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October 2004


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Blues held by Villa
30 Oct - Everton were frustrated by a combination of bad luck in front of goal and determined Aston Villa defending; they just couldn't find the decisive strike that would have pulled them within a point of Arsenal. The Blues went close early on through Gravesen and Kilbane but, out of nowhere, Lee Hendrie looped one from 20 yards that beat Nigel Martyn to break the deadlock. Everton were level within minutes, though, after terrific work by David Weir who set up Marcus Bent to chip the 'keeper. In the second half, Watson's header deflected just wide, Bent had another chance but he lifted it onto the roof of the net, and Osman fired across goal and off the post. Everton remain 3rd, within 3 pts of the leaders...  Report from Paul Traill.

Everton Players at Wembley
28 Oct - Our statistician, Steve Flanagan, has prepared for us another unique list of stats for Everton buffs and quiz-masters alike: the total number of minutes played by individual Everton players at Wembley Stadium. In fact, there are two tables: one lists minutes played in Everton games; the second lists minutes played in Everton games and in Internationals played at Wembley. Yes; there will be a test...

Everton book safe passage to Round 4
27 Oct - Lee Carsley broke the resolve of Preston with a curling free kick six minutes into the second half and Marcus Bent came off the bench to seal the tie with his first kick of the game after Carsley's eventful evening was completed with a red card in the 72nd minute. The Championship side brought a huge traveling contingent and after a late kick off both sides settled quickly. Everton had the better of the opportunities though, Duncan Ferguson and James McFadden going close in the first half. The Blues broke the deadlock shortly after half time, though, when Carsley bent it like Beckham around the Preston wall to make it 1-0 before seeing red for apparently elbowing Eric Skora. While McFadden put a gilt-edged chance over the bar, Bent wrapped up the scoring from close range after coming on as a late substitute. The Blues now face away trip to Arsenal.

Strangeways, Here we come?
26 Oct - The furore that followed the shocking revelations which came out at the Stretford blackmail trial may have died down but we are determined not to let this one slide away into the murk that hides the dirty side of football from common view.  Colm Kavangah has assembled a detailed critque of Stretford's activities that demand legal action for perjury, as well as the FA's withdrawal of his licence to practise as a players' agent.

Still a long way to go
25 Oct - We are riding high in the Premiership, but we need to sustain our level of improvement for the rest of the season to retain a Champions League spot. That's what we reckon from this rather complex table that Phil Roberts has put together. It shows the relative improvement for each team compared with last season, based on the corresponding games played so far. One flaw is that Phil's prediction does not extrapolate the current improvement to the end of the season; he has us down in 14th because we have secured only 7 points extra so far: we need 25 or so...

Duncan digs out fantastic result
23 Oct - After striding imperiously into a two-goal lead thanks to excellent strikes from Kilbane and Bent, it looked like plain sailing to second place (briefly) for a confident Everton. But there were enough warning signs from the home side in the first half to suggest that it might not be that easy, with the Canaries clawing their way back to parity early in the second, in front of a stunned travelling Everton army. Moyes threw on Watson and Ferguson on the hour and, 15 mins later, they combined in classic style for Big Dunc to nod one in at the far post. [The Big Man finally used effectively] Norwich writhed and wriggled but they could do nothing to change that great scoreline!
Report by Lyndon Lloyd

See Liverpool.com
21 Oct - Football is not the only topic at this excellent website, assembled as a loving homage to his home city by Evertonian Mike Owen. This site represents an invaluable resource for any ToffeeWeb readers who make only occasional trips to Merseyside. Everything you need to know, from Where to Stay to the the all-important night-life hotspots...

Everton the Protestant Team?
20 Oct - Oh deary me... why oh why do these ignorant people write of things about which they know so little: "Liverpool are the Catholic team and play in red at Anfield. ... Everton are the Protestant team and play in blue at Goodison Park." This old chestnut (or the exact opposite) pops up at irregular intervals. Our opinion some years ago was this; it hasn't changed.

