Both sad and uplifting to read that. Reminds me of the Chelsea away game this season. I was there with my 17yo and @arch stanton . We were in a London pub before the game , full of Everton, and this group of young lads started giving it big...
Going into this game we still had a genuine chance of qualifying for a European competition.
We needed a professional and win at all costs attitude for the whole game but approached it like a pre-season friendly.
Players bringing their kids on...
Sobering thought. We ended the game today with a back four of a right back who played alongside sylvain distin. How long ago is that. The two Burnley centre halves from 10 years ago. And a left back who lets be honest if playing for Stoke nobody...
Because if theres no hope in football then theres no point in supporting a team in the first place is there.
The whole industry is built on the hope of the supporters
Since the end of the Second World War - 81 years - this club has won 8 trophies. And half of them were in a golden period between 1984 and 1987. And here we are - in 2026 - debating whether it’s worth qualifying for 2 supposedly winnable Cups...
Harold Wilson was defo a blue.
I had a cousin who won a competition when he was a kid in Huyton when he drew a caricature likeness of Harold and got a prize off him. It was round the '68 final v WBA and he was saying he was a blue and going the...
This is exactly where Everton continuously punch us in the stomach, these games.
Out of form teams, missing players, playing for nothing, havent scored this season, opposing team squad ran a marathon 3 hours before kick off, No manager, lost 9...