1987–88 Full Members' Cup

Full Members' Cup 1987–88 England 40 Reading 1 Luton Town Coventry City Swindon Town 39 119 1986–87 1988–89 The 1987–88 Full Members' Cup, known as the Simod Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the third edition of the tournament created to compensate for the ban on English clubs from European football following the Heysel Stadium disaster. It was won by Reading, who beat Luton Town 4–1 in the final at Wembley. Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester United and Tottenham opted out of this competition. First round 10 November 1987 Blackburn Rovers (2) 1–2 Swindon Town (2) Ewood Park 10 November 1987 Charlton Athletic (1) 1–1 yes 4–2 Hull City (2) The Valley 10 November 1987 Ipswich Town (2) 1–0 Middlesbrough (2) Portman Road 10 November 1987 Leicester City (2) 1–0 Huddersfield Town (2) Filbert Street 10 November 1987 Manchester City (2) 6–2 Plymouth Argyle (2) Maine Road 10 November 1987 Oldham Athletic (2) 0–3 West Bromwich Albion (2) Boundary Park 10 November 1987 Portsmouth (1) 0–3 Stoke City (2) Heath Daly Shaw Fratton Park 3,226 10 November 1987 Sheffield Wednesday (1) 2–0 Bournemouth (2) Hillsborough Stadium 10 November 1987 West Ham United (1) 1–2 Millwall (2) Boleyn Ground 11 November 1987 Aston Villa (2) 0–5 Bradford City (2) Villa Park 11 November 1987 Oxford United (1) 1–0 Crystal Palace (2) Manor Ground 18 November 1987 Chelsea (1) 2–1 Barnsley (2) Durie 65'Coady 82' MacDonald 39' Stamford Bridge 8,501 Mike D. Reed 25 November 1987 Derby County (1) 3–1 yes Birmingham City (2) Baseball Ground 25 November 1987 Leeds United (2) 3–0 Sheffield United (2) Elland Road 25 November 1987 Newcastle United (1) 2–1 Shrewsbury Town (2) St James' Park 21 December 1987 Queens Park Rangers (1) 1–3 Reading (2) Loftus Road Second round 1 December 1987 Charlton Athletic (1) 1–2 yes Leicester City (2) The Valley 1 December 1987 Ipswich Town (2) 2–1 West Bromwich Albion (2) Portman Road 1 December 1987 Sheffield Wednesday (1) 0–1 Stoke City (2) Berry Hillsborough Stadium 15,228 2 December 1987 Bradford City (2) 2–1 Newcastle United (1) Valley Parade 8 December 1987 Millwall (2) 2–0 Leeds United (2) The Den 16 December 1987 Manchester City (2) 0–2 Chelsea (1) K. Wilson 67'Dixon 88' Maine Road 6,406 Trelford Mills 23 December 1987 Swindon Town (2) 2–1 Derby County (1) County Ground 13 January 1988 Reading (2) 1–0 Oxford United (1) Elm Park Third round 13 January 1988 Coventry City (1) 2–1 Wimbledon (1) Highfield Road 13 January 1988 Leicester City (2) 0–0 3–5 Stoke City (2) Filbert Street 5,161 13 January 1988 Millwall (2) 2–3 Norwich City (1) The Den 13 January 1988 Swindon Town (2) 4–0 Chelsea (1) Parkin 7'White 8', 63'Quinn 43' County Ground 12,317 Allan Gunn 25 January 1988 Bradford City (2) 1–0 Southampton (1) Valley Parade 25 January 1988 Ipswich Town (2) 5–2 yes Watford (1) Portman Road 3 February 1988 Reading (2) 2–1 yes Nottingham Forest (1) Elm Park 10 February 1988 Everton (1) 1–2 Luton Town (1) Power 20' Oldfield (2) 61', 83' Goodison Park Quarter-final 9 February 1988 Coventry City (1) 2–0 Ipswich Town (2) Highfield Road 10 February 1988 Reading (2) 2–1 yes Bradford City (2) BaillieHorrix Elm Park 23 February 1988 Swindon Town (2) 2–0 Norwich City (1) County Ground 1 March 1988 Luton Town (1) 4–1 Stoke City (2) Harford (2)B. Stein (2) Shaw Kenilworth Road 4,480 Semi-final 2 March 1988 Reading (2) 1–1 yes Coventry City (1) Smillie 57 Speedie 79 4–3 Curle Beavon Horrix Williams Gilkes Kilcline Downs Sedgley Smith Bennett Elm Park, Reading ~15,000 8 March 1988 Luton Town (1) 2–1 yes Swindon Town (2) Kenilworth Road Final 1988 Full Members' Cup Final 27 March 1988 Reading (2) 4–1 Luton Town (1) Smillie Gilkes Tait Beavon Harford Wembley Stadium 61,470 External links First round Second round Third round Quarter-final Semi-final Final Category:Full Members' Cup Full