 Southampton continued to progress well under McMenemy's stewardship, and with a team containing Peter Shilton, Nick Holmes, David Armstrong, top-scorer Steve Moran and Danny Wallace reached their highest ever league finish as runners-up in 1983–84 (three points behind champions Liverpool) as well as reaching the semi-final of the FA Cup, losing 1–0 to Everton at Highbury Stadium.This meant that they came closer than any other English team that season to winning the double.They finished fifth the following year, but as a result of the Heysel Disaster all English clubs were banned from European competition – had it not been for this, then Southampton would have qualified for the UEFA Cup once again.