15/05/1988 Liverpool v Wimbledon

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[@blast2095]

"the crazy gang have beaten the culture club" what a line

[@MrBassman91]

🤣😂🤣😂 Joseph Elliott... 😂🤣🤣🤣 Utter horse crap 🤣

[@zlatan8658]

@Commander In Chief well you are the stupidest person I’ve ever met on the internet

[@stevenpaulgoulding]

More like the Sex Pistols beaten the Culture Club.

[@phrophetsamgames]

RIP John Motson. "The crazy gang have beaten the culture club" such an iconic line

[@nickycotton6137]

Aye, bless him..😢 🔥

[@martinjenkins8359]

great win for a club which refused to die. Say NO to football franchising.

[@wimbledan]

I still go on about this now. Got very very drunk in Wimbledon village after. Couldn't speak the next day as I was shouting so much at Wembley. Greatest day ever

[@gunternetzer9621]

Disgraceful football team. Set the game back years.

[@wimbledan]

@@gunternetzer9621 so take it we beat your team.

[@thevillaaston7811]

@@gunternetzer9621 Get lost. Everybody loved seeing Liverpool get stuffed.

[@jsimmo7041]

And why is that like?

[@marksims3904]

RIP JOHN MOTSON!! "The crazy gang have beaten the culture club" is an all time classic line.

[@jakehope6811]

This is why KZbin is one of the greatest inventions can go back and watch old videos from past sporting moments and old football ⚽️ in particular from past eras have to love the underdog the crazy gang one of the iconic teams from the 80s 👊🏼🔥

[@digitalfootballer9032]

I'm a Liverpool supporter through and through, but always had a soft spot in my heart for the Dons of yore and the Crazy Gang. In fact the team I played with in '92 we actually dubbed ourselves the Crazy Gang and played a similar rough and tumble style, and ironically won our league cup 1-0 against heavy favourites in a very gritty match where we were mostly playing reserve players because of all of our injuries and suspensions, and our 3rd choice goalkeeper had probably one of the greatest amateur performances I have ever witnessed. This and we played most of the match with 10 men when our version of Vinnie Jones decided to punch one of their players in the face and got sent off. Ah great memories.

[@LaughingStock_]

Some great comments about the media hating Wimbledon & the appalling act of duplicity in allowing the theft of an entire football club. Wimbledon were, for me, the absolute epitomy of the spirit of football. The heart & soul shown by such a tiny team with an average attendance of 27 + a dog, a rickity ground that resembled the nearby greyhound track, and the green stains of bile from the media & snobs from football's elite was STUNNING! How they over-achieved for so long was a demonstration in unity, passion, belief & playing to your strengths. As someone mentioned below, R.I.P John Fashanu, R.I.P Wimbledon F.C . . . LONG LIVE Real Football, and A.F.C. Wimbledon. Thanks for this.

[@LaughingStock_]

The story behind this wonderful moment in football: - www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/30637342

[@LaughingStock_]

You've confirmed my memory, Asif. I'm sure no-one on the box bothered to mention the titanic difference in finance, fan-base, talent, etc, & the fact that, against these seemingly insurmountable odds Little David did defeat Goliath by a combination of determination, cunning & sweat.

[@neilpurnell7075]

See you're missing the point of the move. Wimbledon FC was dead; the attendances dropped to below 1,000, they didn't even play in their own stadium for fucks sake. Amoungst all the chaos at the club, it was willingly sold what with the club being in financial dispair, the club would've been liquidated within months anyway. So do not jump on the band wagon saying that "AFC are the true Dons" or "You stole a club!" because both those statements are NOT true. The AFC fans that were Wimbledon fans contributed to the downfall of their own club when it needed them most.

[@LaughingStock_]

Sean, sorry, but it matters not one iota whether Wimbledon was dead, or not (to which point, I actually agree with you). There is absolutely nothing to justify the shutting down & relocation of any club. The club was/is WIMBLEDON. A club should be allowed to be born, prosper, and, if fate intends, die in its place of origin. This action would never, ever have been sanctioned by the F.A. for any other club. We're likely to beg to differ on the morality of what went on those years ago. However, looking at things purely objectively, the whole saga has actually been the making of AFC Wimbledon, and the saving of "Wimbledon". Long may AFC Wimbledon prosper . . . and my hope is that their ambitions to finally build their own stadium in Wimbledon will not be at the expense of the old, traditional greyhound club.

