1990 FA Cup final

Association football championship match May 2021 September 2020 March 2015 the women's event 1990 WFA Cup final 1990 FA Cup final Old Wembley Stadium (external view).jpg 200 1989–90 FA Cup Crystal Palace Manchester United Manchester United won after a replay Final 3 3 After extra time 12 May 1990 Wembley Stadium London Allan Gunn (Sussex) 80,000 Replay 0 1 17 May 1990 Wembley Stadium London Allan Gunn (Sussex) 80,000 1989 1991 The 1990 FA Cup final was a football match played to determine to winners of the 1989–90 FA Cup. It was contested by Manchester United and Crystal Palace at Wembley Stadium, London, England. The match finished 3–3 after extra time. Bryan Robson and Mark Hughes (2) scored for Manchester United; Gary O'Reilly and Ian Wright (2) for Palace. Wright had only just recently returned from a broken leg that kept him out of the semi-final. In the replay, Manchester United won 1–0 with a goal from Lee Martin – the second of only two goals he would score for the club. It saw them match Aston Villa and Tottenham Hotspur's record of seven FA Cup triumphs. In contrast, this was the first time Crystal Palace had appeared in an FA Cup final, and they had just completed their first season back in the top flight after nearly a decade away. Summary This was the first FA Cup final to be played in front of an all-seater crowd, as Wembley's remaining standing areas had been converted to all-seater in the autumn of 1989.http://www.fa-cupfinals.co.uk/1990.htm FA Cup Final 1990 2013-10-11 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20101218231219/http://www.fa-cupfinals.co.uk/1990.htm 18 December 2010 Done in the aftermath of the Hillsborough Disaster The month before the final, UEFA had announced that the ban on English clubs in European competitions would be lifted for the 1990–91 season, provided that England fans behaved well at that summer's World Cup. England fans duly behaved well at the tournament, and this gave the green light to Manchester United to compete in the 1990–91 European Cup Winners' Cup, which they ultimately won. It also proved to be the turning point in Manchester United's history after a few lean seasons; over the next 20 years they collected a total of more than 20 major trophies including 13 Premier League titles and 2 UEFA Champions League titles. If Crystal Palace had won the trophy, it would have gained them the first major trophy of their history and given them European qualification for the first time as well. The 1990 Crystal Palace team was the last all-English (John Salako was born in Nigeria but played for England in 1991) team to play in an FA Cup final, while the Manchester United team was the last team to be composed solely of players from the United Kingdom to win the FA Cup final. The 1990 FA Cup win was the third time Bryan Robson had been in the winning side in an FA Cup final; he had also now scored a total of three goals in FA Cup finals. He was the only player left from the 1983 FA Cup winning team, in which he had scored two goals in the final replay. He left the club just after their 1994 FA Cup final win, but was denied a fourth FA Cup winner's medal as he was not included into the squad for the final. Manchester United's squad had changed so much since the appointment of Alex Ferguson as manager in November 1986 that Mark Hughes (bought back from Bayern Munich in 1988 after one year with Barcelona and another with the German side) was the only player in the team other than Robson still at the club who had featured in the 1985 FA Cup-winning side. Manchester United did not play a single home game during their successful FA Cup campaign – this is the only time this has happened since 1966 when Everton played every cup game away from home.2003-02-05 The hardest FA Cup of all https://www.theguardian.com/football/2003/feb/05/theknowledge.sport 2020-08-29 The Guardian en Route to the final In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first. Manchester UnitedRoundCrystal PalaceOppositionScoreOppositionScoreNottingham Forest (A)1–03rdPortsmouth (H)2–1Hereford United (A)1–04thHuddersfield Town (H)4–0Newcastle United (A)3–25thRochdale (H)1–0Sheffield United (A)1–06thCambridge United (A)1–0Oldham Athletic (N) (R) Oldham Athletic (N)3–3 (a.e.t.) 2–1 (a.e.t.)SFLiverpool (N)4–3 (a.e.t.)Key: (H) = Home venue; (A) = Away venue; (N) = Neutral venue; (R) = Replay. First game The first game on the Saturday was an open attacking affair. Both teams had been involved in dramatic high-scoring semi-finals and the final started the same way. On 17 minutes, Crystal Palace took the lead when Gary O'Reilly headed in from a free-kick, via Gary Pallister's head, despite the attempt of Jim Leighton to save the ball on the line. Manchester United hit back on 35 minutes. Brian McClair made a run down the right wing and floated a cross to the back post, where captain Bryan Robson was waiting to head goalwards. His header flicked off John Pemberton's shin and evaded Palace goalkeeper Nigel Martyn. It was 1–1 at half-time. In the second half, Manchester United went ahead for the first time in the game, when a cross-shot from Neil Webb found its way to Mark Hughes who fired low into the corner. Palace manager, Steve Coppell made a game-changing substitution when he brought on Ian Wright, who had an immediate impact when he went on a mazy run past two Manchester United defenders and slotted a calm shot past Leighton. 