Everton Football Club: More Top-Flight Games Than Anyone Else

As Everton trailed Bayern Munich by a goal to nil in a European Cup Winners’ Cup semi-final, Howard Kendall famously told his players, "get the ball into the box and the Gwladys Street will suck the ball into the net". The boss spoke the truth.

Second-half goals from Graeme Sharp. Andy Gray and Trevor Steven crowned a 3-1 win and Goodison's greatest night, setting up a final against Rapid Vienna in Rotterdam which the Blues also won 3-1 - because in every land and continent (wherever football goes), they'll play the game that's Everton, and bring the honours home.

Just nine years later, however, the Gwladys Street magnet was needed again, but for all the wrong reasons. It was the final game of the 1993/94 season, and Everton needed to beat Wimbledon to secure Premier League football just seven years after lifting the title.

It had all changed at Goodison since that night against Bayern Munich, but Neville Southall was still in between the sticks. However, instead of making gravity-defying saves or lifting trophies, he was beaten by a Dean Holdsworth penalty before an unfortunate Gary Ablett own goal put the Toffees 2-0 down inside 20 minutes.