Hosted by Mark Godfrey and running from June 8th to July 8th, Vincerà! July 26, 2020 Thousands of us are flocking to virtual reality and gaming to help fill the void of no live football, [ ... ] Leeds. football – Heartbeat of the 80s side. With star players such as Graeme Sharp, Neville Southall and captain, Kevin Ratcliffe, Everton reached the FA Cup Final on 3 occasions in the 1980s, winning it in 1984. football March 27, 2020 is a 24-part podcast series [ ... ] Double. April 23, 2020 A two year agreement had been reached in 1983 which allowed both the BBC and ITV to screen seven live games each per season and while the BBC showed theirs on Friday evenings and stuck with a traditional Match Of The Day highlights package on Saturdays; ITV’s weekend coverage was broadcast on Sunday afternoon with a mixture of highlights and the occasional live match.Those unable to watch Everton that season missed something very special as everything fell perfectly into place just at the right time; resulting in one of the most dominant and destructive sides to grace Goodison Park for years.The defensive partnership of Kevin Ratcliffe and Derek Mountfield offered pace and power in abundance while Gary Stevens was the epitome of a modern, attacking full-back, surging forward at every opportunity while Pat van den Hauwe was as classy as he was ruthless.Behind them was the ever-reliable Neville Southall who was at the peak of his powers and a genuine contender when it came to being one of the best ‘keepers in the world at the time and would go on to be named Player of the Year at the end of that season.While the midfield of Steven, Reid, Bracewell and Sheedy was the most balanced since the days of Ball, Harvey and Kendall and a forward line of Adrian Heath and Andy Gray terrorised defences the length and breadth of the country ably supported by Graeme Sharp.After two defeats from the first two games of the season Everton eventually got off the mark with a 1-0 away win at Chelsea in their third game of the campaign; the only time they featured on the box in the league that season as the BBC covered the match as part of their Friday night live coverage.Once they were up and running there was no looking back and following a thrilling 5-4 victory over Watford at Vicarage Road their class began to show as they eased away from their nearest challengers like a finely tuned sports car.A run of six consecutive wins that autumn included victories over Liverpool at Anfield, thanks to a fine effort from Sharp which was eventually voted goal of the season, and a 5-0 thumping of Manchester United at Goodison Park; a sequence of games which saw them score 16 goals and concede just one.And if that wasn’t enough Kendalls’ side racked-up another run of six successive wins from Boxing Day which included a 4-0 trouncing of Newcastle.
July 24, 2020 After winning the 1984 FA Cup, the club one-upped it with their first Double the following year; after claiming a League title, they won a Cup Winners' Cup by defeating Rapid Wien 3-1 in the final. We’ve had Neymar, Sol Campbell and Carlos Tevez but on this day in 2000, Luis Figo completed the [ ... ] The 1980s was the most successful decade in Everton's history. Everton enjoyed a hugely successful season, winning the First Division with 90 points (13 more than runners-up Thereafter, Everton were virtually unstoppable. Unlike the 1990s and 2000s where power was king, in the 1980s, the power behind the players was noticeably missing. March 26, 2020 But it wasn’t enough as Everton finished second in the league to Liverpool and also lost out to them in the FA Cup Final, despite Lineker giving Everton a first half lead at Wembley. Kick. This article first appeared in The Sportsman on 07/12/19 What were you doing at the age of 28? A 2–0 win over The Cup Winners' Cup campaign began with a surprisingly tight aggregate win over Ultimately, the final against Manchester United - played just three days after the Cup Winners' Cup final - proved a match too far and Everton went down to a single How to Play.
No club chews up and spits out world class players quite like Real Madrid. Southampton's Hojbjerg set for Everton move. Double. Winning, Phil Neville recently said at the SheBelieves Cup, is what would bring England’s women [ ... ] Players … football Replacing Rapinoe And Morgan? football football football March 25, 2020 That’s because, despite being one of the most attractive sides in years, Everton hardly featured at all on television that season, while the average league gate throughout that magnificent campaign was just 31,984 as a combination of high unemployment and economic recession took its toll.During the previous campaign, the 1983/84 season, there was little to suggest just how dominant Howard Kendall’s side would go on to become and that Christmas the Blues found themselves 16th in the league; eventually rallying to finish 7th.In the cup competitions, however, they fared much better.