1986 Full Members' Cup final explained

1986 Full Members' Cup final
Event:1985–86 Full Members' Cup
Team1:Chelsea
Team1score:5
Team2:Manchester City
Team2score:4
Date:23 March 1986
Stadium:Wembley Stadium
City:London
Referee:Alan Saunders
Attendance:67,236
Next:1987

The 1986 Full Members' Cup final was a football match which took place at Wembley Stadium on 23 March 1986. It was the final of the inaugural Full Members' Cup, the competition created in the wake of the 1985 ban on English clubs from European competitions following the Heysel disaster. Contested between First Division sides Chelsea and Manchester City, the game produced nine goals, with Chelsea prevailing 5 - 4. Chelsea had led 5–1 courtesy of David Speedie's hat-trick and a brace by Colin Lee, but Manchester City scored three times in the last five minutes to give them a scare. Rougvie's own goal, the result of getting in front of City's Lillis, denied Lillis the consolation of having scored the fastest hat trick in Wembley history at that point. Both clubs had played First Division games the previous day; Chelsea a 1–0 victory over Southampton, Manchester City a 2–2 draw with local rivals Manchester United. Ten players from each side featured in both games over the weekend.[1]

Match details

CHELSEA:
GK 1
RB 2
LB 3
CB 4 Colin Pates (c)
CB 5 Joe McLaughlin
CM 6 John Bumstead
RM 7
CM 8 Nigel Spackman
CF 9 Colin Lee
CF 10 David Speedie
LM 11 Kevin McAllister
Substitutes:
MF 12
MF 13 Keith Dublin
Manager:
John Hollins
MANCHESTER CITY:
GK 1 Eric Nixon
RB 2
LB 3 Paul Power (c)
CB 4 Steve Redmond
CB 5 Mick McCarthy
RM 6
CM 7 Mark Lillis
CM 8 Andy May
CF 9 Steve Kinsey
CF 10 Neil McNab
LM 11 Clive Wilson
Substitutes:
CF 12
MF 13
Manager:
Billy McNeill
width=50% valign=topMATCH RULES
  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
  • Penalty shootout if scores still level.
  • Two named substitutes.
  • Maximum of two substitutions.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: When Chelsea won a league game and a Wembley cup final in the same weekend. 29 September 2017. The Guardian. 29 September 2017.