FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2026
David Moyes has now taken charge of Everton 592 times — as many as Harry Catterick, the most in the club’s history. For 52 minutes on Friday night, his record night was going wrong.
Frank Lampard brought Coventry City to Hill Dickinson Stadium and had them in front seven minutes after the break, Yann Gboho twisting inside the area and poking home the opener past Jordan Pickford in front of a crowd of 52,395. Lampard managed Everton between Moyes’ two spells in charge, and his side were the better team for long stretches — Moyes admitted afterward that Everton’s display was not entirely convincing.
Five minutes of Barry
Then Thierno Barry took the game away. On 56 minutes he rose at the back post to head in Vitaliy Mykolenko’s cross. Five minutes later he bundled the second in from close range — and when Coventry’s players appealed for a handball, VAR checked the goal and let it stand.
Barry had a hand in the third as well. With nine minutes left he slid the pass through for Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, who fired past Carl Rushworth from a tight angle at the near post to finish the comeback.
Only Haaland has scored more
The brace took Barry to 10 goals for the season in 13 appearances — already more than he scored in the whole of last season — and among Premier League players, only Erling Haaland has more in all competitions. “He’s missed quite a few chances, but tonight he got important goals for us,” Moyes said. “He’s becoming an important piece for us, and he’s got 10 goals for us, which is really good.”
Fifth, above Liverpool
The win lifts Everton to fifth in the Premier League on 16 points, one ahead of Liverpool, who play their game in hand at Crystal Palace on Sunday. It is three straight wins in all competitions heading into the international break. Coventry, back in the Premier League this season after a 25-year absence, stay 16th on nine points.
So the record night ends the way Moyes would have ordered it: 592 matches in charge, level with Catterick at the top of Everton’s history, and a win attached. Every stat, both lineups and the live table from Hill Dickinson Stadium are in the Game Center.
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- Barry Hits Double As Everton Win Moyes’ Landmark Match Everton Football Club · Nov 6, 2026 (the club’s official match report: Barry scored two and created the other; the win came in Moyes’ 592nd match in charge, levelling Harry Catterick’s record; three points lifted Everton into fifth)
- Everton vs. Coventry City — match summary, event 401879242 ESPN · Nov 6, 2026 (final score and full-time status; scorers Gboho 52′, Barry 56′ and 61′, Dewsbury-Hall 81′; assists Mykolenko and Barry; Hill Dickinson Stadium; attendance 52,395; standings — Everton 5th on 16 points, Liverpool 6th on 15 with a game in hand, Coventry 16th on 9)
- Everton storms back to beat Coventry and leapfrog Liverpool into 5th place Associated Press via TSN · Nov 6, 2026 (Gboho put Coventry ahead in the 52nd minute; Barry struck in the 56th and 61st; three consecutive wins and 16 points; Moyes’ 592nd match matching Catterick’s record; Coventry back in the Premier League after a 25-year absence, remaining 16th)
- Everton 3-1 Coventry — match report and highlights Sky Sports · Nov 6, 2026 (Gboho’s opener; Barry bundled in the winner amid Coventry’s handball accusations, upheld after the VAR check; Coventry’s wider VAR frustration on the night)
- ‘We always liked him’: Moyes praises in-form Barry after brace against Coventry Flashscore · Nov 6, 2026 (Moyes’ post-match quotes on Barry; Barry’s 10 goals this season, with only Erling Haaland ahead of him among Premier League players in all competitions)
