Former Everton midfielder Martin Dobson has recalled how Bob Marley told him the Blues were going to avoid the drop on what was the most-stressful day at Goodison Park for a quarter of a century. For the third time, Everton’s Premier League status was on the line going into the final fixture of a season as the 2022/23 campaign came to its conclusion, following similar ‘Great Escapes’ in 1994 and 1998.

As it turned out, the Blues avoided a first relegation in 72 years by a single goal from Abdoulaye Doucoure in the 57th minute but with Sean Dyche’s side in the bottom three at the interval, many around the Lancastrian were not sharing his rosy outlook at the time. Speaking on Goodison Park: My Home, Dobson, who celebrates his 78th birthday today on Valentine's Day, explained how he is fittingly a romantic at heart as he told the ECHO: “It was a tough game for everybody wasn’t it? Everybody knew what the scenario was, Southampton were down and the last two places were between...