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Season 23 Episode 13: 5th April 1987: League Cup Final: Arsenal v Liverpool

Apr 05, 1987NR1h 20m8.6

The first Littlewoods Cup Final is the 27th in the history of the League Cup competition, and Liverpool head the honours list with four triumphs (1981-4). It is eight years since silverware went to Highbury, and some of the youngsters in today's side were not even in their teens when Arsenal last stepped out at Wembley.

Season 23 Episodes:

Episode 1 1987/88: 28/12/87

1. 1987/88: 28/12/87

Aired: Sep 21, 1986

For the first of the season's Football League fixtures to be shown live, a vi...

Episode 2 1987/88: 4/4/88

2. 1987/88: 4/4/88

Aired: Nov 2, 1986

The new strike partnership of Frank McAvennie and Tony Cottee formed last s...

Episode 3 1988/89: Charity Shield Highlights

3. 1988/89: Charity Shield Highlights

Aired: Nov 23, 1986

Live soccer action at one of the classic 'derby' matches of the season: Merse...

Episode 4 1989/90: Charity Shield Highlights

4. 1989/90: Charity Shield Highlights

Aired: Dec 7, 1986

Television's first full-length examination of two of the game's glamour clubs...

Episode 5 1990/91: Charity Shield Highlights

5. 1990/91: Charity Shield Highlights

Aired: Dec 14, 1986

When it comes to contention for the League Championship, little or nothing ch...

Episode 6 4th January 1987: Tottenham Hotspur v Arsenal

6. 4th January 1987: Tottenham Hotspur v Arsenal

Aired: Jan 4, 1987

New Year soccer live on TV starts with a cracker in prospect and the supremac...

Episode 7 11th January 1987: FA Cup Third Round: Luton Town v Liverpool

7. 11th January 1987: FA Cup Third Round: Luton Town v Liverpool

Aired: Jan 11, 1987

The ingredients are heaped upon each other to make this one of the most enthr...

Episode 8 31st January 1987: FA Cup Fourth Round

8. 31st January 1987: FA Cup Fourth Round

Aired: Jan 31, 1987

Action highlights from three matches in the fourth round of the FA Cup. Manc...

Episode 9 22nd February 1987: FA Cup Fifth Round: Wimbledon v Everton

9. 22nd February 1987: FA Cup Fifth Round: Wimbledon v Everton

Aired: Feb 22, 1987

Ten years ago Wimbledon were non-league nobodies. Now they're not only rubbin...

Episode 10 1st March 1987: League Cup Semi-final Second leg: Tottenham Hotspur v Arsenal

10. 1st March 1987: League Cup Semi-final Second leg: Tottenham Hotspur v Arsenal

Aired: Mar 1, 1987

This is more than a north London derby - they are playing for a place in the ...

Episode 11 8th March 1987: Watford v Everton

11. 8th March 1987: Watford v Everton

Aired: Mar 8, 1987

The final coverage of live League football this season comes from Vicarage Ro...

Episode 12 2018/19: 4/5/19

12. 2018/19: 4/5/19

Aired: Mar 14, 1987

Action highlights from this afternoon's games, plus all the atmosphere and te...

Episode 13 5th April 1987: League Cup Final: Arsenal v Liverpool

13. 5th April 1987: League Cup Final: Arsenal v Liverpool

Aired: Apr 5, 1987

The first Littlewoods Cup Final is the 27th in the history of the League Cup ...

Episode 14 16th May 1987: FA Cup Final: Coventry City v Tottenham Hotspur

14. 16th May 1987: FA Cup Final: Coventry City v Tottenham Hotspur

Aired: May 16, 1987

Highlights of this afternoon's FA Cup Final from Wembley Stadium between Cove...

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