Everton 1 Coventry 1 - 10 May 1998

Gareth Farrelly's only Everton League goal secures a draw against Coventry.
That - coupled with Bolton's defeat at Chelsea - ensures that the Toffees avoid relegation, dramatically, on the final day of the 1997/98 season.

[@evertondave5825]

Gareth Farrelly scored one of the most important goals in the club history

[@Fleeto2006]

And his career

[@lordbottaro4549]

Even though we celebrated at the end with relief, it was honestly the worst day I’ve ever had as an Everton fan. I was 11 and remember everything, I was too young to remember 94 really but remember it vaguely.

[@conorsmith8551]

What a fuckin goal as well but that tension is horrible mate I get that, I’ll never forget when Ireland played Germany World Cup 2002 and I was afraid “we’re going home if we lose this “ and the tension was horrible til the last minute Robbie Keane scores, was just a massive release of emotion and going potty 😂😂

[@TheGiantKillers]

It's you and all who've come after you I feel for today, 25 years on as we prepare to go through it again against Bournemouth today. I'm fortunate in that my only childhood memory of relegation was in 1980 when there was never any serious danger of going down. Then all I knew was a team that could demolish anybody and won the title twice. A decade on I couldn't understand how we'd come to this twice in four years [I suspect many Leicester fans will experience that sort of feeling today] A few year back people used to say supporting Everton must be the most boring experience in the Premier League. not good enough for the top six, too good for the rest. 7th every year. I'd sell a kidney to be boring again for a few years.

[@northkorea]

Even watching this 19 years on makes me feel emotional.

[@kimosavage7478]

@@Osc1llateW1ldly this was my first ever coventry city game in the away end, I totally agree with you, never heard a crowd so loud ever since

[@kimosavage7478]

​@@Osc1llateW1ldly lol I wouldn't say we were desperate, we just played our game, and nobody likes Dublin, even Cov fans

[@martinkulkarni3569]

@@kimosavage7478 Wanker who hate us because we didn’t want him.

[@airlegend82]

r.I.p Howard kendall

[@vicfromyer8376]

Never forgotten the atmosphere that day..it was vicious...there was rumours liverpool fans were gonna walk with a blue coffin..wise decision..they didn't..they would have got absolutely smashed all over the place

[@Fleeto2006]

Was at Leeds v Wimbledon at the same time due to my dad being a leeds fan and hearing the full time score thinking everton were relegated!

[@plutonia00]

And here we are again almost 25 years later having never really made much progress since then, in the words of Martin Tyler "intensive care needed at this famous club"

[@conorsmith8551]

Ownerships a joke now still. Hiring Benitez is just insulting at this point. Get the FUCK OUT

[@plutonia00]

Here we are again 1 year later!! Intensive care still needed at our famous football club.....

[@MindYourOwnBeeswax]

"Everton stay up by the skin of their teeth".... words i never want too hear again. We are a better team and a better club than that. I never want us to be in that postion again, nor should we be.

[@Fleeto2006]

This season looking grim

[@conorsmith8551]

It’s going that way now lol but at least it’s in our own hands after that win against Chelsea

[@_JosephRoberto]

2 seasons in a row 😔

[@tompike6045]

Those are exactly the words that I want to hear today. COYB!

[@uggla03]

Watching this in late 2019, gareth getting a mention in the Echo, remer this game well was in the pub for this

[@garethfieldstead7547]

All came about from Peter Johnson undermining Joe Royle and allowing the local rag to slag him particularly McNulty. Royle left and nobody wanted to manage the club under Johnson. Dreadful times. Detested Johnson with a passion. We should never have been in that position.

[@davidg7987]

On the eve of another final day decider I thought I would come back and watch this. Kneeled most of second half with head on seat in the park end as a 15 year old for this one. Will be 5,000 miles away for tomorrows game yet just as nervous. COYB!

[@kimosavage7478]

This was my first ever away game as a Cov fan and I was only 15 at the time, my god I will never forget how loud it was, amazing day out and I remember the Everton fans coming over to the away corner and we were all singing "We are Premiere League, We are Premiere League"

[@toffeegoals3127]

“Never again” 😒

[@tankc6474]

👍👍👍

[@Fleeto2006]

Never a penalty. Justice was done.

[@joshpeel232]

Makes the hairs on the back of your neck stand up #NSNO

[@user-ht4ho5vn4c]

Dodgy keeper

[@tonynesbit9673]

How shite was our goalie,to be honest l cannot remember him.

[@thomasfoster1899]

Got to happen one day ????..pool beat yur rivals 😈😈😈