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Lowest FA Cup Attendance 15,293 v Wimbledon, FA Cup, 3rd Round Replay, 12 January 1993 [b] Lowest League Cup Attendance 7,415 v Wrexham, League Cup, 2nd Round, 2nd Leg, 9 October 1990 [ c ] ^ During the 2019-20 and 2020-21 seasons, Everton played 21 home league matches behind closed doors and a further 3 matches with a reduced attendance due to ...
Everton won the FA Cup in 1984 and were league champions in 1985, when they also won their first European trophy in the shape of the European Cup Winners' Cup. Another league title in 1987 and 3 consecutive Charity Shields, in 1984, 1985 and 1986, also followed.
Having won both the League and Cup Winners' Cup in 1985, Everton came very close to winning a treble, but lost to Manchester United in the FA Cup final. [33] The following season, 1985–86 , Everton was the runner-up to Liverpool in both the League and the FA Cup , but did recapture the League Championship in 1986–87 .
In 1966, the same year the English international team won the World Cup, Everton won the FA Cup in a classic game, after overturning a two-goal deficit against Sheffield Wednesday in the final to win 3–2. Everton reached final again in 1968, but were unable to overcome West Bromwich Albion at Wembley.
The cup has been won by a non-English team once: Cardiff City in 1927. The current holders are Manchester United, who defeated local rivals Manchester City in the 2024 final for their thirteenth win. It marked the first time since the 1880s that the same teams took part in two consecutive FA Cup finals.
The 1984–85 FA Cup was the 104th staging of the world's oldest football knockout competition, The Football Association Challenge Cup, or FA Cup.The competition was won by Manchester United, who defeated Everton 1–0 at Wembley, thus denying Everton the double just 3 days after winning the European Cup Winners' Cup.
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.
Everton's 1985 trophy win was therefore the last English club success in European competition until Manchester United won this competition again in 1991. This would also be the last time Everton participated in European competition until the 1995–96 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, following its 1994–95 FA Cup win.