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Merseyside rivals Liverpool and Everton won through to the final, but with both these clubs being involved in a battle for the league championship and both of them also reaching the FA Cup final ( as well as Liverpool being involved in the semi-finals of the Football League Cup ), fixture congestion became a problem, with Liverpool's semi-final second leg having to be delayed until the final week of the season, two days before the FA Cup final.
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Peter Reid, formerly a key player at Liverpool's Merseyside rivals Everton, made an offer to Liverpool to sign Rush on loan in January 1996, but Liverpool manager Roy Evans rejected this offer, despite having not fielded Rush in his first eleven for two months, saying that he needed Rush as cover for Fowler and Collymore.
A year later, Liverpool won the FA Cup with a 3 – 2 victory over Merseyside rivals Everton, with Barnes creating goals from the left wing for Aldridge and Ian Rush, and instrumental during the extra time period.
His Liverpool career ended after 332 appearances and 18 goals in all competitions – one of which was the " forgotten fifth " in a 5 – 0 thumping of Merseyside rivals Everton on 6 November 1982, a game in which Ian Rush took most of the headlines by scoring four of the five goals and a place in Anfield folklore.
Back at club level, Everton again capitulated in the semi-finals of the FA Cup in 1971, with Ball's opening goal overhauled by two strikes from Merseyside rivals Liverpool, who went on to lose the final to " double "- chasing Arsenal.
He scored both goals in a memorable win over Merseyside rivals Everton at Goodison Park, and also became captain after Tommy Smith had a publicised falling-out with Shankly, who nonetheless kept him in the team.
Although a childhood Everton supporter he chose to join Merseyside rivals Liverpool and in 1996 was a member of their FA Youth Cup winning team along with his friend Michael Owen.
Walsh played enough games for a title medal but missed the FA Cup final victory over fierce Merseyside rivals Everton.
He remained a fixture in the side, appearing in 30 + matches in 1947 / 48 and 1948 / 49 and 28 in 1949 / 50, a season of both highs and lows for Paisley who scored the opening goal of a 2-0 FA Cup semi-final win over Merseyside rivals Everton only to be dropped for the Final against Arsenal, the club's first appearance at Wembley.
His first goal took a further 2 years to arrive, coming in the semi-final of the FA Cup against Merseyside rivals Everton at Old Trafford on 27 March 1971.
An abiding image of Thompson the coach came in the 1989 FA Cup final against Merseyside rivals Everton when a last minute chance for Everton to equalise went awry, and the camera caught Thompson, sweating in his suit and tie, sitting on the Wembley bench while shaking his fists in relief, delight and anticipation.
A month later he scored against fierce Merseyside rivals Everton in a hard-fought 3 – 2 win, this after the Reds had found themselves 2 – 0 down not long into the second half.
He made his Liverpool debut, along with Phil Neal, on 16 November, in a Merseyside derby with fierce rivals Everton at Goodison Park.
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Liverpool clinched another League title and added the FA Cup, with Whelan setting up two of the goals in a 3 – 1 victory over Merseyside rivals Everton, the first time the two had met in an FA Cup final, also it was only the third League and FA Cup " double " of the 20th century.
Aldridge fully redeemed himself for his penalty failure a year earlier by scoring in the FA Cup final at Wembley against Merseyside rivals Everton after just 4 minutes with his first touch of the ball.
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This time they were successful, after a 3 – 2 victory over Merseyside rivals Everton.
This time fortunes were reversed – Liverpool won the FA Cup with an emotional victory over fierce Merseyside rivals Everton, but lost the League title to Arsenal with pretty much the last kick of the season.
He went on to win a League championship medal by the end of his first full season having not appeared enough times the previous season to qualify for a medal, however, he was not picked for the League Cup final victory over fierce Merseyside derby rivals Everton, the first ever all Merseyside final.
He played a crucial role in Liverpool's " double " winning side of that season, although his joy at winning a League championship medal was tempered slightly by his omission from the side for the FA Cup final which again was ironically against rivals and former club Everton, the first all Merseyside FA Cup final.
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