FA Youth Cup Finals of the 1990s

FA Youth Cup Finals from 1990 to 1999.

1989–90: Tottenham v. Middlesbrough (2–1 and 1–1, 3–2 aggregate)

1st Leg May 7, 1990 Ayresome Park, Middlesbrough Attendance:8,497

2nd Leg May 13, 1990 White Hart Lane, Tottenham Attendance: 5,579

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Tottenham Hotspur No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   ENG Ian Walker 2 DF   ENG Ian Hendon 3 DF   LCA Warren Hackett 4 MF   ENG Neil Smith 5 DF   ENG David Tuttle 6 DF   ENG Victor Hardwicke 7 MF   ENG Gregory Howell 8 MF   ENG Kevin Smith 9 FW   ENG Olisa Morah 10 FW   ENG Anthony Potts 11 MF   ENG Scott Houghton Sub   ENG Lee Fulling Sub   ENG Halton

Middlesbrough No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   IRL Michael Devine 2 DF   ENG Nesbitt 3 DF   ENG Scott Green 4 DF   ENG Mark Sunley 5 DF   ENG Lee Crosby 6 MF   ENG Robert Lake 7 MF   ENG David Keaveney 8 MF   ENG Dan Holmes 9 FW   ENG Ian Arnold 10 FW   ENG Andy Fletcher 11 MF   ENG Lee Tucker Sub   ENG Paul Melling Sub   ENG Lee Roxby Sub   ENG Ferguson

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1990–91: Millwall v. Sheffield Wednesday (3–0 and 0–0, 3–0 aggregate)

1st Leg Hillsborough May 1, 1991 Attendance:

2nd Leg The Old Den May 7, 1991 Attendance: 4,261 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Millwall No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   ENG Carl Emberson 2 DF   ENG Frank McArthur 3 DF   ENG Tony Dolby 4 MF   ENG Andy Roberts 5 DF   ENG Mark Foran 6 DF   ENG Brian Lee 7 MF   ENG Hugh Dickson 8 FW   IRL Sean Devine 9 FW   ENG Lee Walker 10 MF   ENG Paul Manning 11 MF   ENG Brett Smith — DF   SCO Gregor Rioch — DF   ENG Roy Bedford

Sheffield Wednesday No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   ENG Paul Robinson 2 DF   ENG Brian Linighan 3 DF   ENG Gareth Dunn 4 MF   ENG Ronnie Simpson 5 DF   ENG Simon Stewart 6 DF   ENG Paul Burton 7 FW   ENG Michael Rowntree 8 MF   WAL Ryan Jones 9 FW   ENG Nicholas Robinson 10 MF   ENG Leroy Chambers 11 MF   ENG Richard Curzon —   ENG Jonathan Flint —   ENG Mark Simmonite

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1991–92: Manchester United v. Crystal Palace (3–1 and 3–2, 6–3 aggregate)

Shirt worn by Ryan Giggs in the final

First leg

14 April 1992

Crystal Palace	1–3	Manchester United
McCall 86'		Butt 17', 89' Beckham 30'

Selhurst Park, London

Attendance: 7,825

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Crystal Palace No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   ENG Jimmy Glass 2 DF   ENG Tim Clark 3 DF   ENG Scott Cutler 4 MF   ENG Mark Holman (c) 5 DF   ENG Russell Edwards 6 DF   ENG Andy McPherson 33' 7 MF   SCO Mark Hawthorne 8 MF   ENG Simon Rollison 9 FW   CAN Niall Thompson  76' 10 FW   ENG Grant Watts 11 MF   ENG George Ndah Sub MF   ENG Stuart McCall 76' Sub DF   ENG Paul Sparrow  33' Manager   ENG Stuart Scott

Manchester United No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   ENG Kevin Pilkington 2 DF   ENG John O'Kane 3 DF   ENG George Switzer 4 DF   ENG Chris Casper 5 DF   ENG Gary Neville (c) 6 MF   ENG David Beckham 7 MF   ENG Nicky Butt 8 MF   WAL Simon Davies 9 FW   SCO Colin McKee 10 FW   WAL Robbie Savage 11 MF   ENG Ben Thornley Manager   ENG Eric Harrison

