The 1988–89

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 ...

(also known as the Simod Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the fourth edition of the tournament created to compensate for the ban on English clubs from European football following the

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. It was won by

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, who beat Everton 4–3 in the final at

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. Liverpool, Arsenal, Manchester United and Tottenham opted out of this competition.

First round

Second round

Third round

Quarter-final

Semi-final

Final

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