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2021-22 Match Reports
Blues humbled in all-too-familiar fashion on final day
Michael Kenrick
Everton reverted to type in the final match of a mostly tortuous Premier League campaign knowing they were safe from relegation, with a dreadful display that showed little resistance at Arsenal.22/05/2022
Salvation Achieved on a Night for the Ages
Lyndon Lloyd
Just like that “That Game†in 1994, Everton refused to lie down and over 45 minutes that are now irrevocably woven into Goodison folklore, amid an atmosphere that somehow surpassed those that have stunned neutral observers in recent weeks, they dug deep and pulled off a thrilling comeback victory.19/05/2022
What a Night!
Paul Traill
Lyndon Lloyd accompanies Paul Traill to become part of an incredible night at Goodison Park as Everton secure Premier League survival following a desperately fraught season.20/05/2022
Indescribable
Dave Williams
There was the fear that there would be a sting in the tail with a Palace equaliser but we managed added time very well and the scenes at the end really had to be seen and heard to be believed20/05/2022
SAFE!!!
Michael Kenrick
Everton came back from a dreadful 2-0 deficit against Crystal Palace to win an incredible second half and secure Premier League survival, with tremendous scenes of celebration all over the field.19/05/2022
We were never going to do it the easy way, were we?
Paul Traill
We really didn't get the rub from this one, either with officiating decisions or with luck. Things could have been so different.16/05/2022
The most miserable coach trip ever
Dave Williams
A long trip from the South West to witness the Brentford game at Goodison Park16/05/2022
Blues hopes mangled in unmitigated red card disaster
Michael Kenrick
Everton went ahead early through a flukey goal claimed by Calvert-Lewin, only to have Branthwaite and then Rindon dismissed as they twice gave up the lead to Eriksen's brilliant orchestration.15/05/2022
Toffees inch closer to safety with tepid draw at Watford
Lyndon Lloyd
Everton didn't allow a disappointingly flat display to turn into disaster but this goalless draw did reek of an opportunity missed11/05/2022
A good away point from an absolutely lousy game
Michael Kenrick
Tentative, nervy, pragmatic... or just utterly lacking in the required desire, effort, guile and quality to beat a crap team who were already relegated? A sadly typical very winnable Everton game that only Everton would be incapable of winning.11/05/2022
High Spirits — Travelling Blues' devotion finally rewarded with big result at Leicester
Lyndon Lloyd
Ask anyone who has travelled to watch the Toffees in any era of living memory and they will no doubt say they have never seen anything like the show of support put on by Everton's fans at the King Power Stadium and the players responded to lift the club out of the relegation zone08/05/2022
Everton United
Paul Traill
With the way Saturday's results went, you sensed Everton had an opportunity, and boy did they take it. What an effort. What a performance. What a day08/05/2022
A tremendous win on the road underlines Everton's improving form
Michael Kenrick
The travelling Blues fans helped Everton to secure only their second win on the road this season as Frank Lampard's gameplans are finally having the desired effect.08/05/2022
Renewed hope amid the Blue smoke as Chelsea are vanquished at Goodison
Lyndon Lloyd
Heroics at either of the pitch gave the Blues the edge they needed to eke out a 1-0 victory over the reigning European Champions, one that brought them to within two points of Burnley and Leeds United above them in the table and kept survival in the hands of Frank Lampard and his players.01/05/2022
Goodison Park. You just can”t beat it.
