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Brilliant Alcaraz header seals fantastic win over Newcastle
Newcastle Utd 0 - 1 Everton
Michael Kenrick
Everton notched up a superb win at Champions League chasing Newcastle Utd, Charly Alcaraz scoring a brilliant headed goal25/05/2025
Ndiaye double marks the end for Goodison Park
Everton 2 - 0 Southampton
Michael Kenrick
Everton got off to a fantastic start in the final ever men's senior game at Goodison Park, with Ndiaye taking command and firing an unstoppable shot past Ramsdale to give them the lead after just 6 minutes.18/05/2025
When London Skies are Blue
Fulham 1 - 3 Everton
Danny O’Neill
An absolutely fantastic away day. And not just the result. I gave Man of the Match to Michael Keane but our supporters never cease to amaze me.11/05/2025
Fantastic second-half turnaround secures Blues win at The Cottage
Fulham 1 - 3 Everton
Michael Kenrick
After a really poor first half where a strange Everton line-up had allowed Marco Silva's Fulham to take the lead, a much more competitive second half saw Everton take all the points at Craven Cottage in the glorious spring sunshine.10/05/2025
From My Armchair: Tractor Obstruction
Everton 2 - 2 Ipswich Town
Danny O’Neill
We sounded lively from the start but it quickly descended into a typical end-of-season encounter. The supporters became subdued and the players were going through the motions.04/05/2025
Relegated Tractor Boys spoil the penultimate Goodison party
Everton 2 - 2 Ipswich Town
Michael Kenrick
The penultimate game at Goodison Park should have been a celebratory bonanza with the 1878 Group pulling out all the stops to memorialise the Grand Old Lady … but The Tractor Boys had other ideas above their station.03/05/2025
A Bridge Too Far: Black and Yellows Edged By Chelsea in the South West London Sun
Chelsea 1 - 0 Everton
Danny O’Neill
27/04/2025
Too little too late: Sanchez denies Everton's rearguard action
Chelsea 1 - 0 Everton
Michael Kenrick
Everton thought they'd done well by limiting Chelsea to just one goal in an awful first half where no glove was raised, but David Moyes finally put on the players needed to challenge — and they might have won late on but for two fine stops by Sanchez.26/04/2025
Moyes finally gets a schooling on how to win a tight game
Everton 0 - 2 Manchester City
Michael Kenrick
Everton’s resolute defence against the current Champions and financial pariars Manchester City was final broken after Moyes’s subs seemed to backfire.19/04/2025
Smash and grab in the 94th minute wins it for dogged Blues
Nottingham Forest 0 - 1 Everton
Michael Kenrick
Everton faced a difficult test on Saturday when they took on Nottingham Forest at the City Ground…12/04/2025
Jaded Everton Can't Outgun Arsenal
Everton 1 - 1 Arsenal
Danny O’Neill
Arsenal had the better quality players and controlled much of the play, but rarely threatened. In the second half, we came out and gave it more of a go with the match becoming end-to-end.06/04/2025
A soft penalty gives Everton another point
Everton 1 - 1 Arsenal
Michael Kenrick
After giving up a pretty soft goal in the first half, Everton were gifted an even softer penalty that Ndiaye converted just after the break to earn another point in Moyes's perennial battle to avoid relegation.05/04/2025
Beaten but not Down
Liverpool 1 - 0 Everton
Danny O’Neill
In summary, there wasn't much in this one, but a reminder that we need change in the playing staff. We'll get the points needed, but to move forward, a long summer of decisions is needed.03/04/2025
Unbeaten run extended at the death by O'Brien
Everton 1 - 1 West Ham Utd
Michael Kenrick
Everton narrowly avoided the Manager of tha Month curse as David Moyes's old team almost took all 3 point s away from Goodison Park.15/03/2025
Another draw sees Everton extend unbeaten run
Wolves 1 - 1 Everton
Michael Kenrick
Everton came through a difficult and competitive televised encounter at Molineux unbeaten for an 8th game, preserving the 10-point gap between the sides.08/03/2025
Everton Women beat Aston Villa 2-0 at Villa Park
Anjishnu Roy
Goals from Maren Mjelde and Honoka Hayashi on either side of the half-time break helped Everton defeat Aston Villa in the Women’s Super League.02/03/2025
Resilient Blues Sting Back at the Gtech
Brentford 1 - 1 Everton
Danny O’Neill
Everton had sold out the away allocation weeks ago, but there is always a way and I joined as a Bees member to get a couple of home tickets27/02/2025
O'Brien saves a point as Beto squanders three
Brentford 1 - 1 Everton
Michael Kenrick
Beto's goalscoring prowess deserted him tonight and it came down to Jake O'Brien to rescue a point at Brentford with a very fine diving header.26/02/2025
Blues cheated of a late win in shocking penalty reversal
Everton 2 - 2 Manchester United
Michael Kenrick
