ON THIS DAY… Sharp wins the semi, Jo at the double to down Latics and Pickering strikes in last eight...

Everton reached a third consecutive FA Cup final ON THIS DAY in 1986.

The Blues overcame Sheffield Wednesday at Villa Park but needed extra-time to do so.

The Toffees had Bobby Mimms in goal, deputising for the injured Neville Southall, and both Gary Lineker and Kevin Sheedy missed out through injury. Then Everton lost Trevor Steven in the first-half, replaced by Alan Harper.

And it was Harper who gave Everton the lead early in the second period when he lobbed the ball over Martin Hodge, the Wednesday keeper who had played in an FA Cup semi-final for the Blues six years earlier.

The Owls levelled within three minutes. Paul Hart won a header on the right of the box and Carl Shutt pounced to nod the ball past Mimms.

Extra-time was needed to settle the outcome and the winning goal was a beauty from Graeme Sharp.

The Scot had squandered a golden opportunity in the last couple of minutes, but he made no mistake in the 97th minute of the tie.

Paul Bracewell swung the ball into the Wednesday box and Sharp volleyed it superbly past a helpless Hodge to take Everton through to the final for a third consecutive season.

Brazilian striker Jo scored the fourth and fifth goals of his loan spell from Manchester City ON THIS DAY in 2009.

Everton were sixth in the Premier League table and Wigan, under Steve Bruce, were a highly creditable eighth, but there was only one team in it on 5 April 2009.

Jo gave the Blues the lead in the 26th minute with a well-placed low shot after being teed up by Leon Osman and Marouane Fellaini made it 2-0 60 seconds into the second half when he smartly converted a Tony Hibbert cross.

Jo scored again on 51 minutes when he tapped home a rebound after Chris Kirkland had saved an effort from Osman.

It was Osman who wrapped up the scoring just after the hour mark when he rolled the ball into the net after Kirkland had palmed away a dipping long-range shot from Marouane Fellaini.

That was five goals in eight games for Jo, but he never found the net again in the Premier League for Everton.

Fred Pickering and Derek Temple were the heroes ON THIS DAY in 1966.

Everton and Manchester City had drawn their FA Cup quarter-final on two occasions, 0-0 at Maine Road and 0-0 again at Goodison, and a third game was needed to decide the winners.

The second replay took place at Molineux and two first-half goals from Pickering and Temple were enough to take Everton through to the semi-final.