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Everton stayed in the Premier League by the skin of their teeth after drawing against Coventry City 1-1 at Goodison Park.
Gareth Farrelly scored a screamer down the Park end to put Everton ahead only for Dion Dublin to equalise.
Nick Barmby missing a penalty for the Blues didn’t help settle any nerves!
At the end of the game Evertonians ran onto the pitch to celebrate staying up as the rain poured down.
Everton were 2-0 down at home to Wimbledon on the least day of the season and it looked as though relegation was on the cards.
Anders Limpar won us a penalty and Graham Stuart pulled one back for Everton.
Barry Horne scored from about 30 yards to pull the Blues level before Graham Stuart completed the great escape and gave Everton a 3-2 victory.
The build up the week before was nerve-wracking to say the least for Evertonians; Wimbledon even had their bus burnt out the day before by Everton fans in an alleged ploy to frighten the Wimbledon players ahead of the game.
Duncan Ferguson famously took off his shirt and swung it in front of the Gwladys Street as he ran off to celebrate after scoring against Manchester United.
The Goodison legend headed in from an Everton corner to give the Blues a famous win against United who had dominated English football at the time.
Everton came from two goals down to win the FA Cup against Sheffield Wednesday.
The then unknown Mike Trebilcock scored twice to level for Everton before Derek Temple scored the winner to give Everton a 3-2 win.
Evertonians sometimes ask each other who scored the 1966 FA Cup winner as a marker of how much a fan they are!
Going into the game against Arsenal in 1928, Dixie Dean needed a hat-trick to beat the 59 Goal record of Middlesbrough's George Camsell the previous season.
Dixie scored twice to equal the record and the crowd was willing him on to beat the record. With just five minutes to go Dean rose and headed the all important 60th goal to earn himself a place in history!
Welcome to We Love You Everton - A Blog made for supporters of Everton Football Club
The Blog is 100% Unofficial. The blog will be updated occasionally but not as often as before due to family and work commitments. Thanks
