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1985 Football League Cup Final
Old Wembley Stadium (external view)
Event1984–85 Football League Cup
Date24 March 1985
VenueWembley Stadium, London
RefereeNeil Midgley (Manchester)
Attendance100,000
1984
1986

The 1985 Football League Cup Final was won by Norwich City. The Canaries defeated Sunderland 1–0 at Wembley Stadium on 24 March 1985 with an own goal scored by Gordon Chisholm, who deflected Asa Hartford's shot past goalkeeper Chris Turner. Later in the second half, Clive Walker missed a penalty awarded for a handball by Norwich defender Dennis van Wijk.

Looking back on the final, Norwich striker Mick Channon described the final as a "lovely day", and praised his teammates skill saying "we had some tremendous players like Steve Bruce and Dave Watson in the middle of the defence, Asa Hartford in midfield and John Deehan up front with me." In the lead-up to Norwich's goal Sunderland defender David Corner was attempting to usher the ball out of play for a Sunderland goal kick. However, Norwich kept the ball in play and promptly scored. In November 2011 Corner looked back on the incident stating "I should have kicked the ball out" and that he doesn't "think there's a day goes by where that game isn't mentioned". He then went on to say "It was a great honour for me to be playing for my hometown club in a national final, but I have to hold my hands up and say the goal was my fault." Norwich's victory was celebrated with an open-top bus parade.

Despite Norwich and Sunderland appearing in the final, they were both relegated to the Second Division at the end of the 1984–85 season. Normally the winners of the League Cup would qualify to play in the UEFA Cup, but on 31 May 1985 all English clubs were banned from European competitions on an indefinite basis as a result of the Heysel Stadium disaster two days earlier. This meant that Norwich City were unable to compete in the 1985–86 UEFA Cup.

As a result of the good faith shared between Norwich and Sunderland supporters during the final, the Friendship Trophy is contested every time the two clubs meet.

Match details[]

24 March 1985
Norwich City 1–0 Sunderland Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 100,000
Referee: Neil Midgley (Manchester)
Chisholm Goal 46' (o.g.) Report (page 22)
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Norwich City
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Sunderland
GK 1 Flag of England Chris Woods
RB 2 Flag of England Paul Haylock
LB 3 Flag of Netherlands Dennis van Wijk
CB 4 Flag of England Steve Bruce
CM 5 Flag of England Peter Mendham
CB 6 Flag of England Dave Watson
LW 7 Flag of England Mark Barham
FW 8 Flag of England Mick Channon
FW 9 Flag of England John Deehan
CM 10 Flag of Scotland Asa Hartford
RW 11 Flag of England Louie Donowa
Substitute:
DF 12 Flag of Republic Ireland John Devine
Manager:
Flag of England Ken Brown
GK 1 Flag of England Chris Turner
RB 2 Flag of England Barry Venison
LB 3 Flag of England Nick Pickering
DF 4 Flag of England Gary Bennett
DF 5 Flag of Scotland Gordon Chisholm
DF 6 Flag of England David Corner Substituted off
MF 7 Flag of England Peter Daniel
FW 8 Flag of Scotland Ian Wallace
FW 9 Flag of England David Hodgson
MF 10 Flag of England Steve Berry
LW 11 Flag of England Clive Walker
Substitute:
RW 12 Flag of England Howard Gayle Substituted on
Manager:
Flag of England Len Ashurst

Match rules

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
  • Replay if scores still level.
  • One named substitute.
  • Maximum of one substitution.

Route to the final[]

Norwich City
Round Opposition Score
2nd The second round and the semi-finals were played over two legs</ref> Preston North End (a) 3–3
Preston North End (h) 6–1
Aggregate score 9–4
3rd Aldershot (h) 0–0
replay Aldershot (a) 4–0
4th Notts County (h) 3–0
5th Grimsby Town (a) 1–0
Semi-final Ipswich Town (a) 0–1
Ipswich Town (h) 2–0
Aggregate score 2–1
Sunderland
Round Opposition Score
2nd Crystal Palace (h) 2–1
Crystal Palace (a) 0–0
Aggregate score 2–1
3rd Nottingham Forest (a) 1–1
replay Nottingham Forest (h) 1–0 After Extra Time.
4th Tottenham Hotspur (h) 0–0
replay Tottenham Hotspur (a) 2–1
5th Watford (a) 1–0
Semi-final Chelsea (h) 2–0
Chelsea (a) 3–2
Aggregate score 5–2

Norwich and Sunderland were both playing in the First Division and both entered the competition at the second round stage, under the tournament format in place at the time which saw First Division teams enter in this round. Norwich had reached the Football League Cup final on three occasions, winning one of them. Sunderland had never reached a final – the closest they came was the 1962–63 edition where they were semi-finalists. Norwich faced Preston North End in their second round tie, and played out a 3–3 stalemate in the first leg. In the second leg they defeated Preston 6–1, a 9–4 victory on aggregate. Having drawn the third round game against Aldershot 0–0, Norwich beat Aldershot in the replay 4–0 to progress to the next round. A tie against Second Division side Notts County awaited Norwich in the fourth tound, which they won 3–0. They dispatched Grimsby Town 1–0 in the fifth round to set up an all East Anglian semi-final with Ipswich Town. Ipswich had beaten Norwich 1–0 in the first leg, but Norwich ultimiately prevailed by winning 2–0 in the second leg, and 2–1 on aggregate.

North East Sunderland began the tournament against Crystal Palace, winning it 2–1 on aggregate, which was the same score as the first leg. Next Sunderland beat Nottingham Forest 1–0 in the third round replay, having drawn 1–1 in the original match. The fourth round went similarly the third, Sunderland played out a 0–0 draw at Roker Park forcing the game into a replay. Goals from Gordon Chisholm and Clive Walker in the replay ensured that Sunderland would progress in the fifth round. Sunderland beat Watford in the fifth round to seal a tie against Chelsea in the semi-finals. Sunderland beat Chelsea 5–2 on aggregate and secured their first ever League Cup final spot.

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