Everton 1 Chelsea 1

FA Cup 4th round day at Goodison Park; despite appearances the temperature was only just above freezing.

This week has been one of gloom and doom for Everton supporters. Talk of financial crisis and players leaving the club fuelled fears that todays FA Cup 4th round match with Chelsea would be like 'lambs to the slaughter'. This was reflected in the thousands of empty seats all around the stadium.

The doom merchants were proved partially wrong. The vultures (other clubs) may circle around Everton's best players, but today we witnessed an excellent team performance. The statistics of possession and corners both show that Everton more than matched their multi millionaire opponents. Saha's second half headed goal allowed us to anticipate a famous victory; however, it was wiped out by a Chelsea equaliser in the last ten minutes.

Everton and Chelsea will replay the game the in three weeks at Stamford Bridge. Clearly Everton's best chance of progressing has gone, but with another performance like this (with Cahill back in the team) and all is not lost.

Everton attack the Gwladys Street end.