Paul Traill
Savouring that win in the Gwladys Street was something else. You just can't beat the Old Lady when she's anything like that. We're going to miss this special place.02/05/2022
Brilliant Pickford saves ensure a mammoth Everton win
Michael Kenrick
With games left getting fewer and the precipitous gap above the Bottom 3 getting wider, Everton produced a massive victory at Goodison Park against Frank Lampard's old club, Chelsea, thanks to some brilliant saves from Jordan Pickford.01/05/2022
Everton fail to take key chances after frustrating Liverpool
Michael Kenrick
Everton took on Liverpool at Anfield looking to repeat the fine victory they secured under Carlo Ancelotti on their last visit, only for the scoreline to be reversed after holding out for more than an hour.24/04/2022
Never-say-die spirit earns Richarlison and Everton late reward
Lyndon Lloyd
Richarlison has scored far better goals for club and country but, in the final reckoning of this tortuous season, he might not score many more important ones than his 50th for Everton.20/04/2022
Blues dig out a dramatic point from another dreadful display
Michael Kenrick
Everton are back at Goodison Park under the lights to host Leicester City with the Blues hoping to register successive victories for the first time since August.20/04/2022
Everton Ride the Goodison Effect Once More to Bolster Survival Prospects
Lyndon Lloyd
Much has been made of the mentality of the Blues' players as they have sunk like a stone to the depths of the table since making that fine start to the campaign way back in August but it is to their enormous credit that despite a short turnaround from the pain of a shock defeat at 9:30pm on Wednesday evening to a 12:30 kick-off today they managed to turn in a terrific performance and grind out three vital points.09/04/2022
Gordon's deflected goal gives Blues a very precious win
Michael Kenrick
It was a massive massive day at Goodison Park and a Gordon's deflected shot was the only goal in Everton's lethargic struggle to stay in the Premier League.09/04/2022
Richarlison Efforts in Vain as Everton Toss Away Vital Points
Lyndon Lloyd
If Frank Lampard had half a dozen more players with Richarlison and Gordon's attitude, the club might not be staring at the very real threat of relegation. There again, you can have all the spirit in the world but if the players around you simply aren't good and are making catastrophic mistakes on a weekly basis, it's going to be very hard to win matches in the Premier League06/04/2022
Farcical defending sees Everton self-destruct
Michael Kenrick
Everton travel to Turf Moor for what is being widely billed as yet another "must-win' game, but it's really all about getting a result to turn the soul-destroying tide of successive defeats dragging the Blues down to the edge of the relegation zone.06/04/2022
Crucial mistakes from the usual suspects consign Everton to another away defeat
Michael Kenrick
Crucial mistakes undid what was a far better performance than we have seen of late on the road from Everton, but a soft Holgate free-kick, a dreadful Iwobi giveaway, and a foolish lunge by Keane for a second yellow tell the sorry story of yet another away defeat for Frank Lampard.03/04/2022
Trying to find some balance
Paul Traill
Away from Goodison Park, Everton need to find some character and not shrink when things don't go to plan. They have to stick at it better. We know this, it's nothing new.20/03/2022
Everton capitulate after high-energy start
Michael Kenrick
Everton tore into Crystal Palace with tremendous energy and intent for the first 15 minutes, but crucially failed to score in this FA Cup Quarter-Final before they lost Townsend and gave up 4 far too easy goals.20/03/2022
One of the classics
Paul Traill
An astonishing effort from Everton full of grit. And the scenes at the end of the game were incredible. You could have stayed there and sung and clapped all night. It was magical.18/03/2022
Goodison Reaches Peak Bear-Pit as Everton Triumph Against the Odds
Lyndon Lloyd
This famous old ground has played host to some raucous atmospheres but surely never has the Old Lady quaked to such a ferocious din and for as long as it did tonight.17/03/2022
An indescribable night of utter madness sees Everton finally win
Michael Kenrick
Everton ended a dismal four-match losing streak in dramatic style after they had been reduced to 10 men with Allan harshly dismissed after a protestor had delayed the game for 8 minutes, securing himself to the gaolpost against Newcastle United under the lights at Goodison Park.17/03/2022
Running Out of Road
Lyndon Lloyd
Goodison Park isn't a fortress against fear, nor can it compensate for basic failings on the pitch. Evertonians have brought their passion and their voices but for this grand old team to be rescued from the catastrophe of relegation, it's now going to take the players digging deep themselves13/03/2022
Nothing ventured, nothing gained, so much squandered
Michael Kenrick
Everton return to Goodison Park for a must-win game that they lost through abject negativity epitomized by Doucouré's incessant backward play.13/03/2022
Capitulation
Lyndon Lloyd
From the standpoints of morale and goal difference alone, this has the potential to be a costly result. Frank Lampard's biggest job this week could simply be keeping morale up07/03/2022
