On This Day: 08/10

Everton beat Manchester United 5-2 ON THIS DAY in 1927.

Dixie Dean scored all five goals for Everton.

The goals meant that Dean had already scored his seventeenth of the season having only played nine games!

This was to be the only occasion during the campaign that Dean hit as many as five goals.

In the same season he netted four on one occasion, five hat-tricks and a brace in 14 matches.


The 100th League meeting between Everton and Liverpool took place ON THIS DAY in 1968.

Everton had won 41 of the previous 99 encounters.

The match, staged at Anfield, ended 1-1 with the Everton goal coming from Alan Ball.