[@neilpurnell7075]

+Martin Hugh Henley True they could've stayed at Wimbledon and the move to MK was not necessary. But AFC didn't save Wimbledon if anything they helped kill it as they formed before the club had even confirmed its move. I agree the move was immoral but among those to blame were the now AFC fans. They didn't save Wimbledon because they didn't even show up to games and help the club when it needed them the most. Just like AFC's formation, the other thing that came from this was giving a town a football club to support, Wimbledon had and has another club now and didn't appreciate the one they had, so now they have AFC and we have MK Dons. The club was shut down already, no one was going anymore so if the club was stolen, who was it stolen from? I understand the moral issues but I feel that only a small number of AFC fans can complain as only a minority stayed with their club at Selhurst Park. Whilst the franchising was immoral it was practical and the positives outweighed the negatives in my opinion as it gave birth to 2 teams as opposed to none.

[@singdons]

Ahhhhh.... brilliant to watch! I was there as a 13 year old. Magical day, and the Liverpool fans were great to us - beers on the train on the way up, and they didn't kick out heads in on the way back. Amazing scenes in Wimbledon on the saturday, and i got my mum to let us watch the Town Hall parade on the sunday from the second floor of the Woolwich which was bang across the street. Fooking magic!

[@Ze_Moose]

So I'm wondering, since the team no longer exists who does the fans Wimbledon support today? Did they start supporting other teams in London? I'm from America.

[@davegibbons5590]

@@Ze_Moose Hi Muse. The team that won in 1989 still very much exists. We had to reform (as AFC Wimbledon) and playing back at our former home. Author John Green is a sponsor. I met him last week at our stadium.

[@Ze_Moose]

@@davegibbons5590 Oh wow that's interesting. Much success 👏

[@drwang4884]

Sometimes an incredible true story is better than a win

[@AlexA-wg4uy]

you dons! never forget this win come on afc Wimbledon!

[@arifajazali1229]

BEING A 10 year old and HONESTLY THIS WAS A GAME THAT I LOOKED FORWARD TO SO SO SO MUCH THAT I WAS LITERALLY COUNTING DAYS ON the calendar

[@thevillaaston7811]

I hope you were supporting Liverpool.

[@a.tanner8524]

I remember looking forward to the FA cup final for weeks before the game. Then there was the build up to the game and the incredible atmosphere at the old Wembley. These days clubs don’t value the FA cup anymore. The big clubs just put out their youth sides to save the best players for Europe.

[@mcoeif]

That's what happens when you have a lot of European spots for the big leagues in Europe. It used to be that only the league and cup champions represented a country in the European Cup and the Cup Winner's Cup.

[@lucu01]

Krazy Gang beat Kulture Klub, classic closing line. Hardly anyone liked Wimbledon, but this was a classic underdog v Top Dog mtach up. Great drama, fairytale ending. You can dream in footy,sometimes, just sometimes, dreams do come true.

[@athlone1975]

As a Liverpool fan I tip my hat to Wimbledon. Definitely not a penalty. Cracking save by Beasant. Liverpool were weak in the air and shrewdly Wimbledon capitalised. That Wimbledon team was put together for pittance. Gibson at 175k was their most expensive player. Bear in mind Wimbledon's victory in 1988 was at a time, where unlike now, the FA Cup was taken seriously.

[@sniperheroes3082]

True. Very true...

[@shanet5604]

And they couldn’t play in Europe because Liverpool got them banned !

[@Prodigy_Fan]

THANK YOU WIMBLEDON. From an Evertonian.

[@jorkanmx]

You are real fan. From a blue fan (not mersey). Hate red forever!!!

[@damianortiz2641]

hermoso partido siempre es lindo ver como pierde el Liverpool

[@Kev-england32]

Shut up

[@dinodanet]

@@Kev-england32 screw u asshole

[@chrisfallon9678]

You complete tool

[@79Adam]

I love that they were debating the penalty decision being a bit harsh, haha.. that kind of tackle would probably kill today's players

[@WolfsH0ok]

true lol

[@79Adam]

@Michael Green that's not true. But even if it was, so what? What's triggered you?

