The Drop

Everton 93/94: The Great Escape

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Episode notes

The early 1990s were a time of great opportunity for the big Premiership clubs, and while most of them recognised the sporting and financial opportunities afforded to them by greater TV exposure, Everton FC - one of England's oldest and grandest clubs - allowed itself to drift and decline. Just two years on from the greatest shake-up in modern football history, the Toffees - twice champions just a handful of years earlier - found themselves on the brink of relegation needing a last gasp miracle to avoid a disastrous relegation. This is the story of their 93/94 campaign and a manager out of his depth, an incredible final 90 minutes of the season and supporters who needed a stark reminder about what exactly their club meant to them. 

Host: Mark Godfrey. 

Guests: Neville Southall, Tony Cottee, Tony Grant, Dave Prentice, James Corbett, Simon Hart, Graham Ennis, Jim Keoghan. 

Music: Javolenus - Hanging A-round with MDB (CC BY-NC 3.0) | Javolenus - Latinium (CC BY-NC 3.0) | Septahelix - In With The Blue (NonCommercial Sampling Plus 1.0) | Robbero - Incognito (CC BY-NC 3.0) | Daniel Birch - This Maybe All Gone Tomorrow (CC BY-NC 4.0) | Scott Holmes - Levels of Greatness (CC BY 4.0).