20/05/1989 Everton v Liverpool

[@bordercollie1140]

Back when the fa cup meant the world. Brings back so many memories, none more so than how outstanding John Barnes was. Still my favourite player to this day.

[@DaveSCameron]

Tranmere Rovers play Watford tomorrow with Man Utd drawn in the next round! I feel 13 again!! ⚽️⚽️😊😊

[@jerryoshea3116]

I'm neither a Everton or Liverpool fan,but this was a tremendous game of football and achieved in a F.A Cup final,(which usually are close games).Competitive,skillful, dramatic and plenty more! But of course we have "The modern game"..Give me a f##king break".

[@chrisjeng8639]

Immaculate pitch, proper kits, black boots...Real football...miss these days

[@brianbale9511]

Words carnt fulfill the loss of the 96 ..its a day that so so so many were awaiting for with a greatness of footballing skill and previous encounters so sad no words just speechless on what happened

[@shunkadee1299]

I`m a lifelong Forest fan but I`m glad Liverpool beat us in that semi-final to set up this final for a Merseyside still so raw from the horrors of Hillsborough.(I can still remember watching it all unfold and feeling guilty for being relieved that it was happening at the Liverpool end.Harsh I know,but I had family in the Forest end.) JFT96

[@helenrudd7842]

a fitting tribute to the hillsbrough disaster both sets of the fans singing ynwa

[@frankquinn1296]

I was in the Leppings Lane end, you should feel no guilt, you did not put us there, the authorities did, despite warnings from the previous year. It could just as easily have been you . Thank you for your support, JFT96.

[@chrisdix2089]

30 years on and NO justice ..UK 's disgrace!

[@DaveSCameron]

Respected.

[@RobCLynch]

You're right about the feeling of guilt. I was on Leppings Lane directly behind the goal and my dad asked if we could move. I didn't want to move and we argued about it. But it was packed and I gave in. We exited via the tunnel and went to one of the side pens. Had that decision not been made, there would've been two extra people in the crush that day.

[@romiedgm6059]

I'm born 1978😘I love Liverpool always and forever.

[@shanet5604]

Can’t beat the older cup finals for commentary ! It sticks in the mind more ! Probably because there weren’t as many game in play distractions ! Football fan first and MUFC fan second ! ⚽️🇮🇪

[@freespirit4706]

Love how the two sets of coaching staff shared the bench. Brilliant. 👍🏻

[@elshadjafar2437]

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[@iand8365]

What a Final and how beautiful for Merseyside to stand together. God bless you all.

[@waynehigham6504]

One of the best cup final ever

[@gavinwilliams3684]

Great final when the fa cup meant something used to love cup final day as a kid the build up the match then getting your mates out to recreate the goals from the game

[@grantstaebler3182]

Day 1 of my support of Liverpool football club. Felt it fitting to watch again now before we lift the premiere league trophy. YNWA4LIFE.

[@nmarks]

Watching the '88 and '89 finals, the '89 final feels like it wouldn't be out of place in today's game. The '88 final however feels like what it is: From another era.

[@brandonwilson2732]

fact gasm yeah I know what you mean. The change in quality just 12 months later seems dramatic.

[@bendover9663]

That's probably down to Wimbledon tbf

[@goonern4644]

John Barnes was a football genius.. Truly world class. How much would he cost today I wonder? Wasted by England.

[@MatteoSimeone22]

Agreed. Him and Beardsley were unplayable.

[@danieljamesmead]

I'm a Liverpool fan but Southall's the best keeper I've ever seen. Legend off the pitch too.

[@allthekingshorses7178]

As an Aston Villa fan this is one of the best finals I've ever watched. Villa Park hosted the Everton vs Norwich semi final at the same time as the awful events at Hillsborough were unfolding, so it's only fitting the final was contested by the two teams from that city. Both clubs were a credit to the game that day.

[@ClubTechNoir]

Southall supports transgenders and the kalergi Plan so how is this degenerate a legend?

[@mollyshore7377]

This must have been such a bittersweet day for LFC.

