What's your favourite finish to an Everton match?

[Prevenger17]

Excuse my memory banks, have since added the Gosling and Rooney goals.

The thunderbolt from Jags was a super strike. But I thought we were so poor in that game that it barely warrants a mention. It was a relief rather than a celebration.

What I liked about it was that there was zero expectation of a goal. We applied very little pressure and we were generally muck and then all of a sudden... I went absolutely Super Saiyan that day.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

I was going initially for the Radzinski one against Saints, but the list you've mentioned has really jogged some memories, and some cracking ones at that. Great thread

 

[neil999]

gotta be wimbledon, 2-0 contemplating relegation..horrendous

 

[Sheedy's right knee.]

Matt Jacksons screamer against Bristol City late on, in our FA Cup winning year.

 

[Chozz]

gotta be wimbledon, 2-0 contemplating relegation..horrendous

Watched that one as a 14yr old on RTE in Ireland, for some reason the match was on a 30 minute delayed transmission. I remember at 2-1 down with 60 mins gone, I looked at my watch which read 4.45pm - it was a bizarre feeling knowing that the match was almost over in real time. I couldn't bring myself to look up teletext, it might reveal our doom. So by continuing to watch the delayed game, we were still in with a chance in my mind, even though our fate had been sealed! Thankfully I stuck with it til the end. Although the match fixing allegations which followed did sour the taste...

 

[Deleted member 24970]

What about Duncan Feguson vs United, glancing header at the Gwladys street end ?

 

[blulouie]

Man utd 3-3 for me.
Seated behind the Gwladys st goal....the place just erupted.
Fantastic memories. ...great post by the way.

 

[bigbadjeff]

Has anyone here ever had a happy ending at an Everton match?
Purely for reference and research purposes you understand. LOL

 

[Chozz]

What about Duncan Feguson vs United, glancing header at the Gwladys street end ?

I think he scored around the hour mark in that one. Although it was an exciting finish with the multi ball system removed towards the end, and Neville seeing red.

 

[WA Toffee]

Last season (or was it the season before?) 2-2 against the RS.
They thought they had scored a late winner, and Gerrard did the full 60 yard dash and knee slide only for it to be disallowed.
Almost as much fun as a late winner for Everton

 

[Eggs]

.....there were so many cup finals and semi finals in the mid-80s that I get confused but I was at Villa Park when Sheedy or was it Mountfield or Sharp got a very late one for us - perhaps it was all of them and they were different games. Happy times.

 

[Darth Toffeeman]

Any last minute winners are memorable. We scored 2 in injury time against Birmingham too.

Knocking Liverpool out of the cup was amazing, especially as Benitez was busy deciding on his pen takers at the time.
The two goals against Spurs where amazing from defeat to victory in a minute.
The AJ goal v Arsenal was so deserved that day. We had battered them all match and they looked to have stole a point until the very last seconds.
Rooney breaking Arsenal's unbeaten run spectacularly.
The Wimbledon game is the greatest comeback since the 66 final, but there was still 10mins to go.

All of the above hold a special place in my Everton archive of great moments

 

[mrb85]

.....there were so many cup finals and semi finals in the mid-80s that I get confused but I was at Villa Park when Sheedy or was it Mountfield or Sharp got a very late one for us - perhaps it was all of them and they were different games. Happy times.

That would get my vote. It was against Luton, a few days after we'd got the 0-0 draw in Munich in the ECWC semi. Sheedy scored an equaliser in the last minute of normal time after we'd been outplayed. Mountfield headed in the winner in extra time. We played lots of semis at Villa Park. Sharp scored in the one against Sheff Wed I think.

 

[vagant59]

What about Duncan Feguson vs United, glancing header at the Gwladys street end ?

THE STREET just erupted, fantastic atmosphere. I was holding my youngest lad when that went in and he ended up in someone else's arms

 

[DrEFC]

With the upcoming trip to Southampton, a fond memory of a last minute equaliser by Marcus Bent comes to mind. I also seem to recall the camera panning to that twitchy scrot faced pug Harry Redknapp, as you could actually see his heart break and face drop even further, if that's even possible. The memory cogs started churning and another sweet memory of Radzinski lashing in a late brace against the same opponents popped into my head.

So it got me thinking, what were some of my favourite climaxes, it can sometimes be that good, to Everton matches? In my lifetime I've had the misfortune of only being a kid during the 80s and not getting the full satisfaction of any kind of tangible suçcess in the subsequent years. And living in Ireland, most matches are from tv viewing. But we've all witnessed a certain game, when the ending left you with a euphoric feeling, whether it was live at Goodison, or watching alone in a far flung part of the world as strangers in a bar stare at your celebrations with confusion and bewilderment.

I watched the comeback against Utd on my laptop via a dodgy stream in a hotel lobby in Montreal at 8am. The game froze on me with the score at 1-3. I was just about to pack up when suddenly it returned with us on a counter attack led by Phil Jagielka and the scoreline reading 3-3. To say I was confused would be an understatement. But now I was on my feet screaming at the screen. As the game finished I still wasnt sure what happened, but there were a number of guests and staff growing concerned and staring at me.

The draw with Spurs was another I remember, where it seemed a classic Everton incident of coming back from 2-0 down only to concede a last minute penalty. As Hibbert bundled Palacios over I let out an expletive version of Victor Meldrew at the top of my voice. This time I was in a bar in Phuket, where the locals just cheered and oooohed at any goals. I spied a Spurs fan fist pumping in the corner. Boy was I happy to see the smile wiped off his smug face when Defoe had his spot kick saved.

Personally my favourite was probably the last gasp winner by Andy Johnson in the snow vs Arsenal. Probably because I was actually there. I remember the place just exploding when it went in. Everyone was embracing and the atmosphere was electric. Despite the unseasonal weather we all left Goodison with a warm feeling.

Clearly there are many more from our history, but I can only talk about the games I have seen, so whats yours?

I put the gosling one, but yeah AJ's in the hail.. It was something else being there.. Plus had a few arsenal uni mates in the away end to help 'cheer up' on the way home