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I fibbed to get on as a sub and ended up as the hero! - Everton legend Daniel Amokachi opens up on the incredible 1995 FA Cup semi-final which left Joe Royle fuming as the Toffees prepare to face Tottenham once more

Joe Royle maintained it was the best substitution he never made. Behind that Everton dressing room door though, his words carried a little more menace.

'Well done Daniel,' said the Everton manager. 'But you ever try that s*** again and you'll be finished.'

Daniel Amokachi's face breaks into a broad gap-toothed smile, a threat from the manager doesn't often follow victory in an FA Cup semi final but then Amokachi wasn't even meant to be on the pitch.

Daniel Amokachi was the most unlikely of heroes in the 1995 FA Cup final for Everton

It's 26 years since Everton and Tottenham last met in the FA Cup and Amokachi stole that occasion at Elland Road after one of the most bizarre substitutions ever made.