[@LewisPorgieGeorge]

imagine playing 100 minutes of football and being absolutely knackered then bloody Ian Rush comes off the bench lmao. Poor Everton defenders :)

[@paulward3535]

72 minutes, not 100

[@haroldkane9714]

Liverpool were the Barcelona of the 80's, magnificent,

[@Rorynes]

In aspect of?

[@Rorynes]

@Hannibal Barca Barcelona in 80s was an average team with no domestic success.Even Steaua Bucarest pissed on her.Something like Arsenal today.

[@Rorynes]

@Hannibal Barca You brat,if they can't win Steaua in a final inside Spain without even score a goal in the penalties shoot out then they were pissed on by Steaua who went also in another final during this time.Barcelona was an absolute mediocre team and not in the top teams of that era you like it or not.Have a nice day.

[@ethel1690cardew]

Barcelona were the Liverpool get it right!!!!!

[@liverpoololdschool]

No they weren't Barcelona were never a big team back then so maybe you meant Barcelona were like the lpool if old because Liverpool did it way before barca could only dream of doing.

[@helenrudd7842]

Rip tommy smith who died today aged 74

[@jeffgillen1847]

Hes in hell benifits cheat and leg breaker on the park shocking human being rot in hell Tommy Smith

[@keithbyrne5478]

One Fantastic Cup Final 🏆⚽️🏆 👏👏👏 Don't get Finals like we had in the 80s /90s ⚽️💯⚽️

[@bendover9663]

First FA cup final i remember, sat in our seaside caravan with my older brother an Everton fan and me a budding Liverpool fan only changed dramatically by Michael Thomas in the game against Arsenal after this game....

[@myrddingwynedd2751]

The FA cup, before Man U devalued it forever. What a special event it was at that time, and what a fantastic FA cup final.

[@andrewthomson6694]

In memory of the 96YNWA🙏🏻

[@chaynemitchell1]

Never been a Liverpool fan, but I'm glad they won the FA Cup in 1989, after the terrible events in the semi-final. JFT96 YNWA.

[@mjb4983]

Both teams really gave their all!!!

[@tribblebooth1224]

Ian Rush, brilliant!!!!!

[@arifpatel5317]

greatest football memory

[@shunka9]

I came here and watched this again after getting a notification of someone "plus oneing" my other comment and at the risk of getting all romantic about the beautiful game it really is as if the 96 said "Nah, 1-0 to Liverpool, that's not good enough, this needs to be a classic cup final, let's have a scrambled equaliser in the last seconds to set it up!" God, I remember Grobbelaar going ballistic with one of his defenders when Liverpool seemed on the ropes (I think it was at 2-2) and thinking "Everton have got them here!". Almost like it was scripted though in the end, Beautiful! :)

[@friedohubert4138]

My first watching LFC as 10 years old 😎 Couldn't forget after. YNWA.

[@robinsoncrueso2287]

I was at that game it was very hot day, l still have the ticket in a small frame 😥.

[@ศึกษาพระเครืองตามแนวทางพุทธศาส]

They are legends forever.

[@helenrudd7842]

A fitting tribute to the hillsbrough victims

[@smudgersmith9680]

I have to admit it's good to see Everton and Liverpool fans sitting together

[@annmariedonovan9697]

Everton r nothing compared to Liverpool FC

[@Fidzpo]

The Hillsborough disaster pull them both together

[@richardcotton8676]

@@Fidzpo sorry to say,F.H. this was 31 year's ago,when all Merseyside were 'one or the other',have a joke,skit a rival player,have a laugh, but as Liverpool were winning more,and Everton were winning nothing,Their fan's became so bitter,some even 'calling after' that 'fateful day at Hillsborough! [still Scouser's' most who died!] They just got nastier and cowardly as the year's went on,and still,to this day, Everton fan's are scum,' Blue and white Shite', as the song goes! and Maybe They'll have a similar tragedy one day,When All Everton scumbag's will perish,who know's?

