 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Chinhu chakakosha chebasa raThomas reArsenal chakauya mumutambo we1988 89 wekusarudza, musi wa26 Chivabvu 1989. Mutambo weFirst Division pakati peLiverpool neArsenal paAnfield wakanga wasundiswa nekuda kweHillsborough Disaster, uye semhedzisiro yakatamiswa kusvika kumagumo emwaka, mushure meFA Cupkwokupedzisira. Liverpool yakanga yakahwina FA Cup, uye nokudaro yakanga ine mukana wokupedzisa kaviri kwenhau. Arsenal yakanga iri pamusoro pemutambo weFirst Division kwechikamu chikuru chemwaka, asi Liverpool yakanga yavasiya mitambo mishoma musati wapera mushandirapamwe. Pakusvika mumutambo, Arsenal yaive nemapoinzi makumi manomwe nematatu nemapoka makumi manomwe nenomwe uye makumi matatu nematanhatu muchinjikwa wechinangwa che 35, nepo Liverpool yaive nemapoinzi matatu pamberi pemapoinzi makumi manomwe nematanhatu nemapoka makumi matanhatu nematanhatu nemapoka makumi maviri nematanhatu muchinjikwa we 39. Izvi zvaireva kuti Arsenal yaifanira kukunda zvibodzwa zviviri kuti itore mukombe pamapoinzi nemusiyano wezvibodzwa zvakaenzana, chikwata chainge chakarova zvibodzwa zvakawanda chaizopihwa mukombe. Liverpool yakanga isati yarasikirwa nezvibodzwa zviviri paAnfield kwamakore anenge mana. Pashure pehafu yokutanga isina zvibodzwa, Alan Smith akahwina nokukurumidza pashure pokutangazve, achitungamirira muchikanda chemahara kubva kuna Nigel Winterburn. Asi sezvo nguva yakazara yakasvika zvaitaridzika sokunge Arsenal yakanga isiri kuzowana chibodzwa chechipiri chaida. Zvisinei, munguva yekukuvara, pakurwisa kwekupedzisira kweArsenal, Thomas akabuda mberi kubva pakati penhandare, achimhanya paSmith flick-on, akadzivisa dambudziko raSteve Nicol, uye akavhara muchengeti wemugwagwa Bruce Grobbelaar kuti awane Arsenal yechipiri uye kuhwina zita, Arsenal yekutanga mumakore gumi nemasere. Mutambo wacho wakazoratidzwa zvakadzama mufirimu ra1997 rakavakirwa pabhuku raNick Hornby Fever Pitch. 