Format - 40 entrants, with eight teams (Coventry City, Everton, Luton Town,
Norwich City, Nottingham Forest, Southampton, Watford
and Wimbledon) exempt to the Third Round - based on final league positions
from the 1986-87 season.
The eventual winners, Reading, were unable to defend the trophy in 1988-89,
having been relegated to Football League Division Three
First Round
Aston Villa 1-2 Bradford City
Blackburn Rovers 1-2 Swindon Town
Charlton Athletic 1-1 Hull City (Charlton Athletic won 5-4 on penalties)
Chelsea 2-1 Barnsley
Derby County 3-0 Birmingham City
Ipswich Town 1-0 Middlesbrough
Leeds United 3-0 Sheffield United
Leicester City 1-0 Huddersfield Town
Manchester City 6-2 Plymouth Argyle
Newcastle United 2-1 Shrewsbury Town
Oldham Athletic 0-3 West Bromwich Albion
Oxford United 1-0 Crystal Palace
Portsmouth 0-3 Stoke City
Queens Park Rangers 1-3 Reading
Sheffield Wednesday 2-0 A F C Bournemouth
West Ham United 1-2 Millwall
Second Round
Bradford City 2-1 Newcastle United
Charlton Athletic 1-2 Leicester City
Ipswich Town 2-1 West Bromwich Albion
Manchester City 0-2 Chelsea
Millwall 2-0 Leeds United
Reading 1-0 Oxford United
Sheffield Wednesday 0-1 Stoke City
Swindon Town 2-1 Derby County
Third Round
Bradford City 1-0 Southampton
Coventry City 2-1 Wimbledon
Everton 1-2 Luton Town
Ipswich Town 5-2 Watford
Leicester City 0-0 Stoke City (Stoke City won 5-3 on penalties)
Millwall 2-3 Norwich City
Reading 2-1 Nottingham Forest
Swindon Town 4-0 Chelsea
Quarter Finals
Coventry City 2-0 Ipswich Town
Luton Town 4-1 Stoke City
Reading 2-1 Bradford City
Swindon Town 2-2 Norwich City
Semi-Finals
Luton Town 2-1 Swindon Town
Reading 1-1 Coventry City (Reading won 4-3 on penalties)
