1987 FA Charity Shield

1987 FA Charity Shield

Everton Coventry City 1 0
Date	1 August 1987
Venue	Wembley Stadium, London
Referee	Ray Lewis
Attendance	88,000

The 1987 FA Charity Shield was a football match between Everton and Coventry City at Wembley on Saturday the 1 August 1987. Everton had won the 1986–87 Football League and Coventry had won the 1987 FA Cup Final to qualify for the season opener for the first time. It was played two weeks before the new league season kicked off. This was Everton's fourth successive appearance in the Charity Shield. The match was shown live on ITV with commentary from Brian Moore and Ian St. John.^[1] Wayne Clarke scored the only goal in the first half to win the trophy for Everton.^[2]

Match details

Everton v Coventry City

1 August 1987 15:00

Everton	1–0	Coventry City
Clarke

Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 88,000

1 Bobby Mimms 2 Alan Harper 3 Paul Power 4 Kevin Ratcliffe 5 Dave Watson 6 Peter Reid 7 Trevor Steven 8 Wayne Clarke 9 Graeme Sharp 10 Adrian Heath 11 Kevin Sheedy Substitutes: Neil Pointon Manager: Colin Harvey

1 Steve Ogrizovic 2 David Phillips 3 Greg Downs 4 Lloyd McGrath 5 Brian Kilcline 6 Trevor Peake 7 Dave Bennett 8 Micky Gynn 9 David Speedie 10 Keith Houchen 11 Nick Pickering Substitutes: Steve Sedgley Brian Borrows Manager: John Sillett

See also

• 1986–87 Football League
• 1986–87 FA Cup

References