1987 Football League Trophy Final

1987 Freight Rover Trophy

Event	1986–87 Football League Trophy
Bristol City Mansfield Town 1 1
Mansfield Town won 5–4 on penalties
Date	24 May 1987
Venue	Wembley Stadium, London
Referee	A.Gunn (Burgess Hill)
Attendance	58,586

The 1987 Football League Trophy Final, known as the Freight Rover Trophy for sponsorship reasons, was the 4th final of the domestic football cup competition for teams from the Third Division and Fourth Division. The final was played at Wembley Stadium, London on 24 May 1987, and was contested by Bristol City and Mansfield Town. With the score tied at 1–1 after extra time, Mansfield Town won the match in a penalty shootout.

The match was the first ever final at Wembley to be decided by a penalty shootout, and the trophy was Mansfield Town's first major honours in the club's history.

Match details

Bristol City v Mansfield Town

24 May 1987

Bristol City	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Mansfield Town
Riley  88'	Report	Kent  57'
	Penalties
Williams Newman MacPhail Curle Owen Moyes	4–5	Kearney Cassells Stringfellow Pollard Kent Kenworthy

Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 58,586 Referee: A.Gunn (Burgess Hill)

GK 1 Keith Waugh DF 2 Rob Newman DF 3 Brian Williams DF 4 David Moyes DF 5 John MacPhail MF 6 Andy Llewellyn MF 7 Gordon Owen MF 8 Gary Marshall  115' MF 9 Glyn Riley FW 10 Alan Walsh  70' FW 11 Joe Jordan Substitutes: MF 12 Paul Fitzpatrick  115' DF 14 Keith Curle  70' Manager: Terry Cooper

GK 1 Kevin Hitchcock DF 2 Mike Graham DF 3 Paul Garner MF 4 Tony Lowery DF 5 George Foster DF 6 Tony Kenworthy MF 7 Kevin Kent MF 8 Jason Danskin  90' FW 9 Neil Whatmore  65' FW 10 Keith Cassells MF 11 Mark Kearney Substitutes: DF 12 Gary Pollard  90' FW 14 Ian Stringfellow  65' Manager: Ian Greaves

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.

External links

• Official website