Friday 25 November 2011 marked the second anniversary of the Government's decision to reject Everton Football Club?s proposed plan to relocate from Goodison Park to a new stadium and retail complex in Kirkby. Since that day, Evertonians have been feeling the full weight of ex-CEO Keith Wyness?s now prophetic statement that ?There is no Plan B?. This article from the Blue Union reviews the subsequent progress on getting Everton a new stadium, and provides some hope for the future.
Ian Ross has left his job as the Director of Communications at Everton FC in the wake of the leaked emails two weeks ago according to the Liverpool Echo.
Despite moving into the top half of the Premier League, David Moyes has reiterated that getting 40 points is the target and fears that lack of strikers means it will be a tough season for Everton to retain their place in the top flight.
James Wallace has extended his loan spell at Shrewsbury by a month, despite playing only 20 minutes since arriving from Everton. Wallace joined the Shrews at the beginning of November, but was sent off just 20 minutes into his debut at Dagenham.
Diniyar Bilyaletdinov has been praised by David Moyes after forcing his way back into the Everton first team, saying "Bilyaletdinov sometimes he doesn't get enough credit, he's actually a boy who is desperate to do well, a really conscientious worker."
Shane Duffy has extended his loan spell with League One Scunthorpe United until January 8. Duffy has made 14 appearances for the Iron, who currently sit just two points and two places outside the relegation zone.
Could the tragic and untimely death of Gary Speed be linked to his superb skill as a header of the ball? This article on a US website raises a concern regarding the link between multiple concussions sustained in the course of a career that includes repeated impact to the head, and brain damage that can lead some professional sportsmen to commit suicide.
The former teammates of Gary Speed from his two years at Everton will return to Goodison Park this coming weekend as part of the Club's tribute to the Welshman whose unexpected death was announced yesterday.
Tim Howard admitted he was ecstatic after securing only the second clean sheet of Everton?s season during their revitalising win over Bolton. The USA goalkeeper made a couple of important saves en route to a 2-0 victory at the Reebok stadium which propelled the Toffees up to ninth in the Premier League table.
Few fans get to enjoy what Evertonians experienced in 1985; that sense of invincibility and belief that anything was possible.
Seamus Coleman should have seen red after elbowing me in the head, insists Bolton defender Robinson.
In Chile, CD Everton drew the second leg of the playoff that could have given them promotion to Primera A and lose the tie on away goals scored. After ending 1-1 in the first leg last Thursday, Rangers equalised three times and it finishes 3-3.
Apostolos Vellios has revealed he was taking tips from Duncan Ferguson ahead of him coming on and scoring the winner in Saturday's 2-0 win at Bolton. Former Toffees frontman Ferguson, who retired from playing in 2006, has been working at Finch Farm while he takes his coaching badges.
Shocking news of a former Everton player and lifelong Evertonian, Gary Speed, who has been found dead at his home in Cheshire. Speed joined Everton from Leeds United in June 1996 for 3.5M but left after only two years under acrimonious circumstances and went on to play for Newcastle then Bolton before retiring. More recently, he become the national manager of Wales. In December 2006, Gary Speed became the first player to pass the landmark 500 appearances in the Premier League: 58 of those were for Everton, the club Gary had supported since he was a lad. He will be sadly missed.
David Moyes is hoping Everton midfielder Jack Rodwell will be able to return to training next week following a rib injury suffered during England's friendly win over Sweden earlier this month. Rodwell has undergone a further scan on the injury and he is expected to be back in training by the middle of next week.
Everton notched back-to-back League wins for the first time this season with a 2-0 victory over 10-man Bolton at a rain-soaked Reebok Stadium. The Blues were already shading a largely dreadful encounter when Wheater was shown a straight red for a studs-up challenge on Bilyaletdinov and the Russian exacted his revenge with a low cross for Marouane Fellaini to convert from close range. Substitute Vellios tucked home the killer second after a superb cut-back by Cahill as Moyes's side moved boldly into the top half of the table.
