Stones horror show hands Swansea the points as it all goes painfully wrong...
Everton’s disillusioning Premier League campaign reached its nadir on Sunday as John Stones and Tim Howard’s costly combination gifted Swansea a 2-1 win in Francesco Guidolin’s first game in charge....
View ArticleSticks and Stones: Why Rio Ferdinand was wrong to criticise exasperated...
The toxic atmosphere at Goodison has started to garner media attention. What took you all so long? Phone-in enthusiast and one-time brilliant footballer Rio Ferdinand called out Evertonians, accusing...
View ArticleThe luck was against Martinez at the Etihad, so too is the tide at Goodison
Everton lost in the Capital One Cup semi-final after weak defending and poor officiating saw the Toffees beaten 3-1 at Man City. A solid, threatening three quarters of the game was undermined in six...
View ArticleSuperb midfield display lays the foundations for comfortable Everton win over...
Had home fans broken out into a chorus of ‘Can we play you every week?’ as Everton cruised to a desperately-needed 3-0 win over Newcastle, it may have been a legitimate request rather than an...
View ArticleBad luck and terrible judgement: Same old failure for Everton at home to West...
Everton’s bi-weekly home defeat was inflicted by West Brom on Saturday with a single shot on target, crafted by Jonas Olsson no less, sufficient for a 1-0 win. It was the Toffees’ eighth defeat in 17...
View ArticleRobles the hero, Barry the master as Everton calmly seal an FA Cup...
Everton reached the FA Cup quarter-finals as goals from Ross Barkley and Romelu Lukaku, and a complete performance from Gareth Barry, ensured a 2-0 win away at Bournemouth. An awkward game which...
View ArticleEverton stroll to victory at doomed Villa as confidence builds for crucial...
Everton comfortably saw off Aston Villa 3-1 to complete an exceptionally positive week for the club. Through to the FA Cup quarter-finals, lifted by the emergence of billionaire investor Farhad...
View ArticleMartinez was unlucky against West Ham but Everton’s wider issues will not go...
For the fifth time this season, Everton let a two-goal lead slip; West Ham’s 12-minute turnaround for 3-2 the latest horrow-show for the collection. Despite Kevin Mirallas’ daft 35th minute dismissal,...
View ArticleIs Roberto Martinez a better manager when he deviates from his principles?
Everton have lost seven of 15 league games at Goodison Park this season compared to one of 13 on the road. 26 goals conceded at home compared to just 13 away. In the Premier League, Everton have won...
View ArticleLukaku’s brutal finesse ends Chelsea’s season as defensive Everton reach Wembley
Farhad Moshiri picked the perfect time to take his seat in the posh(er) seats at Everton as Romelu Lukaku vanquished his old club Chelsea to seal an FA Cup semi-final spot before a raucous Goodison...
View ArticlePathetic defeat to Arsenal shows Everton the difference between the rule and...
If Everton’s 2-0 FA Cup quarter-final win over Chelsea enabled supporters to dream, 2-0 defeat to Arsenal reacquainted them with brutally unpleasant reality. A week on from the huge cup win, Everton...
View ArticleNo chemistry again for Everton at Watford as anti-Martinez sentiment spills over
The main talking point from Everton’s bland 1-1 draw at Watford was the afternoon proving an exception to the notion that actions speak louder than words. For after 90 minutes of numbingly disjointed...
View ArticleMartinez’s second 4-0 humbling at Anfield accelerates the endgame at Everton
For the second time in three years, Roberto Martinez left Anfield having seen a patched-up Everton torn to pieces and beaten 4-0. As Merseyside derby debutant Jurgen Klopp chuckled his way to glory and...
View ArticleNo more Mr. Nice Guy as the end looms for Martinez at Everton, but was it...
Roberto Martinez brought his squeaky clean image into question when he insulted David Moyes twice during his most important week at Everton. Boasting of enabling the Toffees “to compete with any team –...
View ArticleAt last the illusion is over: Everton’s reluctant board finally show Martinez...
Roberto Martinez, the beleaguered blagger from Balaguer, has been relieved of his duties as Everton manager. With the Toffees plunging ever further into the Premier League’s foreboding lower echelons...
View ArticleLight at the end of the tunnel: Unsworth and Royle deliver perfect day for...
Joe Royle and David Unsworth are unlikely to ever find themselves in dual charge of Everton again, but they will at least have the shared memory of gifting fans a perfect afternoon at Goodison. Clearly...
View ArticleEverton appoint Koeman: Dutchman arrives to herald new era of ambition at...
And now for something completely different. Financial strength and boardroom impetus has enabled Everton to prise an ambitious, trophy-winning manager from the Premier League top six and into the...
View ArticleMoshiri lands Walsh: Architect of English football’s greatest triumph joins...
If you’ve read the gossip columns or succumbed to the clickbait of late, you will have no doubt grown tired of the great hypothetical transfer bonanza that’s not been happening at Everton. The Toffees...
View ArticlePressing engagement: Combative Everton impress on Koeman’s Goodison bow
The spring in the step of supporters, the lively discussion of new tactics, and the palpable sense of optimism was all testament to Ronald Koeman’s first Premier League match in charge of Everton being...
View ArticleGreat turnaround for Everton at West Brom on a rare day of personal glory for...
38 minutes of dross, and then a game-changing switch. A line in the sand with a substitution. With good reason, Ronald Koeman lost faith in his toothless Everton side who trailed West Brom 1-0 at The...
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