After pipping Everton to the title a week earlier, Kenny Dalglish's charges left their Merseyside rivals blue once again as they clinched the double in the FA Cup final at Wembley in 1986.

Dalglish became the first player-manager in the English game when he took over from Liverpool boss Joe Fagan for the 1985-86 season. If there were any doubts about his ability to fulfil both roles at the start of the campaign, they were definitively dispelled by the end of it as the Reds completed a magnificent FA Cup and league double.

Reds and Blues travelled together to the capital as they arrived at the national stadium for the second all-Merseyside cup final following the Milk Cup in 1984.

It was Howard Kendall's side that made the brightest start. Gary Lineker gave Everton a 27th-minute lead and frustration appeared to be getting the better of the Liverpool players when Bruce Grobbelaar and left-back Jim Beglin had a mini bust-up.

But Dalglish's team were level on 57 minutes. It was their chief executioner Ian Rush who once again broke Evertonian hearts. Gary Stevens gave the ball away and Rush, racing onto Jan Molby's pass, rounded Everton 'keeper Bobby Mimms to equalise.

Grobbelaar made a stunning save to deny Graeme Sharp and the Reds took the lead for the first time just past the hour mark when a brilliant run from Molby down the left ended with Craig Johnston slotting home his cross to make it 2-1.

Rush had the final say as he made certain of victory six minutes from time when he drilled Ronnie Whelan's beautifully-crafted chipped pass past Mimms, famously knocking down a camera that was positioned at the back of the net.

Captain Alan Hansen proudly lifted the FA Cup - the first of Dalglish's managerial reign.