Anthony Gordon did not get many minutes on the pitch against former club Everton during Newcastle United’s win on Saturday but was front and centre of the pre-match scenes.
Gordon, of course, left Everton under a cloud in January 2023 when joining Newcastle United.
The 24-year-old is now in something of a funk. Though his form has been good in the Champions League, he hasn’t scored in the Premier League since January.
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As such, he dropped out of Eddie Howe’s side as Newcastle beat Everton 4-1 on Saturday.
Harvey Barnes started ahead of him and, frankly, the 24-year-old faces a fight to reclaim his starting berth right now.
Howe did afford Gordon a cameo run out at the Hill Dickinson Stadium but what happened pre-match was far more interesting.
Newcastle United players laugh at Everton fans booing Anthony Gordon
Gordon was booed by the home support as the Newcastle players made their way off the coach and into the stadium.
Indeed, it would be fair to say that the Toffees faithful haven’t forgotten the way in which he left the club almost three years ago now.
Interestingly, the boos for Gordon appeared to make two other Newcastle stars laugh.
Journalist Jordan Cronin captured a video of both Anthony Elanga and Jacob Ramsey laughing at the reaction Gordon got once the players had made their way into the stadium.
Anthony Elanga and Jacob Ramsey LAUGH at the Everton fans booing Anthony Gordon
Anthony Gordon ends his curse against Everton for Newcastle United
While Gordon wasn’t needed for very long against his former club, he did at least get on the pitch to end something of a curse for him.
Since leaving the club with which he made his name, Gordon had only beaten them once. That came in a 4-1 win at Goodison Park back in 2023.
He had since played in a 3-0 loss at Goodison, as well as a 0-0 draw there and Newcastle’s 1-0 home defeat on the final day of last season.
Everton fans have mocked Gordon before and while he would surely have loved to make more of an impact, at least he got something approaching the last laugh.
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