The 1989 Littlewoods 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.

[edit] Match details

1989-04-09	Nottingham Forest	3 – 1	Luton Town	Wembley, London Attendance: 76,130
	Webb Clough		Harford

Nottingham Forest

Luton Town

NOTTINGHAM FOREST: GK 1 Steve Sutton RB 2 Brian Laws LB 3 Stuart Pearce 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: Manager: Brian Clough

LUTON TOWN: GK 1 Les Sealey RB 2 Tim Breacker LB 3 Ashley Grimes CM 4 David Preece CB 5 Steve Foster 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 Darron McDonough Manager: Ray Harford

[edit] Road to Wembley

[edit] References

• Match report at the Sporting Chronicle

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