The Blue Room - Everton FC Podcast

Three matches, one league, one cup, and one completely random. On this episode of Toffee Time Machine, John takes Dave P back to the golden era of Everton FC, 1984–85.

🏆 The Cup: Everton v Bayern Munich, 1985. The Cup Winners’ Cup semi-final many Blues still call Goodison’s greatest night. One down to Bayern, the Old Lady roaring, and Howard Kendall’s side came back to win 3–1 and book a place in the final in Rotterdam.

🔵 The League: Everton v QPR, 1985. The afternoon the title came home to Goodison Park. We relive the match that confirmed Everton as champions of England.

🎲 The Random: Mark Higgins Testimonial, 16 December 1984. Merseyside 7–6 Manchester. Everton and Liverpool players on the same side at Goodison: Southall, Ratcliffe, Reid and Sharp alongside Rush, Neal, Whelan and Mølby, against a Manchester XI featuring Mark Hughes. About 16,000 fans turned out, reportedly more than the first-team league game the day before. We also tell the story of Mark Higgins, the former Everton captain whose career seemed over at 26 with a pelvic injury, just before the club’s greatest success. Then came his remarkable comeback with Manchester United, Bury and Stoke.

Strap in, set the dial, and let’s go back in time to when Everton conquered all.

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Matt, Paul, Liam, and Ed are at The Denbigh Castle to pick through Everton's 3-1 win over Newcastle in the last 16 of the Carabao Cup. About as routine a game as it gets, but we all felt nerves at 3-1, didn't we?!

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With Matt struggling to articulate his feelings after Saturday, Mick and Dave P are on hand to help.

We reflect on the widespread sense of frustration after the loss at Arsenal, before Mick delivers a scathing assessment of the off-the-pitch decisions that have led the Blues to this point?

Then we look at Newcastle. Will it even matter depending on what comes out of Wednesday's draw?

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Borneo, Bridewell, Byline - what's the difference?

Matt and Paddy reflect on the loss to Arsenal and the current holding pattern that seems to have been put in place by the ownership uncertainty.

Do Everton have to be this stagnant? Do we have a right to be frustrated at another limp performance at a superior side?

We also check in with the latest goings on at Goodison Park. Everton Women have improved their form there lately, but what does the future hold for the Old Lady?

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Another 2-0 defeat, another afternoon of watching Arsenal take corners. On this week’s Blue Monday, we pick apart the Emirates loss and ask how Everton got stuck in this rut: two league wins since March, owners heading for the exit, and some of our brightest young players stuck on the bench. Is there any way out of this malaise, or should we accept we're just mid-table at best?

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