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Lost Potential and Broken Dreams

I was online not long ago, and I saw that Tom Davies was back training with the club in order to keep fit as he finds a new club. Mention the name to some Everton fans and the response is almost universal: ‘he never lived up to his potential’, ‘he

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Not Waving but Drowning

That sound you can hear is laughter. People laughing. People laughing at Everton. Who can blame them? The club where nothing positive ever seems to happen is becoming a laughing stock once again. When The Friedkin Group arrived in December 2024, many of us thought we’d finally left the batshit-crazy

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Wrecking Ball

Football is dead. Money, stats, officiating and television have killed the game we either still love or once loved. Without wanting to sound like someone moaning that everything was better in their day, it genuinely was. Not in every way, obviously. Pitches were terrible, tackles were brutal, and half the

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Stability

In January 2025, Sean Dyche was sacked as Everton manager, the same day as Everton were due to face Peterborough in the FA Cup 3rd Round. Seamus Coleman and Leighton Baines took control of the team that game and saw the Toffees  through into the Round Four. This was the

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Everton's Hill Dickinson stadium

Moments in Love (Hate, and Assorted Emotions)

Moment /ˈməʊm(ə)nt/ (noun) A brief, indefinite period of time or a specific instant. It’s not a sweeping narrative that best describes Everton’s 2025/2026 season – it’s more a series of moments. Our new modern state-of-the-art facility at Bramley-Moore Dock was christened the Hill Dickinson Stadium before the first home game.

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Sixty Grand, Sixty Grand Seamus Coleman

379 starting appearances. 54 appearances from the bench. 28 goals. £60,000. Heroes and villains Football increasingly seems to be all about statistics, but numbers alone can’t really explain what certain players mean to fans. Everton supporters have always had their villains. Some, like Nick Barmby and Steve McMahon, and others

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