FA Cup Final 1906
The FA Cup Final of 1906, saw the first win for Everton, when they defeated Newcastle Utd in a game played at Crystal Palace. Their goalscorer in a 1-0 win was Alex "Sandy" Young.
Newcastle was playing in its second final in two seasons, having lost the previous year's final (and therefore the prestigious League and Cup double) to Aston Villa. The team was also the hot favourite for the Cup as the first decade was indeed a golden period in the club's history, seeing it win the league 3 times (1904-05, 1906-07 and 1908-09) and lose in three Cup finals 1905 and 1908 as well as 1906, before finally winning the FA Cup in 1910.
But enough about Newcastle, this was Everton's day. The journey to the final had seen a defeat for West Brom 3-1 in the first round before a tricky away tie at Chesterfield was negotiated with a 3-0 win. In the third round, a narrow 1-0 victory saw the back of Bradford City before a hum dinger of a quarter final saw Sheffield Wednesday depart from the competition in a 4-3 win for the Toffees. And then, the mother of all semi finals, a 2-0 victory over upstart neighbours Liverpool.
As for the final itself, well it was a dour affair by all accounts - these things so often are. However, Everton's winning goal, coming with just 13 minutes of the match left was worthy of being the winner in an FA Cup Final. It was set up by Jack Sharp on the right wing as, after taking Jack Taylor's pass, he centred for Alex Young to apply the coupe de grace past a despairing Lawrence in the Magpies' goal.
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