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BBC News
20-05-2025
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Is this Everton's 'final opportunity'?
On this day 30 years ago, Saturday 20th May 1995, events will be forever etched in my was my first (and only) taste of Everton success - as I'd been unlucky to miss the glory of the memories from that day still remain incredibly to arriving at Wembley, it was a memorable occasion for all the wrong the promise of a luxurious journey on an executive coach, my mum and I arrived at Goodison Park to be greeted by the most basic of elongated tin cans to carry us down the greatest start to proceedings, and it set the tone for what was to happen lunch at Lords Cricket Ground all part of the package we'd booked, the excitement soon dissipated once it became apparent that the coach driver was lost, meandering through the streets of eventual arrival coincided with dessert being dished out. Strike two for the day and as we know, things always happen in threes! It's fair to say we couldn't envisage what materialised a short few hours later.A slither of cake and hastily painting of my face later, we approached the Twin Towers to scenes of blue and white. I'll never forget the immense ferocity of our club colours as far as the eye could the start to the day, to witness Paul Rideout's winner, Neville Southall's heroics and the Dogs of War mentality against the much fancied Manchester United, felt nothing short of at the age of 10, I always remember wondering if it was always going to be this way.I never left Wembley that day contemplating this would be the only time I'd see an Everton captain raise a piece of meaningful silverware above their unthinkable has sadly been our reality since that false dawns and unfounded hope have littered our history move to our new stadium, under the ownership of The Friedkin Group, gives us a fabulous opportunity to become competitive once feels like we've been given a second, and potentially final opportunity to get it right. We simply have to take more from Mike Richards at Unholy Trinity, external
BBC News
20-05-2025
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- BBC News
'We were the underdogs' - Everton's 1995 moment
Paul Rideout, who scored the only goal of the 1995 FA Cup final on this day 30 years ago, reflected on his emotions leading up to the forward believes there was more pressure on Manchester United, who had lost the Premier League title to Blackburn just a week prior."I just enjoyed the whole day - there was never any nervousness that you would usually associate with a game like that," Rideout told Sky Sports, external in 2020."To a certain extent the survival of Everton in the league was more important to us. Once we did that, it was a big relaxing moment to go to Wembley just to enjoy."Rideout's strike partner Graham Stuart added: "We turned up at Wembley knowing we were the underdogs, but we didn't feel it in our dressing room."You're never going to play Manchester United and dominate for 90 minutes. They're too good of a side and there's too many talented players. But when we needed the Neville Southalls and Dave Watsons and the Barry Hornes, they stood up for us."
Telegraph
26-04-2025
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- Telegraph
Live Chelsea vs Everton: Team news and latest from the Premier League
Good morning and welcome to live coverage of the Premier League match between sixth-placed Chelsea and Everton, sitting pretty in 13th after their David Moyes-inspired revival, from Stamford Bridge. It has been the unhappiest of hunting grounds for today's visitors, more of a charnel house in the 31 years since their last victory in SW6, so long ago that when Paul Rideout scored the only goal, Moyes was still a centre-half at Preston North End who were beaten 1-0 by Chesterfield that day in a fourth-tier game. Today he sends out a side robbed by injury of James Tarkowski and with a conundrum over whether to move Jake O'Brien in from a successful run at right-back into his more natural position, or give the error-prone former England centre-half Michael Keane his full backing even though, like Idrissa Gueye, Abdoulaye Doucouré, Seamus Coleman and Dominic Calvert-Lewin, he is out of contract in nine weeks. Now that Everton are safe, he has five games to plan for next season and seems to have every intention of doing so. As for Chelsea, who have struggled for consistency and, frankly, to convince since the turn of the year, victory would take them up to fourth and they will have to try to do so without Malo Gusto, the right-back having succumbed to injury at Craven Cottage last Sunday and, though a substitute, had himself to be substituted. To this observer, under their new ownership and most recent manager, Chelsea are struggling for identity. When Roman Abramovich owned the club we would often hear that he would like them to be more creative or play with more flair and he would drive the purchases of Deco, Andriy Shevchenko and Fernando Torres to that end but ultimately Chelsea would be themselves and play with steely ruthlessness, forceful attacking and uber-clinical efficiency. Trying to turn then into a Juego de Posición side not only robs them of their character, it goes against the Premier League's move away from Pep-ball towards Chelsea's old dynamic qualities. Nonetheless the owners and manager will argue that qualifying for the Champions League vindicates them in the teeth of all that criticism of Maresca's 'snoreball'. It may well do for this season, but does that make it a recipe for the type of long-term success fostered by Messrs Mourinho, Ancelotti, Conte and Tuchel?