Everton travel to the Reebok for a tough game against relegation-threatened Bolton, who are not having a very good season. Moyes is sweating on the fitness of Rodwell, Distin and Neville, all of whom are carrying injuries, but is unlikely to risk any of his young and relatively untried prospects against a historically brutish Bolton side that seem to know how to intimidate the Blues. Kick-off: 3 pm.
Graeme Sharp & Lord Grantchester were on hand at the opening of a temporary Everton store at Metquarter on Thursday. The store, which is open four days a week until December 23, will showcase pieces from the Everton Collection as well as selling club memorabilia and one-off pieces.
Leon Osman has backed up concerns expressed by David Moyes over Royston Drenthe's need to track back into those all-important defensive positions after his forward forays: ?It?s just trying to get him into the right position before play gets going again, and getting him to realise the game here is 100mph and non-stop. It?s just getting him to stay switched on.?
Talking of last season's dismal Everton performance at the Reebock, Osman says they were bullied by the Bolton side that day: ?They just piled over us for that period and we didn?t stand up to it - that?s where they got the victory. After it worked last year, they?ll probably try and do that again, and it?s up to us to stand up to it and match it,? he says.
In a flurry of deadline-day activity for loan deals, Everton Reserves defender Jake Bidwell is the latest Academy prospect to be farmed out on loan to get first-team experience in the lower divisions, his destination: Brentford.
The Everton Collection, established as the ultimate dream of ardent Evertonian and rabid collector of memorabilia, Dr David France, reaches new heights today with the addition of over 13,000 new images to what is already a tremendously successful website at www.evertoncollection.org.uk. The Echo seems to have already forgotten whose idea this was, but we certainly won't!
Everton Reserves defender Luke Garbutt's loan spell at Cheltenham Town has been extended for a third month. They have won seven of the eight games he has played in.
And as expected, Jose Baxter's loan spell at Tranmere has been extended to a third month that will take it into the New Year.
Royston Drenthe is really pleased with the left-side partnership he has struck up with Leighton Baines, who he thinks is one of the best left backs in the world. Drenthe told the Everton website: ?At the moment I am playing with one of the best left-backs in the world. Leighton has really good qualities."
Initially there was a general acceptance of this camouflage horror show. People mistakenly thought it was a tribute to the troops in Afghanistan. However, as it slowly became clear that it wasn?t, the sheer incredulous disbelief began to spread. By the time he trotted out onto the hallowed Goodison Park turf it became painfully obvious that this was a ?fashion? decision made by the marketing chimps at the club...
Historian Tony Onslow has written in the Bootle match programme about George William Goodison, a civil engineering consultant in Liverpool who had a road named after him because of his expertise at planning sewerage projects!
The Echo launches its Viewpoints readers' survey: http://www.viewpoints.me.uk/
The promising talents of Magaye Gueye, Apostolos Vellios and Ross Barkley featured in a great win for Everton Reserves at Newcastle today... The Blues ran out 4-0 winners after running the home side ragged with goals from Conor McAleny, returning from injury, Adam Forshaw, and Apostolos Vellios, who scored a brace.
Tranmere Rovers are looking to keep Jos Baxter at Prenton Park for another month... but they need to get it sorted by a Thursday deadline. Despite missing three games through suspension after a red card, he has scored three goals in nine games for the Wirral side.
David Moyes says that Sylvain Distin has got a bit of a problem with his groin, which is what kept him out of the side for the win over Wolves at the weekend.
Some wag called Simon in Spain has obviously been either employed by Blue Bill or has a keen sense of humour!
Everton are crying out for a striker, but seem unwilling to give Portuguese acquisition Joo Silva a chance, preferring that he spend what will total two years of his three-year contract on loan back in his native Portugal. So, what?s the problem? The ?875k striker can play and score in Portugal but he's just not good enough for the Premier League, despite being big and fast. There?s next to no chance that he?ll pull on an Everton shirt; the club will either release him or let him run down his contact.