[@keithbyrne5478]

Fitting that it was an all Merseyside final that year 🏆🙏🏆

[@sunnylpk5748]

liverpool at that time the best team

[@ziggymarley7281]

Iwas at this match 3 . 2 to Liverpool f.c what a game that was it was a special match to me I hitch it to Wembley in the second hard I got in for nothing a log with other Liverpool f.c fans the first five hundred gotin for nout what a day I had and John barns was really nice to me after the match livrrpool 3 v Everton 2 il never for get that day in 1989 fa.Cup final yours Alan Johnson aka Ziggy NESTA MARLEY FROM LUTTERWORTH IN LEICESTERSHIRE IN ENGLAND

[@Kill--alllll---IDF]

U lucky guy.. this was my greatest memory for an fa cup final I'm in tears

[@slartyism]

Hey, I was there too! Long time ago, but something I'll never forget. I remember getting my ticket for the semi at Hillsborough and thinking if we won I'd miss out on the final. Luck or fate, I went to both. Emotional.

[@vja1970]

Barnes had such a sweet left foot

[@lfcspectre4335]

I remember hearing both teams had to share a coach together to get back home after the cup final. That's one mad story I've heard.

[@spud74]

When finals were finals. The build up started from about 11:30/12 on Grandstsnd, they used to go the team hotels, follow the coaches to the stadium, interview players on the pitch.. they had everything. Now it’s all adverts in the half hour pre-match. Absolute joke.

[@mikefurber4677]

Everton fan and on the day was gutted we lost, with the benefit of hindsight it was only right that Liverpool won it that year. At the time Hillsborough was too raw to take in after weeks of funerals on Merseyside. Classic final though - I can almost appreciate Rush’s deft finishes now, at the time I dreaded the sight of him!

[@wallinggraham3836]

loved the rivalry from 84 to 87. Very evenly matched sides

[@MatteoSimeone22]

What a season to say the least....the horrors of Hillsboro, that semi-final replay beating Forest, the crazy 1st half of the season when we were many points behind Arsenal, and then a superb winning run to go into the last game needing just a 0:1 loss or draw to win the DOUBLE.... but alas...it wasn't to be.... King Kenny's Liverpool team were magnificient. Barnes, Beardsley, Aldridge, Houghton, Rush, McMahon, Nicol, etc....what a brilliant team. Only bettered now by Klopp's European champions and soon to be League Champions.

[@richardandrews5972]

Good news 4 you Liverpool deserve the premier league i am an Arsenal fan there rubbish now but it do sent matter . Are you a Born again believer in the Lord Jesus Christ by believing he died for all your sins was buried and rose again on the 3rd day, I just saw your thumbnail why i am asking . Plus will there be a restart with the corona virus going on

[@TOSILENCE77]

Love the pitch invasion for 1-1. That's passion. Don;'t see that anymore.

[@grahamlowe7388]

liverpool fans didnt invade the pitch, just the scalies from everton

[@Prodigy_Fan]

Instead the Liverpool 'scallys' came on the pitch at the end and fair play to them messed up the lap of honor for their side!

[@richardcotton8676]

@@Prodigy_Fan The Everton scum tried to get the final abandoned after Ian Rush got his 2nd goal,That's not passion,that was just 'They could'nt stand the Losing another Cup Final against The Mighty Reds, Dirty Shit house Blues!

[@LEONIDA1899]

Evertonians are the best supporters in the world! EFC RULES!

[@ralfstormbringer3958]

Liverpool Pride of Great Britain!!!

[@helenrudd7842]

I will agree with you on that one

[@parisstromatias637]

Me too I agree

[@youngcene5368]

Heysel begs to differ

[@fiwipe666]

typical everton stuff: write us off and we always come back!!! i love everything about this GREAT FC!

[@robmccluskey6906]

Er... you lost?

[@bobkumar8754]

It really was the main cup to win as europe was a no go for english clubs. This final was nerve racking as an LFC fan then we go lose to the Gunners on another last minute goal !!

[@ابومحمدالشمري-ه9ظ]

لازلت اتذكر هذه المباراة وخاصة هدف التعادل ل ايفرتون في آخر دقيقة من المباراة

[@keithbyrne5478]

A Subs Final two each great game 🏆

[@mooro1973]

Was there. Incredible game with a tragic background. And very very hot.

