Everton 0 Aston Villa 1: Gerrard piles more misery on relegation-threatened Toffees as fan violence mars Buendia winner
Everton 0 Aston Villa 1: Gerrard piles more misery on relegation-threatened Toffees as fan violence mars Buendia winner
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THE DRINKS were on Duncan Ferguson before the game.
Then it all tuned flat for him and those who enjoyed his largesse before the disgusting bottle barrage that felled Lucas Digne and Matty Cash turned everything sour for Big Dunc and Everton.
Before he got to the ground for the first fixture of his second spell as caretaker manager Ferguson dropped into two local hostelries.
At The Brick pub and the Winslow Inn, both popular watering holes for Evertonians, he left money behind the bar for fans to enjoy a pint.
Sadly, shamefully, the gesture turned into bitter irony as missiles were thrown in the aftermath of the header by Emi Buendia that decided the game.
Ferguson had hoped that just like in December 2019 when he won one and drew three of the four games he temporarily bossed the players would be inspired by the kind of call to arms that typified him as a player.
It didn’t work.
Why, even the much – anticipated touchline meeting with Steven Gerrard was underwhelming.
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