Ice-cold Goodison sees Blues progress
18/01/2024The match itself was a tough watch. Very scrappy and niggly, which led to a subdued atmosphere for large parts, not helped by a very small away following.
The match itself was a tough watch. Very scrappy and niggly, which led to a subdued atmosphere for large parts, not helped by a very small away following.
Goodison Park under the lights tonight as Everton and Crystal Palace face off again for a place in the 4th round of the FA Cup
Everton 0 – 0 Aston Villa This club means everything to me since my earliest memories and always will. No-one is taking Everton away from me. A much earlier start than usual as there were the increasingly common complications with the trains that we’ve had recently. So the boy was out by 4:30 am. My […]
Everton and Aston Villa played out a niggly stoppage-ridden apology for a football match at Goodison Park in front of the Sky cameras in this afternoon's Premier League clash
Crystal Palace 0 – 0 Everton Here’s my account of the matchday experience, which was eventful as ever. Swamp-like conditions early doors on the park due to the rain. Muddy boots and mucky paws. But I had time given the FA & broadcasters’ decision to arrange a match between a team from Merseyside and southeast […]
Everton could not force a win against Crystal Palace before it descended into farce with VAR forcing a red card on Calvert-Lewin, McNeil suffering a serious injury, and the Blues having to do it all again with an unwanted replay at Goodison Park during their winter break.Â
Everton are at Molineux to take on Wolves for their final game of 2023.
Sometimes you just have to acknowledge you are beaten by a better team. Due to the BBC weather forecast doom-mongering, I played it safe and caught an earlier than planned train from Euston. I didn’t have to worry. A bit windy and the rain starting to come down, but I don’t understand why we suddenly […]
There was no stopping Manchester City's second-half steamroller at Goodison Park after Everton had taken the lead through Harrison in a strong first-half display.
Tottenham Hotspur 2 – 1 Everton The wind howled against my window as I got out of bed at around 5.30 am for the 6.30 am bus over to Liverpool to get the train from Liverpool Lime Street at 7.40 am. We ran into another mate, Stewart, on the bus, and there were a few […]
Everton travel to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium looking to lift themselves back up after disappointment in the Carabao Cup on Tuesday evening with what would be a fifth successive win in the Premier League
I was surprised Onana walked forward, but even so could not believe what came next. What the heck was he doing? An abysmal penalty and he can have no excuse.
Everton battled long and hard to get back level in this game after a Keane own-goal, Beto finally heading the equaliser under the lights at Goodison Park, only to lose the penalty shoot-out from a winning position with Onana's dreadful attempt.
Sean Dyche makes his first return to former club Burnley as Everton manager
Derek Turner making his first trip, with son, to Goodison Park in 34 years of being a Toffee.
Calvert-Lewin was brave but was left crumpled and hurt on the ground so couldn’t celebrate the goal that he enabled.
Everton’s appeal against their penalty might yet see them claw some of those docked points back but, in the meantime, they will push on, displaying the kind of character that Sean Dyche has so admirably harnessed in his 11 months in charge at Goodison.
Everton are back at Goodison Park for another huge game, this time against big-spending Chelsea.
Everton 3 – 0 Newcastle United The usual start, but with a bit of a twist this time. First call the usual early morning stroll with the hounds pondering what may be, but optimistic as ever. The second phase was at a plush Westminster hotel to help the wife find it for the work […]
Not since that thrilling evening against Crystal Palace 19 months ago has the Old Lady rocked and roared to a winning performance under the lights like did tonight. It may have taken a couple of mistakes from an unlikely source to open the door but, make no mistake, Everton were full value for this victory.
Everton are back under the lights to face Newcastle United at Goodison Park this evening looking for a change in fortunes having recorded just one Premier League win at home so far this season.
Everton ground out a laudable victory over a team that had only lost once at home all season and, until today, hadn’t lost successive fixtures at the City Ground in 15 months
Everton travel to the City Ground this weekend in desperate need of a positive result after they were pushed to bottom place in the Premier League after Burnley thumped Sheffield Utd 5-0.
Everton 0 – 3 Manchester Utd It is one result. A disappointing one. But one result in a long season. Early start as always and into Euston. No train to Lime Street until 11:19. Great. Always looking at the positives, enough time for a bacon roll. It was very quiet on the train until we […]
Everton return to action for the first time since the Premier League deducted 10 points as Manchester United come to a Goodison Park that is expected to be a bearpit of defiance in front of the Sky cameras.
In terms of mentality and unity of purpose, Everton are night and day from the team that twice lost at Selhurst Park two seasons ago and which went into the World Cup break in disarray
Everton scored early but kept ceding possession to a hugely competitive Crystal Palace. However, go-ahead goals from Doucoure then Gana, who finally scored an excellent goal, sealed a tremendous end-to-end victory for the travelling Blues
Everton 1 – 1 Brighton I decided to head out early and left the house at 7 am to catch the 8:43 from Euston. The start of a long, long day. There were not many on board, but I ended up talking with a few Brighton fans and randomly a Millwall supporter on his way […]
As much as seeing a hard-earned victory slip away late on rankles, four points from the last two games and progress in the cup is a decent return for a week's work
Everton are back at Goodison Park for this weekend's Premier League fixture against Brighton & Hove Albion and a real test to see if Sean Dyche can build on recent good results.
West Ham Utd 0 – 1 Everton I quite like that silver grey strip even though I prefer amber as the change colour. I quite like that simplistic badge. If I go complete retro, how about the diagonal “EFC”? Anyway… I know I am often accused of nostalgically referring back to the 80s but the […]
Everton are becoming a much more difficult visiting opponent now that Sean Dyche is in charge and this was another professional performance away from home that delivered three precious points
Everton traveled to London where they burst David Moyes’s West Ham bubble at the London Stadium with a top-drawer winning goal from Dominic Calvert-Lewin.
We don’t get these calls when playing against Liverpool or any of the big teams. We just don’t. And there’s not a lot we can do about it…
A second yellow in the first half ruined Everton's game plan, which finally crumbled with a Salah penalty gifted by Keane. Â
This was an important win, make no mistake. While this only takes us up to 15th position in the league table, it’s a big relief to have a little cushion on the teams in the Bottom 3.
This was the tonic to lift Evertonian spirits heading into a two-week hiatus before the trip to Mordor. Had the margin of victory been twice as wide, Bournemouth boss Andoni Iraola couldn’t have complained.
Everton scored early through Garner and added good goals from Harrison and Doucoure to secure a vital win over fellow strugglers Bournemouth
For all the manager’s talk of changing the story, this was a tale so depressingly predictable to Everton fans that it’s been practically chiseled into the brickwork at Goodison Park in recent years
The scenes at full time were brilliant. Sheer delight for the travelling Toffees. We now finally have a home draw, and not a bad one at that too in the form of Burnley. Win that and we’re in the quarter-final. Wembley? Who knows?