1966 FA Cup final

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{{Infobox football match

| title = 1966 FA Cup final

| image = Old Wembley Stadium (external view).jpg

| image_size = 200

| event = 1965–66 FA Cup

| team1 = Everton

| team1association =

| team1score = 3

| team2 = Sheffield Wednesday

| team2association =

| team2score = 2 | details =

| date = 14 May 1966

| stadium = Wembley Stadium

| city = London

| man_of_the_match1a =

| man_of_the_match1atitle =

| man_of_the_match1b =

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| referee = Jack Taylor (Staffordshire)

| attendance = 100,000

| weather =

| previous = 1965

| next = 1967

}}

The 1966 FA Cup final was a football match played on 14 May 1966. It was contested by Everton and Sheffield Wednesday at Wembley. Everton were the first team since Bury in 1903 to reach an FA Cup Final without conceding a goal, while Sheffield Wednesday reached the final having played every round away.{{cite web|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/teams/sheffield-wednesday/1966/3/|title=Sheffield Wednesday - Fixtures & Results 1965/1966|website=worldfootball.net|accessdate=31 August 2022}}

Everton came back from 2–0 down to win 3–2 with goals by Mike Trebilcock (2) and Derek Temple. Jim McCalliog and David Ford scored the Owls' goals. Temple's winner came after an unfortunate slip by Gerry Young, when the ball squirmed under his foot, and Temple was able to run clear and slot the ball past goalkeeper Ron Springett into the corner. Everton became only the second side, after Blackpool in 1953, to come from two goals behind to win the cup without needing extra time, a feat which has not been repeated since.

John Lennon and Paul McCartney of The Beatles attended the match. Everton fan Eddie Cavanagh invaded the playing area and was pursued across the pitch by a policeman.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/observer/osm/story/0,,1337355,00.html|title=The 30 most outrageous sporting moments, part 3 | Sport |work= The Observer}}

This result meant the FA Cup was taken back to Goodison Park for the third time and the first time for 33 years, since the team that included Dixie Dean won it in 1933.

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