Everton collapse in a gut-wrenching catastrophe
Michael Kenrick
Everton travel to face Tottenham Hotspur in the televised Monday night game.07/03/2022
Rondon goals carry Blues past stolid non-leaguers
Michael Kenrick
Two goals from Salomon Rondon saw Everton ultimately get past Boreham Wood into the FA Cup 6th Round at Goodison Park but it was hard work.03/03/2022
VAR adds insult to cruelty as spirited Blues fall to City
Lyndon Lloyd
Whether through incompetence or something more worryingly sinister, Chris Kavanagh was once again at the centre of bitter controversy at Goodison Park where Everton were denied the chance to snatch a deserved point for their efforts against League-leaders, Manchester City26/02/2022
When you're down at the bottom, you just don't get the breaks
Michael Kenrick
Frank Lampard's inconsistent side take on Premier League leaders Manchester City in the evening televised game at Goodison Park.26/02/2022
Ever Deeper Away-Day Blues
Lyndon Lloyd
Not for the first time in recent years, the root of Everton's ills lies in a void of a midfield that is cripplingly short on options and continues to be let down by one of its most high-profile signings.19/02/2022
Shocking lack of quality painfully exposed by Saints
Michael Kenrick
Everton started well against Southampton but the lack of quality from both sides in a poor first half was rectified by the home side while the visitors went from bad to worse, giving up two soft goals in a very painful defeat.19/02/2022
You played your part
Paul Traill
"From minute one, right until the end, it was electric. Well done everyone."13/02/2022
This is Everton
Lyndon Lloyd
In a cauldron of noise, banners and flags, the Blues' players rose to the occasion to beat Leeds United in convincing fashion at Goodison Park12/02/2022
A sea of change follows an extra week from Lampard's team
Michael Kenrick
Everton returned to Goodison Park to secure an excellent win over Leeds United demonstrating the effect of Frank Lampard's strong management to quickly atone for Tuesday's disappointing performance against Newcastle.12/02/2022
Lampard has the scale of his task laid bare
Lyndon Lloyd
A harrowing defeat on Tyneside will have left the new manager under no illusions as to how difficult this job might be in the short term08/02/2022
Everton cannot cope with aggressive Newcastle pressing game
Michael Kenrick
Everton took the lead at Newcastle United but the home side were back in it immediately and denied Everton any time and space on the ball, destroying any lingering confidence from the weekend win over Brentford.08/02/2022
Great to see our players expressing themselves
Paul Traill
Paul Traill on what was a fun afternoon at a much happier Goodison Park06/02/2022
An afternoon of raw emotion and a club re-born
Dave Williams
This was Goodison Park at its best — no-one has any great affinity with Frank apart from maybe thinking he was a great player — but the raw emotion, hope, faith which poured out for what was, let's face it, otherwise a low-key 4th round cup-tie against a very ordinary Brentford, was quite remarkable — and it will stay with me forever.06/02/2022
Lampard sows hope and belief with brilliant debut win
Lyndon Lloyd
He may only have had five days with his new charges but Frank Lampard, imbued with an inner confidence of his own, has visibly restored an enormous amount of self-belief in Everton's players and it coursed through this rousing FA Cup performance, one which ultimately overwhelmed Brentford and emphatically steered Everton into the fifth round.05/02/2022
Goals galore to open the Lampard Epoch
Michael Kenrick
Frank Lampard took charge of his first match as Everton manager, and oversaw a solid win against Brentford to put his new charges into the FA Cup 5th Round draw.05/02/2022
Random acts of kindness
Paul Traill
At full-time, I was pretty dejected. I felt we had a good go and deserved better. It's pretty deflating to lose in that manner. I felt the players deserved more.23/01/2022
Ferguson gets fight but little finesse from struggling Everton
Lyndon Lloyd
A repeat of the passion and the high-octane football that delivered Duncan Ferguson a famous win against Chelsea two years ago wasn't enough today to earn a badly-needed win22/01/2022
No bounce for Ferguson as Everton are outplayed
Michael Kenrick
Duncan Ferguson's return to the dugout as caretaker manager got Everton playing a bit better but they were ultimately outplayed by a more tenacious Aston Villa at Goodison Park.22/01/2022
This Must Surely Be the End
Lyndon Lloyd
Benitez's time at Everton has been up for a while now; that Farhad Moshiri has waited this long to end this farce has merely sacrificed precious points and prolonged the fans' frustration. The former Liverpool boss surely cannot survive this.15/01/2022
Canaries Catastrophe the ultimate Benitez Humiliation
Michael Kenrick
A dreadful first half for Everton at Carrow Road made the second-half challenge ultimately impossible despite a brilliant Richarlison strike against the Premier League's bottom club Norwich City.15/01/2022
Blues make very hard work of the FA Cup 3rd Round
Michael Kenrick
It's the 3rd Round of the FA Cup and Everton are on the other side of the Pennines, up against Hull City at the MKM Stadium.08/01/2022
Floundering Benitez oversees another shambolic Goodison defeat
Lyndon Lloyd
