The 1894 season ended with Goodison Park being honoured by the FA when it was chosen to host the FA Cup final in 1894, only the second time the final had been played outside of London, the first occasion was the previous season when Everton lost in the final at Fallowfield, Manchester.

The game took place on 31st March and every precaution was taken to avoid a repetition of the previous year's fiasco at Fallowfield. The 37,000 crowd was smaller than anticipated, many people obviously fearful of being hurt in a crush. The line ups for the two teams were:

Bolton Wanderers: Sutcliffe; Somerville, Jones; Gardiner, Paton, Hughes; Dickinson, Wilson, Tannahill, Bentley, Cassidy

Notts County: Toone; Harper, Hendry; Bramley, Calderhead, A. Shelton; Watson, Donnelly, Logan, Bruce, H. B. Daft

Referee: C. J. Hughes

County ran away with the Cup, scoring four goals, and becoming the first Second Division club to triumph in a Final. What the score might have been but for Sutcliffe, the Bolton goalkeeper, whom the County forwards pounded the whole afternoon, can only be imagined.

Logan, playing a superb game at centre-forward, was still able to register a hat-trick and thereby equal Townley's feat for Blackburn in 1890. Watson was County's other scorer, and Cassidy replied for Bolton.

Bolton tried their best, but were labouring under severe disadvantages. Paton was swathed in bandages, Gardiner wasn't fit, Bentley was ill, Somerville was troubled with a facial injury and shouldn't have played, and Hughes got hurt only five minutes after the start.