1986 FA Cup Final

1986 FA Cup Final
Event 1985–86 FA Cup
Date 10 May 1986
Venue Wembley Stadium, London
Referee Alan Robinson (Hampshire)
Attendance 98,000

The 1986 FA Cup Final was the 105th final of the FA Cup. It took place on 10 May 1986 at Wembley Stadium and was a Merseyside derby between Liverpool and Everton. The match was played seven days after Liverpool had secured the league title, with Everton finishing as runners-up. At the time, Liverpool and Everton were widely regarded as the two leading English clubs.

Summary

Liverpool won the match 3–1, thus completing the Double. Everton led at half-time through Gary Lineker, before the second half saw Ian Rush score two goals and Craig Johnston one. As Liverpool had already won the league, Everton would have claimed a place in the 1986–87 European Cup Winners' Cup, but the ban on English clubs in European competitions following the Heysel disaster the previous season meant that they were unable to do so (in addition to Liverpool not claiming a place in the European Cup for their league win).

This was Liverpool's third FA Cup Final victory, and their first since 1974. Everton, meanwhile, were playing in their third consecutive FA Cup Final and suffered their second consecutive defeat; notable changes from the side that had lost to Manchester United the previous year were Bobby Mimms in goal in place of the injured Neville Southall, and new signing Lineker playing in the forward position that had previously been occupied by Andy Gray.[1]

As substitute Steve McMahon was unused, Liverpool became the first team to compete in the FA Cup Final without fielding an English capped player (Mark Lawrenson was English-born but represented the Republic of Ireland at international level while Craig Johnston had played for England Under-21s despite having Australian nationality).

Twenty years later, in April 2006, the final was replayed in a charity game at Anfield, in aid of The Marina Dalglish Appeal. Liverpool won again, this time on a 1–0 scoreline, thanks to a late goal from John Durnin.[2]

Match details

Liverpool 3–1 Everton
Rush  56', 83'
Johnston  62'
Report Lineker  27'
Attendance: 98,000
Referee: Alan Robinson (Hampshire)
Liverpool
Everton
GK1Zimbabwe Bruce Grobbelaar
CB2Republic of Ireland Mark Lawrenson
LB3Republic of Ireland Jim Beglin
RB4Scotland Steve Nicol
LM5Republic of Ireland Ronnie Whelan
CB6Scotland Alan Hansen (c)
SS7Scotland Kenny Dalglish
RM8England Craig Johnston
CF9Wales Ian Rush
CM10Denmark Jan Mølby
CM11Scotland Kevin MacDonald
Substitute:
MF12England Steve McMahon
Player-manager:
Scotland Kenny Dalglish
GK1England Bobby Mimms
RB2England Gary Stevens 72'
LB3Wales Pat Van Den Hauwe
CB4Wales Kevin Ratcliffe (c)
CB5England Derek Mountfield
CM6England Peter Reid
RM7England Trevor Steven
CF8England Gary Lineker
CF9Scotland Graeme Sharp
CM10England Paul Bracewell
LM11Republic of Ireland Kevin Sheedy
Substitute:
FW12England Adrian Heath 72'
Manager:
England Howard Kendall

References

  1. Macintosh, Iain (1 October 2015). "How Everton lost the FA Cup (and league and Super Cup) to Liverpool in 1986". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  2. Rogers, Paul (1 May 2006). "Reds leave it late to win Replay 86". Liverpool FC. Archived from the original on 26 October 2014. Retrieved 15 September 2017.


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