David Moyes has revealed that the reason for Jack Rodwell's absence from the Everton side that beat Wolves is a rib injury sustained while he was on international duty for England against Sweden last week. After all the hoopla over his debut, he is now set to miss several Everton games over the next few weeks.
At least somebody understands the Moyes approach to negative football...
Everton chairman Bill Kenwright has promised manager David Moyes he will have money to spend in the January transfer window. Kenwright insists there will be cash to spend when the window reopens in just over a month's time.
Bill Kenwright has confirmed there are "three or four" parties interested in buying the club, but none are close to getting any buy-out process under way. Kenwright said the process was a long way from being concluded.
David Moyes says a win today, and the 3 points that lift Everton away from the relegation zone were crucial, despite continuing struggles to really deliver in the final third.
Stung into actually providing news coverage of the second Blue Union march, Echo reporter Greg O'Keefe witnessed hundreds of Everton fans marching in protest at the Everton Board of Directors and stagnation they have overseen at the club.
A club with real ambition, doing the kind of stadium redevelopment Everton could've done years ago, but we were told was impossible...
At his 'no holds barred' blog, Frank Hargreaves previews today's march by summarizing events this week, as he sees them...
Everton huffed and puffed for half-an-hour before Fellaini gifted a poor penalty to Wolves but a free-kick from Baines was powered in off the back of Phil Jagielka's head to restore parity before the break. In a mostly dreadful second half, the ref evened up one soft penalty award with another when Saha went down under Ward's challenge and Baines wrapped things up from the spot.
After bouncing all over the map in this more 'considered' reaction to 'E.mail-Gate' ? including the unproven assumption that they were hacked and not leaked ? The Echo's Greg O'Keefe constructs a rebuttal of the evidence the e.mails contain that appears to confirm the Echo plays patsy for the club's PR machine.
It's back to the domestic programme this weekend and Everton hope to kickstart a revival in their fortunes that will pull them away from the bottom three with the visit to Goodison of Wolves. Marouane Fellaini returns from suspension and Phil Jagielka is expected to receive another pain-killing jab to enable him to play. KO is 3pm.
Ahead of the Blue Union protest before this weekend's big game this article examines in depth three questions of concern for KEIOC.
David Moyes believes now is the time for his side to pick up their form and drag themselves up the table. Everton are on a miserable run of results, having won just once in six league matches since September 24.
Liverpool striker Craig Bellamy relays the story about how he almost became an Everton player back in 2005.
Ahead of this weekend's second protest march, one of the Blue Union leaders, Dave Kelly, talks to Steven Tudor at the Sabotage Times, where their case for continued protest against stagnation of the club is presented. Dave Kelly expresses his exasperation with the local media for failing to pursue the issues raised because, he believes, they do not want to jeopardise their close links with the club.
Everton?s greatest ever manager Howard Kendall will be joining authors James Corbett and Steve Johnson to sign copies of Everton: The School of Science and Everton: The Official Complete Record at Waterstone?s, Bold Street, Liverpool, at 11am on Saturday 19 November.
David Prentice claims in the Echo that Everton have launched an internal investigation into a series of e.mails that were published on one of our discussion threads by a reader registered under the name "Ethan Dyer". The authenticity and legality of the e.mails was questioned and they were subsequently removed.
Ahead of the second Blue Union protest march, planned for this Saturday, ahead of the Wolves game, Everton's Director of Communications Ian Ross has explained that their objectives are the same as the club's regarding investment and sale. The Blue Union have responded by issueing this Open Invitation to Ian Ross.
The Premier League returns at the weekend... and with it the now customary mutual managerial backslapping, with Mick McCarthy early off the mark in his fulsome praise of David Moyes.
Marouane Fellaini has signed a new five-year deal with the club. The 23-year-old put pen to paper on a contract that will run until June 2016, and earn him up to 70k a week. Fellaini?s current deal was due to expire in summer 2013, but the worst case scenario was that a player valued at 30m might allow that to run down and then be able to move for a much lower fee. Everton held a press conference at 2pm to make the announcement.
