Everton reached the FA Cup semi-finals for the first time since winning the competition in 1995 when they came from behind to beat Middlesbrough 2-1 in an exciting quarter-final on Sunday.
The Toffees battled back at Goodison Park with two goals early in the second half after David Wheater had headed Middlesbrough in front just before halftime.
Wheater rose unchallenged to meet a cross from Matthew Bates and although Everton keeper Tim Howard got one hand to the ball and scooped it out of the net with the other, it had clearly crossed the line.
Everton's goals also came from headers with Marouanne Fellaini outjumping Robert Huth to loop the ball over stranded keeper Brad Jones after 50 minutes.
Substitute Louis Saha took advantage of slack Boro defending to add a second from Steven Pienaar's cross seven minutes later.
Everton defender Phil Neville, who won the FA Cup three times with Manchester United, told Setanta Sports: ‘We are going to enjoy the semi-final but we want to bring silverware to this club, it's been too long since we won any.’
Boro will now have to concentrate on avoiding relegation from the Premier League.
‘I just think we got done on two balls into our box we didn't deal with,’ their manager Gareth Southgate said.
'We know Everton get their set plays and crosses and we worked on that all week, but didn't see it through.’
