1989 Football League Cup Final

Event	1988–89 Football League Cup
Nottingham Forest Luton Town 3 1
Date	9 April 1989
Venue	Wembley Stadium, London
Referee	Roger Milford (Somerset)
Attendance	76,130
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The 1989 Football League Cup Final was a football match played on 9 April 1989 between Nottingham Forest and the 1988 League Cup winners, Luton Town at Wembley Stadium. Nottingham Forest claimed victory in the 29th League Cup final with a 3–1 victory. Luton opened the scoring in the first half with a header from Mick Harford, while Forest's Lee Chapman had a goal disallowed at the other end. In the second half Forest took control and equalised with a penalty by Nigel Clough. Soon after, Tommy Gaynor provided a cross for Neil Webb to control and slot into the Luton net. Clough completed the scoring with a low drilled shot from just outside the penalty area. It was Forest's third victory in this competition, and currently the last time Luton have appeared in either domestic cup final.

Match details

9 April 1989

Nottingham Forest	3–1	Luton Town
Clough 54' (pen.), 76' Webb 68'		Harford 35'

Wembley, London

Attendance: 76,130

Referee: Roger Milford (Somerset)

Nottingham Forest

Luton Town

GK 1 Steve Sutton RB 2 Brian Laws LB 3 Stuart Pearce (c) CB 4 Des Walker CB 5 Terry Wilson LM 6 Steve Hodge RM 7 Tommy Gaynor CM 8 Neil Webb CF 9 Nigel Clough CF 10 Lee Chapman CM 11 Garry Parker Substitutes: DF 12 Steve Chettle FW 14 Lee Glover Manager: Brian Clough

GK 1 Les Sealey RB 2 Tim Breacker LB 3 Ashley Grimes CM 4 David Preece CB 5 Steve Foster (c) CB 6 Dave Beaumont RM 7 Danny Wilson CF 8 Roy Wegerle CF 9 Mick Harford CM 10 Ricky Hill LM 11 Kingsley Black Substitutes: DF 12 Darron McDonough FW 14 Raphael Meade Manager: Ray Harford

Road to Wembley

Luton

Luton 1–1 Burnley (R Johnson) 2nd Round 1st Leg

Burnley 0–1 Luton (R Hill) 2nd Round 2nd Leg

Leeds 0–2 Luton (D Wilson, K Black) 3rd Round

Luton 3–1 Manchester City (R Wegerle 2, Oldfield) 4th Round

Luton 1–1 Southampton (M Harford) 5th Round

Southampton 1–2 Luton (M Harford, R Hill) 5th Round Replay

West Ham United 0–3 Luton (M Harford, R Wegerle, D Wilson) Semi-final 1st Leg

Luton 2–0 West Ham United (M Harford, R Wegerle) Semi-final 2nd Leg