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2021-22 Match Reports

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

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 missed
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 zone
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

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

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

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 League
06/04/2022

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

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 themselves
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 up
07/03/2022

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 City
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

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 Park
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 term
08/02/2022

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

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 win
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

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

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 points
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 Benitez
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 building
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 fanbase
01/12/2021

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 toothless
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 attackers
21/11/2021

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 hurry
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 hour
23/10/2021

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 far
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 leaders
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

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 suggests
17/09/2028

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

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 matches
28/08/2021

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

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