Page "Super Cup (English football)" Paragraph 14

Ultimately the 1985 – 86 Super Cup final had to be held over until the following season and was finally played in September 1986, by which point the competition had finally attracted some sponsorship.

Everton however fielded a virtual reserve team in the two-legged final ( although they were in the middle of a genuine injury crisis ) and Liverpool won the trophy 7 – 2 on aggregate.

The games are only especially remembered for Ian Rush's impressive haul of five goals for Liverpool over the two games ( although these goals are sometimes excluded from his official record-breaking Merseyside derby tally, probably due to them having been scored in a minor competition against what was largely an Everton reserve side ) and for Kevin Sheedy's spectacular goal for Everton at Anfield, scored from a long-range free-kick at the Kop end ( a feat he would repeat later in the season in a league derby match ).

Having lost the League and Cup double to Liverpool the previous May, Everton did not seem overly concerned at losing this lesser trophy to their local rivals, nor by the heavy defeat suffered by their makeshift side.

In any case, later that season they managed to pip Liverpool to the League Championship.