Manchester City v Wolverhampton Wanderers League Cup 2nd Round 1st Leg 1987/88

 CITY 1 WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS 2

League Cup 2nd Rd 1st leg

22nd September 1987

attendance 8,551

scorers City Adcock(43) Wolves Bull(55), Dennison(90)

Ref R Bridges

City Nixon, Gidman, Hinchcliffe, Lake, Simpson, Redmond, White, Adcock, Varadi, Scott, McNab - subs Barnes(73), Clements(unused) Wolves Kendall, Bellamy, Thompson, Streete, Robertson, Robinson, Dennison, Vaughan, Bull, Mutch, Purdle - subs Stoutt(unused), Downing(unused) FROM THE MANCHESTER CITY OFFICIAL HANDBOOK 1988/89 Eric Nixon almost sabotaged City’s Littlewoods Cup campaign before it got off the ground. His last minute clanger in the Maine Road first leg when he allowed a speculative 30-yarder from Robbie Dennison to slip agonisingly under his body gave the Fourth Division side a shock 2-1 victory. Tony Adcock had given the Blues the lead with his first goal for the club following a £75,000 summer move from Colchester with Wanderers hot shot Steve Bull, who eventually finished the country’s top overall marksman, equalising midway through the second half.