It may not yet be Spring, but something is stirring down Goodison way.
They are the first green shoots of hope, an undeniable fresh sense of optimism breaking through the dead ground of a miserable midwinter…and the lifeless wasteland this stadium had become under
If that sounds fanciful, then the sense of a new beginning around the place was given a full-throated voice precisely 63 minutes into this fascinating FA Cup contest. They say it is the hope that kills you, but here it finally brought the fans back to life.