[@worldisfucked]

In my eyes that was a fair challenge for the penalty got contact with the ball first

[@davegibbons5590]

@@worldisfucked Clearly. Justice done with Lurch's save

[@jogolock1190]

Hey, he got the ball, football is a contact sport you know, but he did get the ball

[@alrockman4646]

The good days before money, sky sports, bt runied football, the players played for love of the game & they weren't diving like they got his by a bus, if these players played today could you imagine what money they would be on,

[@rohithraman6488]

How much money do you reckon they would be on

[@eles214]

LOL. The Wimbledon defender got all ball. Aldredge should never have deserved that penalty, but great for Beasant saving it!!

[@jydaflyest]

Easily the biggest upset in an FA Cup final, at least in my lifetime. Wigan over Manchester City ranks 2nd to this.

[@r.i.ptrevorberbick5290]

The Truth They Were In The Same League, But Liverpool Were in great form coming in to the game and Liverpool were the greatest Team in Europe at the time, it was like Crystal Palace Beating Barcelona. Liverpool were the best team in Europe, it would be like crystal beating Barcelona in the modern day. And Also He Said FA Cup Final Shocks! Not FA Cup Shocks!!!!!

[@shanet5604]

The Truth Some fan ! They drew and lost against Liverpool that season !! en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Liverpool_F.C._season

[@shanet5604]

Nothing worse when Fannies don’t know their history !! Get your facts right !!!

[@shanet5604]

Stephen McGuire Leeds were hated that’s why some prefer to give it to others !

[@shanet5604]

Stephen McGuire Hey,I agree with you,but I’m talking about how media work pal !!

[@mennis316]

So nice to see the late great laurie cunningham win a major honour with the crazy gang

[@elshadjafar2437]

Good day. Thank you so much for the posting match. Enjoyed of course. Bravo. Clicked the like button with pleasure. Lots of love and greetings from your subscriber. County Azerbaijan, Baku city.

[@garymcgregor8625]

Was at the game supporting Wimbledon. An amazing day👍

[@811chelseafc]

Its weird to see Liverpool go up against a team with a Carlsberg sponser

[@paulroberts9704]

when the dons were a super force, happy days.

[@jamiew1664]

Wimbledon’s kit only ever had carlsberg on it for that one game. Before, it was truman, and at the start of the new season it was something else.. strange. But Liverpool at the start of the next season had it as a sponsor

[@notdrivingaminimetro]

Hate to be that guy but Liverpool had Candy after Crown Paints until '92 and then Carlsberg

[@jamiew1664]

shit, youre so right. I stand corrected. Nicely said @@notdrivingaminimetro

[@davidboa2768]

Sorry I have to correct you. The season right after the cup win we had a Hummel kit and the sponsor was Carlsberg.

[@jamiew1664]

@@davidboa2768cheers dave, dont apologise! i stand corrected sir

[@loblit05]

And with their cup winnings, they created a tennis tournament. The rest is history

[@FelixierA.Matrix]

Nice info

[@martinsmith1538]

Was there. Fantastic day and atmosphere in the old Wembley.

[@middleman9183]

.....was there too, and Wimbledon Town Hall on Sunday!

[@nottforest]

Wimbledon was founded as "Wimbledon Old Centrals" in 1889, and won the FA Amateur Cup and the FA Cup. Great archivement!!!. With a great history, in the great amateurs leagues with great honour. Big Wimbledon. well now is AFC Wimbledon. and will play against Liverpool in the FA Cup. :D

[@RedJoe10]

I miss the old Wembley.

[@jamiew1664]

i remember this day with all my heart.

[@jamiew1664]

here i am again watching it

[@jamiew1664]

and again...

[@jamiew1664]

i bought a ticket for this game on ebay for five quid... i now own a piece of history. a used ticket. in great condition

[@steveN111333]

Where was the Beardsley chance in the 1st half? He got fouled but the ref should have played advantage, he went on to score !

Thanks for uploading. I was looking for videos of this game.

