underdogs Bristol City in the semi-finals, while holders Luton Town enjoyed a comfortable triumph over West Ham United in both legs.
Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
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Nottingham Forest | 1β1 | Bristol City | 15 February 1989 |
West Ham United | 0β3 | Luton Town | 12 February 1989 |
Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date | Agg |
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Bristol City | 0β1 [1] | Nottingham Forest | 26 February 1989 | 1β2 |
Luton Town | 2β0 | West Ham United | 1 March 1989 | 5β0 |
Nottingham Forest | 3β1 | Luton Town |
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