Cup Holders Forced Into Replay by Late Vale Strike ; Phil Sherwin Remembers the Day, 14 Years Ago, When Port Vale Produced a Tremendous Performance Against Then Fa Cup Holders Everton, at Goodison Park.

Sentinel, The; Stoke-on-Trent (UK) › December 04, 2010

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Everton ...........................................2 Port Vale........................................2 Goodison Park, FA Cup 4th Round, January 27, 1996 ON PAPER it looked a difficult tie away to the FA Cup holders Everton, who were eighth in the Premier League and unbeaten at home for 10 games.

The Vale may only have been 19th in what is now known as the Championship, but were a hard team to beat and were backed by a vociferous following of over 4,500.

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Cup Holders Forced Into Replay by Late Vale Strike ; Phil Sherwin Remembers the Day, 14 Years Ago, When Port Vale Produced a Tremendous Performance Against Then Fa Cup Holders Everton, at Goodison Park.

Tony Naylor had a shot deflected wide in the first minute and Vale certainly had the better of the early exchanges.

Ten minutes before half-time Jon McCarthy skinned Gary Ablett before crossing to the far post where Martin Foyle blazed over. Four minutes later though, against the...

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