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On This Day – October 21st 1989
This emphatic win over the reigning champions Arsenal – who had won the title so dramatically at Anfield on the last day of the previous season – took Everton to the top of the Division One table. Chances came and went at both ends in the first half but it was Colin Harvey’s side who […]
On This Day – October 20th 1984
This was the famous derby match – the 131st between the two illustrious clubs – in which Graeme Sharp scored the glorious goal which gave Everton their first win at Anfield since 1970 and set the Blues firmly on the road to the best season in the club’s history. The game seemed set fair for […]
On This Day – October 19th 2002
This was the game in which 16-year-old Wayne Rooney came off the bench to announce himself to the football world, scoring a sensational last-minute goal (his first in the Premier League) and ending Arsenal’s 30-game unbeaten run in the process. Coming in to the match, the Gunners were top of the table while Everton were […]
On This Day – October 18th 1997
Coming into the first Merseyside derby of the season, Everton were languishing in the relegation places with eight points from nine games, having lost five matches already, and had suffered a midweek 4-1 League Cup hammering at Coventry City. Liverpool had not been setting the world alight, either, but had beaten Chelsea 4-2 in their […]
On This Day – October 17th 1931
It had been a rollercoaster few years for Everton fans. In season 1927-28, the Blues were crowned Division One champions and Dixie Dean set his surely unbreakable record of 60 League goals, but two years later the team was relegated before bouncing back to the top-flight at the first attempt. Both these teams were flying […]
On This Day – October 16th 2004
Everton made a great start to the 2004-05 season, with six wins in their opening nine games after this success over Southampton, leaving them third in the table on 19 points, though that was still six behind leaders Arsenal who were unbeaten in this campaign after going through all 38 games in 2003-04 without losing. […]
On This Day – October 15th 1966
Just a few months after the dramatic FA Cup Final which saw Everton come from two goals down to beat Sheffield Wednesday 3-2, the two teams met again in this League encounter at a very wet Goodison Park. It was the man who scored the winning goal at Wembley that day who was central to […]
On This Day – October 14th 1972
Season 1972-73 was to be the last with Harry Catterick as Everton manager with the memories of the League title success just two years earlier fading quickly. The Blues had started the campaign brightly and before this game were fourth in the League table, one place above Don Revie’s side and three points behind leaders […]
On This Day – October 13th 1894
This was an historic day as it saw the first-ever Merseyside derby and such was the anticipation amongst the local population that the match broke the previous gate receipt record of £735 (for a match against Preston two seasons earlier) with a grand total of £1026! The Liverpool Mercury newspaper speculated that for a sum […]
On This Day – October 12th 1960
This was Everton’s first ever match in the newly-established Football League Cup and the draw pitched them against a relatively local team from the fourth division, Accrington Stanley. A crowd of over 18,000 gathered to watch the game under the Goodison floodlights and it was Frank Wignall who opened the scoring for the home side […]