FA Cup, Final | 25 Mar 1893 Fallowfield
Attendance: 45,067
Everton
0 - 1
Wolverhampton Wanderers

Everton lineup

  • Williams
  • Kelso
  • Howarth
  • Boyle
  • Holt
  • Stewart
  • Latta
  • Gordon
  • Maxwell
  • Chadwick
  • Milward

Everton had every right to be confident going into their first FA Cup final. Only a week earlier they had faced Wolves at Molineux and, despite fielding a reserve team, ran out 4-2 winners.

At Manchester’s Fallowfield stadium, Everton boasted six internationals and were overwhelming favourites for the match. But nothing seemed to go quite right for them and when Wolves centre back Harry Allen let fly with a spectacular shot, Everton’s goalkeeper Dick Williams found himself blinded by the sun and conceded. Despite Everton’s best efforts, Allen’s was the only goal of the game.

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