It was 10 years ago...
19 Oct - Early November in 1994 was the last time Everton visited Carrow Road in the League. Although the blank scoreline reflected a tight match, our reviewer on the day Geoff Henshaw saw enough to keep him entertained... but the real significance of this match was that it would be the last Mike Walker would oversee as manager, with Everton languishing at the bottom of the Premier League. Joe Royle was appointed and produced results immediately, starting with the next game against Liverpool, and a very welcome 2-0 win as he went on to capture the FA Cup with most of the players listed here.

A game of other halves
18 Oct - Becky Tallentire's new book, The Real Footballers’ Wives: The First Ladies of Everton gets a very nice review in The Times.  The whole point of the book is that it is not about the modern mock glamour surrounding current footballers.  Instead, it profiles the poignant stories of real women from a bygone time before money created such havoc.  And the review ends with a rather telling statement from the author herself.

Osman goal just enough
16 Oct - Leon Osman popped up with a couple of minutes to go to earn three points that looked beyond Everton for most of this disappointing encounter against struggling Southampton. The Blues had the better of the first half but had little to show for it apart from a couple of Marcus Bent efforts and a Tim Cahill shot over the bar. Bent had two good chances at the start of the second half but was again foiled before he set up a great chance that neither Leon Osman nor Cahill could connect with. Then, with the game limping to goalless tedium, Osman cleverly engineered space for a shot and beat Antti Niemi to steal the points at the death. Match Reports from Paul Waring and Paul Traill.

Friendly debut for Davidsen
14 Oct - Today at Netherton, an impromptu friendly was played out between Everton's Under-18 Youth Academy side and a visiting XI from Shanghai that included a few other characters. As Steve Milne reports exclusively for ToffeeWeb, James Vaughan banged in a nice first-half hat-trick for the Blues, while Johann Davidsen, new signing from the Faroe Islands, made his first appearance, and Icelandic youngster Bjarni Vidarsson completed the scoring. A couple of young Chinese trialists also got run-outs before the end.

Everton Ladies crush Liverpool
13 Oct - Everton Ladies returned to the top of the Nationwide Women's League by establishing a three-point gap over rivals Charlton after crushing neighbours Liverpool with a very pleasing 5-1 scoreline.  Fara Williams, Michelle Evans, Kelly McDougall (2) and Rachel Unitt scored the goals for Everton, setting the stage for a real top-of-the-table six-pointer againts Charlton when the two sides meet on Sunday.

Rob Fox: Big Brother
12 Oct - This sounds more like a rant as our loquacious columnist unloads on MoTD and on Mr Graham Poll for his incompetent refereeing in our last game... yes, it still rankles. But, warming to his topic, Rob considers a possible fix: video. Yes, we have the technology!

Stretford misled the Court
11 Oct - In a stunning conclusion to the Stretford blakmail case, the Judge threw out the charges against the John Hyland and the Bacon brothers after documents revealed that Paul Stretford had lied on the witness stand about exactly when he had poached Wayne Rooney from his original agent Peter McIntosh. Stretford will now be investigated by Cheshire police who could charge him with perjury.

Everton — The School of Science
11 Oct - One on the most significant and substantial books written about Everton in the last 25 years is now available in paperback. James Corbett's labour of love takes a slightly different tack for a historical work, casting each chapter from the perspective of an individual in Everton's great and illustrious past. It's a fantastic read, and James assures us that the handful of minor errors which crept into the hardback version have all now been rectified.

Fortress Goodison: Finalé
10 Oct - In the fifth and final part of his detailed fiscal assessment in which he has examined the prospects for the near-term future of Everton FC, Rob Fox looks briefly at ways of increasing revenues off the pitch; he backs Keith Wyness, the new CEO, for saying the right things regarding what needs to change and where we need to be heading as a Club. Many thanks to Rob for this substantial and very well-written dissertation.

Fortress Goodison: Part 4
9 Oct - In his inpromptu seminar on the money side of things, Rob Fox looks into the second of three main ways in which Everton can increase their revenue streams: TV and prize money. But that depends on success... and success depends ultimately on money... or so we are led to belive.

