The hashtag #27years is forming a part of social media protests by Everton fans against the club's deeply unpopular ownership.
That's how long it is since the Toffees won a piece of silverware, beating Manchester United to win the FA Cup at Wembley in 1995.
You imagine it could be a few more years yet but if their search for a new manager to replace Rafael Benitez is based on a trophy-winning track record then they could do worse than Vitor Pereira.
Vitor Pereira, whose last job was at Fenerbahce, is a strong contender for the Everton job
The Portuguese coach, 53, seen here after Shanghai SiPG won the Chinese Super League title in 2019, has also won trophies in Greece and Portugal
The Portuguese coach, 53, has won league championships in his home country, Greece and China during a fairly nomadic career for a reasonably young coach.
As Sportsmail reported on Sunday, Pereira is emerging as a serious contender for the Goodison Park vacancy having impressed during his interview with the club's hierarchy.
The club's majority shareholder Farhad Moshiri is searching for a 'progressive' and 'forward-thinking' manager who can not only navigate Everton out of their relegation battle but lead them with vision and purpose for years to come.
And it may well prove to be third time lucky for Pereira who was interviewed by Everton prior to Robert Martinez's appointment in 2013 and again before Carlo Ancelotti arrived in 2019.
Farhad Moshiri is eager to make a 'forward-thinking' appointment to replace Rafael Benitez
Pereira was interviewed for the Everton job in 2013 and 2019 but didn't get the role
Pereira was also a contender for the Arsenal job following the dismissal of Unai Emery, holding talks with the Gunners, and also on Chelsea's shortlist before they opted for club legend Frank Lampard.
At that time, the £25million release clause on his contract at Chinese club Shanghai SiPG was too prohibitive for even Roman Abramovich but with Pereira currently out of work, there would be no such issues for Everton.
Pereira was assistant manager to Andre Villas-Boas at Porto in 2010-11 when they won a league, cup and Europa League treble
Despite serving as the assistant to Andre Villas-Boas, later Chelsea and Tottenham manager, at Porto in 2010-11, Pereira is relatively unknown in English football.
Everton fans suspect the guiding hand of Kia Joorabchian in Moshiri's interest in him and the 'superagent' isn't exactly flavour of the month.
But Pereira certainly has his merits - a proven track record of winning trophy and also in developing players of the calibre of Joao Moutinho, James Rodriguez, Radamel Falcao, Nicolas Otamendi and Hulk.
In his last posting at Turkish club Fenerbahce, he worked with the former Arsenal playmaker Mesut Ozil, who was initially impressed by his man management skills before things turned sour.
Ozil threw a bib at Pereira when left on the bench for a match against Kasimpasa having been taken off in one game too many prior to that.
It's fair to say Ozil
