Former Hibs’ manager Willie Kirk led Everton to the Women’s FA Cup final with a superb 3-0 victory over Birmingham City last night.

Northern Ireland forward Simone Magill opened the scoring just before half-time and Denmark’s Nicoline Sorensen doubled the Toffee’s lead after the break.

Willie Kirk being presented with leaving present by Scottish Internationalist Joelle Murray.

France striker Valerie Gauvin added a third late on to secure a memorable victory.

Everton will face either holders Manchester City or 14-time winners Arsenal at Wembley on 1 November.

After the final whistle Kirk told BBC: “It’s a big thing for the club. We’ve never been to Wembley, although we’ve won FA Cups before and that’s what we want to get back to.

“I think they were great. I thought they were very professional. The performance was not perfect, but obviously good enough.”

John Hislop

John graduated from Telford College in 2010 with an HNC in Practical Journalism and since then he worked for the North Edinburgh News, The Southern Reporter, the Irish News Review and The Edinburgh Reporter. In addition he has been published in the Edinburgh Evening News and the Hibernian FC Programme.