Season 2013-14 
Opinion Columns
Column Articles
Contributions from our editorial team and featured columnists.
Memory Lane — FA Cup Finals
Patrick Murphy
13/05/201416 years after their previous appearance in the FA Cup Final at Wembley, Evertonians woke up on Saturday 19 May 1984, switched on their TV sets. The last time an Everton Captain had lifted the FA Cup was in 1966 and it was only the second time that an Everton Captain had done so at Wembley.
Memory Lane – Final Fixtures
Patrick Murphy
07/05/2014Pat Murphy summarizes the final classic battles that bring to an end four seasons separated by the last four decades of top-flight football for Everton.
Memory Lane – Match 37
Patrick Murphy
01/05/2014Matches against Newcastle United, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Blackburn Rovers and Bolton Wanderers
Memory Lane – Match 36
Patrick Murphy
26/04/2014Games against Manchester City, Sunderland, Sheffield Wednesday and Wolves
Memory Lane – Match 35
Patrick Murphy
16/04/2014Games against Tottenham, Southampton and Blackburn from the past four decades
Memory Lane — Match 33
Patrick Murphy
10/04/2014Games against Leeds United, Norwich City, Luton Town and Burnley recalled from 10, 20, 30 and 40 years ago, respectively.
Memory Lane – Match 32
Patrick Murphy
04/04/2014Games against Birmingham, Southampton, Liverpool and Tottenham
Memory Lane — Match 30
Patrick Murphy
23/03/2014Games against Middlesbrough, Arsenal, Ipswich Town, and Coventry City remembered from 10, 20, 30 and 40 years ago.
Memory Lane – Match 29
Patrick Murphy
20/03/2014Games against West Ham, Nottingham Forest, Ipswich and Leicester, the last of which saw devoted Blue Bernard Murphy tragically killed outside the Walkers Stadium.
Memory Lane — Match 28
Patrick Murphy
13/03/2014League games against Portsmouth (H), Chelsea (H), Liverpool (H), and Wolverhampton Wanderers (H) lovingly recalled from 10, 20, 30 and 40 years ago, with the help of Patrick's extensive collection of matchday programmes.
Memory Lane — FA Cup Round 6
Patrick Murphy
06/03/2014A crucial quarter-final against Notts County, remembered from thirty years ago.
Memory Lane — Match 27
Patrick Murphy
27/02/2014Games against Aston Villa (H), Manchester United (A), Watford (A), and Sheffield Utd (A) recalled from 10, 20 30 and 40 years ago, respectively, thanks to the the collection of matchday programmes lovingly reviewed by Patrick Murphy
Roberto – Swansong Or the Start of a Beautiful Relationship?
Patrick Murphy
24/02/2014Some of the natives are getting restless about the direction of Roberto's Revolution.
Memory Lane - League Cup Final
Patrick Murphy
20/02/2014A look back at the ill-fated Milk Cup Final of 1984
Memory Lane — FA Cup Round 5
Patrick Murphy
14/02/2014Just one game from 30 years ago as Blues looked to reach Wembley in the FA Cup and League Cup, but this spawns memories of other cup games against Shrewsbury Town... and Southampton.
Memory Lane – Match 26
Patrick Murphy
10/02/2014Matches against Leeds, West Brom, Swindon and Southampton
Memory Lane — Match 25
Patrick Murphy
07/02/2014Matches against Birmingham City (A), Chelsea (A), Notts County (H), and QPR (A) recalled from 10, 20, 30 and 40 years ago, thanks to Patrick's immense collection of matchday programmes
Memory Lane — Match 24
Patrick Murphy
30/01/2014Games against Ipswich, Tottenham, West Ham and Manchester United
Memory Lane — Match 23
Patrick Murphy
26/01/2014Games against Liverpool (A), Blackburn Rovers (A), Stoke City (A), and Derby County (H) form 10, 20, 30 & 40 years ago, remembered via Patrick's immense collection of Matchday Programmes
Memory Lane — FA Cup Round 4
Patrick Murphy
23/01/2014Games from the Fourth Round of the FA Cup, against Fulham, Gillingham and West Brom from 10, 30 and 40 years ago, remembered from Patrick's programme collection.
Memory Lane — Match 22
Patrick Murphy
17/01/2014Round 22 top-flight matches against Charlton Athletic (H), Birmingham City (A), Sheffield Wednesday (H), and Manchester City (H) from 10, 20, 30 and 40 years ago, recalled with the help of Patrick's matchday programme collection
Memory Lane – Match 21
Patrick Murphy
09/01/2014Matches against Arsenal, Coventry, Newcastle and Fulham.
Memory Lane - League Cup Semi-Final
Patrick Murphy
06/01/2014Looking back at semi-finals against Aston Vllla from 1977 and 1984
Memory Lane — Match 20
Patrick Murphy
30/12/2013Round 20 top flight matches against Arsenal (H), Sheffield United (A), Wolverhampton Wanderers (A), and Sheffield United (H) from 10, 20, 30 and 40 years ago, recalled with the help of Patrick's matchday programme collection
Memory Lane — Match 19
Patrick Murphy
27/12/2013Games against Birmingham City (H), Manchester City (A), Sunderland (H) and Liverpool (H) are recalled with the help of old matchday programmes from 10, 20, 30 and 40 years ago...
