My favourite shirt with Graham Stuart: Everton’s kit when we beat Man United in the FA Cup final in 1995 was clean and classy… even the name of our sponsors looked striking!

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Simplicity is genius and the Everton kit was clean and classy, no experimental designs.

I loved it. Even the name of our sponsors NEC, with white letters against a navy background, looked striking.

For the showpiece occasion against Manchester United, they added the line FA Cup final 1995 above our club crest on the top left. It was a nice touch and gave us an extra sense of occasion.

Sir Alex Ferguson’s team were favourites with stars like Roy Keane and Mark Hughes but we beat them 1-0 and I helped set up the first-half winner for Paul Rideout who scored past goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel.

I’m a Londoner and my parents, two sisters and girlfriend at the time travelled up from Wimbledon to Wembley to witness it. It was a great day.

Graham Stuart picked Everton’s FA Cup final kit in 1995 as his favourite shirt from his career

Stuart (right) helped Everton shock Man United 1-0, setting up Paul Rideout's winning goal

Stuart (right) helped Everton shock Man United 1-0, setting up Paul Rideout’s winning goal

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