Everton v Chelsea

The guy with the jumper, they were having the camera on him for extended time periods after the game was over as well. He was singing his heart out!

Knight of Thorgothshire wrote:

Marvellous, thanks Thorg.

Knight of Thorgothshire wrote:

Awesome video

Made 4 Gwladys wrote:

Made 4 Gwladys wrote:

hairy cataract wrote:A very Everton day as well - from fireworks in the early hours, to the fans greeting the bus, to the dog being paraded head high outside the ground (search Everton Dog on Twitter) to Richie throwing the flare back into the crowd (that pic is one of the most iconic of the season for us), it was just madness

and the guy that hid the ball up his jumper in injury time... magical

And the young lad looking down at the belly wondering? is it a boy or girl

For those of you who aren't on twitter, this was a very popular tweet on Sunday..... This is TD's lad, Ian!

Everton iconography everywhere today. The latest?

Jarg Leather Screaming Everton Viking Guy. pic.twitter.com/qPL0DEZood

— The Clawless Lobster (@JuiceTerry9) May 1, 2022

great pic !

Just watching the extended highlights of this game again while I have some lunch.

Without a doubt, the hour before this game was my low point of the season, the time where I felt most strongly that we were gone. The previous day Burnley had come back late from 1-0 down to beat Watford and the force seemed to be with them. Leeds were on their good run. We were five points adrift, and then I saw the team news, that Chelsea were basically full-strength, and I was totally convinced we were fucked.

And then immediately after the game, I started to believe again. Looking back, I think I always believed we'd survive after this win. Something changed on this day, the players' confidence came back, as did mine. The other thing that keeps on hitting me is just how powerful the crowd was, as though this was the day they collectively decided "fuck this shit, we're going to drag them to safety ourselves."

Brentford was of course a real low. The difference there is that we might not have needed another point anyway, even if we'd lost to Palace (which is as it turned out in the end.) Whereas before the Chelsea game we were adrift in the bottom three and actually needed to win games, probably a few, and I just didn't think we could.

I just thought I'd share these less than profound thoughts. More like the bleeding obvious, really. Yeah, the Palace game was this season's Wimbledon moment but this was the game that turned our season, IMO. And, whatever fuck-ups Pickford commits in his future Everton career, I will never forget how he saved us in this game.

I don't think this is the last time I'll watch these highlights.