I’m 68 years old and I’ve been supporting my Club since I was 10 years old.

I, like many fellow Evertonians have seen the good times, Albeit far and few, compared to our ugly neighbours but, I really feel for the younger generation, some who have never experienced success. I admire and respect and their stoicism.

Their time will come. But, will it be in MY time? Have I had my ration of Happiness ?

As much as the odds are in favour of a YES!, due to my diminishing years, I refuse to go down without a fight to the last Breath !

Like the gambler who won’t give up, chasing and choking until his pockets are emptied.

And like the gambler who has become accustomed to losing and wallowing in the aura of defeat, that’s me!

There’s always a chance that my numbers, or Horse will come good.

I’ll rifle and trawl through the gossip and fake news on the click bait sites, that will stimulate my curiosity for Everything Everton.

Really great article. It sums up perfectly what being an Evertonian is all about. We have all felt this way especially after a loss to THEM but we keep coming back. I have never regretted my allegiance even after supporting them since 1971

A good article, Ali, if a little romanticised.

In answer to your question - Never in a million years. As my Dad used to say, “we are cut from a different cloth”.

Do I regret supporting Everton?

Absolutely not!
I fell very lucky and honoured personally.
Liverpool fans will never know what it’s like to support a club through thick and thin ups and downs.
When Liverpool win a trophy it’s just another day, almost as if it’s a formality every season, no hardships, no rollercoaster ride, their lacking authenticity in their success.
Unlike other successful clubs like Arsenal or Manchester united.
Would I like Everton to win loads of trophies? Of course I would but we wouldn’t forget our humble beginnings either, something Liverpool fans today will never know.

I have a bond with Everton, in some ways you could say it’s a trauma bond hahaha

The late Brian Labone summed things up perfectly with his quote, ‘One Evertonian is worth ten Liverpudlians’. Given the current disparity between the resources of the two clubs, one trophy won by our club would be worth ten won by them.

At some point in the future complacency will set in at Anfield as it did at Old Trafford. My hope is that by then we will have built our club back stronger than we have been in the last four decades and be ready to compete for trophies on a regular basis. Like Paul, who is five years younger than me, I hope I am around to see that happen.

Ten, John?

Don’t undercook it, you know it’s twenty!

76 years watching Everton now and find articles like this just a tad amusing.

I'm well able to remember those long years when the Reds were firmly stuck in the old Second Division and Everton was "The Team" on Merseyside.

Everton started to drift with the likes of Carter, Johnson and then Kenwright mismanaging our Club. The other lot contrived to become better run in time for the bonanza of the Premier League while Moshiri ran amok with his almost certainly ill-gotten fortune.

It could (and should) have been all so different while Hillsboro broke up a team that was poised to take on Europe.

We had our chances but never quite took them.

I'm still optimistic for younger supporters' hopes of seeing a great Everton revival but not so optimistic that I will be around to see it.