Memory Lane – Match 18
Patrick Murphy
24/12/2013Games against Southampton (A), QPR (A), and one of those Premier League defeats at Old Trafford
Memory Lane — Match 17
Patrick Murphy
20/12/2013Round 17 Matches against Leicester City (H), Wimbledon (A), Aston Villa (H), and Newcastle United (A) and are recalled from match programmes dating back 10, 20, 30 and 40 years.
Memory Lane – League Cup Round 5
Patrick Murphy
17/12/2013Patrick Murphy remembers a League Cup tie from 1984 and a certain backpass that was destined top become a turning point for an all too brief period of Everton dominance, starting 30 years ago this winter...
Memory Lane – Match 16
Patrick Murphy
12/12/2013Unbeaten games against Norwich, Man Utd, Leeds Utd and Portsmouth
Memory Lane — Match 15
Patrick Murphy
07/12/2013Round 15 Matches against Manchester City (H), Queens Park Rangers (H), Norwich City (H) and Chelsea (A) are recalled from match programmes dating back 10, 20, 30 and 40 years.
Memory Lane — Match 14
Patrick Murphy
03/12/2013Round 14 Matches against Bolton (A), Arsenal (A), Coventry (A) and Spurs (H) are recalled from match programmes dating back 10, 20, 30 and 40 years.
Memory Lane — Match 13
Patrick Murphy
28/11/2013Round 13 Matches against Wolves (H), Ipswich Town (A), Nottm Forest (H), Birmingham (A) and are recalled from match programmes dating back 10, 20, 30 and 40 years
Memory Lane – Match 11
Patrick Murphy
07/11/2013A nostalgic review of programmes for the corresponding Everton games that took place at this stage of the season 10, 20, 30 & 40 years ago.
Memory Lane – Match 10
Patrick Murphy
01/11/2013Games against Coventry, Watford, Aston Villa and this weekend's opponents, Tottenham
Memory Lane — League Cup Round 4
Patrick Murphy
29/10/2013Everton are no longer involved this season, but that doesn't thwart the memories of Patrck Murphy and his collection of matchday programmes that provide the source material for these topical retrospectives.
Memory Lane - Match 9
Patrick Murphy
24/10/2013Games against Arsenal, Luton, Southampton and that Efan Ekoku-inspired nightmare against Norwich 20 years ago.
Memory Lane — Match 8
Patrick Murphy
17/10/2013Patrick adds some extra spice to his four-decade review of previous previous fixtures, with a couple of famous line-ups from derby games back in the 1960s.
Memory Lane – Premier League, Europe and TV
Patrick Murphy
12/10/2013For the International break, Pattrick highlights a couple of articles that appeared in the Everton Matchday programme back in 1993, relating to these perennial topics.
Mick Buckley – A Tribute
Patrick Murphy
08/10/2013"It is with great sadness that I find myself trying to do justice to a footballer who many fans of my age looked up to and admired as he played for the club we loved and clearly he loved playing for the club."
Memory Lane — Match 7
Patrick Murphy
03/10/2013QPR, Birmingham, Oldham and Leeds, including a rare hat-trick for utility man Steve Watson
Memory Lane — Match 6
Patrick Murphy
27/09/2013Patrick recalls games against Stoke City (H), Tottenham Hotspur (A), Aston Villa (H) and Middlesbrough (A) with the help of his programme collection.
Memory Lane — Game 4
Patrick Murphy
12/09/2013Patrick recaps games against Ipswich, Newcastle, Cardiff and Liverpool.
Memory Lane — League Cup, Round 2
Patrick Murphy
26/08/2013Patrick Murphy's new feature looking in retro at Everton's next game by going back through hos collection of matchday programmes to see who we played in the corresponding fixture 10, 20, 30 & 40 years ago.
Memory Lane - Match 2
Patrick Murphy
21/08/2013The Foxes, Hammers, Citizens and Cottagers feature in Patrick's look at Everton's second games of the season over the decades
Memory Lane – Match 1
Patrick Murphy
13/08/2013If you like nostalgia then this new feature might trigger some good and bad memories and hopefully be of interest to all Blues. Patrick will attempt to publish a potted history from the last 40 years, using his collection of Everton Matchday Programmes as a reference point. His intention, ahead of each game this season, is to look at corresponding fixtures from 10, 20, 30 and 40 years ago.
Season 2012-13 column articles
Season 2011-12 column articles
Season 2010-11 column articles
Season 2009-10 column articles
Season 2008-09 fan articles
Season 2007-08 fan articles
Season 2006-07 fan articles
Fan Articles are authored by outside contributors. Their views may not represent those of the site owners.
