...  amazingly all of our last 9 games on October 19th - and 13 of our last 14 in all competitions
- have been at Goodison Park!

- the one exception was … against West Ham in 1963
- we lost 4-2 at their former Upton Park ground!

- our last October 19th outing was at home to Olympique Lyonnais - better known as Lyon! - in 2017
- it was a Europa League group game which we lost 2-1 as we began to drift out of the competition

- our last home win on October 19th came against Hull City in 2013
- substitute Steven Pienaar scored our 57th minute winner, having been on the pitch for just 27 seconds
- with the ball actually in play for just 10 seconds!  

- our stand out October 19th game in the past came in 2002
- Wayne Rooney scored *that* last minute goal, his first in the League, to give us a 2-1 win against Arsenal at Goodison!

- we have a mixed recent record against the Hammers

- we won at their place, 2-0 last March, with Kurt Zouma and Bernard scoring our goals
- however they beat us 3-1 at Goodison in September 2018
- with 2 goals from Andriy Yarmelenko helping to take West Ham off the bottom of the League that day

- home and away, our record in the last 8 meetings with West Ham is W3 D2 L3

- at Goodison it is W2 D0 L2 in their last 4 visits, all in the Premier League

- our last home victory against them was in November 2017, 4-0
- that was in David Unsworth’s last match as our caretaker manager before Sam Allardyce took charge

- Wayne Rooney scored his only Everton hat-trick, with the third goal coming from inside his own half!
- David Moyes was the Hammers boss at the time

- coincidentally Sam Allardyce was born on October 19th in 1954!
- Allardyce, of course, managed both Everton and West Ham

- 4 goals this time round would see us reach 50 against West Ham at Goodison in the Premier League!

- will Richarlison score?
- if he does it will be his 10th goal for us in the Premier League at Goodison Park!
- he’d be the 28th Everton player to reach that milestone

- Romelu Lukaku heads the list with 40 Premier League goals for us at Goodison
- he managed another 28 away from home
- and is our leading Prem marksman on 68 goals

- will Dominic Calvert-Lewin score our first goal of the game?
- if he does it will mean he has scored all of our last 5 goals in all competitions!

- the last Everton player to manage that was Louis Saha back in January/February 2011

- King Louis scored at home to Chelsea in a 1-1 FA Cup draw
- then at Arsenal in our 2-1 defeat
- he then scored our first 3 goals in a 5-3 home win against Blackpool
- he also scored our 5th goal in that game too!

- can we get back to keeping clean sheets?!

- if we do against West Ham – and if he plays - it will be Jordan Pickford’s 30th for us in all competitions!
- he'd be the 13th Everton keeper to reach that figure

- if he does play, it will also be Jordan’s 85th consecutive appearance for us in the Premier League
- that would be the same as Neville Southall’s longest run for us in the Prem

- only 3 players have had longer runs of successive appearances for us in the Premier League
- Leighton Baines - 99 from October 2009 to April 2012
- Joleon Lescott - 102 from August 2006 to February 2009
- and Tim Howard - 210 from September 2007 to February 2013

- between August 2006 and February 2013, Tim missed just 4 of Everton's 255 Premier League matches!

- Tom Davies, meanwhile, will reach 50 starts for us in the Premier League if he begins the game
- he'd be the 76th Everton player to reach that landmark

- a defeat against West Ham will leave us on 7 points after 9 Premier League games
- that would be our worst return in the opening 9 games since we picked up just 4 after 9 in 2005/06!

- a defeat would also be our 5th in a row in the Premier League, home and away
- that would be our worst run since we lost 6 in succession from August to October 2005!
- we failed to score in any of those 6 games back then, by the way!

- 6 consecutive League defeats is a club record
- it's something that has happened on 8 previous occasions, twice in the Prem

- we haven’t had too much success on a Saturday lately!

- we’ve lost all of our last 3 Saturday games, home and away
- and won just 1 of the last 7 - W1 D2 L4 – and just 2 of the last 13 – W2 D2 L9!

- we don’t like 12.30pm kick-offs either!

- our record in the last 8 in the Prem, home and away, is W0 D3 L5
- in all competitions it is W1 D6 L7 in the last 14! 

- the last one was our 1-0 home defeat to Leicester last January

- at Goodison we’ve played 6 Premier League games with a 12.30pm start and our record is W1 D3 L2

- the one win was in our first ever home Premier League game with a 12.30pm kick-off
- 2-1 against Southampton in February 2003

- overall, putting Saturday together with 12.30pm, our recent record is W1 D5 L6 in all competitions, at all venues
- at Goodison it is W1 D4 L1, the last one at home being our 0-0 draw with Liverpool in April 2018

- oh, and the last 4 penalties in Everton v West Ham fixtures at Goodison Park have all been saved!

- Wayne Rooney’s effort in our 4-0 November 2017 win was kept out by Joe Hart
- although Wayne did put the rebound away!
- Manuel Lanzini then saw his kick saved by Jordan Pickford later in the same game

- Adrian saved Romelu Lukaku’s spot-kick in our 3-2 defeat in March 2016

- and Tim Howard saved from Mido in April 2010 as we drew 2-2

- COYB!

- here's a reminder of the most recent additions to the site:

- what was our oldest ever starting line-up? And the youngest?
- which seasons were our oldest and youngest? Which managers went with youth and who went wth old codgers?!
- it's all here in the new 'Average Staring Line-Up Ages section'!

- which Everton player made the most substitute appearances in a single season?!
- in all competitions and in the League alone?
- the new 'Most Sub Apps In One Season' section has the answers!

- which Everton substitute has scored the most goals for us?
- which opposition sub has scored the most against us?
- the new 'Goals by Substitutes' section will let you know!

- Test cricketers have a small number on their shirt or cap
- it shows where they fit in in terms of the historical chronology of their country
- now you can see what number every Everton player would wear!
- have a look at the 'Everton Players Numbered Chronologically' section!

- who's managed the most times against Everton?
- who's managed the most clubs against us?!
- well, there's a new 'Opposition Managers' section that will tell you everything you need to know!

- the 'Goals in Most Consecutive Matches' section has been updated!
- it now includes details of which Everton players have scored in the most successive home & away games too!

- who was the last Everton man to play 50 or more games in a season?
- who has played the most games in one season?!
- the new '50 or More Appearances in a Season' section will tell you!

- on the flip side, which players only ever managed 1 game for the club?!
- find out in the new Just One Appearance section!

- we used 39 different players last season in all competitions and 15 of them scored a goal
- is that a lot?! how does it compare to other seasons?
- find out in the new 'Number of Players Used and Goal Scorers - Season-by-Season' section!

- who was the last Everton player to feature in every game in a season?!
- have a look at the new Ever Presents section to find out!

- and how often have we completed League 'doubles' over our opponents in the past?
- alternatively, how often have we been on the receiving end of a double?!
- you can now find out in the new League Doubles For and Against section

- ever wondered which Everton player has been substituted the most times?!
- well, now you can find out - have a look at the new Subbed Off section for full, fascinating details!

- Ademola Lookman was the last Everton player to score on his debut
- who else has managed that feat for the club?!
- have a look at the new Scored on Their Debut section to find out!

- Wayne Rooney has now departed, of course, but who else has had 2 separate spells at the club?!
- the new Two or More Spells at Everton section will tell you!

- Jordan Pickford looks like he'll be our keeper for some years to come
- but who else has appeared for us between the sticks in the past?!
- the new Goalkeepers section has all the details!

- and don't forget there's also a new History In Short section too!
- you can see at a glance how many times we've finished in each position in the League
- and where exactly we've been knocked out of the various cup competitions
- have a peek!