It's a painful EXERCISE - with no home comforts

Everton ended 2025 on cloud nine when it came to counting their Premier League away wins that calendar year - but as they entered 2026, they found a distinct lack of home comforts against Brentford.

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Hill Dickinson Stadium has succeeded the Bees' Gtech Community Stadium as the English top flight's newest venue but while the Blues have generally settled in well so far when it comes to making the transition from Goodison Park, where they had played for the previous 133 years, to the Mersey waterfront, after the heavy defeats to Tottenham Hotspur (3-0) and Newcastle United (4-1), this was another tough day at the office.