It was wonderfully described as “The Scene of the Climb” ; Everton’s barrel-scraping win against Oxford in the Milk Cup in 1984 that injected us with confidence, restored belief in Howard Kendall, and led to an utter turnaround in our fortunes. Could our unbelievable 3-3 draw at Stamford Bridge do the same? Chelsea Everton...
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EVERTON 2 (Saha 77, Cahill 85) – TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 2 (Defoe 46, Dawson 58) Ref: Andre Mariner. Gate: 34,003. After about 15 minutes an injured Joseph Yobo was substituted and a young, virtually unknown, Irishman called Seamus Coleman with number 31 on his shirt trotted into the right back position and pushed Lucas Neill...
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HULL CITY 3 – EVERTON 2 . Gate: 24,685. Ref: Martin Atkinson. When you’re down fortune deserts you, and so it was last night with the Tigers three up inside half an hour. Dollops of luck and comedy were liberally spread around the...
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MANCHESTER UNITED 3 (Fletcher 35, Carrick 67, Valencia 76) – EVERTON 0 Gate: 75,169. Ref: Steve Bennett. Sometimes, just sometimes, you have to hold your hand up and admit to being beaten by a better side. Old Trafford, Manchester, Saturday 21st November 2009 was one of those occasions. Completely outclassed in midfield during the...
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WEST HAM UNITED 1 – EVERTON 2 Gate: 32,466. Ref: Alan Wiley. As expected, David Moyes started with a 4-5-1 formation. Louis Saha and Johnny Heitinga came in for Yakubu and the suspended Bilyaletdinov. A big surprise for anyone who saw Hibbert’s poor performance against Benfica was...
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EVERTON 1 (Bilyaletdinov 45+1) – ASTON VILLA 1 (Carew 46) Gate: 36,648 Ref: Lee Probert Guest of honour and Everton legend Dave Hickson will have felt at home watching this game, which was in many ways like a throwback to an earlier era. Hard fought, inelegant, dour, and a fair result in which two...
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3-1 down at St Mirren with just 20 minutes left Motherwell looked to be heading to defeat last Saturday, that is until loanee striker Lucas Jutkiewicz scored twice. His first an angled drive from 12 yards, his second a volley following a chest down. Everton ‘keeper John Ruddy is also impressing the Fir Park...
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A string of three tough away fixtures in six days during which we have conceded ten goals and shorn by injuries of ALL our creative players – Pienaar, Bilyaletdinov, Arteta, Osman (yes, we characterise him as ‘creative’); three top notch defenders – Baines, Yobo, Jageilka and our midfield ball-winner Neville we at least put...
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“Those English kids, want to play the blues so bad, and they play the blues so bad”. So said (musical) Blues legend Sonny Boy Williamson II, and it’s a fitting summation of Thursday’s game where the Stadium of Light bathed our callow English blues in the glare of professional European football. Our youngsters –...
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