They might not be the easiest team to support at times but every so often the team produces a performance and a result which brings grown men to tears.
Yesterday’s penalty victory at Chelsea in the FA Cup fourth round was one of those moments.
Spirit
Under boss David Moyes Everton has been all about team spirit and the dressing room togetherness has been there for all to see. Even when times are bad the players have stuck together. When Phil Neville scored the winning penalty against Chelsea yesterday you could see by the celebrations what the victory meant to everybody at the club.
It wasn’t so much the fact that we were in the next round of the FA Cup or the fact that we had knocked the holders out on their own patch. It was the sheer effort and fight the players had put in against Chelsea that made Everton fans so proud.
This season has been a very poor one by recent Everton standards but the victory at Chelsea could just be a turning point. This result could prove a vital boost to confidence of the players.
Turnaround
Everton have had a very contrary season. We have taken four points from Liverpool and Tottenham drew at Chelsea and won at Manchester City, not to mention drawing at home to Manchester United after scoring two injury-time goals.
Yet against the lesser sides in the Premier League we have been awful at times. Last weekend’s performance at Bolton’s Reebok Stadium was described by David Moyes as
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