[@MrKleo21]

This match always reminds me that nothing is impossible if you try hard enough...

[@ChasinOneTwelve]

its games like these, that makes football great.

[@PolluxA]

"The Crazy Gang have beaten the Culture Club!"

[@skthejanner]

Bobby Gould. What a man

[@gezsekdeberaberiz]

Amazing!!!

[@asausageroll5426]

I miss this I wish mk dons and afc never became a thing

[@cfcethan_.8558]

same man

[@markszekesfehervar6222]

30 years. The Crazy Gang. The Crazy Final.

[@wag1kids815]

Why did Liverpool allow Peter Beardsley to leave? Great player

[@TokyoJoe703]

Wag1Kids and Ray Houghton. Strange bit of business

[@GC0020]

The penalty saver, Dave Beasant, is on the bench for Stevenage today!

[@TokyoJoe703]

GC0020 boring the subs about the day he saved an fa cup final pen no doubt

[@mcveigh2k]

i was there what a game

[@ItisJAM3S]

This is really good quality video if this game is from 1988...

[@Puppy-ew4be]

What do you expect, grainy black and white footage. This was 1988, not 1968. Why do people have to be so stupid!!!

[@chinmaypednekar501]

@@Puppy-ew4be you're pretty edgy, aren't ya?

[@jeremypearson6852]

I grew up watching all the cup finals before moving to the US in 1983. I hadn’t realized that John Motson had passed. That voice is tattooed on my brain like Bob Wilson, David Coleman, Barry Davies Frank Bough and others. There’s nothing like the old FA Cup finals. Something has been lost in the game since all the money started pouring in.

[@ivanblanco9196]

Alguien vino acá por Manoel??? Y Vinnie Jones🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@danb2416]

What happened to Wimbledon was a complete disgrace. I know they were struggling financially but they should have been relegated to the lower leagues, just like Rangers were so they can reorganise and get themselves back together. Instead, MK were created and what have MK achieved? Fuck all!!

[@nigelguliver3625]

I just watch it because 80´s nylon shorts are a big turn on for me! Thanks

[@Puppy-ew4be]

Stick to ballet, mate.

[@ajwilliamson82]

Pervert

[@Darren0Maguire]

I wasn't even alive for this match, but it looks to me that Dennis Wise had a great game?

[@fotisboys]

Only criticism I had on Liverpool that day was i felt Barnes didn't take on the game .He had Al the skills in the world but I remember watching this game live from Australia me and many others were screaming Out to Barnes to take on players a little mate break that line .Wimbledon played smart defending really deep waiting for Any sort of fouls as Wise was brilliant in taking Free kicks .I think if Barnes played to his full potential Wimbledon would not have a chance.

[@TomWatsonB1]

Stevie Nicol still rues the day.

[@garyjones4954]

Lady Diana

[@gilangpantang2444]

basuki and I still 11 years old that time, and basuki said acangaaaaak

[@LouisNewell]

COYD💛💙

[@angryadams]

Strange not showing the Beardsley foul and goal. These days most refs would have played advantage. Crucial moment in the game.

[@shanet5604]

He didn’t let it play out at all,I remember the footage,he had the whistle at his mouth before the tackle was even made !?!

[@BadEggCymru]

Its a weird and wonderful world if you come from Wimbledon

[@SW6..Fulham..]

£8..A standing ticket..To see a great upset ..The FA and the media had there noses put out of place that day..😂😂

[@8492grob]

after 23 years I still can't quite come to terms with this result It's like a nightmere did this really happen?

[@6anatolyy4]

Suarez would have dived into the next postcode for that pen!

[@kennethdrewary1094]

From non league to cup winners in 10 years is a great achievement, just a pity the beat my team, lol. What's worse is I was at the final, a long journey home I can tell you, lol.

[@andreesanchez6095]

Like si estás aquí por el modo el camino :v

[@DustBGD89]

Thumbs up, if you came here after watching Natgeo`s "80`s" documentary!

[@roy_mezz-awake2470]

Absolute fucking WONDERS by the Wimbledon keeper, what a cracking save towards the start! As a Wolves fan, we’re dirtier on the pitch than off it, and I’d be very scared if our players ever had to lay eyes on the likes of Vinnie Jones again.

