Sutton United 2–1 Coventry City (1989)
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.
| Event | 1988–89 FA Cup | ||||||
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| Date | 7 January 1989 | ||||||
| Venue | Gander Green Lane, Sutton, London | ||||||
| Referee | Alf Buksh | ||||||
| Attendance | 8,000 | ||||||
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. At that particular time, Coventry City were second in the Football League First Division only to Norwich City, whom Sutton United played in the following round.
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 United | 2–1 | Coventry City |
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Rains  42'Hanlan 59' |
Report | Phillips 52' |
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Coventry City
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References
- Phillips, Owen. "BBC Sport – Brighton's secret FA Cup giant-killer". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
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.
External links
- Footage of match as shown on Match of the Day
- Sutton United VS. Coventry City 1989 – A statistical break-down of the match.
- Match Programme