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Second leg

15 May 1992

Manchester United	3–2	Crystal Palace
Thornley 33' Davies 50' McKee		McPherson 1' McCall 62'

Old Trafford, Manchester

Attendance: 14,681

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Manchester United No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   ENG Kevin Pilkington 2 DF   ENG John O'Kane 3 DF   ENG George Switzer 4 DF   ENG Chris Casper 5 DF   ENG Gary Neville 6 MF   ENG David Beckham 7 MF   ENG Nicky Butt 8 MF   WAL Simon Davies 9 FW   SCO Colin McKee 10 FW   WAL Ryan Giggs(c) 11 MF   ENG Ben Thornley Sub FW   WAL Robbie Savage  on for 8' Sub MF   NIR Keith Gillespie  on for 11' Manager   ENG Eric Harrison

Crystal Palace No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   ENG Jimmy Glass 2 DF   ENG Paul Sparrow 3 DF   ENG Scott Cutler 4 MF   ENG Mark Holman (c) 5 DF   ENG Russell Edwards 6 DF   ENG Andy McPherson 7 MF   SCO Mark Hawthorne 8 MF   ENG Simon Rollison 9 FW   ENG Stuart McCall 10 MF   ENG George Ndah 11 FW   ENG Tim Clark Sub MF   ENG Grant Watts on for 5' Sub DF   ENG Sean Daly on for 8' Manager   ENG Stuart Scott

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1992–93: Leeds United v. Manchester United (2–0 and 2–1, 4–1 aggregate)

First leg

10 May 1993

Manchester United	0–2	Leeds United
		Forrester 16' Whelan 62'

Old Trafford, Manchester

Attendance: 30,562

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Manchester United No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   IRL Darren Whitmarsh 2 DF   ENG John O'Kane 3 DF   ENG Steven Riley 4 DF   ENG Chris Casper 5 DF   ENG Gary Neville (c) 6 MF   NIR Keith Gillespie 7 MF   ENG Nicky Butt 8 MF   ENG David Beckham 9 FW   ENG Richard Irving 10 FW   ENG Paul Scholes 11 MF   ENG Ben Thornley Sub DF   NIR Colin Murdock  on for 9' Sub FW   WAL Robbie Savage  on for 8' Manager   ENG Eric Harrison

Leeds United No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   ENG Paul Pettinger 2 DF   ENG Andy Couzens 3 DF   CAN Kevin Sharp 4 MF   ENG Mark Tinkler 5 DF   ENG Kevin Daly 6 DF   ENG Rob Bowman 7 MF   ENG Matthew Smithard 8 MF   ENG Mark Ford (c) 9 FW   ENG Noel Whelan 10 MF   ENG Simon Oliver 11 FW   ENG Jamie Forrester Sub MF   ENG Alex Byrne (not used) Sub FW   ENG Steve Tobin (not used) Sub FW   ENG Darren Kerry (not used) Manager   ENG Paul Hart

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Second leg

13 May 1993

Leeds United	2–1	Manchester United
Forrester 12' Smithard 30'		Scholes 29' (pen.)

Elland Road, Leeds

Attendance: 31,037

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Leeds United No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   ENG Paul Pettinger 2 DF   ENG Andy Couzens 3 DF   CAN Kevin Sharp 4 MF   ENG Mark Tinkler 5 DF   ENG Kevin Daly 6 DF   ENG Rob Bowman 7 MF   ENG Matthew Smithard 8 MF   ENG Mark Ford (c) 9 FW   ENG Noel Whelan 10 MF   ENG Simon Oliver 11 FW   ENG Jamie Forrester Sub MF   ENG Alex Byrne on for 10' Sub FW   ENG Steve Tobin on for 6' Sub FW   ENG Darren Kerry on for 9' Manager   ENG Paul Hart

Manchester United No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   IRL Darren Whitmarsh 2 DF   ENG Phil Neville 3 DF   ENG Steven Riley 4 DF   ENG Chris Casper 5 DF   ENG Gary Neville (c) 6 MF   NIR Keith Gillespie 7 MF   ENG Paul Scholes 8 MF   ENG David Beckham 9 FW   ENG Richard Irving 10 MF   WAL Robbie Savage 11 FW   ENG Ben Thornley Sub DF   NIR Colin Murdock  on for 9' Sub MF   ENG Mark Rawlinson (not used) Manager   ENG Eric Harrison