A shambles at the back due to an inexplicable team selection motivated by the manager's spite rather than pragmatism, Everton succumbed to another defeat under Rafael Benitez who appears to have no idea how to organise this side into a winning outfit.02/01/2022
Another dismal result despite Gordon's brace
Michael Kenrick
Everton gave up another priceless 3 points when finally back in action again after an enforced break for the last 2½ weeks and three matches postponed as they lost to Brighton & Hove Albion at Goodison Park this afternoon.02/01/2022
Everton lambs defy the slaughter at Chelsea
Lyndon Lloyd
Amazingly, despite being thrown to the lions, a youthful Blues' team turned in one of the most pride-inspiring performances yet seen under Rafael Benitez and not only held the reigning European champions to a draw but with a bit more composure in the final third could have sprung the ultimate surprise and taken all three points16/12/2021
Everton youngsters hang tight for an excellent point at The Bridge
Michael Kenrick
Tonight Everton take on a title-chasing but Covid impacted Chelsea side while yet more injury problems could spell another difficult night for Rafael Benitez.16/12/2021
Open revolt against failing Benitez looms following yet another sorry defeat
Lyndon Lloyd
With another horrible defeat on the road, divisions opening up between the manager and some of the players and a widening disconnect between the fans and the club, Everton are sailing into some pretty treacherous waters under Rafael Benitez12/12/2021
A shocking defeat after it took Everton an hour to start playing
Michael Kenrick
Horrible tactics from Benitez saw Everton trying to defend from the off against a lively Palace side, conceding before halftime, and only playing forward after making subs on the hour mark; but they ended up gifting goals and throwing the game away.12/12/2021
Goodison taps Everton DNA to drag Blues to stirring win over Arsenal
Lyndon Lloyd
This was the Grand Old Lady at her most raucous; seething with a sense of injustice, the “bear pit†driving Everton forward and the team battling out a win by sheer force of the collective will of almost everyone in the building06/12/2021
Blues spirit digs out a fabulous win
Michael Kenrick
After two astounding marginal offside calls that denied Richarlison a brace of excellent finishes, he finally got an equalizer and Gray finished things off with a brilliant strike to win the game in added time.06/12/2021
The Deepening Gloom
Lyndon Lloyd
This painfully lopsided derby illustrated the extent to which these two clubs exist on different planes now but it also left the owner and the Board under no illusions of the frustration and fear that now exists among the fanbase01/12/2021
Blues' efforts humbled by Reds' quality
Michael Kenrick
A cold and windy night in Goodison Park but Everton go into the Goodison derby needing to turn up the heat a little on their local rivals... but they failed on the night pretty poorly to match their predatory goalscorers01/12/2021
That Sinking Feeling
Lyndon Lloyd
Depressingly, Brentford really were there for the taking had Everton been able to get their act together in the final third but with Rondon leading the line, Benitez's men were toothless28/11/2021
Blues sink to another simply atrocious defeat
Michael Kenrick
Everton head to the Capital for a fixture that has assumed enormous importance given the team's poor run of results that extended to no wins in six games with last weekend's defeat at Manchester City.28/11/2021
Pointless and Costly
Lyndon Lloyd
An utter formality of a match that ended up being little more than a training session for Guardiola's attackers21/11/2021
Abysmal display totally lacking in Rafa's 'intensity'
Michael Kenrick
Everton traveled to the Etihad Stadium to face Manchester City without Yerry Mina, André Gomes, Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Tom Davies and Abdoulaye Doucouré, the 2-0 loss being something of a foregone conclusion given their passive style of play.21/11/2021
The effort was there
Paul Traill
Despite the feeling that we should have won, we can't ignore that we could have lost. Mason Holgate, who had a dreadful 10 minutes, ceded possession which eventually resulted in Giovani Lo Celso curling at goal.07/11/2021
Spicy ending sees Everton hold on for a point
Michael Kenrick
Everton host Tottenham this weekend with the pressure mounting on Rafael Benitez and a team struggling to cope with injuries in key areas of the team07/11/2021
Everton's soft centre exploited again
Lyndon Lloyd
Evertonians will have taken a measure of encouragement from their team's second-half display at Molineux when the fight returned along with a good deal more cohesiveness and purpose but the first period won't be forgotten in a hurry01/11/2021
Blues almost come back from a dreadful first half
Michael Kenrick
Everton gave up another set-piece goal and a dreadful back-pass gift before they started playing properly and came very close to equalizing. But it is another loss that the Everton faithful will find hard to take.01/11/2021
Just Embarrassing
Lyndon Lloyd
Perhaps with a point to prove, Josh King ran riot for Watford, scoring on his return to Goodison Park to level things up in the first half and then completing his hat-trick as Everton utterly fell apart in the final quarter of an hour23/10/2021
A Sorry Tale of Two Substitutes?
