1984 FA Cup Final

The 1984 FA Cup Final was contested by Everton and Watford at Wembley. Everton won 2–0, with one goal by Graeme Sharp and a particularly memorable goal from Andy Gray. He was adjudged by many to have fouled the Watford goalkeeper Steve Sherwood by heading the ball from Sherwood's hands. Everton had reached the final seven times previously, winning in 1906, 1933 and 1966. This was Watford's first, and to date only, FA Cup Final appearance.
With the exception of Andy Gray (who had been a Football League Cup winner earlier in his career with Aston Villa and then Wolverhampton Wanderers), this was the first major honour that any of the Everton players in this match had collected. It also ended Everton's 14-year wait for a major trophy and was the first of four trophies they would win over a highly successful spell of four seasons which was arguably the most successful spell of the club's history.
The closest Watford came to scoring was inside the first three minutes when John Barnes miscued a shot on the Everton goal, while Les Taylor's 25-yard shot went wide and Mo Johnston had a narrow miss with a header.
==Match details==
	
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GK 	1 	Neville Southall 	 	
DF 	2 	Gary Stevens 	 	
DF 	3 	John Bailey 	 	
DF 	4 	Kevin Ratcliffe (c)	 	
DF 	5 	Derek Mountfield 	 	
MF 	6 	Peter Reid 	 	
MF 	7 	Trevor Steven 	 	
FW 	8 	Adrian Heath 	 	
FW 	9 	Graeme Sharp 	 	
FW 	10 	Andy Gray 	 	
MF 	11 	Kevin Richardson 	 	
Substitute: 	Substitute: 	Substitute: 	Substitute: 	
DF 	12 	Alan Harper 	 	
Manager: 	Manager: 	Manager: 	Manager: 	
Howard Kendall	Howard Kendall	Howard Kendall 	Howard Kendall	
Match rules
*90 minutes
*30 minutes of extra-time if necessary
*Replay if scores still level
*One named substitute
*Maximum of one substitution
==External links==
*FA Cup Finals Match Report
*FA Cup Final Programme
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