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1993–94: Arsenal v. Millwall (2–3 and 3–0, 5–3 aggregate)

1st Leg May 6, 1994 The New Den, Bermondsey Millwall 3, Arsenal 2 Attendance: 6,098

2nd Leg May 12, 1994 Highbury Stadium, Highbury Arsenal 3, Millwall 0 Attendance:

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Arsenal No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   ENG Noel Imber 2 DF   ENG Timmy Griggs 3 DF   ENG Ross Taylor 4 MF   ENG Jamie Howell 5 DF   ENG Graeme Hall 6 DF   SCO Chris McDonald 7 MF   ENG Michael Black 8 MF   ENG Matthew Rose (c) 9 FW   ENG Matthew Rawlins 10 MF   ENG Gavin McGowan 11 MF   ENG Stephen Hughes Sub FW   ENG Albert Clarke Sub FW   ENG Robbie Drake

Millwall No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   IRL Adrian Cronin 2 DF   ENG Paul Irving 3 DF   ENG Colin Luckett 4 MF   IRL Mark Mulraney 5 DF   ENG Ben Thatcher 6 DF   ENG Dean Francis 7 MF   ENG Geoff Pitcher 8 FW   ENG Neville Gordon 9 FW   IRL Mark Kennedy 10 MF   ENG Richard Williams 11 MF   ENG Jermaine Wright Sub   ENG Phil O'Neil

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1994–95: Manchester United v. Tottenham Hotspur (1–2 and 1–0, 2–2 aggregate, 4–3 penalty shootout)

First leg

11 May 1995

20:00 BST

Tottenham Hotspur	2–1	Manchester United
Wormull 7' Allen 47'		Cooke 85'

White Hart Lane, London

Attendance: 3,503 ^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Tottenham Hotspur No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   ENG Simon Brown 2 DF   IRL Stephen Carr 3 DF   IRL Ross Darcy 4 DF   IRL Kevin Maher (c) 5 DF   ENG Simon Wormull 6 FW   ENG Simon Spencer 7 MF   ENG Stephen Clemence 8 MF   RSA Mark Arber 9 MF   IRL Peter Gain 10 FW   IRL Neale Fenn 11 FW   ENG Rory Allen  73' Sub DF   ENG Mark Janney Sub GK   ENG Aaron Shave Sub FW   ENG James Bunn 73' Manager   SCO Des Bulpin

Manchester United No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   ENG Paul Gibson 2 DF   ENG Phil Neville (c) 3 DF   ENG Ronnie Wallwork 4 DF   ENG Ashley Westwood 5 DF   ENG Michael Clegg 6 MF   ENG Daniel Hall 7 MF   ENG Neil Mustoe 8 FW   JAM David Johnson 9 FW   IRL Dessie Baker  69' 10 MF   ENG Terry Cooke 11 MF   NIR Phil Mulryne  75' Sub DF   ENG John Curtis  69' Sub GK   ENG Heath Maxon Sub FW   ENG David Gardner 75' Manager   ENG Eric Harrison

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Second leg

15 May 1995

19:30

Manchester United	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Tottenham Hotspur
Cooke 89'
Penalties
Neville Mustoe Wallwork Baker Cooke	4–3	Fenn Spencer Brady Carr Maher

Old Trafford, Manchester

Attendance: 20,190

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Manchester United No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   ENG Paul Gibson 2 DF   ENG Phil Neville (c) 3 DF   ENG Ronnie Wallwork 4 DF   ENG Ashley Westwood 5 DF   ENG Michael Clegg 6 MF   ENG Daniel Hall 67' 7 MF   ENG Neil Mustoe 8 FW   JAM David Johnson 9 FW   IRL Dessie Baker 10 MF   ENG Terry Cooke 11 MF   NIR Phil Mulryne  72' Sub DF   ENG David Hilton  72' Sub GK   ENG Heath Maxon Sub FW   ENG David Gardner 67' Manager   ENG Eric Harrison