[@budsmoker60]

To this day I can't figure out my Mc. Call didn't start. All these years later, I still feel we'd have won that.

[@tjwilliams7566]

2 great clubs

[@RundUmDenSVNiederwerth]

0-1 John Aldridge (4 min) 1-1 Stuart McCall (89 min) 1-2 Ian Rush (95 min) 2-2 Stuart McCall (102 min) 2-3 Ian Rush (104 min)

[@Kurgan618]

Ratcliffe said Everton's demise was down to not replacing the quality in midfield, but McCall was outstanding and Ratcliffe was dreadful and way past it.

[@thewatchman9540]

McCall was not as good as Peter Reid and Pre-injury Paul Bracewell. By this point even Trevor Steven was a shadow of his former self.

[@Kurgan618]

@@thewatchman9540 Peter Reid was superb in spells and played injured the rest of the time (as seen in 🇲🇽 86) Mccall did what Reid and Bracewell never did and scored x2 goals in a cup final. Kendall and Harvey kept their faith in players that should've been sold on and they should've built a new midfield with Mccall. Not replacing our mid 80s successful players with quality sooner was the mistake. Ratcliffe should've been binned years b4 89.

[@thewatchman9540]

@@Kurgan618 But Stewart McCall never did what Bracewell and Reid did, that is win a league title and win Cup winners cup.

[@Kurgan618]

@@thewatchman9540 Exactly. He wasn't playing with the same quality of players. I've think you've lost sight of my original point, but also reinforced it! Ratcliffe and the doddering others from previous successful seasons were the issue, not Mccall being incapable of matching Reid and Bracewell's intermittent past success! And it's worth adding that Bracewell was poor in this game. In fact, once Whitehurst had smashed Bracewell he never returned to his best (Keegan period aside) and wasn't good enough for a side that should've aimed for leagues titles again.

[@dilluminatilair]

its crazy how so many fans were able to get onto the pitch so easily back then. where is the security lol ?

[@robmccluskey6906]

The fences had been removed just a couple of weeks earlier, following Hillsborough. Up until this game, that was the main security.

[@alanrose5603]

I'm so glad I live in the age of the back-pass rule. 8:22 is absolutely ridiculous, best rule change in the history of the game!

[@rabbieburns2501]

At least Grobelaar was able to make a save .. for a change

[@LORD-kg4sl]

@@rabbieburns2501 he was a grear keeper

[@stechapo9192]

good effort from Neil McDonald at the end but let's face it, he was no Steve McCall.!!

[@Rorynes]

Nowadays hardly one can see a British player in Premier League.

[@RogerPowell8]

Nobody cared about the FA Cup final that year, that was a city united in grief.

[@richardcotton8676]

no,sorry, it was'nt, R.P. Everton fan's did'nt give a shite about those Liverpool fan's death's, truth! they've even sang about the 'Hillsborough tragedy on 'Derby day's, sick shit house's! Everton have alway's been bitter and twisted of the Reds success,cos they've always been in the bottom half of the League and won Nothing, '''Blue and white Shite,'' as the 'song goes, pal,

[@ThePiratebhoy]

greatest cup final ever.......That ginger goal was offside clearly....still see maintain so 24 years later.

[@thoskel1]

Grobelaar was a shakey keeper How was left on the first team for so long?

[@jammasterj13]

Oh man, the stuff of teenage dreams!!! YNWA!!! Peter B the Geordie Garrincha, wow!!!

[@Mr1979flapjack]

Barnes to Rush! Goal

[@reggaeboyz1988]

stuart maccall what a player

[@RobCLynch]

Firstly, the fans running onto the pitch spoiled the end of this cup final. There was no lap of honour as a consequence. Secondly, I was behind the 'right' goal that day and the win felt hollow. It can only be described as 'we won the cup, but 95 people are still dead'. Gave up my season-ticket at the end of this season.

[@nottsj]

"a few people reaching for their diaries" :D luv old skool footy

[@bareminimumbrother3980]

That cross to Aldridge from Barnes.

