On this day in 1984, I was lounging around in New Zealand. I remember watching the FA Cup Final in a neighbour's house at some ridiculous time in the day. Everton and Watford with Elton John in full regalia played out a steady final tie with the Toffees winning 2-0.Everton had beaten Southampton at Highbury 1-0 in their semi-final to get to Wembley and Plymouth Argyle had lost to the Watford Hornets 0-1 in front of 20,000 fans at Villa Park.
This was the only appearance for the "Pilgrims" in an FA Cup semi-final, so it was quite an occasion for their Devon fans.
En route to Villa Park, Argyle had beaten Southend 2-0 in the First Round after a 0-0 in November. They then beat Barking from the Non-League 2-1 in December. In January they beat Newport County 1-0 after a 2-2, then they met Darlington later in the month 2-1 and in February it was West Bromwich Albion whom they beat 1-0.
Everton had the following successes; 3rd Round at Stoke 2-0, 4th v Gillingham 0-0 then 3-0, Shrewsbury 3-0 in the 5th and Notts County 2-1 in the 6th.
Argyle have been in semi-final in the League Cup in 1964-5 and 1973-4...all the fours. Home stadium Home Park is the 37th largest stadium in the Football League.
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