Fortress Goodison: Part 3
8 Oct - In Part 3 of his thorough and exacting financial analysis, Rob Fox looks at ways in which Everton could increase revenue, a major challenge that really has proved difficult to achieve over recent years, with success on the field the obvious but largely ellusive key to the entire process. Today, he looks at three options for getting more from Match Receipts.

Fortress Goodison: Part 2
7 Oct - That's what they say if you want to know what's really going on: "Follow the money trail". In Part 2 of his financial analysis, Rob Fox delves into the typical account balances of Everton and some of their Premiershiop rivals to try and understand just what happens to all the money we, the fans, channel into the Club. Reader responses

Fortress Goodison: Part 1
6 Oct - Rob Fox has pulled out his pocket calculator and got working to try and figure out the answer to the question everyone is asking: just how much new investment and transfer income will David Moyes have to spend when the transfer window opens again in January 2005? We'll not quibble with Rob's assumptions, which offer two basic scenarios, and assume that opearating income and expenditure will balance out, Look out for Part 2, coming soon...

The Chairman knows...
4 Oct - Colm Kavanagh asked a long and complex question of Bill Kenwright at the EGM last month... and got short shrift in the form of an answer. His question related to the role of players' agents in modern-day football... a subject that Colm has been researching for a good few weeks before and since the EGM. Some of his findings relate to the amount of money agents are sucking out of the game in general... and out of Everton in particular...

Off-key Everton come up short
2 Oct - North London came to Goodison and left with the points for the second time this season as a headed goal by Noe Pamarot early in the second half was enough to end the Blues' terrific recent run. After dominating the first half Everton were disappointed that their lack of firepower had prevented them from converting that superiority into goals. Tim Cahill came the closest when he headed off the post. 8 minutes into the second period, Spurs struck against the run of play and while the home side responded when Osman fired off the woodwork, the Londoners grew in confidence as their hosts resorted to the predictable route-one ball to the front two after Duncan Ferguson came on for Lee Carsley. In the end, Moyes's side came up short and were undone by the first goal they had conceded in over 8 hours of Premiership football. Report by Lyndon Lloyd

 

Snippets & Rumours

Clubs must address wealth gap
31 Oct - In The Observer, Andy Burnham — Labour MP for Leigh, Evertonian, and chairman of Supporters Direct — makes a strong case for football clubs and the FA to take action on the problem of wealth distribution that is threatening to destroy balanced competition in domestic football.

Cahill's Great Adventure
31 Oct - Tim Cahill talks to Patrick Barclay in The Telegraph mostly about the last five years at Milwall, briefly about his new Premiership adventure, and most worryingly about his knee, which has bone-bruising that will last for months — thanks to that kopite twat Redknapp.

Just keep chugging along
31 Oct - After-match comments from David Moyes sum up the frustration felt by the players at their failure to blow Villa off the park, despite excellent football and plenty of chances.

Gravesen inclined to stay?
30 Oct - Before another stirring performance from Tommy Gravesen today, word from The Mirror is that he may be prepared to stay at Everton if he is given more than a 3-year contract, and more than his current £15k/wk.

Deepdale Duck is Quacking Mad
30 Oct - More negative feedback regarding fan problems at Wednesday's cup game... but this from an unusal quarter: the Deepdale Duck who was (thankfully) prevented from strutting his stuff — again, on safety grounds. This hilarious complaint goes a long way in demonstrating that these so-called mascots are an abomination to football and should be banned.

'The best team on Merseyside'
29 Oct - It's fun to enjoy articles like this piece in today's Guardian while they last, particularly when they specifically highlight that there is more to our fantastic start to the season than just team spirit and hard work.

Give McFadden his chance
29 Oct - James McFadden should be given an extended run in the first team to prove himself according almost half of voters in our latest poll. Over 1/3 thought that a loan spell in The Championship would do him good as well, though.

Unlike Arnie — I won't be back
29 Oct - As more information comes to light it looks like the Club made another serious error in the eyes of many fans when they decided on unreserved seating for the Preston game, and totally pissed off fans like David Booth, who was forced to miss the match despite there being at least 6,200 empty seats inside the ground. Saftey reasons? My Arse!

