1995 FA Cup Final

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1995 FA Cup Final

Event	FA Cup 1994–95
Everton Manchester United 1 0
Date	20 May 1995
Venue	Wembley Stadium, London
Man of the match	Dave Watson (Everton)
Referee	Gerald Ashby (Worcestershire)
Attendance	79,592
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The 1995 FA Cup Final – the 50th Wembley FA Cup Final to be held since the Second World War – was contested between Everton and Manchester United on Saturday, 20 May 1995. Everton won the match 1–0 via a headed goal by Paul Rideout, after Graham Stuart's shot rebounded off the crossbar. The rest of the game from this point onwards saw Manchester United dominating the attack, only for Welsh international goalkeeper Neville Southall, to make a series of saves, including a double block, the second of which was performed with his foot.

Everton had secured Premier League safety two weeks earlier, and Manchester United, double-winners the previous season, had lost their league crown the previous Sunday to Blackburn Rovers. United had to play the final without three of their most important players: Eric Cantona (who was suspended), Andrei Kanchelskis (injured), and Andy Cole, who was cup-tied. Between them, those three players had scored 41 goals during the season. Everton, meanwhile, had escaped from a relegation dogfight which had seen them make their worst start to a league campaign (8 points from a possible 42 after 14 games), with a superbly successful cup run which saw them reach Wembley having conceded only one goal (a penalty for Jürgen Klinsmann of Tottenham Hotspur in the semi-final, which Everton won 4-1).

It was Everton's first major trophy since they won the league championship eight years earlier, and is their most recent major trophy to date.

In contrast, Manchester United (who had been beaten to the Premier League title by Blackburn Rovers a week earlier) were left without a major trophy for the first time since the 1988-89 season and were denied the opportunity to become the first club to win the FA Cup nine times.

This was the last time that an English manager had won the FA Cup, as well as the last time a club outside the current "Big Four" of Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester United had won the FA Cup until 2008, when Harry Redknapp managed Portsmouth to victory.^[1]

[edit] Match details

20 May 1995 15:00 BST	Everton	1 – 0	Manchester United	Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 79,592 Referee: Gerald Ashby (Worcestershire)
	Rideout  30'	Report

Everton

Manchester United

EVERTON: GK 1 Neville Southall RB 2 Matt Jackson CB 5 Dave Watson (c) CB 26 David Unsworth LB 6 Gary Ablett RM 17 Anders Limpar 69' CM 18 Joe Parkinson CM 10 Barry Horne LM 3 Andy Hinchcliffe SS 8 Graham Stuart CF 15 Paul Rideout 51' Substitutes: GK 13 Jason Kearton FW 9 Duncan Ferguson 51' FW 11 Daniel Amokachi 69' Manager: Joe Royle

MANCHESTER UNITED: GK 1 Peter Schmeichel RB 27 Gary Neville CB 4 Steve Bruce (c) 45' CB 6 Gary Pallister LB 3 Denis Irwin RM 16 Roy Keane CM 8 Paul Ince CM 9 Brian McClair LM 5 Lee Sharpe 72' CF 10 Mark Hughes CF 19 Nicky Butt Substitutes: GK 13 Gary Walsh MF 11 Ryan Giggs 45' FW 24 Paul Scholes 72' Manager: Alex Ferguson

[edit] Road to Wembley

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