<P> Late in the second half , Kevin Moran of Manchester United was sent off for a professional foul on Peter Reid , who was clean through on goal . He became the first player to be dismissed in an FA Cup Final . Television cameras revealed that he had gone for the ball , and not for Peter Reid in the offending tackle . He was later presented with the winner 's medal that had at first been withheld . Had Everton won the match they would have completed an unprecedented Treble of League , FA Cup and European Cup Winners ' Cup . </P>
<P> Late in the second half , Kevin Moran of Manchester United was sent off for a professional foul on Peter Reid , who was clean through on goal . He became the first player to be dismissed in an FA Cup Final . Television cameras revealed that he had gone for the ball , and not for Peter Reid in the offending tackle . He was later presented with the winner 's medal that had at first been withheld . Had Everton won the match they would have completed an unprecedented Treble of League , FA Cup and European Cup Winners ' Cup . </P>
first player sent off in fa cup final
first player sent off in fa cup final
Kevin Moran
Kevin Moran