Gary Gowers is a sports journalist and the editor of Read Everton, where he leads daily coverage of Everton news, transfers and analysis. He also writes about Manchester City for Read Man City and motorsport for Read Motorsport. A former accountant, he became a freelance writer in 2011 and has written for BBC Sport and Metro.
Prime Minister Andy Burnham was among those celebrating Everton’s 2-0 victory over Crystal Palace at Hill Dickinson Stadium on Saturday. Everton shared footage of Burnham arriving at the ground for his first match since becoming Prime Minister, with the lifelong Blue accompanied by club great Peter Reid. Burnham is an Everton season-ticket holder and would […]
Everton travel to Preston North End in the Carabao Cup second round on Wednesday, with David Moyes expected to make changes following Saturday’s 2-0 victory over Crystal Palace. Moyes has not provided any firm selection clues, so this predicted XI is based on Everton’s current injury position and the senior players most likely to need […]
Jack Grealish’s Man City return continued against Bournemouth on Sunday, but his latest appearance has done little to quiet speculation over another move to Everton. The 30-year-old came off the bench as City began their Premier League campaign with a 2-1 victory at the Etihad Stadium. Grealish is back with his parent club after spending […]
Everton have reportedly stepped up their interest in Nice defender Melvin Bard, with talks now claimed to be taking place over a move to the Hill Dickinson. The 25-year-old had already emerged as a possible target after Lorenzo Jabota reported that Everton had made an enquiry to Nice over his availability. A fresh claim from […]
Everton kicked off their new season with a full house on paper, but pockets of empty seats were visible again at Hill Dickinson Stadium during Saturday’s win over Crystal Palace. One supporter, posting on X, shared a photo of unfilled blocks in the lower tier with the caption: “Not another season of this. Awful.” [X: […]
Everton have reportedly held further talks with Arsenal over Gabriel Jesus as David Moyes considers adding another forward before the transfer deadline. The interest itself is well established. Everton and Ipswich were reported earlier this week to have contacted Arsenal about the availability of Jesus, with Sky Sports subsequently carrying those enquiries in its transfer […]
Everton got most of what they wanted from their opening afternoon against Crystal Palace. Two goals, three points and a clean sheet represented a very decent return, particularly given some of the uncertainty surrounding David Moyes’ squad during the final weeks of the transfer window. There was also another good performance from Merlin Rohl at […]
Harrison Armstrong picked the biggest stage of his young career to stake his claim for a regular start. Everton’s opening-weekend win over Crystal Palace was, after some fraught first-half moments, built upon them controlling the central areas of the pitch. Amidst it all, the 19-year-old midfielder was the one pulling the strings. David Moyes trusted […]
David Moyes praised Everton’s game management and the impact of his younger players after the Toffees opened their Premier League campaign with a 2-0 victory over Crystal Palace. Goals from Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall and Thierno Barry secured all three points at the Hill Dickinson, although Moyes acknowledged that Palace could easily have taken the lead during […]
Everton opened their Premier League campaign with a deserved 2-0 victory over Crystal Palace at the Hill Dickinson. Here are our player ratings from an encouraging afternoon for David Moyes’ side. Everton starting XI Jordan Pickford — 8 Everton could have been behind before they settled into the game. Pickford saved well from Daniel Muñoz […]
Everton ended their opening-day misery with a composed 2-0 victory over Crystal Palace at Hill Dickinson Stadium. Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall broke the deadlock shortly before half-time, before Thierno Barry doubled the lead eight minutes after the restart. The result gave Everton their first opening-day victory since 2021, ending a run of four successive defeats in which […]
Friday morning, and Jack Grealish gave Everton fans something to cling to. He reposted a clip of his stoppage-time winner against Crystal Palace to his eight million-plus Instagram followers, a day out from Everton hosting the Eagles again in their opening game of the new season. The goal itself ended Palace’s club-record 19-game unbeaten run […]
