TAVI CHIEF WAS A WEMBLEY HERO
By Nicholas Harling
WEMBLEY HERO: Mike Trebilcock, left, parades the FA Cup around Wembley after Everton’s 3-2 win in 1966 and at Tavistock, inset
PICTURE: Alamy
MIKE Trebilcock has an engaging dry wit that has presumably stood him in good stead over the years.
When I told him I had been at Wembley for Everton’s dramatic recovery in the 1966 FA Cup Final, he replied deadpan: “I was there too.”
And so he was, firing two cracking goals in the space of five second-half minutes against Sheffield Wednesday that pulled the Toffees back from the brink of defeat bef...
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