TARK OUT TO END FAMINE

JAMES TARKOWSKI insists Everton's players are determined this season to end the longest silverware drought in the club's history.

- BY CHRIS BEESLEY

The Blues went to Anfield on Saturday for the 247th Merseyside derby and were met with chants of, "Champions" and "You haven't won a trophy since 1995" by home fans in their 2-1 loss to Liverpool.

Although Everton have lifted silverware across nine separate decades, a feat only Liverpool and Manchester United can better, their current barren spell now stretches back 30 years to when Joe Royle's side defeated Manchester United 1-0 in the FA Cup final (below).