Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall celebrates scoring during the match between Manchester United and Everton at Old Trafford on November 24, 2025
Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall celebrates scoring during the match between Manchester United and Everton at Old Trafford on November 24, 2025
Everton’s 1-0 victory on Monday was the first time that Manchester United had lost a Premier League game at Old Trafford when the visitors had been reduced to 10 men. bizarre sending off for slapping team-mate Michael Keane in the face just 13 minutes into the contest put the Blues on the back foot after they had already lost captain Seamus Coleman to a hamstring injury just three minutes earlier.
However, Everton triumphed thanks to spectacular 29th minute strike to hand former Red Devils boss his first ever success at the stadium as an away team manager. (Bradley Cates) reveals it was the sixth time that the Blues have won a Premier League game after one of their players was dismissed in the first half and the last five of such triumphs have now come under the Glaswegian gaffer.
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In over a century of football before the Premier League era, recorded just two such victories. On 21 August 1976, they opened the season by enjoying a 4-0 stroll in a First Division match against Queens Park Rangers at Loftus Road despite Dave Jones being given an early bath on 17 minutes.
Billy Bingham’s side were already a goal ahead through an unusual own goal just eight minutes into the contest when home keeper fell on the ball and somehow threw it into the net. The Blues doubled their advantage through Bob Latchford’s close-range strike on 21 minutes and were 3-0 up before the interval thanks to Mike Bernard’s 38th minute penalty – after John Hollins had fired a spot-kick wide on 26 minutes – before Latchford bagged his brace to complete the rout 11 minutes from the end with an effort from the edge of the area.
Prior to that, the only other occasion came in a wild FA Cup first round tie against Second Division Barnsley at Goodison Park on January 9, 1915, the year of Everton’s second League Championship. Jimmy Galt fired the Blues in front on 25 minutes, but tempers flared seven minutes later as both teams had a man sent off (George Harrison for the hosts and Frank Barson for the visitors).
Sheffield-born Barson had a reputation for aggressive play and was regarded as one of football’s hard men with his hard tackling once resulting in a seven-month ban while he had to be given a police escort to be smuggled out of Goodison on this occasion when an angry crowd of Blues fans had gathered outside the ground after the final whistle. The ECHO reported the double sending off as follows: “Barson started the rumpus that made the game stand before the football world as a disgrace.
“His foul on (Joe) Clennell was meant and severe. He was cautioned.
“Then Barson and Harrison got at loggerheads and the linesman wisely pointed out something that the strict referee had not seen. Referee Sephton thereupon spoke to both players.
“Then the tragedy tinged with comic effects. Barson whipped the feet from under Harrison, who retaliated by, it is alleged, kicking Barson.
“But both men say they did not touch each other. The sight of the injured Barnsley man being attended by his trainer and the players in clusters talking heatedly was clinched when the two men walked towards the players’ subway.
“Nearing this subway the players shook hands – what for is hard to understand.”
The drama didn’t end there though. Bobby Parker doubled Everton’s lead six minutes later, but he too was given his marching orders for kicking opposition keeper Jack Cooper on 58 minutes.
Galt added a third goal for the Blues a minute after that but then Clennell – supposedly Barson’s initial victim, prompting the first half mayhem – also left the field having ‘fainted’ and with home defender Tom Fleetwood retiring hurt five minutes from full-time, Everton ended the game with just seven players!
Here’s a round-up of their previous Premier League wins when having a man sent off in the first half...
Kevin Kilbane is consoled by Robbie Keane after being sent off by referee Mark Halsey during the match between Tottenham Hotspur and Everton at White Hart Lane on August 26, 2006
August 26, 2006: Tottenham Hotspur 0 Everton 2 Kevin Kilbane was sent off by Mark Halsey on 32 minutes for a second bookable offence when he brought down Lee Young-Pyo. However, after Calum Davenport turned Joleon Lescott’s header into his own net on 53 minutes, another Blues summer recruit Andrew Johnson sealed the win on 66 minutes to celebrate his England call-up by clinching Everton’s first victory at White Hart Lane since Gary Lineker secured the three points for them 21 years to the day earlier in 1985. (Image: Ben Radford/Getty Images) 1 of 5
2. Iain Turner is sent off during the match between Everton and Blackburn Rovers at Goodison Park on February 11, 2006
Iain Turner is sent off during the match between Everton and Blackburn Rovers at Goodison Park on February 11, 2006
3. Duncan Ferguson is shown the red card during the Everton v Bolton Wanderers match at Goodison Park on April 1, 2002
Duncan Ferguson is shown the red card during the Everton v Bolton Wanderers match at Goodison Park on April 1, 2002