It's a grand old team to support
Last weekend’s resounding 3-0 victory over Nottingham Forest carried Everton to the heady heights of seventh in the Premier League table, after 15 games. The team’s fourth win from five has spirits high, encouraging many fans to dream of what-may-be this season, with the January transfer window fast approaching, and with it, an opportunity to […]
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After ending their long wait for an Old Trafford win, why not Stamford Bridge? Everton head to London on Saturday looking to bring home three points from Chelsea for the first time since November 1994, when Paul Rideout’s header secured the points in Joe Royle’s second game in charge. Such a poor record means realism […]
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Everton had a big win last weekend against Nottingham Forest, but face a different challenge when they travel to London to take on 5th placed Chelsea. David Moyes did not have anything new to report on the injury front, but will get a couple of midfielders back for the Saturday afternoon game. Idrissa Gueye has […]
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Brian Sorensen has spoken about the pressure of Goodison Park in his press conference, and insists he will take the blame for Everton Women’s losses. The Blues pulled off the WSL’s biggest upset so far this season when they ended Chelsea’s 585-day unbeaten streak in the league with a performance built on guts, togetherness and […]
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Christmas cheer spread through Alder Hey Children’s Hospital on Wednesday as manager David Moyes and his Everton squad made their annual festive visit to spend time with patients and their families. Moyes, Men’s team coach Leighton Baines, Club captain Seamus Coleman and winger Jack Grealish headed to the wards to meet and hand out gifts […]
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Ruby Mace felt Everton Women had to prove themselves against Chelsea but could only do that if they were prepared to but the bodies on the line and stick together. The England U-23 star was speaking after the Blues pulled off the upset of the season – and arguably Brian Sorensen’s greatest result as head […]
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Your daily dose of Everton news and rumours Jack Grealish has his heart set on a permanent move. It will be interesting to see if Everton can get the deal done. [Football Insider] The one former Everton player he’d love to have in his side now, his go-to biscuit, signing Tim Cahill, his thoughts on a battle […]
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Everton Under-18s manager Keith Southern took his very young squad to London on Friday evening to take on a very good Millwall team at The Den. It was a fearsome night with strong wind and rain to further sap energy levels. The Blues lined up as below with only one starter surviving from last year’s […]
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Your daily dose of Everton news and rumours “I love it here. I had a fair few options in the summer and, after speaking to my family, people I trust and, obviously, people at Everton, it quickly became clear this was everything that I wanted… a new project, a new stadium, big future plans.“I know this is […]
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In the Ascendancy It’s been a turbulent, oddly unpredictable campaign so far for Everton, which in some ways mirrors the Premier League in its entirety. Few would have predicted the total collapse of Liverpool’s title defence, Wolverhampton Wanderers’ utterly abject performance, or that two of the three promoted sides would be clear of the drop […]
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Your daily dose of Everton news and rumours Everton will host Sunderland in the FA Cup Third Round in the second weekend of January. [Royal Blue Mersey] Thierno Barry says his first Everton goal is “one for the supporters” as he thanked the Toffees’ faithful for their endless encouragement during his start to life in royal blue. […]
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Everton have been drawn at home against Sunderland in their FA Cup Third Round clash. The Blues’ game at the new Hill Dickinson Stadium will be played on the weekend of Saturday 10th January, with television considerations determining the kickoff time and day. The Blues are at home against bottom side Wolves the previous Wednesday, […]
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Your daily dose of Everton news and rumours Everton defeated Nottingham Forest 3-0. Here’s how it happened. [RBM] Watch the highlights below. Check out some behind-the-scenes clips from the win. “This club should be challenging for Europe or in Europe. But I think people need to give us time and understand how bad it’s been in the […]
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Courtney Brosnan spoke of her immense pride as Honoka Hayashi’s first-half goal ended Chelsea’s incredible 31-game unbeaten league run. The Everton Women stopper and captain was part of an immense effort that condemned Sonia Bompastor’s team to a feeling they have not experienced for 585 days while earning a first ever victory for Brian Sorensen […]
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Brian Sorensen has insisted his side must tighten up defensively and have more than one game plan as Everton Women return to WSL action with a trip to unbeaten Chelsea. The head coach has been boosted by the return of influential midfielder Aurora Galli, who is in the matchday squad this weekend, although Toni Payne […]
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Everton got off to a fast start scoring in just the second minute against Nottingham Forest thanks to Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall’s whipped cross into the box, and then scored once again on the stroke of halftime before capping the three points with a third goal midway through the second half. The victory over former manager Sean […]
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Everton returned to the brand spanking new comforts of the Hill Dickinson Stadium after another fruitful away trip, this time to Bournemouth. Everton were sitting in 10th, six places above Forest who have started to put some results together, although their midweek result was a disappointing home loss to Brighton. Forest’s season has been more […]
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Live Blog Fulltime Thoughts – Everton benefited from going ahead early and apart from a couple of spells where Forest pressed, dominated this game to romp to a 3-o win and climb up to fifth place in the Premier League table. 90+3’ – There’s the fulltime whistle, Everton win 3-0, with an own goal from […]
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Live Blog 45+3’ – Forest are committing men upfront and Ndiaye steals the ball off a weak attempt from Hutchinson and charges forward.. it’s three Blues shirts against Milenkovic.. Ndiaye decides to pass it to Barry on his left with Alcaraz on the right.. and THIERNO BARRY SLOTS IN AT THE FAR POST AND HE […]
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Match Preview Everton play their fourth game in thirteen days when they host Nottingham Forest at Hill Dickinson Stadium on Saturday. In that spell we’ve seen the best and the worst of the Toffees as they’ve picked up two impressive wins on the road but also completely disintegrated starting in the first minute at home […]
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Everton’s form over the previous eight days has confounded expectations, and messed with the emotions of the fans. Even the normally steady David Moyes is not immune to the trials and tribulations that are part and parcel of being in the Blues bubble recently — going off his somewhat tetchy demeanor during the pre-match press […]
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Everton had another excellent away win midweek at AFC Bournemouth, their first ever at the Vitality Stadium in the league. However, that game also created another issue for David Moyes to deal with – while no other players got injured in the victory, Tim Iroegbunam did pick up a booking which makes it five for […]
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How We Got Here The just-concluded international break was exactly the salve the snakebit Everton Women needed. It could even prove to be the stroke of luck manager Brian Sorensen so desperately needs in a season that started with such promise and then went awry. The Blues have been on a poor run of form […]
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Your daily dose of Everton news and rumours “I think my more natural position is probably an eight, box-to-box, but like I’ve always said, I’ll play anywhere the manager wants me…I think the fans can see what I can bring to the game from that sort of area. I like to drive forward with the ball when […]
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Wednesday witnessed a sight not seen since James Tarkowski blasted in a ninety-eighth minute Everton equaliser against Liverpool and a jubilant Abdoulaye Doucoure sparked mayhem on 12th February this year. Men’s football, in the shape of Paul Tait’s Under 21s, was back at Goodison Park under the lights for the prestigious Premier League International Cup […]
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