The late reversal of an obvious penalty call by the referee for Everton will forever blight the memory of this game after a tremendous first half that saw Everton go into what should have been an unassailable 2-0 lead at half-time.22/02/2025
Everton Women go down 2-1 to Chelsea after late strike from Lauren James
Anjishnu Roy
Everton are ninth in the Women’s Super League table with 13 points from 14 games.17/02/2025
Beto’s Brace sets up Everton for third consecutive win
Everton 4 – 0 Leicester City
Michael Kenrick
Everton take on fellow strugglers Leicester City at Goodison Park, with David Moyes forced to make changes to the side that started at Brighton due to injuries to two more first-choice players.01/02/2025
Seagulls, Added Time and a Blast from the Past at the AMEX as the Black Watch hang On
Danny O’Neill
A random observation, like Liverpool, there are plenty of seagulls to greet you on arrival at Brighton, but they seem to be a different species and less aggressive.27/01/2025
Brilliant 10-man defence seals fantastic win at Brighton
Brighton & Hove Albion 0 - 1 Everton
Michael Kenrick
Iliman Ndiaye scored a very fine penalty to give Everton 3 points that they defended brilliantly – reduced to 10 men for the last 17 minutes25/01/2025
Where Have You Been? Everton Earn Their Spurs
Danny O’Neill
I left Goodison with a bounce in my stride and a smile on my face. But not without a scare,20/01/2025
Fine goals awaken Old Lady as Blues hang on for precious win
Everton 3 - 2 Tottenham Hotspur
Michael Kenrick
Everton came out of the traps and scored two excellent goals, to go in 3-0 at the break, but allowed Spurs to come close after Richarlison scored their second in added time.19/01/2025
No new manager bounce after Watkins goal
Everton 0 - 1 Aston Villa
Michael Kenrick
David Moyes came up short in his first test as the new Everton manager as Aston Villa stole all the points from Goodison Park.15/01/2025
Tentative, disjointed, scrappy and costly… but Everton win through
Everton 2 - 0 Peterborough Utd
Michael Kenrick
Sean Dyche is finally gone, and there's suddenly a fresh new feel about the Old Lady as it hosts its last FA Cup campaign, starting with this 3rd Round tie against The Posh09/01/2025
Forest deliver hard lesson to goalless Blues
Everton 0 - 2 Nottm Forest
Michael Kenrick
Everton ended 2024 with their third home defeat of the season so far as Nottingham Forest’s remarkable run of form continued with a fairly comfortable victory at Goodison Park.29/12/2024
Another top draw thanks to Pickford's brilliant penalty save
Manchester City 1 - 1 Everton
Michael Kenrick
Everton’s final away fixture of 2024 is a trip to The Etihad to face a wounded and reeling Manchester City who have lost nine of the last 12 games in all competitions.26/12/2024
Brilliant low-block exposition by Dyche's stalwarts
Arsenal 0 - 0 Everton
Michael Kenrick
Everton travel to the Capital to face Mikel Arteta's title-chasing Arsenal.14/12/2024
Goals aplenty for Blues but not for Calvert-Lewin
Everton 4 - 0 Wolves
Michael Kenrick
It's a midweek crunch 6-pointer as Everton take on fellow strugglers Wolves under the lights at Goodison Park04/12/2024
Dreadful deficiencies destroy Dyche's dogged defenders
Manchester United 4 - 0 Everton
Michael Kenrick
Everton surrendered four goals after a promising start at Old Trafford where Beto failed to take his chances.01/12/2024
Missed chances cost the Blues
Danny O’Neill
For the first half an hour of the match, we played okay, but it quickly descended into a drab match between two poor teams. It had an inevitability about it.25/11/2024
Manifest incompetence in the final third against 10-man Bees
Everton 0 - 0 Brentford
Michael Kenrick
Everton huffed and puffed but could not score despite Brentford being reduced to 10 men at Goodison Park this afternoon.23/11/2024
Stalemate ensured by late Pickford wonder save
West Ham United 0 - 0 Everton
Michael Kenrick
Everton travel to the London Stadium this weekend to face fellow strugglers West Ham, with Jarrad Branthwaite finally selected to start.09/11/2024
Blunt... to all of this
Southampton 1 - 0 Everton
Paul Traill
The football isn't pretty but, come on, we shouldn't have lost that. We shouldn't have even drawn it.03/11/2024
South Coast Blues
Southampton 1 - 0 Everton
Danny O’Neill
Another week, another disappointing performance. It isn’t always about the result, but you want to be entertained and see the team perform.03/11/2024
Saints sucker-punch sinks sorry Toffees
Southampton 1 - 0 Everton
Michael Kenrick
Everton failed to create many real chances and allowed a rapid Southampton counter to win the game after Beto saw his close-range header smack the face of the bar02/11/2024
Young and Beto combine to steal a late point after Iwobi scores
Everton 1 - 1 Fulham
Michael Kenrick
Everton took on former boss Marco Silva and his half-decent Fulham under the lights, with Beto stealing a very late goal after Alex Iwobi had given them the lead.26/10/2024
Fun trip to Ipswich
Ipswich Town 0 - 2 Everton
Paul Traill
