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‘I can remember Dennis Wise following me up – when I lifted the trophy, I heard him behind cheering and shouting, “You bastards!” I thought, “You can’t say that in front of Princess Diana!”’ Dave Beasant on Wimbledon’s 1988 FA Cup upset win over Liverpool

Wimbledon's Eric Young, Lawrie Sanchez, Dave Beasant and Terry Phelan celebrate with the FA Cup after beating Liverpool in the 1988 final.

Wimbledon’s 1988 FA Cup final victory against Liverpool remains one of the competition’s greatest-ever upsets.

Soundtracked by John Motson’s iconic line of “the Crazy Gang have beaten the Culture Club”, the Wembley victory - ranked at no.20 in FourFourTwo’s list of the biggest FA Cup shocks of all-time - was the south London side’s zenith, with their former England goalkeeper Dave Beasant at the thick of it

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