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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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 goalscorers
01/12/2021

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

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

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 team
07/11/2021

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

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

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

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

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-out
21/09/2021

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

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

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

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

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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