Frank Lampard braced for new Everton test as horror…

Frank Lampard braced for new Everton test as horror show prompted furious Howard Kendall blast

Your Everton morning headlines for Saturday, October 15.

Frank Lampard braced for new Everton test

Belief in the Everton project could well be tested this week but this is a time for patience.

The performance and result against Manchester United was frustrating and disappointing and the reality is the Blues now face two tough games in a matter of days. Away matches at Tottenham Hotspur and Newcastle United are rarely easy. They become even more challenging when the trips are days apart and one side is in the Champions League and the other is starting to tick after tens of millions of pound of new investment.

It is possible for Everton to lose both games and still be in a good place. This is not giving the side a free pass but an acceptance of where the club currently is and where each opponent is in its respective journey. Spurs and Newcastle are both further ahead and Everton will enter each game as the underdog. That does not mean the Blues cannot find another boost on the road, but it does mean that, short of disastrous performances, no-one should panic if things don't quite go to plan.

Read Joe Thomas' Royal Blue column here.

Everton horror show prompted furious on-pitch Howard Kendall blast

Howard Kendall was involved in many memorable victories for Everton over Liverpool.

Only two days after the 21-year-old Tynesider - already one of the most sought-after young players in the country having become the FA Cup final’s youngest player at 17 - had spurned Bill Shankly and Anfield for Harry Catterick and Goodison Park in March 1967, he was in the crowd to see Alan Ball decide a titanic FA Cup clash between the current holders and reigning league champions before, less than a year later, firing home the only goal in front of the Gwladys Street to decide his first Merseyside derby on home turf.

Kendall would have to wait until Bruce Grobbelaar’s own goal in the Charity Shield at Wembley in his tenth derby as Everton boss for a first victory as manager over Liverpool, Graeme Sharp’s iconic volley at Anfield two months later confirming the shifting of the balance of power on Merseyside and setting in motion the greatest period in Blues history.

Dan Kay has the full story here.

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