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Depleted Everton begin the busy festive season with a home match against leaders Arsenal on Saturday night. This game was always circled in the calendar as being the first without Idrissa Gueye and Iliman Ndiaye, who have now departed for AFCON. But their loss is compounded by an increasing injury list. Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall is the […]
Everton are into their holiday gauntlet as they host Arsenal after stumbling away at Chelsea last weekend. The Toffees – like many other teams – have lost two key players to the Africa Cup of Nations for the next month or so. With Idrissa Gueye and Iliman Ndiaye missing now, things did get worse for […]
The Wait Goes On David Moyes ended one personal hoodoo a few weeks ago, via ten-man Everton’s valiant 1-0 win over Manchester United at Old Trafford, and also secured a first ever league win for the club at the Vitality Stadium against AFC Bournemouth eight days later. Thus, it was with renewed optimism that the […]
Once again on Friday, Paul Tait’s young Everton Under-21s team had the opportunity to play under the lights at Goodison Park on what is traditionally known as Mad Friday. The weather was not quite as bad as it had been but being this close to holiday season may have kept some spectators away as last-minute […]
Your daily dose of Everton news and rumours The NBC crew previews Everton’s match against Arsenal tomorrow. [NBC] Ahead of the match, re-live Mikel Arteta’s historic time with the Blues. [AFC] Looks like the Blues will be without KDH for a short while. “I’m happy to be part of the team. When you’re not playing, it’s difficult […]
Your daily dose of Everton news and rumours Brave Evertonian Georgie enjoyed a Christmas surprise he will never forget when he was greeted at school by Jack Grealish after a heartbreaking period in the youngster’s life. Everton could consider a sensational swap deal between The Friedkin Group’s AS Roma involving strikers Artem Dovbyk (Vitaliy Mykolenko’s Ukraine international […]
Your daily dose of Everton news and rumours ICYMI: Everton Under-21s complete the comeback against PSV in a 3-2 thriller. [RBM] Catch the full highlights below. “I wouldn’t be letting [James Garner] go and I think the Club will do everything they can to make sure that he stays…I’m not sure many clubs have been after many […]
On a cold winter’s night, under the magical lights of Goodison Park, we witnessed what had looked like an unlikely 3-2 comeback that paid homage to some of the truly great and memorable comebacks with that same scoreline. OK, it was nothing like the same importance of course as that Palace victory or the Wimbledon […]
Your daily dose of Everton news and rumours James Garner says he will embrace the challenge of adding more leadership to Everton’s midfield in the absence of teammate Idrissa Gana Gueye: “I think [playing as a senior midfielder] comes quite naturally, to be fair. I’m quite a quiet leader. I’ve been captain pretty much every single place […]
Brian Sorensen told his Everton Women side that they must lift their heads and realise that they are playing against quality opposition as the Toffees ended the year with defeat at home to Arsenal. A goal-laden 240 seconds started when Katie McCabe fired the Gunners in front on 11 minutes only for the hosts to […]
Your daily dose of Everton news and rumours Everton fall to Chelsea 2-0. Here’s how it happened. [RBM] Watch the highlights below. “We’ll need to just weigh it [Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall’s injury] up. We took Jimmy [Garner] off at the end – he played as well as anyone on the pitch – but I just couldn’t afford him […]
Before a ball was kicked, Everton were sitting two places and one point behind Chelsea in the Premier League table. Coming into the match, Chelsea had won only one match in their last five, with Everton recording four wins. However, today, Everton made the trip 222 mile trip to another stadium that has caused Everton […]
Live Blog Fulltime Thoughts – Everton are well-beaten at Chelsea 2-0. The Toffees have only themselves to blame as their Stamford Bridge curse lives on for another year. 90+4’ – Everton’s poor finishing once again coming back to haunt them as they lose once again at Stamford Bridge. Frustrating game to lose. There’s the final […]
Live Blog Halftime Thoughts – All the wind taken out of Everton’s sails there. The Toffees spurned their chances, while the hosts had a couple of good ones and took advantage. Finishing is everything. 45+3’ – Halftime whistle, there were three minutes added on. 2-0 to Chelsea at the break, Palmer and Gusto with very […]
Starting Lineups Everton – No surprises here, Gueye comes back into the XI with Garner alongside him. Chelsea – Maresca has Fofana available. Match Preview This brave and bold new Everton have an opportunity to banish another unsightly record this weekend when they travel to Stamford Bridge to take on Chelsea. This ground has been […]
Last weekend’s resounding 3-0 victory over Nottingham Forest carried Everton to the heady heights of seventh in the Premier League table, after 15 games. The team’s fourth win from five has spirits high, encouraging many fans to dream of what-may-be this season, with the January transfer window fast approaching, and with it, an opportunity to […]
After ending their long wait for an Old Trafford win, why not Stamford Bridge? Everton head to London on Saturday looking to bring home three points from Chelsea for the first time since November 1994, when Paul Rideout’s header secured the points in Joe Royle’s second game in charge. Such a poor record means realism […]
Everton had a big win last weekend against Nottingham Forest, but face a different challenge when they travel to London to take on 5th placed Chelsea. David Moyes did not have anything new to report on the injury front, but will get a couple of midfielders back for the Saturday afternoon game. Idrissa Gueye has […]
Brian Sorensen has spoken about the pressure of Goodison Park in his press conference, and insists he will take the blame for Everton Women’s losses. The Blues pulled off the WSL’s biggest upset so far this season when they ended Chelsea’s 585-day unbeaten streak in the league with a performance built on guts, togetherness and […]
Christmas cheer spread through Alder Hey Children’s Hospital on Wednesday as manager David Moyes and his Everton squad made their annual festive visit to spend time with patients and their families. Moyes, Men’s team coach Leighton Baines, Club captain Seamus Coleman and winger Jack Grealish headed to the wards to meet and hand out gifts […]
Ruby Mace felt Everton Women had to prove themselves against Chelsea but could only do that if they were prepared to but the bodies on the line and stick together. The England U-23 star was speaking after the Blues pulled off the upset of the season – and arguably Brian Sorensen’s greatest result as head […]
Your daily dose of Everton news and rumours Jack Grealish has his heart set on a permanent move. It will be interesting to see if Everton can get the deal done. [Football Insider] The one former Everton player he’d love to have in his side now, his go-to biscuit, signing Tim Cahill, his thoughts on a battle […]
Everton Under-18s manager Keith Southern took his very young squad to London on Friday evening to take on a very good Millwall team at The Den. It was a fearsome night with strong wind and rain to further sap energy levels. The Blues lined up as below with only one starter surviving from last year’s […]
Your daily dose of Everton news and rumours “I love it here. I had a fair few options in the summer and, after speaking to my family, people I trust and, obviously, people at Everton, it quickly became clear this was everything that I wanted… a new project, a new stadium, big future plans.“I know this is […]
In the Ascendancy It’s been a turbulent, oddly unpredictable campaign so far for Everton, which in some ways mirrors the Premier League in its entirety. Few would have predicted the total collapse of Liverpool’s title defence, Wolverhampton Wanderers’ utterly abject performance, or that two of the three promoted sides would be clear of the drop […]