On This Day – 10th May
It was on this day back in 1986 that the first all-Merseyside FA Cup Final took place.
Liverpool won the game 3-1 to become the first club since Arsenal in 1971 to win the League and Cup Double. Everton had finished the season as runners-up.
Officially there were 100,000 fans in the Wembley crowd that day, but many more got into the ground through different ways as you can see in the video below.
The Final was eagerly-anticipated by all football fans and not just those who supported either of the teams involved. My Mum told me that she was due to give birth to me around the time of the Final and my Dad was concerned that he would miss the game!
Luckily for Dad, I was born 12 day later and so he still got to watch the Final!
Gary Lineker gave Everton a first-half lead after 27 minutes after latching on to a long-ball over the Liverpool defence. His first shot was pushed away by Grobbelaar in the Liverpool goal but Lineker forced in the rebound.
Ian Rush equalised for Liverpool after 56 minutes despite Craig Johnston sliding in and trying to claim the goal as his!
Johnston would finally have a goal of his own only six minutes later after getting on the end of a Jan Molby cross.
Ian Rush scored his second and secured the Cup for Liverpool with only seven minutes of the game remaining. Player/Manager Kenny Dalglish broke forward with the ball before pausing at the edge of the box to wait for support.
Dalglish looked up and saw Rush come charging into the penalty area on the right and chipped a ball straight into his path.
Rush took the ball down before firing the ball hard and low past NBobby Mimms in the Everton goal.
This was Liverpool’s third FA Cup success and was the first time that they had won the competition in 12 years. They have since lifted the Cup on four other occasions.
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