EXCLUSIVE: 'Everton anger me... they DESERVE the boos' PAUL RIDEOUT lets rip on the crisis engulfing the club, their looming relegation battle and repeated mistakes in the market - 28 years after his FA Cup Final goal earned the Toffees their last trophy

Paul Rideout finds it astounding. ‘They angered me the way they played the other night. They were booed and they deserved to be.’

It is nearly 28 years since his goal won the FA Cup for Everton against Manchester United — and the club have not won a trophy since. But as the two teams meet in the FA Cup on Friday night, the concern for Rideout is the other parallel from 1995: Everton face yet another relegation battle.

‘It is astounding that it keeps happening,’ he said. ‘Everton are a huge club but they have wasted the money.