Gerrard firing the parting shots

FA Cup Third Round:

Tue, 06 Jan, 2015 - 00:00

Tim Abraham

The Crazy Gang may have beaten the Culture Club 27 years ago but the ghosts of the 1988 FA Cup final briefly haunted Liverpool last night.

AFC Wimbledon rose from the ashes of the decision to relocate the original club to Milton Keynes in 2002, and they gave a performance that their celebrated predecessors would have been proud of against a team 72 places above them.

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Courts Soccer Place: Milton Keynes Place: Kingsmeadow Stadium Person: Gerrard Person: Steven Gerrard Person: Brendan Rodgers Person: Philippe Coutinho Person: Rickie Lambert Person: Lambert Person: Javier Manquillo Person: Jake Goodman Person: George Francomb Person: Martin Skrtel Person: Sean Grigg Person: Simon Mignolet Person: Adebayo Akinfenwa Person: Beast Person: Mignolet Person: Mamadou Sakho Person: Akinfenwa Person: Rodgers Person: Adam Barrett Person: James Shea Person: Shea Person: Adebayo Azeez Person: Fuller Person: Barrett Person: Goodman Person: Kennedy Person: Francomb Person: Moore Person: Pell 86 Person: Bulman Person: Rigg Person: Azeez Event: FA Cup third Event: 1988 FA Cup final Event: FA Cup Event: FA Cup final Event: Wimbledon Organisation: Wimbledon Organisation: Liverpool Organisation: Culture Club Organisation: AFC Wimbledon Organisation: Reds Organisation: Major League Soccer Organisation: Bolton Wanderers Organisation: League Two Organisation: Dons

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