Everton Academy starlet Hallam Hope was on target for England Under-18s as they drew 1-1 with Slovakia. The striker was one of three Everton youngsters in the starting XI, with Eric Dier at the heart of the defence and John Lundstram in midfield. Hope was withdrawn after 65 minutes as Lundstram and Dier completed the full 90.
Louis Saha has poured cold water on talk of a move to Paris Saint Germain, after some sources claimed he was considering a move. The forward described the reports as "nonsense", accusing lazy journalists of making up stories.
Shoot's Everton blogger looks for Everton, and especially Rodwell, to play a bit further up the field.
After his impressive first start in an England shirt, Jack Rodwell admitted a string of near misses during his full England debut gave him a sleepless night. The 20-year-old midfielder went close to capping an impressive first start for Fabio Capello?s side with a goal during the 1-0 victory over Sweden at Wembley last night, and he says the quality of deliveries from club-mate Leighton Baines helped him threaten in his new attacking midfield role.
As expected, Jack Rodwell got his first full England cap this evening against Sweden, but it could have been even better if one or both of two excellent scoring chances had gone in for him. As it is, England lead at half-time through a goal by Gareth Barry. Rodwell had a header defected beyond the post and then contrived to miss when he might more easily have scored.
A review of where the Blue Union has taken its protest in the first three months since its inception
Ross Barkley made a very brief appearance for the England Under-21s right at the end of the game as they were beaten 2-1 by Belgium in Mons. The 17-year-old came on as a substitute in second half stoppage-time as Omar El Kaddouri scored what proved to be the winner for the hosts.
Everton in the Community have been granted permission (and funds!) by the government to open a Free School ? the only one in the Premier League.
"I'm fit. There is nothing wrong with me other than I've got a little broken toe," Phil Jagielka told SkySports. "It's nothing an injection won't take care of. Obviously it numbs the toe for a few hours and it will be a little bit sore for a while."
The Blue Union are planning a second peaceful protest march near Goodison Park this weekend after they were given clearance by Merseyside Police to march prior to Saturday's Premier League game against Wolves.
Jack Rodwell is set to receive the ultimate reward for his cultured and impressive half-an-hour in a full England game for the first time on Saturday: Fabio Capello plans to give him a starting role in the line-up that will face Sweden on Tuesday ? a team England have failed to beat in 12 meetings going back 1968.
Having proved his worth in the England defence that kept Spain at bay, Phil Jagielka has been given the night off on Tuesday v Sweden and will return to Everton, where he can rest/medicate his injured/broken little toe.
Jack Rodwell was delighted to make his England debut in the victory over Spain on Saturday as a substitute in the 57th minute. Rodwell told Sky Sports News: "It's a proud moment for me. As a kid I always dreamed of making my senior debut and tonight I've done that."
Everton U-18's were blown away by a three-goal blitz from Man City U-18s at Finch Farm but fought back with two goals in the second half, only to succumb to an injury-time goal that sealed it for the Mancs.
At Wembley, England kicked off with Phil Jagielka (alongside ex-Everton teammate Joleon Lescott) in defence against Spain, despite having a broken toe. Leighton Baines and debutant Jack Rodwell were part of a bench comprising 13 substitutes, with Jack Rodwell being the lucky one to get his first senior cap, coming on in the 57th minute and acquitting himself well in a rare England win over Spain 1-0.
On a recent visit to Finch Farm USA Coach Jurgen Klinsmann said he believes David Moyes is one of the most respected managers in the game.?David is known within coaching circles as being someone who?s constantly learning and constantly curious.?
Joeseph Yobo's Nigeria will miss out on the African Nations Cup finals next year after a comical screw-up against Guinea ? and demonstrated attack is not always the best form of defence!
Graham Beecroft explains the current investment-sale-ownership-takeover-stadium-selling-transfer-management situation at Everton to the numpties at TalkSport, including this amazing quote that Everton are relatively debt-free!!!
Phil Jagielka believes there are are enough good players in the side to make up for the loss of Mikel Arteta, but they are low on confidence after losing six of the last seven games.
