“The School of Science, it’s on its way back...” That was the chant that bellowed out from the away end at the Vitality Stadium on Tuesday night as Everton secured a long overdue first Premier League win at Bournemouth.

Originally popular with Blues during the days of Roberto Martinez , the man who succeeded David Moyes when he left for Manchester United over a dozen years ago, the terrace anthem, sung to the tune of the Beach Boys’ Sloop John B , has now been updated for 2025/26. The new version goes something like this: “Moyesy had a dream, to build a football team, he went to City and he signed Jack Grealish on loan. We play from the back, Ndiaye in attack, the School of Science, it’s on its way back.”

A nickname that long predates either ’The Mersey Millionaires’ or ’The

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