[@nourkst7881]

Dianna 😍

[@MrJevman]

Football glory days

[@user-ue2br7sy7x]

จำได้ยูนะ ยูนะวิมเบิลดัน เอฟเอคัพรอบชิง

[@cimiez1]

good goal's lawrie sanchez

[@abbaszaidi8371]

Didn’t Beardsley dribble the ball into the net after being fouled? The ref blew, no advantage was played and he just carried on to “score” . Just before Sanchez did?

[@thevillaaston7811]

And later, John Aldridgepenaltycheat had his spot kick saved.

[@SterlingHancock]

"the crazy gang have beaten the culture club"

[@zakariyyayusuf6208]

We could never defend set pieces and still cant unfortunately..

[@psycoticbastard]

He is a very small man!

[@daviddeburca9408]

I remember this Classic Cup Final....Fist Final I remember! Wembley Stadium looked beautiful better then what is there today the twin towers the walk out on to the Pitch from behind the goal.....small things but still nice things and the Football......when Football was Football....

[@ckt21]

What is the name of this commentator? This is the first guy I listened to commentating in english football.

[@heydude7568]

ckt21 motty, statto, john motson

[@FantasyUnited04]

Wigan just won !

[@singdons]

And Eric Young nearly scored!

[@danieljohnson2139]

Notice how the referee is running away from the wimbledon players when he gives a penalty because he knows vinnie jones will come and batter the shit out of him

[@Puppy-ew4be]

No, Vinnie Jones would not batter him, unless he fancied jail time and a lifetime ban from football. Who is using the family brain cell today?

[@noobsaibot2856]

At least Vinnie played like a man, not like today games its like watching basketball

[@Puppy-ew4be]

@@noobsaibot2856 There's a massive difference between playing like a man and deliberately trying to injure players. Brian Clough was right, some of these dirty tackles should be criminal offences.

[@chinmaypednekar501]

@@Puppy-ew4be ifkr, i dont understand this obsession of calling players like vinnie jones manly or calling any other player who wouldn't bat a second eye giving a player a career ending injury just to get any kind of advantage over a player or a team for a game. Yeah, today's brand of football is cheap and terrible in its own ways, but so is this thuggery so many toxic cunts label as "manly"

[@youscousebastard424]

Worst cup final penalty decision ever

[@TheHaydonWomble]

Disgrace, but got AFC Wimbledon now

[@royalstarfish17]

Is it just me or back than football pitches were larger?

[@r.i.ptrevorberbick5290]

Kaiser1914 Every Football pitch is a different size! This is at the Old Wembley.

[@franks151]

Vinnie Jones!

[@alancorbett1361]

14th May , not 15th.

[@RedJoe10]

2:50 Alan Hansen, shocking miss, horror show, etc etc etc...

[@alfonsorusso4575]

May 14.

[@MrDeisearsenalfcIRL]

R.I.P John Fashanu R.I.P Wimbledon F.C

[@markie1979]

ClockEnd87 is he dead ???

[@r.i.ptrevorberbick5290]

Mark Biggs HE AINT DEAD!!!!!!!!! HES STILL ALIVE!!!!!

[@jeremyslaney5644]

Don't you mean Justin Fashanu?

[@user-me8vk6fo7b]