Everton's Academy side has been drawn away to Crystal Palace in the 3rd Round of this season's FA Youth Cup. The game will be played before 17 December.
Phil Jagielka has told England Manager Fabio Capello that he is ready to play for England at the weekend after coming through Friday's training session with no problems.
Last night on Sky Sports News, Keith Harris talked about the resurgence of interest in buying Everton, mainly from the Middle East, India and China, but confirmed that there had been no offers made. Asked how much it would take to buy Everton ? 150M? 160M?? ? Harris told the interviewer "you're not far wrong".
Everton's young hopeful protege, Ross Barkley, was given a full game at England U-19 level and a chance to impress against Denmark. Frozen out of most recent first team games while playing primarily for the Reserves in recent weeks, Barkley played a key role in starting the move that lead to the solitary winning goal of the game, scored in the 80th minute of the game at Brighton on Thursday night.
Everton's match at Tottenham Hotspur, originally scheduled for the opening day but postponed in the aftermath of the London riots in August, has been rearranged for 11th January at 7:45pm.
Some interesting comments from Socceroos coach Holger Osieck about the perennial issue of Tim Cahill's fitness, ongoing injury problems, his ability to play or not, for Club or Country.
David Moyes owes Everton nothing. He has given it his all, and, when the time comes, should be allowed to walk away, with his head held high.
... at St James' Park. Which Mike Ashley has now renamed the SportsDirect Arena! Apparently not as rebranding sponsorship deal in itself but to show potential sponsors who are interested in stadium naming rights that nothing is sacred.
What price "Goodison Park"?
Phil Jagielka is likely to have an injection in his broken toe to enable him to play in England's friendly with Spain after Fabio Capello indicated that he wants to pair the Everton defender with Joleon Lescott. Although the latest news is that he has had to miss training with the England team today...
Steven Pienaar admits his inability to contribute to Tottenham?s march up the Premier League has been ?depressing?, but knows his chance will come.
The age-old question, the answer to which we'll never know thanks to the Heysel ban
In his latest blog post on evertonfc.com, Everton CEO, Robert Elstone, addresses the recent takeover speculation surrounding the club and reiterates the "85p of every 1" mantra in response to the question over where the money goes. He also admits that there is no imminent resolution of the issues preventing the new development at the Park End from proceeding.
Or even less! This poorly-written piece published by The People's Group has chosen to compare Bill Kenwright's situation to that of Sir Jack Hayward, who famously sold Wolves for a nominal 10 and a guaranteed 30M investment.
Does Phil Jagielka's poor form of late have anything to do with the fact that he is carrying a toe injury? It seems that's enough to rule him out of the England squad, yet David Moyes keeps picking him for every game despite the injury, and has him shot full of painkilling injections.
A fairly weak Everton Reserves team featuring Magaye Gueye and James McFadden but strangely not Denis Stracqualursi (with Apostolos Vellios presumably out injured) huffed and puffed against a resolute Wigan side at Finch Farm on Monday. They went behind in the first half when Gueye gave away a free kick, Hahnemann came racing off his line to block a shot that unkindly hit Mustafi and rolled into the net and put the visitors in front.
David Moyes believes there are ?a lot of things missing? from his Everton team after they slipped to a sixth defeat in seven games at the weekend.
Phil Jagielka has admitted that Everton's confidence is at a low ebb following a run of five defeats in six games in the Premier League ? plus a loss to Chelsea in the League Cup.
James McFadden provides a somewhat less-than-lucid explanation of why he did not join Celtic, despite being in talks with them: he didn't know what their intentions were... ?!?
Jack Rodwell has been called up to the senior England squad for the first time.
The Football Quarter is a plan being floated by fan groups of both Everton and Liverpool to explore a joint future for both clubs based not on a shared stadium, but a shared infrastructure centred on Stanley Park with two separate stadiums.
David Moyes seemed resigned to the defeat his boys suffered after they were rubbish for 30 minutes ? despite this being the period of the game were they created and squandered five chances to score. He bemoans the poor defending, missed chances, a penalty not given, and his side just not being good enough.