There were times in the second half when we looked very good, an excellent shape and we brought the ball forward well and played good football.20/10/2024
Two fantastic strikes secure Everton's first away win
Ipswich Town 0 - 2 Everton
Michael Kenrick
Everton put in an excellent performance at Portman Road to secure heir first away win of the season with a fine win over Ipswich Town19/10/2024
Blues hold out against the Magpies
Everton 0 - 0 Newcastle Utd
Danny O’Neill
It wasn’t pretty to watch and arguably Newcastle should have won that. But we got a result and ground out a valuable point through dogged resilience07/10/2024
Everton hard to beat as Pickford saves Gordon's penalty
Everton 0 - 0 Newcastle Utd
Michael Kenrick
Doucoure had a goal ruled out for marginal offside before Goodison Park revelled in Anthony Gordon's penalty miss in this stalemate against Newcastle United05/10/2024
A sense of déjà vu
Everton 2 - 1 Crystal Palace
Dave Williams
I thought it was so similar to the 3-2 win over them a couple of years ago; our first half was dreadful but we then came on strong after the break, scored the goals we needed, then shut up shop.29/09/2024
McNeil brace produces perfect response to a poor first half
Everton 2 - 1 Crystal Palace
Michael Kenrick
Everton are back at Goodison Park to host Crystal Palace in the first of two back-to-back home games that they hope will finally yield a first Premier League win of the season.28/09/2024
Wardrobe Malfunction
Leicester 1 - 1 Everton
Paul Traill
That last 10 minutes were nerve-wracking to the extreme, so it’s a positive we showed good resilience to hold on.22/09/2024
So Close… It's Coming
Leicester City 1 - 1 Everton
Danny O’Neill
We could have and should have won that. But we’re off the mark and have a point. In different circumstances, an away point would be welcome.22/09/2024
Everton hang on desperately for a point off the Foxes
Leicester City 1 - 1 Everton
Michael Kenrick
Everton travel to the King Power Stadium this weekend for what is an important fixture despite how early it is in the season but Sean Dyche’s squad continues to be stretched.21/09/2024
Young's penalty saved to end Everton's cup run
Everton 1 - 1 So'ton [5-6 on pens]
Michael Kenrick
A much changed Everton side struggled for large periods of a difficult game against Southampton at Goodison Park before Young saw the 6th Everton penalty saved.17/09/2024
Villains Overcome Everton's Early Lead
Aston Villa 3 - 2 Everton
Danny O’Neill
They say lightning never strikes twice. Well, it did. Different circumstances, but it felt the same.15/09/2024
Everton achieve the impossible, squandering another two-goal lead
Aston Villa 3 - 2 Everton
Michael Kenrick
Everton achieved the impossible, squandering another 2-goal lead they had built up to shock Aston Villa, only to progressively collapse, with huge opportunities to win the game squandered by Calvert-Lewin14/09/2024
Blues squander tremendous lead allowing three late goals in catastrophic collapse
Everton 2 - 3 Bournemouth
Michael Kenrick
Everton looked like a different side as Ndiaye and Iroegbunam inspired a tremendous performance that gave them a 2-0 lead with 3 minutes to go. But three tremendous crosses saw three ridiculous goals given up in the last 10 minutes to turn the game on its head.31/08/2024
Everton secure comfortable win over Doncaster Rovers
Everton 3 - 0 Doncaster Rovers
Michael Kenrick
Sean Dyche includes the three new summer signings yet to be handed their full Everton debuts in the team to face Doncaster Rovers in the Carabao Cup while Seamus Coleman and James Garner return following injury.27/08/2024
Painful at the Lane
Tottenham Hotspur 4 - 0 Everton
Danny O'Neill
There’s no getting away from it, we were dreadful, and it was a painful watch. Tottenham bossed the midfield with ease and battered our flanks, giving the full-backs a torrid time by stretching the pitch.25/08/2024
Spurs onslaught compounded by woeful Pickford errors
Tottenham Hotspur 4 - 0 Everton [90+5']
Michael Kenrick
Everton’s first away game of the 2024-25 season is a difficult one at Tottenham Hotspur with rookie Roman Dixon getting his debut at right-back24/08/2024
Just the Start — A Long Way to Go
Everton 0 - 3 Brighton
Danny O'Neill
Disappointing result, but it’s one game with 37 more to go. Don’t write us off just yet. It’s a long season and there’s a long way to go.18/08/2024
Bright start descends into miserable farce
Everton 0 - 3 Brighton & Hove Albion
Michael Kenrick
Everton began their final season at Goodison Park with a lively start against Brighton & Hove Albion but an early goal disallowed was just the beginning of a ridiculous descent into laughable farce with everything going wrong that could.17/08/2024
Bella Ciao, Giallorossi
Everton 1 - 1 Roma
Danny O'Neill
Danny reports on his day trip to Goodison Park's last pre-season friendly.11/08/2024
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