Tottenham Hotspur No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   ENG Simon Brown 2 DF   IRL Stephen Carr 3 DF   IRL Ross Darcy 4 DF   IRL Kevin Maher (c) 5 DF   ENG Simon Wormull  60' 6 FW   ENG Simon Spencer 7 MF   SCO Garry Brady 8 MF   ENG Mark Arber 9 MF   IRL Peter Gain 10 FW   IRL Neale Fenn 11 FW   ENG Rory Allen  74' Sub DF   ENG Stephen Clemence  60' Sub GK   ENG Aaron Shave Sub FW   ENG Sammy Winston  74' Manager   SCO Des Bulpin

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1995–96: Liverpool v. West Ham United (2–0 and 2–1, 4–1 aggregate)

First Leg

30 April 1996

West Ham United	0–2	Liverpool
		Newby 23' Larmour 74'

Upton Park,, Upton Park

Attendance: 15,386

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Liverpool No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   ENG Roy Naylor 2 DF   ENG Lee Prior 3 DF   ENG Phil Brazier 4 DF   ENG Jamie Carragher 5 DF   WAL Gareth Roberts 6 MF   ENG Stuart Quinn 7 MF   ENG David Thompson 8 MF   ENG Mark Quinn 9 MF   ENG Jamie Cassidy 10 FW   ENG Jon Newby 11 FW   ENG Andy Parkinson Sub GK   ENG Ian Dunbavin Sub DF   ENG Eddie Turkington Sub DF   ENG Paul Proctor Sub FW   D Mane Sub FW   ENG Michael Owen

West Ham Utd No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   ENG Neil Finn 2 DF   AUS Chris Coyne 3 DF   ENG Rio Ferdinand 4 DF   WAL David Partridge 5 DF   ENG Jason Moore 6 MF   NGA Emmanuel Omoyinmi 7 MF   ENG Frank Lampard 8 MF   ENG Anthony McFarlane 9 MF   ENG Joe Keith 10 FW   ENG Lee Boylan 11 MF   ENG Lee Hodges Sub GK   ENG Alex O'Reilly Sub DF   ENG Justin Bowen Sub MF   ENG Lee Goodwin Sub MF   ENG Chris Sains

Second Leg

17 May 1996

Liverpool	2–1	West Ham United
Owen 40' Quinn 55'		Lampard 1'

Anfield , Liverpool

Attendance: 20,600

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1996–97: Leeds United v. Crystal Palace (2–1 and 1–0, 3–1 aggregate)

First Leg

24 April 1997

Leeds United	2–1	Crystal Palace
Boyle 4' Jones 21'	Report	Harris 66'

Elland Road , Beeston

Attendance: 6,649

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Leeds United No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   ENG Paul Robinson 2 DF   IRL Alan Maybury 3 DF   ENG Jonathan Woodgate 4 DF   IRL Damian Lynch 5 MF   AUS Harry Kewell 6 DF   ENG Kevin Dixon 7 MF   NOR Tommy Knarvik 8 MF   IRL Stephen McPhail 9 MF   NIR Wesley Boyle 10 MF   WAL Matthew Jones 11 FW   ENG Lee Matthews Sub MF   ENG Stuart Gore Sub FW   ENG Alan Smith

Crystal Palace No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   RSA Gareth Ormshaw 2 DF   ENG James Hibbert 3 DF   ENG Hayden Mullins 4 DF   ENG David Woozley 5 DF   ENG Tony Folan 6 MF   NIR Wayne Carlisle 7 MF   IRL Richard Kennedy 8 MF   ENG David Stevens 9 FW   WAL Andrew Martin 10 FW   IRL Clinton Morrison 11 MF   NIR Gareth Graham Sub MF   ENG Richard Harris Sub FW   ENG Paul Sears

Second Leg

15 May 1997

Crystal Palace	0–1	Leeds United
	Report	Matthews 82'

Selhurst Park , Selhurst

Attendance: 4,759

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1997–98: Everton v. Blackburn (3–1 and 2–2, 5–3 aggregate)

First leg

1 May 1998

Blackburn Rovers	1–3	Everton
Taylor 21'	Report	Jevons 10' Cadamarteri 44' Osman 84'