2–2. Extra time loomed but not before Mike Phelan saw his clever chip hit the crossbar. Extra time was needed for the second final in a row, and it was Palace who scored first, when John Salako floated a cross to the back post. Leighton hesitated for a second, which allowed Wright to volley home for his second goal of the game. 3–2 to Crystal Palace. However, the scoring was not over, and in the second period of extra time, Wallace provided the through ball for Hughes to chase, and he calmly angled the ball past the onrushing Martyn to make it 3–3. Replay The main story of the replay was that Alex Ferguson decided to replace Jim Leighton in goal, with Les Sealey. Sealey made three important saves to keep Palace at bay, in a tough-tackling match. https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/cgrr47664y1o Lost tapes of a Manchester United cult hero 29 May 2024 BBC Sport 29 May 2024 Leighton only played one more match for Manchester United, against Halifax Town in the Football League Cup on 26 September 1990. The match itself was not as eventful as the first game, finishing 1–0. Manchester United won by a single goal scored by defender Lee Martin. He chested down a Neil Webb pass and fired high into the net, past Martyn in goal. Bryan Robson held aloft the Cup for the third time as captain. Manchester United joined Tottenham Hotspur as the only clubs to have won multiple FA Cup Final replays.James M. Ross England FA Challenge Cup Finals https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/engcuphist.html Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 6 August 2020 8 August 2020 It was Manchester United's first major trophy under the management of Alex Ferguson. It is often debated that he would have been sacked if United had lost the third round match, although Ferguson claimed in his 1999 autobiography Managing My Life that the club's directors had assured him that his position as manager was secure; although naturally disappointed with the lack of progress in the league, they understood the reasons for this, namely the long-term absences of several key players due to injury. Cup final song Manchester United's squad recorded "We Will Stand Together" for their appearance, whilst the Palace team recorded a version of the club's anthem "Glad All Over". Match details Original final 12 May 1990 15:00 BST Crystal Palace 3–3 yes Report Manchester United O'Reilly 18Wright 72 92 Robson 35Hughes 62 113 Wembley Stadium, London 78,000 Allan Gunn (Sussex) _blue_stripes _bluestripes _blue_stripes FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 Crystal Palace _manutda8892 _manutda8892 _manutda8892 _manutd1990fac _manutda8892 FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF Manchester United GK 1 ENG Nigel MartynRB 2 ENG John PembertonLB 3 ENG Richard ShawCM 4 ENG Andy Gray 117CB 5 ENG Gary O'ReillyCB 6 ENG Andy ThornRM 7 ENG Phil Barber 69CM 8 ENG Geoff Thomas (c)CF 9 ENG Mark BrightLM 10ENG John SalakoCM 11ENG Alan PardewSubstitutes:FW 12ENG Ian Wright 69DF 14ENG David Madden 117Manager:ENG Steve Coppell300px GK 1 SCO Jim LeightonCM 2 ENG Paul InceLB 3 ENG Lee Martin 88CB 4 ENG Steve BruceRB 5 ENG Mike PhelanCB 6 ENG Gary Pallister 93CM 7 ENG Bryan Robson (c)RM 8 ENG Neil WebbCF 9 SCO Brian McClairCF 10WAL Mark HughesLM 11ENG Danny WallaceSubstitutes:FW 12ENG Mark Robins 93DF 14WAL Clayton Blackmore 88Manager:SCO Alex Ferguson Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary. Replay if scores still level. Two named substitutes. Maximum of two substitutions. Final replay 17 May 1990 Crystal Palace 0–1 Manchester United Martin 59 Wembley Stadium, London 80,000 Allan Gunn (Sussex) _black_stripes _blackstripes _black_stripes _yellowbottom _2 black stripes FBE311 FBE311 FBE311 000000 FBE311 Crystal Palace _manutdh8890 _manutdh8890 _manutdh8890 _manutd1990fac _manutdh8890 E20E0E E20E0E E20E0E FFFFFF 000000 Manchester United GK 1 ENG Nigel MartynRB 2 ENG John PembertonLB 3 ENG Richard ShawCM 4 ENG Andy GrayCB 5 ENG Gary O'ReillyCB 6 ENG Andy ThornRM 7 ENG Phil Barber 64CM 8 ENG Geoff Thomas (c)CF 9 ENG Mark BrightLM 10ENG John Salako 79CM 11ENG Alan PardewSubstitutes:FW 12ENG Ian Wright 64DF 14ENG David Madden 79Manager:ENG Steve Coppell300px GK 1 ENG Les SealeyCM 2 ENG Paul InceLB 3 ENG Lee MartinCB 4 ENG Steve BruceRB 5 ENG Mike PhelanCB 6 ENG Gary PallisterCM 7 ENG Bryan Robson (c)RM 8 ENG Neil WebbCF 9 SCO Brian McClairCF 10WAL Mark HughesLM 11ENG Danny WallaceSubstitutes:DF 12WAL Clayton BlackmoreFW 14ENG Mark RobinsManager:SCO Alex Ferguson 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. References Sources 1990 Finals External links Line-ups Category:FA Cup finals Final Fa Cup Final 1990 Fa Cup Final 1990 Category:1990 in sport in London Category:May 1990 sports events in the United Kingdom