Same as it Ever was

Crisis time at Everton or the same as it ever was in recent times? The Guardian’s Merseyside football correspondent Andy HunTEr on unrest at Goodison Park

IT was not the most vociferous protest witnessed at a football stadium on Merseyside by any means. Friday, 5 August 2011, Goodison Park, Everton are playing Villarreal in their final friendly of pre-season and a summer of rising discontent at the club’s board is going to erupt. Or that was the word on the forums and from the fan groups anyway. The reality was somewhat different and merely highlighted the quandary Eve...

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