Andy Costigan

Evertons’ failure to convert chances into goals cost them dearly as poor challenges on Garnacho by both James Tarkowski and Ben Godfrey gifted the home side two first half penalties, converted by Fernandes and Rashford.

A disaster for Seamus Coleman as he inadvertently deflected a long throw-in into his own goal cost the Blues a point, barely two minutes after Beto had pounced to score from close range after Bournemouth keeper Neto spilled an innocuous cross. These are the games Everton need to find a way to win and somehow, even after a training break in Portugal, they failed miserably to create enough openings and true chances. It’s been twenty-one days since the Blues last […]

Everton won a valuable and potentially priceless point from an enthralling second half display at St.James’s Park, as having fallen behind in the first half, a treble change on the hour mark revitalised the Blues and they eventually got their reward with a late penalty converted by Dominic Calvert-Lewin.

Everton won a poor game of football with a freaky goal deep into added-on time at the end of the first half as Dominic Calvert-Lewin made it two goals in two games demonstrating application and persistence to block a clearance back of the keeper into the empty net. After the deserved point from the game at St.James’s Park, the Blues returned to the Grand Old Lady to go in search of a Premier League double over Burnley. Having won at […]

It took Cole Palmer and Chelsea less than half an hour to condemn Everton to yet another defeat as shambolic defending, particularly for the third goal underlined the utter state our beloved club is in. Palmer scored the ‘perfect’ hat-trick – left foot, header and right foot before Jackson rubbed salt into the wounds with a fourth before the interval.

An added-on time injury to Beto marred a vital victory for the Blues as long distance strikes from Idrissa Gana Gueye and Dwight McNeil – one on each half – eased their relegation worries, and a clean sheet for the Blues too after a truly brilliant save by Jordan Pickford to deny Wood just before half time. Following the shellacking at Stamford Bridge last Monday evening, today’s game with Nottingham Forest took on even more importance as the Blues endeavour […]

A game that could be best described as not a classic was illuminated just past the hour mark as Idrissa Gana Gueye smote a shot from about 12 yards that nearly broke the net to end the tension and send Goodison into raptures.

First half goals from Dominic Calvert-Lewin from the penalty spot and smartly taken half volley by Adebayo saw the points shared as Luton couldn’t find a winner and Kaminski in the home goal denied DCL with an acrobatic save late in the second half.

A terrible pass by Ashley Young led to Arsenal claiming a late, late winner to deny Everton what would have been a well-deserved point from a largely rearguard action at the Emirates. A deflected shot from Idrissa Gana Gueye had given the Blues the lead after DCL had hit the post and a second half save by Raya denied DCL again.

As in previous years, GrandOldTeam has run a Man of the Match poll for every first team game in season 2023/24 and with the season now completed, it’s time to reveal precisely what all those polls added up to and who was the GOT Player of the Season. Throughout the season, the Man of the Match polls reflected the up and down nature of the season as disappointing performances and results generally resulted in lower than expected voting numbers, interspersed […]