Ewood Park, Blackburn

Attendance: 9,280

Referee: Neale Barry

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Blackburn Rovers No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   ENG Gareth Stewart 2 DF   ENG Leam Richardson 3 DF   IRL Peter Murphy 4 MF   ENG Andy McAvoy 5 DF   ENG Martin Taylor 6 DF   ENG Keith Brown 7 MF   NIR Garth Scates 8 MF   ENG David Dunn 9 FW   NIR Jonathan Topley 74' 10 FW   NIR Gary Hamilton 11 MF   IRL Ciarán Ryan 71' Sub MF   ENG Ryan Baldacchino  71' Sub MF   NIR Darren Dunning Sub   ENG Craig Woodfield 74'

Everton No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   IRL Dean Delaney 2 DF   ENG Carl Regan 3 DF   ENG Adam Eaton 4 MF   ENG Edward O'Brien 82' 5 DF   ENG Adam Farley 6 DF   IRL Richard Dunne 7 MF   ENG David Poppleton 8 MF   ENG Leon Osman 9 FW   ENG Danny Cadamarteri 10 FW   ENG Phil Jevons  72' 11 MF   ENG Jamie Milligan Sub DF   ENG Tony Hibbert  82' Sub FW   ENG Francis Jeffers  72' Sub FW   ENG David Knowles

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Second leg

7 May 1998

Everton	2–2	Blackburn Rovers
Jeffers 2' Eaton 69'	Report	Hamilton 52' Hawe 83'

Goodison Park, Liverpool

Attendance: 15,258

Referee: Neale Barry

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Everton No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   IRL Dean Delaney 2 DF   ENG Carl Regan 3 DF   ENG Adam Eaton 4 MF   ENG Edward O'Brien 5 DF   ENG Adam Farley 6 DF   IRL Richard Dunne 7 MF   ENG David Poppleton 8 FW   ENG Francis Jeffers  85' 9 FW   ENG Danny Cadamarteri 10 FW   ENG Phil Jevons 11 MF   ENG Jamie Milligan Sub DF   ENG Tony Hibbert  85' Sub MF   ENG Kevin McLeod Sub FW   ENG David Knowles

Blackburn Rovers No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   ENG Gareth Stewart 2 DF   ENG Leam Richardson 3 DF   IRL Peter Murphy 4 MF   ENG Andy McAvoy 5 DF   ENG Martin Taylor 6 DF   ENG Keith Brown 71' 7 MF   NIR Garth Scates 8 MF   ENG David Dunn 9 FW   NIR Jonathan Topley 82' 10 FW   NIR Gary Hamilton 11 MF   ENG Ryan Baldacchino  66' Sub MF   IRL Ciarán Ryan 66' Sub MF   NIR Patrick Connolly 82' Sub DF   NIR Steven Hawe  71'

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1998–99: West Ham United v. Coventry (3–0 and 6–0, 9–0 aggregate)

Second leg

14 May 1999

West Ham United	6–0	Coventry City
Brayley (2) Garcia (2) Newton Carrick	Report

Boleyn Ground, London

Attendance: 21,500

Referee: Rob Harris

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

West Ham United No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   ENG Stephen Bywater 2 DF   SKN Adam Newton 3 DF   ENG Sam Taylor 4 DF   ENG Terrell Forbes 5 DF   ENG Izzy Iriekpen 6 DF   ENG Stevland Angus 7 MF   AUS Michael Ferrante 8 MF   ENG Joe Cole 9 FW   ENG Bertie Brayley 10 FW   AUS Richard Garcia 11 MF   ENG Michael Carrick Sub DF   ENG Anwar Uddin Sub MF   ENG Louis Riddle Sub   ENG Ashley Cooper Sub   ENG Stephen Omonua

Coventry City No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   ENG Chris Kirkland 2 DF   IRL Gerard Mooney 3 DF   ENG David Lewis 4 MF   ENG Robert Betts 5 DF   ENG Mark Burrows 6 DF   ENG Thomas Cudworth 7 MF   ENG Mark Graham 8 MF   ENG Craig Pead 9 FW   ENG Chukki Eribenne 10 FW   ENG Gary McSheffrey 11 FW   SCO Stephen McPhee Sub DF   ENG Calum Davenport Sub MF   SCO Craig Strachan Sub MF   IRL Daire Doyle Sub   ENG Martin Grant

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References

1. Mitten, Andy (7 May 2022). "FA Youth Cup final set to attract record crowd at Old Trafford". The National. Retrieved 5 November 2022.