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Moyes won't accept lock on Sky 4

Moyes confirms 4th was on the cards

"I can't turn up at the start of next season believing we can't be up there [in the top four]. Even this season, until the beginning of March, we had a realistic chance. And if we could have got there it could have changed Everton for a long, long time. We're probably more ready now than we were three years ago, and if we'd got in I think we could have made the group stages. With the money that's on offer we could have changed things..." More External link

[9 May]

Joleon is the tops

Player of the Season

Joleon Lescott was voted the Player of the Season by fans and also by his fellow players at Everton's lavish awards dinner in St George's Hall, Liverpool, last night. The 25-year-old has performed superbly in 53 games for Everton this season and notched an impressive nine goals, mostly from his position as makeshift left-back. More External link

[8 May]

Kirkby plans to be resubmitted

Shrinking retail element

Tesco will resubmit plans for Destination Kirkby that will respond to a number of complaints about the project, including a sizeable cut in the amount of retail space that was needed to "cross-fund" the new stadium for Everton. Lots of positive and negative spin from proponents and opponents as to what this means for the future of the project. Discuss it here in our Mailbag. More External link

[7 May]

Hibbo: Defensive dervish

Moyes on keeping it tight

David Moyes has been talking up Tony Hibbert after the much-maligned full-back put in a good day's graft at The Emirates against Arsenal, and kept Theo Walcott well bottled up. Interesting that Moyes sees him primariliy as a defender for the bigger games (ie, against the Sky 4) — but chooses to rest him and play Neville at right back when a slightly more expansive gameplan is warranted. Discuss this in our Mailbag More External link

[6 May]

Lack of ambition prolongs uncertainty

Arsenal 1 - 0 Everton

Everton go into the final game still not sure of 5th place as an under-strength and under-motivated Arsenal grabbed the goal they needed to record yet another win over the Blues. Johnson led the line with Yakubu on the bench but it was Jagielka with the best chance of a pedestrian first half that at least saw Everton playing it on the deck, his header cleared off the line. Arsenal were there for the taking but Moyes seemed content to play out the draw, so Wenger put Traore on and he soon created a simple winning goal for Bendtner. Moyes belatedly responded with Yakubu and Anichebe for the last 10 mins but it was all so disappointingly predictable. More External link

[4 May]

Dixie Dean Radio Feature

Listen again to Radio Five Live

Eamonn Holmes on Five Live featured an interview this morning with filmmaker, Ian Lysaght, the director of a feature-length docu-drama being made by Tabacula, 80 years on from the hat-trick Dean scored for Everton against Arsenal that sealed his unequalled 60-goal season. Scroll forward in the 2-hour porgramme to the 1:31:00 timepoint to listen again, the highlight being the recollections of Harry McLeish, who was there, age 7, at Goodison Park. More External link

[3 May]

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From my seat: Arsenal (A)

Ken Buckley's match report

Arsenal (a) — some thoughts

Michael Kidd's views on the game

Damn that internet!

It helps if you are threatening legal action that you get the right target. Everton's recent letter threatening legal action against vociferous opponents of Destination Kirkby, KEIOC, cited keioc.com — turns out to be the website of a Japanese orthodontist — and not keioc.net, their intended target... Ooops! More

[9 May]

Wyness: Moyes talks going well

Everton CEO, Keith Wyness, insists that talks with David Moyes regarding an extension to his current contract are going well and that, "there is absolutely no problem there at all." More

[8 May]

Finally, Arteta has surgery

After being told for months that Mikel Arteta did not need surgery to fix the problem that has dogged him since October, and reduced his performances to a pale shadow of what we know he can do... Guess What?! He's finally had surgery to fix his niggling stomach/groin muscle problem and will hopefully be fit for pre-season training in July More

[7 May]

Valente staying for another year

Nuno Valente, 33, is set to sign a new contract at Everton and will commit himself for a further year at the club. More

[6 May]

The pressure is off!

After Saturday's games, Everton need just a point from their last two matches — perhaps not even that — to secure 5th place in the Premier League and qualification for the Uefa Cup next season. Aston Villa, the biggest threat in the chasing pack, crashed 2-0 in a must-win game at home to Wigan. Portsmouth also lost 2-0 at Boro. More

[3 May]

Goodison lights up for Madeleine

Goodison Park will be floodlit for half an hour after 9:30pm this evening to mark the first anniversary of the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, the four year-old Blue of whom there is still no trace after she was apparently snatched from her bed in the Portuguese Algarve. More

[3 May]

Moyes settles Rooney libel case

David Moyes has apparently settled his libel action against Wayne Rooney and Harper Collins, the publisher of his autobiography which contained allegations that the Everton manager felt, "injured his professional and personal reputation and caused serious embarrassment and distress". More

[2 May]

Tickets: Wanted and For Sale

For those interested, there's been a flurry of requests for tickets to the Arsenal, Newcastle and Uefa Cup Final games on our Bulletin Board. More

[2 May]

AJ: Be a pest in the Box!

David Moyes is looking for Andy Johnson to ditch the "nice guy" routine and revert to being much more of a pest in the penalty box. What better place to do it than at Arsenal — since Wenger's diving jibe, AJ has resigned himself to being a corner-ball chaser and has not been awarded a single penalty. More

[2 May]

The Croke Park Parallel

KEIOC recently interviewed Peter McKenna, Stadium Director for Croke Park in Dublin, Ireland, about the decision to redevelop the stadium in a "landlocked", residential locale rather than a greenfield site as Everton plan to do in Kirkby. His answers return regularly to the benefits of staying in a thriving city and staying true to tradition and history. More

[30 Apr]

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