Becky's Real Footie Wives
29 Oct - This Real Audio link is to a Woman's Hour interview with Becky Tallentire talking about the subject of her latest book Real Footballers' Wives, along with two of the real thing: Pat Labone and Victoria McMannaman.

U-18 'keeper joins Hull on loan
29 Oct - Goalkeeper Craig Gallagher, who has found himself behind Sean Lake in the pecking order at the Everton Academy will spend a month on loan at Hull City.

Everton defend lock-out
28 Oct - Everton are defending a ticketing fiasco that saw 2,000 fans locked out of Goodison Park on Wednesday night with the claim that reduced capacity (required by local authorities for saftey purposes due to unreserved seating) was the problem. Yet Everton made the decision to reduce capacity by an additional 5% for the comfort of fans and families, and refused to reverse thiis when more fans than anticipated turned up.

Wyness has his say
28 Oct - Everton CEO, Keith Wyness, continues his bonding with the fans with a new area on the Official Site whereby he explains the circumstances behind last night's lock-out at Goodison and establishes a process whereby the club can demonstrate its responses to fans' complaints.

Blues may face Arsenal 2nd string
28 Oct - Arsene Wenger has hinted to the young team he fielded at Manchester City that they will get another chance to advance in the Carling Cup against Everton on November 9th. The Frenchman fielded only two players over 21 at Eastlands on Wednesday and is likely to do the same in Round 4 with the Gunners stretched by Premiership and European commitments.

Yobo ideal cover for Carsley
28 Oct - As Lee Carsley prepares to serve a three-match ban for the red card he picked up against Preston yesterday, Joseph Yobo has emerged as the ideal candidate to deputise for the Irishman in the midfield holding role.

Redknapp gets three-game ban
28 Oct - It's not much consolation to Everton, as David Moyes so rightly pointed out, because Redknapp crucially stayed on the field and helped Spurs secure their unfair win over Everton after his gruesome tackle on Tim Cahill. The FA have extended his automatic one-game ban (for his fifth yellow) with an additional two-game ban.

Blues facing Highbury test
27 Oct - Everton's reward for disposing of Preston North End in the Carling Cup is the Herculean task (assuming Wenger plays a full-strength side) of taking on Arsenal in Round 4. The Blues were drawn away to one of only two teams who have managed to beat them this season, the high-flying and reigning Premiership Champion Gunners.

Scott Brown Blues
27 Oct - Former Everton Youth Academy player Scott Brown, who has earned a one-year contract at Bristol City despite apparent difficult getting into their first team, says David Moyes didn't really like him.

Everton Reserves tie with leaders
26 Oct - Everton Reserves pulled off a good result against Reserve League leaders Mancheater City, with James Vaughan grabbing both Everton goals in a 2-2 draw.  Report from Steve Milne.

Headbanger Bilic
26 Oct - One-time Everton player Slaven Bilic is set for a new career as a guitarist in the Croatian hardrock band Newera.  Hopefully he won't injure himself...

Cup admission prices cut
26 Oct - £15 will get you into Goodison Park tomorrow night for the visit of David Moyes's former club, Preston North End, in the Carling League Cup Third Round clash.  Alan Stubbs is an injury doubt.

Under-18 game postponed
26 Oct - The Youth Academy Under-18 team did not play Crewe at the weekend after the pitch was declared waterlogged.

Virtual Animation of Bent goal
25 Oct - Marcus Bent's nicely taken goal at Norwich gets the Virtual Animation treatment from BBC Sports (provided it doesn't crash your browser...)

Everton edge closer
24 Oct - Everton edged closer to the top of the Premiership, now just three points behind Arsenal, who lost their incredible unbeaten record at 49 games when Manchester United beat them today on a dubius penalty earned by Wayne Rooney, who then got on the scoresheet himself, on his 19th birthday.

