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On This Day – September 30th 1986
Not content with beating Everton in the FA Cup Final and edging the Blues in the race to be Division One champions, in 1986 Liverpool also hammered Howard Kendall’s side in the Final of the Screen Sport Super Cup, coming out on top by an aggregate of 7-2 with Ian Rush, who else, scoring five […]
On This Day – September 29th 1984
These teams had shared eight goals at Vicarage Road the season before and it wasn’t long before the ball hit the back of the net, Reilly nodding home for the hosts on fifteen minutes. Three goals in twelve minutes just after the half-hour mark then turned the game on its head and Adrian Heath had […]
On This Day – September 28th 2003
Everton legend Peter Reid was the manager of struggling Leeds United as they were hammered 4-0 by David Moyes’ side, with Steve Watson grabbing a hat-trick. The visitors had suffered a 4-0 reverse in their previous away game against Leicester and they were soon on the backfoot again, with the Blues’ new signing James McFadden […]
On This Day – September 27th 2014
Coming into the first Merseyside derby of the 2014-15 season, both teams were languishing in mid-table, with Liverpool 12th on 7 points from 6 games and the Blues 13th on 6 points from 6 games. There had been an incredible League Cup game at Anfield a few days earlier in which Brendan Rogers side drew […]
On This Day – September 26th 1964
A tremendous away victory at St Andrews in an eight-goal thriller but, having swept into a 0-4 lead just after half-time, the Blues were ultimately made to fight all the way for the points by Birmingham City. Everton opened the scoring on 26 minutes and though Fred Pickering was the last player to touch the […]
On This Day – September 25th 1976
Defences were mostly on top in this dour encounter, with First Division newcomers Bristol City generally giving as good as they got. But seventeen minutes from time, Martin Dobson’s header was deflected by Gerry Gow over City ‘keeper Ray Cashley to give the Blues the lead and two minutes from time, Bob Latchford made the […]
On This Day – September 24th 1996
We all know how poor Everton’s record is in the League Cup, never having won the competition in its sixty years of existence and with only two appearances in the Final – against Aston Villa in 1977 and Liverpool in 1984. Along the way, there have been numerous exits to teams from lower divisions, as […]
On This Day – September 23rd 2017
Everton manager Roberto Martinez signed Oumar Niasse at the end of the January transfer window in 2016 for £13.5 million from Lokomotiv Moscow, with the 25-year-old penning a four-and-a-half-year deal. During that time, Everton’s managerial merry-go-round would see five permanent managers appointed and two caretakers – what a mess! The move didn’t really work out […]
On This Day – September 22nd 2012
Everton began the 2012-13 season in fine style by beating Manchester United 1-0 in the first game of the campaign, Marouane Fellaini scoring. The Blues than defeated Aston Villa 3-1 away, thanks to first half-half goals by Steven Pienaar, Fellaini again and Nicica Jelavic, before suffering a 2-0 reverse at West Brom. An injury-time equaliser […]
On This Day – September 21st 2013
A hard-fought win for Everton against a West Ham side then managed by Sam Allardyce, with the Blues coming from behind twice to take all three points. The Hammers went ahead on 31 minutes after a shot from Ravel Morrison was deflected off Phil Jagielka, leaving Tim Howard stranded. Blues’ boss Roberto Martinez changed things […]