Michael Kenrick
Or a tale of rank incompetence all over the field? Everton gifting Josh King (of all people) a ridiculous hat-trick that materialized immediately after Rafael Benitez had the barefaced audacity to bring on the utterly useless Iwobi, with Everton winning 2-1. You just could not make it up!23/10/2021
Handicapped by Iwobi and Rondon, Everton surrender their home record
Michael Kenrick
Everton welcome back David Moyes and his well-performing West Ham United team to Goodison Park for this afternoon's televised Premier League clash.17/10/2021
Benitez Effect Growing as Everton Claim Valuable Point
Lyndon Lloyd
Everton more than matched their much-fancied hosts and claimed a valuable draw at Old Trafford, a result that might have seemed beyond them on paper but which underlines the impressive work done by Benitez so far02/10/2021
Everton accept a draw in a game they should have won
Michael Kenrick
Everton travel to Old Trafford to face Manchester United with three key players still sidelined.02/10/2021
Second Gear Enough to Move Everton Past Struggling Canaries
Lyndon Lloyd
Everton did enough to get the job done in professional fashion without needing to move out of second gear to keep themselves up among the leaders25/09/2021
Blues not too troubled in poor game solidly won
Michael Kenrick
Everton's developing injury crisis at least had some good news ahead of today's Premier League game, with Lucas Digne back in training along with goalkeeper Jordan Pickford.25/09/2021
They'll Cancel it Before We Ever Win it
Lyndon Lloyd
An Evertonian of any pedigree knows there was nothing shocking about this result which sees the club out of the League Cup before autumn has really even begun.21/09/2021
Everton out of the EFL Cup on Penalties
Michael Kenrick
Everton twice came from behind against Queens Park Rangers in the 3rd Round of the Carabao Cup only to lose after an epic penalty shoot-out21/09/2021
Key absentees highlight difficulties for Benitez's shallow squad
Lyndon Lloyd
The seeds of this defeat were sown in a summer transfer window that left key positions in the squad short on depth. Nevertheless, the margins in this match were a lot finer than the final score suggests17/09/2028
James left at home as Bailey slaughters Everton
Michael Kenrick
Everton take their unbeaten start under Rafael Benitez to Villa Park for the late Saturday afternoon kick-off with a side that is devastated by further unexpected injuries but still with no James Rodriguez.18/09/2021
Everton keep the ghosts of Ancelotti's tenure at bay with another impressive comeback
Lyndon Lloyd
Credit Benitez, his players or the supporters — all three, probably — but there is a fire and a resilience about this version of Everton that has emerged in the face of adversity.13/09/2021
Benitez masterminds another stunning come-back win
Michael Kenrick
Everton's 2021-22 season resumed under the lights at Goodison Park tonight with Rafael Benitez engineering a wonderful win after going behind to a difficult and belligerent Burnley side.13/09/2021
Green shoots of optimism as Benitez's Blues comfortably see off Brighton
Lyndon Lloyd
This was as professional and comfortable an away performance as you could hope for and it extended Rafael Benitez's unbeaten start as the Blues' boss to four matches28/08/2021
Consummate predation steals the Seagulls' chips
Michael Kenrick
Everton pulled off a very fine win on the south coast to end Brighton & Hove Albion's tremendous start to the season.28/08/2021
Back In Town
Paul Traill
Credit to Rafa Benitez who substituted pro-actively and carved out the opportunity which put us into the hat for Round 325/08/2021
Everton so close to passing first true away test in 18 months
Lyndon Lloyd
After 18 long months of almost exclusively empty stadia, away days are back, with all the challenges and that intimidation that come with it. Everton came close to passing the test at Leeds but will rue some slack defending and missed chances.21/08/2021
Everton surrender a winning lead twice at Elland Road
Michael Kenrick
Everton played a difficult game very well to get ahead twice only to end up drawing at Elland Road.21/08/2021
A Feeling You Just Can”t Buy
Paul Traill
And just like that, we're back, almost as if we've never been away.15/08/2021
Richarlison's gold-plated heroics rescue a dreadful start
Michael Kenrick
Everton's 2021-22 Premier League campaign kicked off with the visit of Southampton as Rafael Benitez took charge of his first competitive match at Goodison Park in front of a full house and produced a magnificent comeback win.14/08/2021
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