Source: TheGuardian
Everton v Liverpool: 1986 FA Cup final – live!
Follow a classic Merseyside derby at Wembley, as it happenedEverton v Liverpool at Wembley – in picturesEmail Scott with your thoughts here 5.44pm BST Since Howard Kendall’s Everton emerged from their chrysalis in January 1984 - when Kevin Brock of Oxford United underhit that backpass to gift Adrian Heath the late equaliser that saved his boss’s job - they’ve gone on a trophy tear-up. The FA Cup in 1984! The league championship in 1985! The club’s first European prize, the Cup Winners’ Cup, the same year! They’ve been the best team in England for a while now.Plenty of success, yet they could have had a whole lot more. Liverpool rode their luck in the Milk Cup final of 1984. The ten men of Manchester United snatched the FA Cup and a Double from their grasp this time last year. Then there was this season’s title race ... well, did anyone think, when Everton won at Anfield in late February to go eight points clear of their stuttering neighbours with just a dozen games to go, that Kenny Dalglish’s side was capable of putting together a scarcely believable winning run to snatch the prize? Everton can be forgiven for wondering what the hell’s just hit them. Continue reading......read full article