More bleating from Rangers
24 Oct - Rangers boss Alex McLeish continues to moan about the £500k payment to Everton that will be triggered if Michael Ball passes the previously agreed number of appearances. Now that the Ibrox club have fallen on hard times they want to renage on a signed transfer deal; the Blues' CEO Keith Wyness is, quite rightly, refusing to negotiate. The sad part is that the player is suffering from the impasse.

Singing in the Bath!
24 Oct - Plenty to feel happy about in the Everton dressing room after yesterday's victory, as reported to The Scotsman by David Moyes.

Moyes wants more goals
22 Oct - And he's not the only one!  As marvellous as this first quarter of the season has been for Everton, a failure to score more goals could still be our undoing...

Contract status not fazing Pistone
22 Oct - Alessandro Pistone is one of a clutch of players whose contracts expire next summer, but like Weir, Stubbs et al, the Italian is not letting that affect his level of commitment to the Blue cause.

Killa keen to extend
21 Oct - Kevin Kilbane is keen to excerise the option of an additional yeaar on his contract, which is due to expire in June 2005.

Chadwick reaching his limit
20 Oct - Nick Chadwick feels that four years playing for Everton Reserves, with even less evidence that he can break through while Ferguson keeps getting the nod, will be enough for him as he thinks about looking for a move come January.

Golden Memories of a True Blue
20 Oct - A rare piece from old Uncle Len with real depth and meaning as the Daily Post columnist provides his own personal memories of one of Everton's greatest: Alan Ball.

McFadden on the mark for Reserves
19 Oct - James McFadden, his second-half replacement, James Vaughan, and Nick Chadwick all made the scoresheet as Everton Reserves beat Aston Villa 3-1 at Haig Avenue this evening.  There was no sign of Icelandic trialist Emil Hallfredsson, though.  Report from Steve Milne.  Poll: What's best for McFadden?

Thai tongue-twisters arrive
19 Oct - Three youngsters from Thailand have joined Everton's Youth Academy for nine months as part of the sponsorship deal with Chang Beer.  Their names are: Rattapol Piyavutiskul, Sompong Soleb and Teeratep Winothai.

Fans expect large kitty
19 Oct - The majority of respondents to our latest poll believe that an acceptable transfer fund for David Moyes in January should be between £7.5m and £15m.

Hosie is History
19 Oct - We understand that Andy Hosie, Everton's Head of Commercial Operations, who was due to host this networking beanfest at Goodison tomorrow night, has been relieved of his duties by new CEO Keith Wyness...

Hibbert in Prem Best of Week
19 Oct - Tony Hibbert gets the nod at Goal.com as they choose the best 11 in the Premiership for last week.

Mixed Messages...
19 Oct - Now it's Scotland star Gary Naysmith who is being unsettled as his agent claims a three-year contract extension offered by Everton has been rejected, while Keith Wyness maintains that "Discussions are continuing..."

Moyes strong on Gravesen
18 Oct - David Moyes wants to cut off the Gravesen whispers early by insisting that Tommy will not be going anywhere when the transfer window opens in January.

FA must persue Stretford
17 Oct - More belated analysis of the seedy world of players' agents, this time from Ian Ridley in The Observer, and the duty of the FA to bring these charatans to book, together with another summary of the Stretfrod Balckmail case. And more on the same theme from the Sunday Herald.

Meet Labone, Ratcliffe & Watson
17 Oct - Winsford Diamonds Under-15s are having a Sportsman’s Evening on 19 November at Barton Stadium to raise money for their forthcoming trip to Denmark. The last three Everton FA Cup winning captains will be the main speakers and a comedian and buffet are included in the price of £22 per ticket.

Rangers blackmail Ball and Everton
17 Oct - So let's get this right: Glasgow Rangers agreed to an appearance-based payment as part of a £6.5M transfer deal for Michael Ball in August 2001 ... but now want to renegotiate it so that Ball can play for them again without triggering a £½M payment to Everton?!?

Life is a Rosy at Goodison
16 Oct - A good piece in The Telegraph, focusing on what David Moyes has done to bring things back on track at Everton after the dreadful season that may become known as Rooney's Last.