[@Danny-nc1km]

Pitches were so heavy back then

[@antonysimpson6288]

These days, Rush's first goal would probably be ruled out for offside by VAR.

[@elena16350]

John Barnes greatest English footballer by a mile, Ian Rush greatest centre forward for Wales or England.

[@09weenic]

Eh Rush was Welsh .

[@elyazidinzab1521]

WHAT THE STADIUM NAME??AND WHERE IS IT?

[@williejordan1521]

Wembley London

[@bywyjimma]

Old Wembley

[@kevintinegate7927]

96 YNWA. 🙏❤

[@raywilkinson864]

The ACTUAL WORLD CUP even! 😁

[@nickycotton6137]

"Oh, John Aldridge in a great position here and Liverpool have scored in their first attack" = 'G'wan 'Mottie'.. let alone "Rush GOAL" (x2) eh you legend.

[@keith6591]

Grobbelaar let that second goal in. clear as day.

[@paddyanglais91]

Is the ball twice as heavy?

[@englishteacher2711]

Almost, yes.

[@mohsdef]

Yeah, heading one of those after the keeper kicks it out was not pleasant

[@maithamalkhazragi8715]

الدوريات الأوروبية القديمة الممتعة

[@krok1459]

You know FC City of Liverpool?

[@raywilkinson864]

THE WHITE HOUSE! The BIGGEST """CELEBRATION""" while the CAT'S away I'm in! Typical SCOUSE aren't I!😁

[@maratonlegendelenemirei3352]

I was half expecting the 96 to do a Michael Jackson Thriller and dig their way unto the pitch and start dancing?

[@dublinsfaircity]

Grobelaar probably had a bet on both teams to score judging by that dodgy 'save' which led to Everton's equaliser.

[@carllindberg1719]

I didn't know Tom Selleck played for Everton

[@mrlister2000]

He was the Physio, and funnily enough his nickname was Tom Selleck!

[@Malincanada]

Liverpool were lucky VAR hadn't been invented! 7:18 - You can clearly see that Rush's 'tache is offside!

[@MH-vk9lr]

ynwa

[@satiricalhaz-homeofbanter4371]

Why would you invade the pitch at 1-1 lol, wait until you've won for those kind of antics

[@iantaylor5497]

How small time Everton fans running onto the pitch.

[@mrlister2000]

And the KAGS didn't run on at the end, before the final whistle and straight after it? Have you watched the footage all the way through?

[@iantaylor5497]

@@mrlister2000 yes. I was there.

[@redflag8970]

Fences put up to stop pitch invasions were taken down in memory of Hillsboro that yr an same fans then run onto the pitch. Bit classless for those that done that

[@colshythecomedian]

Can someone please tell me who "Steve McCall" plays for! Motford said it twice too!! Stuart McCall's biggest game for years, he scores and then that tosser motty screws his name up on terrestrial TV

[@InAMinMaths]

9:08 Southall saying something not very nice

[@jamesgedling2447]

Always rated Steve McCall

[@andyscullion]

His name was Stuart McCall

[@shredder9536]

@@andyscullion r/whoosh 3:21

[@simondelaney6483]

Poor keeping by Grobalaaer for the 1st goal

[@Kill--alllll---IDF]

He let that in on purpose lol

[@GhostvaperYT]

@@Kill--alllll---IDF probably he did because later he got found guilty for match fixing

[@vipss-50]

ليفربول زعيم انجلترا

[@raywilkinson864]

I'm typical SCOUSE!

[@aviator-kn8zq]

Cry the blues cry till this day . Celebrating other clubs against Liverpool . Sad sad club .

[@imankodel696]

Pantes weh di final perserikatan PSSI penonton sok budal & di Inggris ge harita mah sarua. 😂😁😋

[@ላንካ]

anjir

[@tajutamam4133]

Live video

[@anastanger9620]

Anas bensalem

[@anastanger9620]

Antoinette gilbert

[@andrewstallard4127]

BACKPASS REF!!!. .. Oh yeah that's right......

[@dafteverton7218]

Scouse power. COYB YNWA.