เป็นฟุตบอลนัดแรกที่มีโอกาสได้ดูสดๆ ช่อง๗สีถ่ายทอดย.โย่งให้เสียงภาษาไทย อุตส่าห์ทอข้ามทุ่งข้ามน้ำไปขอดูทีวีบ้านเพิ่อนต่างหมู่บ้าน ที่บ้านเรายังไม่มีไฟฟ้า เขาก็เห็นใจเสียสละการดูมวยให้เราดูบอล ยุคนั้นเป็นยุคหงส์แดงตะแคงฟ้า ลิเวอร์พูลเก่งมากตอนนั้นได้แชมป์ดีวีชั่น1แล้วด้วย(พรีเมียร์ลีกในปัจจุบัน) ซุป'ตาร์เพียบ ตั้งแต่นายทวารยันศูนย์หน้า เก่งจนไม่อยากเชียร์และนี่ละมั้งทำให้เราเป็นแฟนผีแดง ได้เห็นเจ้าหญิงไดอาน่าผู้เลอโฉม ลีลากุนซือยืนคุมทีมของเคนนี่ เดลกรีช ลวดลายบรรดาซุปตาร์หงส์แดง นึกว่าหงส์จะครองดับเบิ้ลแชมป์แล้ว ดันแพ้จอมโหดวิมเบิ่ลดัน ได้ชมฟุตบอลที่ชื่นชอมมันปลื้มมาก เคยแต่ติดตามทางสตาร์ซอคเก้อร์รายสัปดาห์ ยุคคัมภีร์ลูกหนังย.โย่ง ตอนนั้นทั้งฐานถิ่นมีเราคนเดียวชอบบอล บางทีเตะสามสี่วันผ่านแล้วค่อยรู้ผล ก็เขาชอบมวยกันทั้งบาง บ้าบอลอยู่คนเดียว

[@patriceikome1507]

The crazy gang

[@richardfrancoia-jupe1718]

I see people years later go on about how 'OH I ALWAYS WANTED WIMBLEDON TO WIN!' and I think to myself 'Not you didn't NOBODY wanted us to win'

[@ZeldaFitz]

Most fans other than Liverpool wanted Wimbledon to win from what I remember. I even took the day off work from Saturday job at Texas home care to cheer for Wimbledon, I’m an Arsenal fan. 1 year later we turned them over as well to win the league at anfield.

[@lucaschapman2188]

Was a big upset yes but not the biggest Wimbledon finised 7th in the first division that season. I think Sunderland beating Leeds was the biggest .

[@mcfcguvnors]

fashanu celebrates the goal sees its sanchez n walks away lol,why did they hate each other ? never spoke in their careers

[@jb050774]

Don't be an arse. The media HATED Wimbledon, so hard to see how they 'colluded' in anything. Wimbledon's football was basic but Liverpool (self-dubbed the 'Best Team in Europe') couldn't work out how to beat them. Says more about Liverpool's limitations that Wimbledon. As for Wimbledon being responsible for Abramovich, you are just utterly clueless

[@Puppy-ew4be]

Why not include them lifting the cup? 🙄

[@KsarnIntarasamank]

Where Ian Rush?

[@aliredha1236]

KsarnOMYGOD he moved to Juventos Italy

[@peacheydon]

15th? shorely not

[@viewfromtheeast]

Were there any Wimbledon fans there that day to witness it? Didn't sound like it. Tinpot club.

[@alexmeechan15]

viewfromtheeast happened like 30 years ago and you’re still acting salty about it lmaoo grow up

[@walterwhite3018]

The crazy gang have beaten the culture club.

[@RundUmDenSVNiederwerth]

0-1 Lawrie Sanchez (37 min)

[@johnnyfartpants4801]

brilliant.

[@oranelarmond9317]

who came here from espn extra time

[@ESTXX4Life]

*Here lol* *Would love too see Vinnie Jones play in today Games* 😁😁👍

[@jababorg4484]

I watched this game. The violence of some Wimbledon players was frightening. The Vinnie Jones hit the Liverpool player was criminal. Nowadays he would be excluded in any league in the world.

[@digitalfootballer9032]

That's the kind of stuff I miss. My local club I played for had a player like that. He spent half the season suspended, but the other half in game injuring opponents and a few times actually punching other players in the face. But he was also one of our best goal scorers so coach kept him on the team. Back then it was nothing more than a one game suspension. Today he would face criminal charges. I liked it better the old way. What happened on the pitch stayed on the pitch, and if you were too weak to take it, then you best not participate. Guys today are a bunch of pansies. There were some like that back then too, floppers and drama queens, but they usually ended up getting permanently flopped 🤣. Shit was rough. Had several teeth knocked out playing GK from boots to the grill, because I liked to come off my line back in the days when we had an actual sweeper and being a sweeper keeper was unnecessary, and dove head first at attackers like an idiot. Then I decided it was (slightly) better for my health to play an outfield position.

[@williamsrenault6159]

Destroy the Old(real) Wembley was a crime

[@1968skintomtom]

go wimbldon so happy notpp