Stretford Blackmail Case Review
16 Oct - In The Independent, David Conn pieces together a veneer of the sordid details behind the activities of Paul Stretford (who resigned from the Board of the Formation Group on Thursday) as he poached Wayne Rooney from his then current agent Peter McIntosh in July 2002. What he fails to cover is the alledged role of Everton players (and staff?) in persuading Rooney to sign with Proactive.

It was all so strange...
15 Oct - Fleeting interactions and captured momments experienced by John Quinn mingling with some real Everton Greats at the launch of Becky Tallentire's new book, Real Footballers' Wives.

Player of the Month: September
15 Oct - Suspended twice already but a match-winner as many times, a certain Aussie midfielder is proving to be another astute Moyes purchase.

Keith Wyness on ToffeeTalk
15 Oct - New CEO, Keith Wyness, addressed questions from online Everton fans today at the Official Website's ToffeeTalk facility. Here is a transcript... nothing much to note. Except "11 men on the itch". I suppose we could have fixed that...

Hibbert much happier
15 Oct - Tony Hibbert talks to The Echo about how things at Everton are much improved over last season as he looks to establish himself within the squad.

Manager of the Month confirmed
15 Oct - The League Managers Association must have already decided this one before the Spurs game (so why not dole it out then?) as the famous jinx worked its magic again...

Cahill may be fit
15 Oct - Everton are hopeful that Tim Cahill will be declared fit for Saturdays' clash with Southampton, while Gary Naysmith is out with an ankle injury sustained while playing for Scotland.

Stretord steps down from Board
14 Oct - Paul Stretford has resigned his position as a director of Formation Group plc "for personal reasons" ... ahem ... just three days after he was proclaimed to be an unreliable witness in the prosecution of the failed blackmail case against John Hyland over the poaching of Wayne Rooney.

Moyes pleased with Cahill
14 Oct - David Moyes has expressed how pleased he is with the start Tim Cahill has made to his Premiership career with Everton.  The step up from lower division football has proved to be better than he expected.

Moyes close to new contract
14 Oct - David Moyes is close to signing a new contract at Everton after extended talks with the Club over the last few weeks. Although he has 18 months left on his existing contract, he is the lowest-paid manager in the Premiership, which hardly seems right!

Bosnar in goal-scoring shocker
12 Oct - Anthony Gerrard returned from a month's loan at Accrington Stanley to inspire Everton Reserves against Liverpool tonight in Wrexham, with Richard Wright pushing his claim for consideration in the Everton goal by making a series of good saves to keep the Loveable Reds at bay. Aussie Eddy Bosnar put the Blues into a shock winning lead after 65 mins — the first of the season for this very young side. Just shows there's nowt wrong with our portakabins.  Brief match notes from Steve Milne.

Latest new signing
12 Oct - Johann Davidsen has agreed to join Everton's Youth Academy.  The 16-year-old Faroe Islander is a big lad at 6 ft 1 in and is a member of the Faroes Under-17 squad.

Stretford may be sacked
12 Oct - Although it would be welcome if it happened, the lads at The Telegraph appear to be stretching it a bit when they claim that Proactive may sack executive Paul Stretford as a result of damaging revelations from the abruptly concluded blackmail trial.

Tribute to Bernard Murphy
11 Oct - Ian Macdonald has written a lovely tribute to Bernard Murphy to thank all the people who have helped the Murphy family since Bernard was tragically killed in Leicester last March on his way to the Walkers Stadium.

Li Tie back in training
11 Oct - Everton's forgotten Chinese midfielder, Li Tie, is finally back in training 10 months after fracturing his shin.  He may play a reserve game later this month.

Kevin Kilbane excels for Ireland
10 Oct - Kevin Kilbane produced a Man of the Match performance for Ireland in the Stade de France last night as they pulled off a great result, holding the usually rampant French stars to a goalless draw in their World Cup Qualifier.

