The Fiver | Finally it seems Everton can claim the upper hand in something

In today’s Fiver: Merseyside shambles, a random bucket list and much more

As anyone who has followed football since 1892 will know, Everton have historically struggled to get one up on their fierce rivals Liverpool. For example, during the early 1960s, they were very much the Paris Saint-Germain of their day, chucking eye-watering sums of money around to land the best players available. The Mersey Millionaires duly landed the title … only for Liverpool to wrest it off them and bag another in short order. Everton began the following decade as champions of England while their neighbours were busy getting knocked out of the FA Cup by second-tier Watford … but Liverpool ended the 70s having won another four titles of their own with the Blues languishing in mid-table. And Graeme Souness suited his perm better than Bob Latchford. Then in May 2005, David Moyes led the club to fourth place in the Premier League, proudly leaving Rafael Beneath Us trailing in his wake, only for … well, perhaps they went a bit early with that particular riff.

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