1987–88 Full Members' Cup

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The 1987–88 Full Members' Cup (also known as the Simod Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the third edition of the tournament created to compensate for the ban on English clubs from European football following the Heysel Stadium disaster. It was won by Reading, who beat Luton Town 4–1 in the final at Wembley.

1987–88 Full Members' Cup
Tournament details
Country	England
Teams	40
Final positions
Champions	Reading (1st title)
Runner-up	Luton Town
Semifinalists	Coventry City Swindon Town
Tournament statistics
Matches played	39
Goals scored	119 (3.05 per match)
← 1986–87 1988–89 →

Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester United and Tottenham opted out of this competition.

First round

10 November 1987

Blackburn Rovers (2)

1–2

Swindon Town (2)

10 November 1987

Charlton Athletic (1)

1–1 (a.e.t.)
(4–2 p)

10 November 1987

Ipswich Town (2)

1–0

Middlesbrough (2)

10 November 1987

Leicester City (2)

1–0

Huddersfield Town (2)

10 November 1987

Manchester City (2)

6–2

Plymouth Argyle (2)

10 November 1987

Oldham Athletic (2)

0–3

West Bromwich Albion (2)

10 November 1987	Portsmouth (1)	0–3	Stoke City (2)	Fratton Park
			Heath Daly Shaw	Attendance: 3,226

10 November 1987

Sheffield Wednesday (1)

2–0

Bournemouth (2)

Hillsborough Stadium

10 November 1987

West Ham United (1)

1–2

Millwall (2)

11 November 1987

Aston Villa (2)

0–5

Bradford City (2)

11 November 1987

Oxford United (1)

1–0

Crystal Palace (2)

18 November 1987	Chelsea (1)	2–1	Barnsley (2)	Stamford Bridge
	Durie 65' Coady 82'		MacDonald 39'	Attendance: 8,501 Referee: Mike D. Reed

25 November 1987

Derby County (1)

3–1 (a.e.t.)

Birmingham City (2)

Baseball Ground

25 November 1987

Leeds United (2)

3–0

Sheffield United (2)

25 November 1987

Newcastle United (1)

2–1

Shrewsbury Town (2)

21 December 1987

Queens Park Rangers (1)

1–3

Reading (2)

Second round

1 December 1987

Charlton Athletic (1)

1–2 (a.e.t.)

Leicester City (2)

1 December 1987

Ipswich Town (2)

2–1

West Bromwich Albion (2)

1 December 1987	Sheffield Wednesday (1)	0–1	Stoke City (2)	Hillsborough Stadium
			Berry	Attendance: 15,228

2 December 1987

Bradford City (2)

2–1

Newcastle United (1)

8 December 1987

Millwall (2)

2–0

Leeds United (2)

16 December 1987	Manchester City (2)	0–2	Chelsea (1)	Maine Road
			K. Wilson 67' Dixon 88'	Attendance: 6,406 Referee: Trelford Mills

23 December 1987

Swindon Town (2)

2–1

Derby County (1)

13 January 1988

Reading (2)

1–0

Oxford United (1)

Third round

13 January 1988

Coventry City (1)

2–1

13 January 1988	Leicester City (2)	0–0 (3–5 p)	Stoke City (2)	Filbert Street
				Attendance: 5,161

13 January 1988

2–3

Norwich City (1)

13 January 1988	Swindon Town (2)	4–0	Chelsea (1)	County Ground
	Parkin 7' White 8', 63' Quinn 43'			Attendance: 12,317 Referee: Allan Gunn

25 January 1988

Bradford City (2)

1–0

Southampton (1)

25 January 1988

Ipswich Town (2)

5–2 (a.e.t.)

3 February 1988

Reading (2)

2–1 (a.e.t.)

Nottingham Forest (1)

10 February 1988	Everton (1)	1–2	Luton Town (1)	Goodison Park
	Power 20'		Oldfield (2) 61', 83'

Quarter-final

9 February 1988

Coventry City (1)	2–0	Ipswich Town (2)

10 February 1988

Reading (2)	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Bradford City (2)
Baillie Horrix

23 February 1988

Swindon Town (2)	2–0	Norwich City (1)

1 March 1988

Luton Town (1)	4–1	Stoke City (2)
Harford (2) B. Stein (2)		Shaw

Attendance: 4,480

Semi-final

2 March 1988

Reading (2)	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Coventry City (1)
Smillie 57'		Speedie 79'
Penalties
Curle Beavon Horrix Williams Gilkes	4–3	Kilcline Downs Sedgley Smith Bennett

Elm Park, Reading

Attendance: ~15,000

8 March 1988

Luton Town (1)	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Swindon Town (2)

Kenilworth Road

Final

27 March 1988	Reading (2)	4–1	Luton Town (1)	Wembley Stadium
	Smillie Gilkes Tait Beavon		Harford	Attendance: 61,470

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