They were the ones who had not stayed until the end I felt sorry. Those who have a bus to catch or a car to move or start early the next day. Imagine going out early. Imagine missing that.
Because there were some visible blue seats before everything happened. At the end of Gladwys Street, where James Tarkowski hit his equalization goal for Everton against Liverpool and Bass Bullens, on the corner. Some, as always is the case from top to the country, it was supposed to be awake and that the story had already told himself. Then they went home.
And now everything you have left is an adhesive story about going to the last and most dramatic mecrseyside derby in Goodison Park just to leave before the atomic bomb landed. They are the ghosts of Goodison, the Internet memes that live and breathe.
Not for them adrenaline, shock and amazement pumpled directly to their veins, the dizziness, the heart hitting as a drum. Not for them pure joy. Not for them, the feeling that good things really still happen, even in these more difficult times.
Not for them the reminder that live sport has not yet changed. It is not for them the knowledge that whatever we do and, nevertheless, we seek to put it and disinfect it, what happens there, in the grass where we all really want to be, it still matters more than we can explain.
No, none of that is for them. Maybe they seek to change their history. They may say they were there because during the previous 90 minutes they had been. But deep down, they will know.
James Tarkowski crashed into a volley medium to rescue a point for Everton against Liverpool rivals
There was Pandemonium at the end of Gladwys Street after 98 -minute stunning
However, some followers had already left their seats before the conclusion, assuming that the action has been carried out
In the background they will know that their experience lacked the part that matters, the part that would have kept them awake at night, looking at the roof thanking their mother or dad or aunt or uncle or brother or sister or who is the one who first pushed them time the address of your football team.
And this is not to make fun of those who did not see him, who did not witness that Tarkowski did what few manage to do. No, it is to celebrate those who were there and that they gave testimony of another moment to remind us that football still lives in the deep of us in such a way that it is impossible to delegate.
We all know the list of things that have done us in the name of progress. And when we say progress, to a large extent we mean money.
Starting times, ticket prices, VAR delays, FA cup repetitions, Wembley semifinals. But we also know that in the background where it matters, they cannot touch us. They just can't take this away.
Football is still visceral and real and representative of life in all its glories and failures and sometimes there is absolutely no substitute for being there to see it.
Everton now has its moment Tarkowski, like Liverpool, has Jerzy Dudek and Manchester United have Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Manchester City have Sergio Agüero and Paul Dickov and the arsenal have Michael Thomas and West Ham have Jarrod Bowen and Carlisle have Jimmy Glass (you may have to have to look at that above).
And there are dozens of others. Most of us have one and those who not only need to stay because it will eventually occur. That is sport. That opportunity to collapse now is just around the corner, somewhere.
The final derby in Goodison was actually quite mundane for the most part. Football was too frantic and the stimulating moments were too rare. And now it is done, there will be recriminations and research.
There have been many consequences after the accessory, with referee Michael Oliver facing criticism for his performance
Liverpool believes that the toffee equalizer should not have remained due to a fault in accumulation
Tarkowski's strike proved to be an appropriate ending for Meseyside procedures in Goodison Park
Liverpool fans think that Everton's first goal comes from an incorrectly granted free kick and probably are right. They think that the second wine from a foul on Ibrahima Konate and is probably wrong.
The FA will analyze what happened between all that bad feeling full time and all this will keep the media occupied for a while. The football news cycle progresses.
But that is just the noise of our game. The truth is that the things that really mattered and went in the time that led a former Central defender of Burnley, raised a Manchester United fan but now playing for Everton, to remove his right boot and extend it through the ball As powerfully as he could late on Wednesday night.
Goal for Everton. Everton point. Glory to Goodison. Restored pride. Heart rate increased. The head turned. Love required. At last.
Yes, imagine getting everything that .
Posttecoglou crystal message
Ange Postecoglou was calm when he delivered his evaluation of Tottenham's last setback, but his message was clear.
“This is just things driven by the agenda,” said Postecoglou. 'If it's to get rid of me, then well with you. If you want to get rid of me, well.
So let's be clear. Nobody in the main media wants to see postecoglou fired in Tottenham. No one treats it differently because it is Australian, as previously suggested in the season. There is no agenda.
It is being examined by its results, just like everyone else. When suggesting that it is something different, it seems weak when in reality it is not. Managers who see ghosts in the shadows do not tend to last a long time, so it is a look that postecoglou would do well to shake.
He is right when he says that some people do not understand the impact of injuries and exhaustion on their team's results. And what is worth, I think Tottenham should hold on to him. Let's see how your team looks when your big players return.
But managers who speak in terms of conspiracy theories often end with one foot outside the door. Posttecoglou must leave that to the crazy people of social networks and continue with his work while he can still.
Ange Postecoglou said the scrutiny about his position in Tottenham is “only things driven by the agenda”
Exeter's feat goes unnoticed
Nottingham Forest almost left the FA Cup in Exeter City, team 18 in League one.
However, almost no one seemed to realize. Just say the world had advanced when it arrived Tuesday night.
A lesson learned, we hope. A weekend of the FA Cup should be precisely what it says it is.
Nottingham Forest survived an almighty scare to reach the fifth round of the FA Cup on Tuesday night
The fighters of the one exeter league took the Premier League team to the penalties before falling short
We get what we deserve
My colleague Simon Jordan believes that John Eustace will get what comes to him in the future after making it clear that he wants to leave Blackburn for Derby County.
John Eustace was confirmed as Derby County Manager on Thursday, after having made the change of candidates for the promotion of the Blackburn championship
But the fact is that it already has that blow to the solar plexus. Football has already done the best.
Eustace had the sixth city of Birmingham in the championship in October 2023 when he was fired to leave space for Wayne Rooney. Then he knows how football works.
And this is its bump. Why do we expect our managers to follow a code of trusted and loyalty unwritten when the world they live and work on exchanges on convenience and short term? It makes no sense.
It is football that makes people like Eustace behave as they do. Sometimes we get what we deserve.