Two early goals helped our Road to Wembley boys Everton comfortably beat Blackpool to reach the FA Cup quarter-finals for the second time in nine years.The party started early at Goodison when ROYSTON DRENTHE scored after just 49 seconds from hair-bear Marouane Fellaini's pass.
DENIS STRACQUALURSI then made it a dream start for the hosts on six minutes when he tapped in a second - game over.
Stracqualursi could have added to his total as Everton had chances to put the tie out of sight, while Kevin Phillips blazed over a penalty late on.
The veteran Tangerines striker also hit the bar from a free-kick with Lomana LuaLua also hitting the post, but they were isolated efforts for the visitors, who also lost Gary Taylor-Fletcher as a result of a first-half collision with Everton keeper Tim Howard.
Everton boss David Moyes: "I think when you play Blackpool you are never in control. They score lots of goals in the last five minutes of games. Our goalkeeper Tim Howard made a brilliant save and they missed a penalty kick, so they had opportunities.
"We had six or seven great chances to put the game to bed and we didn't get the third goal. While it was still 2-0, Blackpool kept going."
Everton team: Howard, Hibbert, Baines, Heitinga, Distin, Neville, Gibson, (Barkley), Drenthe, Fellaini, Stracqualursi (Vellios), Gueye (Coleman).
Substitutes: Hahnemann, Coleman, Barkley, Forshaw, Vellios, Joao Silva, Baxter.
Attendance: 38,347
The quarter-finals will be played on the weekend of 18-19 March.
FA Cup quarter-finals draw
Liverpool v Stoke City
Chelsea/Birmingham City v Leicester City
Stevenage/Tottenham Hotspur v Bolton Wanderers
Everton v Sunderland
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