They were epic contests - Graeme Sharp’s 30-yard winner at Anfield in 1984, Liverpool’s 3-2 win at Goodison the following season, not to mention the Reds’ wins in the 1984 League Cup Final and the 1986 and 1989 FA Cup Finals.
The decline after Kendall left in 1987 was only punctuated by that FA Cup success in 1995 as Everton slowly lost their place as one of England’s big five with Liverpool, Manchester United, Arsenal and Tottenham.
Liverpool only eclipsed them with Bill Shankly’s second great team, which won the League title and UEFA Cup - the Reds first European trophy - in 1973 and the FA Cup the following season.
Everton won the title in 1985 and 1987, the FA Cup in 1984 and the European Cup Winners’ Cup in 1985.
They were arguably the best team in Europe in 1985, winning the First Division by 13 points, and their European Cup Winners’ Cup semi-final second leg, when they came back from a goal down to beat Bayern Munich 3-1 at Goodison is perhaps the Grand Old Lady’s greatest night.
