After three 1-1 draws, Everton finally see off Sheffield Wednesday in the 3rd Replay of their 3rd Round FA Cup tie - with all 5 goals coming, amazingly, in the first half, including a hat-trick for Graeme Sharp!
Missed the first two goals because of traffic, missed the third getting coffee and a pie, missed the fourth bending down to get my pie but saw the fifth!!!
Thanks for these mate, great memories. I'm a boro fan and we had some great games against Everton in the 80s 90s .hence why Everton became my second team as a kid
I actually went to Hillsborough to watch this with a Sheff Weds pal o mine, both of us from Skegness, on the east coast.. (I'm a Toffee, btw).. and I remember after the first two undecided FA cup games, Howard Wilkinson had said 'It'll take a good goal to separate these two sides'.. lol.. Well how about FIVE, Howard???.. Big wind ups all the way home, o'course!!!
Strange season for the Blues. As reigning champions, only finished 4th despite at times looking unstoppable. Making unbeaten runs followed by dismal performances. The end of a glorious era!
Never forget the crush outside before the game loads of fans outside pushed up against the turnstiles scarey at the time bad policing even then kept loads of fans on the motorway into Sheffield missed 4 goals got in right on half time never forget that night and then what happened a few years later that end of the ground should be knocked down never safe God bless the 96.🙏🙏🙏
even at the first match it had been iffy when only that central pen was open. I still have mind that young guy screaming at the police that if they didn't open the other pens there'd be an 'accident'. To start with they told him to shut up...
I'm amazed the Leppings Lane, tunnel and all, is still there all these years later... They just put blue plastic seats over the old terrace.. Probably Wednesday can't afford a new stand being out of the premier league so long
@paul smith I think the police just didn't care but they underestimated the severity of the consequences.. They thought - "oh it's only football fans, they're all drunken hooligans, who cares if they get squashed a bit?" I think the Wednesday only use the Leppings Lane lower now for derby games and against clubs with big followings. Most of the time they only use the upper. There was a game about 10 years ago when a Leeds fan ran out of the Leppings Lane lower and attacked the Wednesday keeper. I think since then they reduced it again
I was there. 06.24 (Leppings Lane away End) celebrating our 3rd goal. Halfway down & middle of screen, right arm in air , royal blue top with white hoop on sleeve. A fantastic night ! Other 3 sides of ground had all but emptied by half time. F*cking hilarious !!!
Remember like yesterday avoided score all night and highlight for me bracewell as he was my hero .. Don't know how many times I've seen heath score like that
Felt a bit sorry for sheff wed in this game, up to this game they'd been really tough and fought for every ball, it was a a true cup tie, replay after replay...and on the night everything went wrong, nigel pearson was played into bad trouble twice the poor bast•rd...then..after this...another marathon tie with boro...an after gettin thru' that...we still lost in the final 😡
4 games vs Weds - 3 vs Boro - that’s enough to win the cup. Awful feeling gong out at home to lpool, but we put them out of the League cup at Anfield……
Was this the last great performance from that great team before Colin decided to shake things up. Know Stevens Reid and heath left that year. Trevor Steven next year
