FA Cup Final 1968 - Everton vs West Bromwich Albion
| Date: | 18/05/1968 |
| Competition: |
FA Cup Final |
| Location: |
Wembley |
| Teams: |
Everton vs West Bromwich Albion |
The 1968 FA Cup final was the 87th final of the FA Cup and was contested between West Bromwich Albion and Everton.
West Brom won 1-0 after extra time. Jeff Astle scored the winning goal, thus achieving the feat of scoring in every round of that season's competition. It was the fifth time that West Brom had won the FA Cup; they have not reached the final since.
This was the first FA Cup Final to be televised live on BBC2 in colour. Both teams wore their away strips, West Brom wearing white shirts and shorts with red socks, and Everton wearing gold shirts and blue shorts. This was also the first FA Cup Final in which a substitute was used, when West Brom's Dennis Clarke came on for an injured John Kaye.
The referee was Leo Callaghan from Merthyr Tydfil in South Wales.
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