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The 1993 Football League Cup Final took place on 18 April 1993 at
Wembley Stadium Wembley Stadium (branded as Wembley Stadium connected by EE for sponsorship reasons) is a football stadium in Wembley, London. It opened in 2007 on the site of the Wembley Stadium (1923), original Wembley Stadium, which was demolished from 200 ...
, and was played between
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and
Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday Football Club is a professional association football club based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. The team competes in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. Formed in 1867 as an offshoot ...
. Arsenal won 2–1 in normal time, in what was the first of three Wembley finals between the two sides that season; Arsenal and Wednesday also met in the
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of that year (which went to a replay), the first time ever in English football. The match was the first match in which any European clubs had used squad numbers and player names on their shirts. On this occasion, as in the FA Cup final and replay that year, players wore individual numbers which were retained for the FA Cup finals. Coincidentally, the first occurrence of players wearing numbered shirts came on 25 August 1928, when Arsenal and
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wore numbered shirts in their matches against The Wednesday (renamed Sheffield Wednesday soon after) and Swansea Town, respectively. Squad numbers became compulsory for
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clubs from August 1993. In the game, Wednesday's John Harkes scored the opener in the 8th minute, before
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equalised for Arsenal. Merson then set up
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for the winner. In the celebrations after the match, Arsenal skipper
Tony Adams Tony Alexander Adams (born 10 October 1966) is an English former football manager and player. Adams played for Arsenal and England, captaining both teams. He spent his entire playing career of 19 years as a centre back at Arsenal, making 672 t ...
attempted to pick up Morrow and parade him on his shoulders, but Adams slipped and Morrow awkwardly hit the ground. He broke his arm and had to be rushed to hospital. Unable to receive his winner's medal on the day, he was eventually presented with it before the start of the FA Cup Final the following month.


Match details

Match rules:
90 minutes
30 minutes extra-time if necessary
Replay if scores still level
Two named substitutes, both of whom may be used


Road to Wembley


Arsenal

Round 2, 1st Leg:
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1–1 Campbell at
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Round 2, 2nd Leg: 1–1 Campbell at The Old Den (Arsenal win 3–1 on penalties) Round 3:
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1–1 Campbell at
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Round 3 Replay: 2–1 Campbell,
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Highbury Highbury is a district in North London and part of the London Borough of Islington in Greater London that was owned by Ranulf brother of Ilger and included all the areas north and east of Canonbury and Holloway Roads. The manor house was sit ...
Round 4: Scarborough 1–0
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Round 5: Nottingham Forest 2–0
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(2) at
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Semi-final, 1st Leg:
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3–1
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(2),
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Semi-final, 2nd Leg: 2–0 Linighan,
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Sheffield Wednesday

Round 2, 1st Leg:
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3–0
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,
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,
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Round 2, 2nd Leg: 2–2
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, Warhurst at Victoria Park Round 3:
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7–1 Bart-Williams,
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(2), Hirst,
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(2), Worthington at
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Round 4:
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4–0
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, Hirst, Nilsson,
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Round 5:
Ipswich Town Ipswich Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in Ipswich, Suffolk, England. They play in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. The club was founded in 1878 but did not turn professio ...
1–1 John Sheridan at
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Round 5 Replay 1–0 Warhurst at
Hillsborough Stadium Hillsborough Stadium is a 39,732-capacity association football stadium located in Owlerton, a north-western suburb of Sheffield, Yorkshire, England. It has been the home of Sheffield Wednesday since its opening in 1899. The ground has been su ...
Semi-final, 1st Leg:
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4–2
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, John Sheridan, Warhurst (2) at
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Semi-final, 2nd Leg: 2–1
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References

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