Follow a classic Merseyside derby at Wembley, as it happenedEverton v Liverpool at Wembley – in picturesEmail Scott with your thoughts here 2.55pm BST It’s sunny but windy at Wembley. The 1986 FA Cup final will be underway imminently. The minute all the coin tossing and handshaking is done, in fact. Soon! Very soon! We’re up for the cup! 2.50pm BST Here come the teams! Howard Kendall proudly leads Everton out for the third year in succession. He never won the FA Cup with his boots on: in 1964, he became the youngest player at the time to play in a final with Preston North End, but lost to West Ham; in 1968, he was part of Everton’s Holy Trinity with Colin Harvey and Alan Ball, but Jeff Astle and West Bromwich Albion did for them at Wembley, with Paul McCartney watching on sadly in the stands. Perhaps John Lennon was subconsciously thinking about poor old Macca’s pain when he penned Yer Blues later in the year. Kendall at last got his hands on the sacred pot two years ago, when Graham Sharp and Andy Gray saw off Watford. Kenny Dalglish leads out Liverpool, taking the reds to a cup final like Tom Watson, George Kay, Bill Shankly and Bob Paisley before him. Only Shanks had the pleasure of winning. Dalglish has never featured in an FA Cup final, this being Liverpool’s first appearance since 1977. The former Celt does have four Scottish Cup winners medals, mind you. He’ll become the first player-manager to win the cup if Liverpool triumph this afternoon. Continue reading…
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