Match Report

Match Report

  • Everton and Arsenal and That

    When you are held rapt by the tactical analysis of the increasingly Mitt Romney-faced Jamie Carragher and duplicitous advisor at the Court of Louis XIV, Gary Neville, as they praise Everton’s ‘Bayern in Blue’ performance, well, it’s hard to really add much more than has been said elsewhere. We had already billed this as the…

  • Fulham 1 Everton 3

    This encounter at Craven Cottage was literally a game of two halves. And that’s because FIFA and the FA insist on that format. It would be unfair otherwise if you were allowed to just play to whatever fraction you chose. Absolute chaos. In the second of the allotted periods of 45 minutes plus stoppages Everton…

  • Newcastle and Fulham and That

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    There’s that bit in The Matrix when Keanu Reeves’ character begins to realise his own power and potential, looks up at Laurence Fishburne, makes the Bruce Lee ‘come hither’ motion with his fingertips and says, ‘I know Kung Fu’. Everton know Kung Fu. Well, they looked like they did on Tuesday night at Saint James’…

  • Everton 3 Swansea City 2

    The weird end-of-season atmosphere continued at Goodison Park. This time a disorganised Everton were outplayed for significant periods but managed to triumph thanks to a handful of inspired moments at either end of the pitch. With the arse falling out of Arsenal, so to speak, if we win our game in hand on the Gunners…