Jimmy Logan may not be the name that reels off the tongues of many Notts County supporters, but all the way back in 1894 Logan was the star of Notts County's 4-1 FA Cup final triumph over Bolton Wanderers to claim the world's most famous club trophy.

Notts defeated four teams to reach the final, as there were only 32 teams that entered the competition that year. Their journey to the final was remarkable and Notts became the first Second Division team to win the FA Cup. Notts finished 3rd in Division Two that season and failed to win promotion after losing a test match to Preston North End of Division One. But, success was achieved in the Cup when they overcame four Division One teams to make it to the final. Burnley were defeated 1-0 in Round One at home. Subsequently, non-league Burton Wanderers were beaten 2-1 at Burton. The Nottingham derby came in Round Three, with Notts scraping a 1-1 draw away from home before crushing their arch rivals 4-1 in the replay to claim a place in the Semi-Final against one of the competition favourites, Blackburn Rovers.

The Semi-Final was at Bramall Lane and the Magpies unpredictably went through to the final beating Blackburn 1-0. Rovers had already won the competition five times since it began back in 1872. Notts claimed their revenge with the win, because three years previously, they had been defeated 3-1 by Blackburn in the Final.

Four players who played in the 1891 losing side all took part in the final against Bolton Wanderers three years later. John Hendry, Harry Daft, Alfred Shelton and Captain David Calderhead were all in the line-up against Wanderers, in the biggest match in Notts' history.

Notts spent the week before the Final at West Kirby where the players would dedicate time to some light running and sprinting in the mornings, and gentle walks would take place in the afternoon. Self-discipline was important in the week prior to the big Cup Final. The players would be allowed a glass of beer with their dinner and a bottle of stout each night.

The final itself was played at Goodison Park, one of the best grounds in the country at the time, and event organisers had few problems with crowd control as over 37,000 back into the Toffees' home ground to witness the Cup Final match between the favourites Bolton Wanderers and underdogs Notts County, and it was the Magpies who dominated from start to finish. Many of the Press suggested the Magpies should be cautious in their play against Division One opposition, but in contrast they attached Wanderers who had to defend in numbers right from the first whistle.

Daniel Bruce had numerous chances to break the deadlock early on for Notts but his efforts were denied by the woodwork and Bolton goalkeeper John Sutcliffe.

It was Arthur Watson who opened the scoring on 18 minutes after he latched onto a through ball from Jimmy Logan. Logan found himself unmarked 11 minutes later to double Notts' advantage. Bolton looked slapdash in defence and County should have killed the game off by half time, but they had to settle for going into the interval 2-0 up.

Jimmy Logan added to his tally when he found himself with a clear sight of goal in 67 minutes, and by that time the cup was virtually won. Three minutes later Logan capped off a fine afternoon for the Magpies when he bagged his hat-trick after smashing a volley into the back of the net to put Notts 4-0 up.

Bolton were left with only pride to play for, and funnily enough some of their best football came in the last 20 minutes of play. They did grab a consolation goal through a huge slice of luck when Notts goalkeeper George Toone came out to clear the ball, only to slip and allow Jamie Cassidy the duty of scoring one of the easiest Cup Final goals of all time by putting the ball into the net to restore some Lancashire pride.

The Notts team returned to Nottingham to a hero's reception. A brass band played throughout the dayas the players were reserved an open conveyance drawn by four horses.

The day will forever be associated with hat-trick hero Jimmy Logan. Journalists ran out of superlatives to describe Logan's performance in their reports.

Logan went on to play for Dundee and Newcastle before ending his football career, and tragically, his life with Loughborough. This was after Loughborough somehow misplaced their kit on the way to Newton Heath in Manchester. They were not capable of borrowing any other shirts at the time and decided to play in their everyday shirts. During the match, the rain came down and the players had no change of clothing on the train journey home. Logan caught a cold, which later turned in pneumonia, from which he did in 1896, aged 26.

Despite a short life, Logan was the catalyst behind NottsCounty's Cup Final victory, and he should be dearly remembered for winning the FA Cup for the Magpies for the one and only time in 1984.

Notts County 4-1 Bolton Wanderers - 31 March 1894
Attendance - 37,000

NOTTS TEAM - George Toone, Theo Harper, John Hendry, Charles Bramley, David Calderhead (Captain), Alfred Shelton, Arthur Watson, Sam Donnelly, James Logan, Daniel Bruce, Harry Daft

BOLTON TEAM - Sutcliife, Somerville, Jones (Captain), Gardener, Paton, Hughes, Tannahill, Wilson, Cassidy, Bentley, Dickenson