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On This Day – October 31st 1962
This was Everton’s first foray into European football and the Blues were 1-0 ahead after the first leg courtesy of a Dennis Stevens backheader from a Billy Bingham. In a bad tempered affair, Alex Young almost made it 2-0 but his header struck the underside of the bar and stayed out. Dunfermline were then managed […]
On This Day – October 30th 2016
After four games of the 2016-17 season, Everton were unbeaten and stood in second place in the Premier League table on 13 points, two behind leaders Manchester City. A 1-0 loss at Bournemouth and a 2-1 defeat by Burnley coupled with draws at Manchester City and at home to Crystal Palace (not to mention the […]
On This Day – October 29th 1977
Amongst the spectators for this eight-goal-thriller were England manager Ron Greenwood and his Scotland counterpart Ally McCoist. Greenwood would no doubt have been impressed by the prolific Bob Latchford who scored two goals – en route to finishing the season with thirty in total and winning a £10,000 prize from the Daily Express as a […]
On This Day – October 28th 1978
This was the famous derby match in which Andy King’s superb strike from the edge of the area gave Everton their first victory in the clash of the Merseyside titans since 1971. It was also the first time in five years that the two teams emerged from the tunnel on to the pitch together, Martin […]
On This Day – October 27th 1984
‘Blues Rap Out Title Warning’ was the headline in the Football Echo after Everton had taken apart a Manchester United side which had been installed as title favourites with several bookmakers. The win took Howard Kendall’s side to within two points of League leaders Arsenal, who had been beaten 3-1 at West Ham. Having defeated […]
On This Day – October 26th 2014
Roberto Martinez became Everton manager in June 2013 and in his first season the Blues finished fifth in the table with a club record Premier League points tally of 72. The 2014-15 campaign, though, was to be less successful and coming into this clash with Burnley, the Toffees were in the bottom half of the […]
On This Day – October 25th 1986
Having been first choice goalkeeper for 27 games, including May’s FA Cup Final loss to Liverpool, while Neville Southall was out with an injured ankle, Bobby Mimms put in a transfer request after being dropped in favour of the fit-again Welshman for this game. Howard Kendall refused to sanction a move at that time but […]
On This Day – October 24th 1984
Having struggled to see off the minnows of University College Dublin in the previous round, Everton then faced Czech-side Inter Bratislava in what would ultimately be a glorious European Cup-Winners’ Cup campaign. An early Paul Bracewell header was enough to settle the first leg which the Blues largely controlled without threatening too much to add […]
On This Day – October 23rd 2011
With both sides struggling in the wrong half of the table, two injury-time goals gave the Blues victory at Craven Cottage, ending a run of three successive defeats – 2-0 away to Manchester City, 0-2 at home to Liverpool and 3-1 at Stamford Bridge. Royston Drenthe, on-loan from Real Madrid, gave David Moyes’ side the […]
On This Day – October 22nd 1955
This game marked the first return to Goodison Park of former fans’ favourite Dave Hickson after his summer transfer to Aston Villa and the ‘Cannonball Kid’ as he was known was made captain for the day, receiving a rousing reception from the bumper home crowd of over 55,000. It was Everton who struck first after […]