SiJ Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 35 minutes ago, owls maniac said: I don’t have anything against them, I just think it would be a real novelty (have they ever been relegated?) to see them in the Championship and it might even shake them out of their slump. I believe they have never played outside the top division. Arsenal also hold that distinction, but there were some sort of backdoor dealings which led to them staying up once at I believe the expense of Spurs. Everton are a proper big club and for me, if they were go to down, might be the biggest club to have come down in the PL era. Other will point to Leeds, Newcastle, possibly Villa (the latter is quite close, perhaps Villa edge it), but Everton in the Championship would be crazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
punkskaphil Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 Everton have played four seasons outside the top division. Arsenal have been relegated once, but when they expanded the top flight they let Spurs go down and promoted Arsenal. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owls maniac Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 50 minutes ago, punkskaphil said: Everton have played four seasons outside the top division. Arsenal have been relegated once, but when they expanded the top flight they let Spurs go down and promoted Arsenal. And the last time being nearly 70 years ago. I don’t think they will go down but it would be a real sensation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quickly Kevin Posted December 14, 2021 Share Posted December 14, 2021 14 hours ago, SiJ said: I believe they have never played outside the top division. Arsenal also hold that distinction, but there were some sort of backdoor dealings which led to them staying up once at I believe the expense of Spurs. Everton are a proper big club and for me, if they were go to down, might be the biggest club to have come down in the PL era. Other will point to Leeds, Newcastle, possibly Villa (the latter is quite close, perhaps Villa edge it), but Everton in the Championship would be crazy. Had 2 last day escapes in the 90's, in 1994 they even went 2 down before winning 3-2 on final day. Although some of the Wimbledon keeper werent great. 1998 they had a classic case of a player in Gareth Farrelly scoring a crucial goal only never to do anything again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiJ Posted December 14, 2021 Share Posted December 14, 2021 8 hours ago, Quickly Kevin said: Had 2 last day escapes in the 90's, in 1994 they even went 2 down before winning 3-2 on final day. Although some of the Wimbledon keeper werent great. 1998 they had a classic case of a player in Gareth Farrelly scoring a crucial goal only never to do anything again. Yeah, I can recall a few great Everton escapes back in the day. Moyes did a seriously underrated job there didn't he. They've undone all that good work by spending half a billion. Chansiri giving advice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quickly Kevin Posted December 14, 2021 Share Posted December 14, 2021 Just now, SiJ said: Yeah, I can recall a few great Everton escapes back in the day. Moyes did a seriously underrated job there didn't he. They've undone all that good work by spending half a billion. Chansiri giving advice? Yeah not sure how much he spent but he recruited some very competent players like Cahill, Johnson, Mirallis, Baines who were value for money. I think he got rightful praise but United job wasnt for him. However there was no way he could turn it down. They always had a look at team looking at European spots with some cup runs as well. Now their signings flop and they are mid table fodder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OWLERTON GHOST Posted December 14, 2021 Share Posted December 14, 2021 8 hours ago, Quickly Kevin said: Had 2 last day escapes in the 90's, in 1994 they even went 2 down before winning 3-2 on final day. Although some of the Wimbledon keepers weren't great. That was a great game to watch "The Barry Horne game" .. I think that was the one that got roped the same time as the Grobbelaar match fixing investigations ? Hans Segers was the Wimbledon Goalie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quickly Kevin Posted December 14, 2021 Share Posted December 14, 2021 4 minutes ago, OWLERTON GHOST said: That was a great game to watch "The Barry Horne game" .. I think that was the one that got roped the same time as the Grobbelaar match fixing investigations ? Hans Segers was the Wimbledon Goalie. Yeah he was, I remember seeing the evidence against Grobbelar and it was damning. He was literally diving over the ball v Newcastle! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OWLERTON GHOST Posted December 14, 2021 Share Posted December 14, 2021 3 minutes ago, Quickly Kevin said: Yeah he was, I remember seeing the evidence against Grobbelar and it was damning. He was literally diving over the ball v Newcastle! But there was no chance of falling on Varadi's moment of inspiration.......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nut Posted December 14, 2021 Share Posted December 14, 2021 14 minutes ago, OWLERTON GHOST said: That was a great game to watch "The Barry Horne game" .. I think that was the one that got roped the same time as the Grobbelaar match fixing investigations ? Hans Segers was the Wimbledon Goalie. Didn't that result mean the pigs went down instead? Last minute defeat at Chelsea 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OWLERTON GHOST Posted December 14, 2021 Share Posted December 14, 2021 Just now, Nut said: Didn't that result mean the pigs went down instead? Last minute defeat at Chelsea Yes it was a very sad time ..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OWLERTON GHOST Posted December 14, 2021 Share Posted December 14, 2021 Hans Segers Owls Legend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quickly Kevin Posted December 14, 2021 Share Posted December 14, 2021 14 minutes ago, Nut said: Didn't that result mean the pigs went down instead? Last minute defeat at Chelsea Mark Stein! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Socialist_Owl Posted December 15, 2021 Share Posted December 15, 2021 On 13/12/2021 at 14:45, SiJ said: I believe they have never played outside the top division. Arsenal also hold that distinction, but there were some sort of backdoor dealings which led to them staying up once at I believe the expense of Spurs. Everton are a proper big club and for me, if they were go to down, might be the biggest club to have come down in the PL era. Other will point to Leeds, Newcastle, possibly Villa (the latter is quite close, perhaps Villa edge it), but Everton in the Championship would be crazy. Leeds going down will be the biggest. Everton, that's a bit overrating their stature, relevance and accomplishment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ever the pessimist Posted December 15, 2021 Share Posted December 15, 2021 2 hours ago, Socialist_Owl said: Leeds going down will be the biggest. Everton, that's a bit overrating their stature, relevance and accomplishment. But Leeds have been down, on two separate occasions (one for over a decade) in my lifetime. Everton haven’t. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ever the pessimist Posted December 15, 2021 Share Posted December 15, 2021 Just now, Ever the pessimist said: But Leeds have been down, on two separate occasions, for prolonged periods, in my lifetime. Everton haven’t. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quickly Kevin Posted December 15, 2021 Share Posted December 15, 2021 4 hours ago, Socialist_Owl said: Leeds going down will be the biggest. Everton, that's a bit overrating their stature, relevance and accomplishment. Everton have always been a bigger club than Leeds 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellis Rimmer Posted December 15, 2021 Share Posted December 15, 2021 4 hours ago, Socialist_Owl said: Leeds going down will be the biggest. Everton, that's a bit overrating their stature, relevance and accomplishment. Can’t agree with that, Everton have won 9 league titles and have never been relegated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
punkskaphil Posted December 15, 2021 Share Posted December 15, 2021 5 hours ago, Ellis Rimmer said: Can’t agree with that, Everton have won 9 league titles and have never been relegated ...with the exceptions of 1930 and 1951, when they were relegated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellis Rimmer Posted December 15, 2021 Share Posted December 15, 2021 10 minutes ago, punkskaphil said: ...with the exceptions of 1930 and 1951, when they were relegated. Never been relegated since 1951 is what I meant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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