Lunch with the (former) stars
9 Oct - Visit ebay and submit your bid for lunch at next weekend's Southampton game on Saturday 16 October with Derek Temple and Gordon West, — two icons from the Catterick era who starred in the great 1966 FA Cup comeback against Sheffield Wednesday. Proceeds go to the Everton Former Players Association.

Young Boys held by Mancs
9 Oct - Steve Milne reports from Manchester United's Cardington training ground, where Everton's Under-18s were held to a 2-2 draw, with Paul Hopkins scoring in his sixth consecutive game, adding to a Laurence Wilson goal.

McFadden walks for handball
9 Oct - James McFadden got a red card for handling Claus Lundekvam's goalbound header on the Scottish goal-line against Norway, who scored from the resulting penalty.

Cahill may be OK
9 Oct - Everton physio Mike Rathbone is pleased to report that the damage to Tim Cahill's knee from Redknapp's horrible lunge last weekend does not look too serious; there is a chance the Aussie could be fit for the Saints next week.

Stretford Blackmail Trial (Day 7)
9 Oct - On the witness stand, Paul Stretford gets a right grilling from Lord Carlile, who said of Stetford's cohort and ProActive shareholder: “Kenny Dalglish has a wide range of contacts among dishonest people, doesn’t he?” — ex-Red Dalglish arranged for a convicted gangster to put the squezze on Stretford's business rivals.

Ken Bigley, RIP
8 Oct - Ken Bigley, the engineer from Liverpool kidnapped in Iraq by radical Islamic terrorists, has been executed by his captors. Whatever your feelings on his reasons for being there and his awareness of the risks, an innocent Evertonian was needlessly murdered today. Our condolences go out to his family and friends.

Stretford Blackmail Trial (Day 6)
8 Oct - Follow the latest developments via these stories in The Independent, The Guardian, The Scotsman, and Daily Post.

Phil Jevons... Talisman?
8 Oct - Well, it was only to be expected that something of Big Dunc would rub off on the former Everton stiker who has been voted Player of the Month in, er, "League Two" — that would be the Fourth Divison to anyone who is not keeping up. Phil Jevons now plies his trade with Yeovil, having left Grimsby Town in the summer.

Player of the Month: September
7 Oct - With a 100% record in September, it won't be easy picking one player from a cast of heroes but pick you must!

Emil Hallfredsson gets a trial
6 Oct - Everton have invited Icelandic youngster Emil Hallfredsson for a trial at Goodison Park. The 19-year-old attacker will arrive on Merseyside next week to undergo a trial at the Premiership outfit. The FH Hafnarfjordur starlet has come to the attention of Everton's coaching staff after impressing for Iceland's Under-21s. Hallfredsson is regarded as one of the best young players in Iceland and was voted the best young player last year.

Stretford Blackmail trial (Day 4)
6 Oct - Wayne Rooney's dad (full name: Thomas Wayne Rooney), gives more evidence about how the "ruthless" Paul Stretford secured Rooney's image rights for just £2. Also here at the BBC.

Revealing quotes from Weir
6 Oct - David Weir, who along with some of the other "elder statesman" at Goodison has been told he won't be offered another contract after this season (a good idea?), offers more insight into where David Moyes went wrong in his management style last season and the changes he has made since the squad "heart-to-heart" over the summer.

Rooney sold image rights to agent for £2
6 Oct - archive

Black Cats maul Blues' Reserves
5 Oct - A young Reserves team suffered a 4-0 reverse at home to Sunderland this evening, the second string's worst home defeat for 6 years.  They are now sitting at the bottom of the league (Northern Section) with a winless record.

Trial for Icelandic prospect
5 Oct - Everton will give a one week trial to Icelander, 19 year-old Emil Hallfredsson. The U-21 international defender currently plies his trade with FH Hafnarfjordur and has impressed Goodison scouts.

Rooney's agent 'was in tears after threats'
5 Oct - archive

Stretford Blackmail trial (Day 3)
4 Oct - The most detailed report of these bizarre goings on is from The Scotsman, with Wayne Rooney's father giving evidence.

