The 1989–90

Full Members' Cup The Full Members' Cup was an association football cup competition held in English football from 1985 to 1992. It was also known under its sponsored names of the Simod Cup from 1987 to 1989 and the Zenith Data Systems Cup from 1989 to 1992. Th ...

, known as the Zenith Data Systems Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the 5th staging of a knock-out competition for

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clubs in the

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and

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. The winners were

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and the runners-up were

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. The competition began on 7 November 1989 and ended with the final on 25 March 1990 at the

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. In the first round, there were two sections: North and South. In the following rounds each section gradually eliminates teams in knock-out fashion until each has a winning finalist. At this point, the two winning finalists face each other in the combined final for the honour of the trophy. Liverpool, Arsenal, Tottenham, Manchester United, Everton, Southampton & Queens Park Rangers opted out of this competition.

First round

Northern Section

Southern Section

Second round

Northern Section

Southern Section

Third round

Northern Section

Southern Section

Area semi-finals

Northern Section

Southern Section

Area finals

Northern Area final

''Middlesbrough beat Aston Villa 4–2 on aggregate.''

Southern Area final

''Chelsea beat Crystal Palace 4–0 on aggregate.''

Final

Notes

External links

When Saturday Comes Article on the Full Members' Cup
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