The 1988 FA Charity Shield was the 66th Charity Shield, a football match contested by the winners of the previous season's Football League and FA Cup competitions. The match was played on 20 August 1988 between 1987–88 Football League champions Liverpool and 1987–88 FA Cup winners Wimbledon.
The fixture was a rematch of previous season's FA Cup final, and Liverpool gained some small revenge for that defeat with a 2–1 win, with both of their goals coming from John Aldridge – the player whose penalty in the final, three months earlier had been saved. However, the man who had saved his penalty – Wimbledon's goalkeeper Dave Beasant – had gone, transferred to Newcastle United in the close season, and his place for this game was taken by Simon Tracey.
Wimbledon had taken the lead in the 17th minute with a John Fashanu header from a Dennis Wise cross from the right. Liverpool equalized with John Aldridge scoring after 23 minutes. Wimbledon goalkeeper Simon Tracey had come out of the penalty box to clear the ball, but the ball was quickly passed to Aldridge from John Barnes who rolled the ball into the empty net from the edge of the penalty area. Liverpool took the lead after 69 minutes with Aldridge again scoring after a cross from John Barnes. Barnes had made a long run down the left and crossed to Aldridge who controlled the ball with his left leg before volleying with his right to the net.
Match details
GK 1 Bruce GrobbelaarCB 2 Gary GillespieLB 3 Barry VenisonRB 4 Gary AblettCM 5 Ronnie Whelan (c)CB 6 Alex WatsonCF 7 Peter BeardsleyCF 8 John AldridgeRM 9 Ray HoughtonLM 10 John BarnesCM 11 Steve McMahonSubstitutes:DF 12 Charlie BoydDF 14 Steve StauntonMF 15 Jan MolbyMF 16 Nigel SpackmanGK 17 Mike HooperManager: Kenny Dalglish GK 1 Simon TraceyRB 2 John Scales LB 3 Terry PhelanMF 4 Vaughan RyanCB 5 Eric YoungCB 6 Peter CawleyFW 7 Terry GibsonMF 8 Carlton FairweatherFW 9 John Fashanu CM 10 Lawrie Sanchez (c)MF 11 Dennis WiseSubstitutes:DF Andy Clement MF Alan CorkFW Robbie Turner Manager: Bobby Gould
References
External links Match report at LFCHistory.net The 1988 FA Charity Shield at worldfootball.net