It's another reunion for Moyes
4 Oct - Having scraped through against Bristol City, Everton will face another of David Moyes's former clubs in the Carling Cup Third Round after Preston North End overcame Leicester City 3-2 with a Richard Cresswell hat-trick.

Good news for Cahill
4 Oct - MRI scans on Tim Cahill's injured knee revealed no serious damage from the studs-up challenge by Jamie Redknapp on Saturday. The midfielder is ruled out of Australia's forthcoming international with the Solomon Islands, though. Redknapp, meanwhile, has picked up a three-match ban from the FA who, if there is any justice, should take action against Graham Poll as well.

Ladies on top despite draw
4 Oct - Everton Ladies are joint top of the table with Charlton Athletic (with a game in hand) despite losing their 100% record with a 2-2 draw with Birmingham this weekend.

Samuelson looks to the future
4 Oct - In his first interview since emerging as the man behind Bill Kenwright's multi-million pound rescue package, Chris Samuelson reveals his admiration for Everton's history and core support as he prepares for life on the Goodison Board. His initial £12.8m investment is expected to be ratified at the club's AGM in December.

Lunch with the (former) stars
4 Oct - Visit ebay and submit your bid for lunch at the Southampton game (16 October) with Derek Temple and Gordon West, — two icons from the Catterick era who starred in the great 1966 FA Cup comeback against Sheffield Wednesday.

Socts in squad
4 Oct - Gary Naysmith and Jamie McFadden have both been called up for Scotland's World Cup Qualifiers against Norway and Moldova next week, despite their failure to hold down first-team places at Everton.

Redknapp may face ban
4 Oct - In an earth-shattering confession, Graham Poll actually admits he may have been "too close" to the dreadful foul Jamie Radknapp perpetrated on Tim Cahill, that threatens to have ended his season.  Poll is expected to work with the FA to charge Redknapp with violent conduct and a 3-match ban.

Cahill due for scans
3 Oct - Tim Cahill must wait until Monday to get some MRI scans on the knee that got hammered by Jamie Redknapp in that x-rated challenge on Saturday.

Moyes sees red for Redknapp
3 Oct - David Moyes was livid over the reckless challenge by ex-Red Jamie Redknapp, who came in with his studs high on Tim Cahill's leg, ending the Aussie's game, ruling him out of upcoming internationals, and possibly giving him serious ligament damage... but no Red Card! Redknapp bleats his applogy to the media but the damage is done.

Blues deny Bellefield punch-up
2 Oct - David Moyes has laughed off a report in the Daily Mirror that Thomas Gravesen and Marcus Bent had come to blows in a training session this week.

Parker in the frame
2 Oct - David Moyes has admitted that he would be interested in signing Chelsea's enterprising midfielder, Scott Parker, if he were to become available in January. The former Charlton man was signed last season but has found opportunities few and far between in Jose Mourinho's bulging squad.

Another great Moyes quote
1 Oct - "We are not looking at January and transfer targets. That may happen in the future but it is not important now because that would be a slur on the players here who are doing ever so well." Meanwhile, stories featuring possible transfer targets continue to get the biggest internet hit-rates...

Moyes speaks of honesty
1 Oct - "This club is an institution and a lot of greats have passed through the doors. What we have to do is make Everton great again." — the last and most telling comment from David Moyes in this piece from Sky Sports where he talks of his and the players' honesty in the wake of Rooney's departure.

Looking back 7½ years...
1 Oct - Prior to last season's great win over Spurs, this was the only other occasion that Everton have beaten them in the Premier League at Goodison Park. It marked the first win for player-manager Dave Watson, who had taken the reins after the sad departure of Joe Royle — the last Everton manager to win a trophy.  Read some of the great match reports the likes of Guy McEvoy, Richard Marland and Lyndon Lloyd wrote back then.

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  Team Pld GD Pts
13 Bournemouth 32 -10 42
14 Crystal Palace 32 -17 33
15 Brentford 33 -11 32
16 Everton* 32 -16 27
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19 Burnley 33 -35 20

* Everton deducted 8 pts; † Forest deducted 4 pts for PSR breach
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