1989 Football League Cup Final

1989 Football League Cup Final
Event	1988–89 Football League Cup
Date	9 April 1989
Venue	Wembley Stadium, London
Referee	Roger Milford (Somerset)
Attendance	76,130

The 1989 Football League Cup Final was a football match played on 9 April 1989 between Nottingham Forest and the 1988 League Cup winners, Luton Town at Wembley Stadium. Nottingham Forest claimed victory in the 29th League Cup final with a 3–1 victory. Luton opened the scoring in the first half with a header from Mick Harford, while Forest's Lee Chapman had a goal disallowed at the other end. In the second half Forest took control and equalised with a penalty by Nigel Clough. Soon after, Tommy Gaynor provided a cross for Neil Webb to control and slot into the Luton net. Clough completed the scoring with a low drilled shot from just outside the penalty area. It was Forest's third victory in this competition.

Match details

9 April 1989

Nottingham Forest	3–1	Luton Town
Clough 54' (pen.), 76' Webb 68'		Harford 35'

Wembley, London

Attendance: 76,130

Referee: Roger Milford (Somerset)

Nottingham Forest

Luton Town



GK	1	Steve Sutton
RB	2	Brian Laws
LB	3	Stuart Pearce (c)
CB	4	Des Walker
CB	5	Terry Wilson
LM	6	Steve Hodge
RM	7	Tommy Gaynor
CM	8	Neil Webb
CF	9	Nigel Clough
CF	10	Lee Chapman
CM	11	Garry Parker
Substitutes:
DF	12	Steve Chettle
FW	14	Lee Glover
Manager:
Brian Clough



GK	1	Les Sealey
RB	2	Tim Breacker
LB	3	Ashley Grimes
CM	4	David Preece
CB	5	Steve Foster (c)
CB	6	Dave Beaumont
RM	7	Danny Wilson
CF	8	Roy Wegerle
CF	9	Mick Harford
CM	10	Ricky Hill
LM	11	Kingsley Black
Substitutes:
DF	12	Darron McDonough
FW	14	Raphael Meade
Manager:
Ray Harford

Road to Wembley

Luton

Luton 1–1 Burnley (R Johnson) 2nd Round 1st Leg

Burnley 0–1 Luton (R Hill) 2nd Round 2nd Leg

Leeds 0–2 Luton (D Wilson, K Black) 3rd Round

Luton 3–1 Manchester City (R Wegerle 2, Oldfield) 4th Round

Luton 1–1 Southampton (M Harford) 5th Round

Southampton 1–2 Luton (M Harford, R Hill) 5th Round Replay

West Ham United 0–3 Luton (M Harford, R Wegerle, D Wilson) Semi-final 1st Leg

Luton 2–0 West Ham United (M Harford, R Wegerle) Semi-final 2nd Leg

References

Match report at the Sporting Chronicle

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EFL Cup
Seasons	1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21
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Finals Alan Hardaker Trophy Records

Nottingham Forest F.C. matches
FA Cup Finals	1898 1959 1991
League Cup Finals	1978 1979 1980 1989 1990 1992
FA Charity Shields	1959 1978
European Cup Finals	1979 1980
European Super Cups	1979 1980
Intercontinental Cup	1980
Full Members' Cup Finals	1989 1992
Other matches	Nottingham Forest 1–8 Manchester United (1999)

Luton Town F.C. matches
FA Cup Final	1959
League Cup Finals	1988 1989
Football League Trophy Final	2009
Full Members' Cup Final	1988
Conference Premier play-off Finals	2011 2012
Other matches	Kenilworth Road riot (1985) Norwich City 0–1 Luton Town (2013)