Everton lost their sixth match in seven in all competitions with an underserved but self-inflicted defeat at Newcastle. A lack of communication between Heitinga and Howard gifted the Magpies an early lead before Ryan Taylor took advantage of too much space to smash home an unstoppable second. Rodwell pulled one back and the Blues largely controlled the second half but again couldn't get their act together in the final third to rescue a point.
With October out the way, Everton look to get their season back on the rails after five defeats in six with a potentially tricky trip to Newcastle United. Marouane Fellani is suspended but Royston Drenthe returns from a ban of his own and Phil Neville, Tim Cahill and Sylvain Distin will all undergo fitness tests after missing out against Manchester United last weekend. KO is 12:45pm.
David Moyes believes it is crucial Everton attract new investment if they are to compete with the teams at the top of the Premier League.
David Moyes admits he was previously interested in signing Demba Ba as Everton prepare to take on the in-form striker at Newcastle on Saturday.
It's been 18 months since Dan Gosling made his highly controversial move to Newcastle. His recovery from the knee injury he suffered with Everton in March 2010 has been long and painful. Since regaining match fitness, he has played barely a handful of games for the Barcodes, but the visit of Everton may see him on the bench tomorrow, or even getting a start.
A goal in each half condemned Everton's Reserves to their first defeat in four games as they lost 2-0 to Manchester United in Altrincham. Everton had by far the better of the second half but the United goalkeeper saved well from Adam Forshaw and secret weapon Magaye Gueye rattled the woodwork when clean through.
Saturday?s early kick off sees us journey north for a match against (insert cliche) the Premier League?s ?surprise package? Newcastle United who will be putting their unbeaten record on the line a fixture the Blues were victorious in last season
Shrewsbury Town have signed promising teenage Everton midfielder James Wallace on a month's loan. Wallace, 19, who played for England in the Under-20 World Cup last summer, made 14 appearances out on loan at struggling Stockport last season.
Steven Maunder guest writes over at Football Fix with a withering assessment of the Kenwright regime
In the build-up to another early match next Saturday for Everton at Newcastle, their manager Alan Pardew has proclaimed David Moyes to be one of the best in the world.
Aside from rabid internet rumours of imminent takeovers, and talk of regular meetings with a stream of potential investors that have so far produced nothing, the more likely path forward for Everton Football Club in addressing the long-standing stadium problem may well lie in regional redevelopment plans that include initiatives such as the Football Quarter or other ways to leverage the famous football heritage of North Liverpool. These topics are examined in a substantial report produced by Lord Heseltine and Sir Terry Leahy subtitled Liverpool City Region: Building on its Strengths.
I went through a bunch of songs and created complicated reasons why they portrayed Everton's current situation. Then for some reason, I was listening to Royksopp later on and this seemed like the perfect song. Think deeper than the surface, people.
Former Everton striker Marcus Bent is set to move to Indonesian Liga Prima side Mitra Kukar, with the league season about to get underway. Bent, who has been without a club since being released by Birmingham City in the summer, left Everton in 2006.
Scunthorpe manager Alan Knill speaks highly of on-loan Everton defender Shane Duffy, 19, who extended his spell at Glanford Park into a third month last Friday and celebrated with his maiden goal for the Iron in the 4-2 weekend triumph over Tranmere.
Tom Mallows chronicles the numerous and disparate internet pages chattering about the imminence or otherwise of an Everton takeover...
Will the Elite Player Performance Plan ? the most comprehensive overhaul of youth football in the history of England's professional game ? hurt smaller clubs?
In another piece of amazing 'journalism' in the Echo it can now be revealed that the Jain Group had a tour of Goodison Park last month, met Kenwright in London, and may be interested in putting up money for investment while leaving Bill in control... but have not been heard from for the last 10 days!
Reserve defender Luke Garbutt has extended his loan deal at Cheltenham Town by a further month. The 18-year-old joined on an initial one-month deal in September and has gone on to make six appearances for the League Two outfit.
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