Sutton United 2–1 Coventry City (1989)

Sutton United 2–1 Coventry City
Event 1988–89 FA Cup
Sutton United Coventry City
2 1
Date 7 January 1989
Venue Gander Green Lane, Sutton, London
Referee Alf Buksh
Attendance 8,000

Sutton United 2–1 Coventry City was a football match played on 7 January 1989 at Gander Green Lane, Sutton. The match was an FA Cup Third Round tie.

It is one of the most famous 'giant-killings' in the competition's history, notable for being one of those rare occasions when a non-League side defeated a club from the highest tier of English football. It remained the most recent such occasion for 24 years, until Luton Town beat Norwich City in the FA Cup Fourth Round in 2013.[1] The home team, Sutton United, played in the Conference. The away team, Coventry City, played in the old First Division.

For Coventry, it was a stark role-reversal from their success 19 months earlier in the 1987 FA Cup Final, when they had been on the right end of a much-celebrated underdog triumph.

Match summary

Sutton United2–1Coventry City
Rains  42'
Hanlan  59'		 Report Phillips  52'
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Alf Buksh
Sutton United
Coventry City
GK1England Trevor Roffey
DF2Wales Robyn Jones
DF3England Tony Rains (c)
DF4England Nigel Golley
DF5England Vernon Pratt
MF6England Paul Rogers
MF7England Mickey Stephens
MF8England Phil Dawson
FW9Jamaica Lennie Dennis
FW10England Paul McKinnon
MF11England Matthew Hanlan
Manager:
England Barrie Williams
GK1England Steve Ogrizovic
DF2England Brian Borrows
DF3Wales David Phillips
DF4England Steve Sedgley
DF5England Brian Kilcline (c)
DF6England Trevor Peake
MF7England Dave Bennett
MF8Scotland David Speedie
FW9England Cyrille Regis
FW10England Lloyd McGrath
MF11England David Smith
Substitute:
FW12England Keith Houchen
Manager:
England John Sillett

References

  1. ↑ Phillips, Owen. "BBC Sport – Brighton's secret FA Cup giant-killer". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2012-02-18.

Sources

  • Amos, Stuart (9 September 2010). "Sutton giant-killing repeat unlikely". Sutton Guardian. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
  • Official history of Sutton United. Retrieved 22 October 2010.


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