Everton will travel to West Bromwich Albion in the FA Youth Cup quarter-final after a Sean McAllister double sealed a 2-1 win over Chelsea in the fifth round on Thursday.
Paul Tait had guided his under-18 side to victories over Wigan Athletic and holders Manchester City before facing the Londoners, who have won seven of the last 11 FA Youth Cup editions.
McAllister opened the scoring with a driven finish inside the penalty area during the first-half but Everton were pegged back by a Joe Haigh header after a sustained period of Chelsea pressure.
Everton substitute Rafael Garcia then had a chance seconds after being introduced but fired wide of the post with the home side continuing to threaten on the front-foot.
With two minutes remaining, Garcia jinked into the penalty area before being tackled and the loose ball fell to McAllister on the edge of the box.
The 18-year-old failed to connect properly with the strike but Lucas Begrstrom in the Chelsea goal allowed the ball to slip through his hands and into the back of the net to spark wild scenes of celebration.
Everton are set to take on West Bromwich Albion in the next round with fixtures to be played before May 1. Albion beat Tottenham Hotspur 5-0 in their fifth round tie earlier this week.
Reece Welch, Isaac Price and Zan-Luk Leban have all featured in the Youth Cup run this season while also training with the first-team under Carlo Ancelotti at times.
Welch and Price were left out of the squad for the win at Chelsea as Tait confirmed they had remained with the senior set-up ahead of the visit of Tottenham Hotspur after being named on the bench at Brighton and Hove Albion on Monday.
Matthew Mallon, Thierry Small, Lewis Warrington, Luke Butterfield, Tom Cannon and Charlie Whitaker have all been handed their under-23 debuts this season and started against Chelsea.
Lewis Dobbin worked with the u-23s last term, but he limped off at Kingsmeadow with a calf complaint after 25 minutes on his first start since recovering from a knee injury suffered in December.
