1985 FA Cup final

English association football match March 2015 March 2015 the women's event 1985 WFA Cup final 1985 FA Cup Final Old Wembley Stadium (external view).jpg 1984–85 FA Cup Everton 0 Manchester United 1 After extra time 18 May 1985 Wembley Stadium London Peter Willis (County Durham) 100,000 1984 1986 The 1985 FA Cup final was the 104th final of the FA Cup. It took place on 18 May 1985 at Wembley Stadium, and was contested by Manchester United and holders Everton. United won by a single goal, scored in extra time by Norman Whiteside, when he curled the ball into the net past the reach of Neville Southall after a run from the right. Match Summary Everton were playing for the opportunity to win an unprecedented treble, having won the First Division title by a margin of 13 points with three games to spare and beaten Rapid Wien in the 1985 European Cup Winners' Cup Final in Rotterdam just three days earlier. Meanwhile, Manchester United had finished fourth in the league and reached the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup. The two sides met three times during the 1984–85 season prior to the FA Cup final; first, a 5–0 Everton win in the league at Goodison Park on 27 October 1984, followed by a 2–1 Everton win in the third round of the League Cup at Old Trafford three days later (Everton were ultimately knocked out of the League Cup by Grimsby Town in the following round). The third meeting, also at Old Trafford, was a 1–1 league draw on 2 March 1985. Eight of United's starting 11 had been members of the cup-winning side from two years earlier, while Arthur Albiston was the only remaining player from the team that won the 1977 FA Cup Final. When United next won the trophy in 1990, Mark Hughes and Bryan Robson were the only players from the 1985 side to feature in the winning team. Everton's last remaining player from this match was Neville Southall, who stayed with them until 1998 and helped them win a league title in 1987 and the FA Cup in 1995, also against United – where he and Welsh compatriot Hughes were the only survivors from the 1985 final. The match was preceded by a minute's silence in memory of those who had died in the Bradford City stadium fire a week earlier. Everton's Peter Reid had the first chance of the game after about 15 minutes; Manchester United goalkeeper Gary Bailey came to meet a long throw-in from Gary Stevens, but his punch was poor and only went as far as Reid on the edge of the penalty area. Reid volleyed the ball goalwards, but it was deflected onto the post by a sliding John Gidman.Steven Pye Remembering the 1985 FA Cup final: Manchester United v Everton https://www.theguardian.com/sport/that-1980s-sports-blog/2013/may/10/1985-fa-cup-final-manchester-united-everton That 1980s Sports Blog Guardian News & Media 10 May 2013 9 July 2019 With just under 15 minutes left in the second half, Kevin Moran of Manchester United became the first player to be sent off in an FA Cup Final, for committing a professional foul on Peter Reid, who was clean through on goal. The match remained goalless after 90 minutes and went to extra time. Five minutes after half-time in extra time, Manchester United's Norman Whiteside scored the winner, curling a low shot around Everton's Pat Van Den Hauwe and past goalkeeper Neville Southall into the bottom corner of the net. Having been sent off, Moran was not allowed to collect his medal with the rest of the Manchester United team as they received the trophy, although The Football Association later voted to allow him to receive one while the team was on holiday in Trinidad. Two weeks after the match, rioting by Liverpool fans towards Juventus fans at the 1985 European Cup Final caused the Heysel disaster, in which 39 Juventus fans were unlawfully killed. As a result, UEFA banned all English clubs from competing in European competitions indefinitely, which meant United were unable to compete in the following season's Cup Winners' Cup. Everton were also banned from competing as league winners in the 1985–86 European Cup. The ban stood for five years, with Liverpool receiving a further year's exclusion. Details 1985 5 18 y 15:00 BST Everton Manchester United 0–1 yes Whiteside 110 Wembley Stadium, London 100,000 Peter Willis (County Durham) Report _whiteborder _everton0910h _whiteborder _whitebottom _2stripesblue 0000FF 0000FF 0000FF 0000FF FFFFFF Everton _manutdh8486 _manutdh8486 _manutdh8486 _manutd8486 _manutdh8486 E20E0E E20E0E E20E0E FFFFFF 000000 Manchester United GK 1 WAL Neville SouthallRB 2 ENG Gary StevensLB 3 WAL Pat Van Den HauweCB 4 WAL Kevin Ratcliffe (c) CB 5 ENG Derek MountfieldCM 6 ENG Peter ReidRM 7 ENG Trevor StevenCF 8 SCO Graeme SharpCF 9 SCO Andy GrayCM 10ENG Paul BracewellLM 11IRL Kevin SheedySubstitute:DF 12ENG Alan HarperManager:ENG Howard Kendall300px GK 1 ENG Gary BaileyRB 2 ENG John GidmanLB 3 SCO Arthur Albiston 91CM 4 NIR Norman WhitesideCB 5 IRL Paul McGrathCB 6 IRL Kevin Moran 0 78CM 7 ENG Bryan Robson (c) RM 8 SCO Gordon StrachanCF 9 WAL Mark HughesCF 10IRL Frank StapletonLM 11DEN Jesper OlsenSubstitute:DF 12ENG Mike Duxbury 91Manager:ENG Ron Atkinson Match officials Linesmen: Terry Holbrook (Staffordshire) D. Keen (Berks & Bucks) Reserve linesman: J. R. Harris (Suffolk)Match rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary Replay if scores still level One named substitute Maximum of one substitution References External links 1985 FA Cup Final at Soccerbase 1985 Final Fa Cup Final 1985 Fa Cup Final 1985 FA Cup Final Category:May 1985 sports events in the United Kingdom