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Everton and Arsenal A Tale Of Two Clubs

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Cork Evertonian said:
So where did it all go so wrong? Well a year later in 1996 they appointed Arsene Wenger as manager, and he completely transformed the club with his revolutionary approach to training, and signing players like Patrick Vierra and Thierry Henry etc. Meanwhile Everton appointed the late and great Howard Kendall for a third spell as manager. We gave Howard no money to spend, and whilst Arsenal were signing the players they were signing, we were bringing in the likes of John Spencer and Mitch Ward.
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It had started to go wrong before then but this didn't help. Wenger held great ideas about diet/training while Howard still thought players getting on the ale was a good thing. A terrible appointment in 97.
 

Stevie Nicks Bootleg said:
It had started to go wrong before then but this didn't help. Wenger held great ideas about diet/training while Howard still thought players getting on the ale was a good thing. A terrible appointment in 97.
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The thing is though we could easily have finished third under Colin Harvey in 1990, maybe if we stuck with him he might have turned things around.

The game was even moving on when we brought Howard back in 1990. He was and will continue to be for a long time yet the greatest manager in our history, but whatever about 1990 he definitely should not have accepted the job in 1997. It would have been awful for him if we went down that season.
 
Cork Evertonian said:
The thing is though we could easily have finished third under Colin Harvey in 1990, maybe if we stuck with him he might have turned things around.

The game was even moving on when we brought Howard back in 1990. He was and will continue to be for a long time yet the greatest manager in our history, but whatever about 1990 he definitely should not have accepted the job in 1997. It would have been awful for him if we went down that season.
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Most would agree Harvey was never managerial material.
Arguably our best ever coach .
 

Cork Evertonian said:
I think these two clubs (well at least one of them used to anyway!) share a lot of similarities. Both have or had iconic former stadiums in Goodison and Highbury. There's the Alan Ball and Joe Mercer connection as well. At their best these two clubs are renowned for playing attractive and stylish football. After we won that 1995 FA Cup this was the honours list of both clubs.

Everton 9 League Titles, Arsenal 10 League Titles, Everton 5 FA Cups, Arsenal 6 FA Cups, Everton 0 League Cups, Arsenal 2 League Cups, Everton 1 European Cup Winner Cup, Arsenal 1 European Cup Winners Cup and 1 Fairs Cup.

There wasn't a lot between the two clubs there, although Arsenal just about shade it. In the past twenty seven going on twenty eight years though, Arsenal have added 3 league titles and 8 FA Cups to their grand total, which now gives them a total of 13 league titles and 14 FA Cups. Arsenal in that period of time played in a Champions League final and two Europa league finals as well.

So where did it all go so wrong? Well a year later in 1996 they appointed Arsene Wenger as manager, and he completely transformed the club with his revolutionary approach to training, and signing players like Patrick Vierra and Thierry Henry etc.

Meanwhile Everton appointed the late and great Howard Kendall for a third spell as manager. We gave Howard no money to spend, and whilst Arsenal were signing the players they were signing, we were bringing in the likes of John Spencer and Mitch Ward.

This all boils down to the people running both of these respective clubs. Arsenal had a revolutionary and a man with a vision in David Dein running the show, whilst Everton had incompetent con artists like Peter Johnson and Bill Kenwright running the club into the ground.

Arsenal are looking good for a a 14th league title this season, while Everton sadly are staring down the barrel of relegation from the Premier League yet again. The fortunes of both of these clubs in the past nearly thirty or so years, serves as an indictment on the custodians of this once great club.
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Well put together Corky.
Short Version; They got lucky - We got Kenwright
 

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