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Jagielka named Player of the Season
The skipper also picked up the Players' Player of the Year award and the title of Goal of the Season for his stunning strike in the Anfield debry.
"It's been a great night for me," Jagielka said after the celebration at St George's Hall. "Coming to the Awards, I fancied my chances of potentially picking up the Goal of the Season award with the one that I scored at Anfield but to get the Players' Player Award and the Player of the Season was extra special.
"I didn't expect to win three awards, and to know two were voted by the fans and one by my teammates makes it a night I'll remember for a long, long time."
His central-defensive partner, John Stones, was named Young Player of the Year and recent debutant Brendan Galloway was Under-21 Player of the Year.
Meanwhile, an emotional Duncan Ferguson was awarded the Chairman's Blueblood Award by Bill Kenwright by video from London.
"It's absolutely fantastic," the Scot beamed. "I am still in a bit of shock. I was listening to the chairman's speech and it was very emotional.
"The chairman has been a fan of this Club since day one. When you have a man like that running the Club, it is great for everyone. He always shows his passion and love for Everton and we love him. He is one of us, the man, and it is very touching to have that man supporting you."
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2 Posted 21/05/2015 at 08:27:57
IÂm a massive fan of Big Dunc and IÂm especially pleased for him to get the BlueBlood award. Future Everton manager and I for one canÂt wait to see him in the dugout as gaffer.
4 Posted 21/05/2015 at 09:08:04
Yes, great goal from Jagielka in the derby and perfect timing but did it yield us a win? Did it fuck. It just glossed over another shit performance. They should be apologising to the fans who spent fortunes on them going away and all over Europe. I wonÂt hang around for that though... unbelievable. Roll on 4:55 on Sunday.
5 Posted 21/05/2015 at 10:33:26
6 Posted 21/05/2015 at 10:55:51
7 Posted 21/05/2015 at 10:51:34
Made up for Big Dunc though and especially for Mick Lyons. Many younger blues wonÂt remember him but was one of my favorite players growing up along with the Latch and Andy King.
8 Posted 21/05/2015 at 11:08:43
9 Posted 21/05/2015 at 11:08:33
Manc mates tell me their manager was taking the piss and mimicking his Everton counterpart. (As if!) Good reading all the same!
10 Posted 21/05/2015 at 11:42:03
11 Posted 21/05/2015 at 11:40:01
Unsworth has been congratulated and praised but again it is only the defensive side who are really developing. Is this a lack of talent or is the coaching amiss in not developing attacking midfielders and strikers. These sort of players are the most valuable and costly in the transfer market so if we are to progress then coaching systems need to be shaken up IMO.
So-called lesser clubs than ours have players like Delph and Puncheon in their ranks who are amongst the best midfielders in the league. We are still hugely reliant on Osman and really miss Pienaar as a foil for Baines. These players are all we have in the creative side of our game. It is no good buying new strikers if we cannot supply ammunition for them.
This is nothing new to our club and most of what we have gained in recent years has been through stopping opposition sides from playing by sheer effort. It is about time we had a Âproper attack-minded midfielder who could pick a pass and score a few goals himself. That is where our transfer kitty should be aimed.
12 Posted 21/05/2015 at 11:58:15
13 Posted 21/05/2015 at 12:23:25
I truly enjoyed waving goodbye to Gerrard over the weekend and now Sterling. ShouldnÂt gloat though, we still have Alcaraz.
14 Posted 21/05/2015 at 12:29:00
15 Posted 21/05/2015 at 12:53:03
16 Posted 21/05/2015 at 13:43:08
17 Posted 21/05/2015 at 14:09:41
Stones was a no-brainer for young player. He was only really competing with Ross wasnÂt he? Or would Rom qualify?
Hopefully next year thereÂs a bit more disagreement with the awards on here due to plenty of good performances.
18 Posted 21/05/2015 at 14:17:57
19 Posted 21/05/2015 at 14:23:57
20 Posted 21/05/2015 at 14:19:45
21 Posted 21/05/2015 at 14:37:45
Can anyone put Kenwright's speech to Ferguson down on here, IÂm feeling a bit low and could do with a laugh.
22 Posted 21/05/2015 at 14:39:01
If I introduced you to Stephen Tyler, who I used to work with, you would become much more bitter as well. Up to 6 years ago, LFC never ever bothered me but, sitting opposite him, listening to him eulogise over everything red and then spit feathers and pour scorn and vitriol over anything Everton-related changed my outlook.
23 Posted 21/05/2015 at 15:05:30
Every redshite forum is going into melt down and Carragher getting called knob by the agent is priceless.
Nice end to a shite season.
24 Posted 21/05/2015 at 15:13:59
Hollow award given how bad the season has been but I guess someone had to win it.
I agree with the Goal of the Season award though.
25 Posted 21/05/2015 at 15:27:19
26 Posted 21/05/2015 at 15:37:40
27 Posted 21/05/2015 at 15:40:44
You know those RS sites work like the video in Ringu, right? Once youÂve witnessed it, you have to pass the link (and curse) onto someone else, otherwise Jan Molby will slither out your computer screen like Sadaku and smother you to death. Then again, unless youÂve got a 60 inch widescreen, I wouldnÂt worry too much.
28 Posted 21/05/2015 at 15:35:44
In the late seventies, I would get in the ground really early and watch the players arrive, and marvel at just how green that pitch was. I loved his warm-up knocking long balls across the Goodison turf to Mark Higgins.
I can still hear the hollow thud as they belted it to and fro... It all seemed more innocent back then.
29 Posted 21/05/2015 at 17:25:43
30 Posted 21/05/2015 at 18:03:27
31 Posted 21/05/2015 at 18:08:58
HeÂs also had to cope with the loss of "ying to his yang" in Sylvain Distin, and cope with RMÂs insistence on playing out from the CB position, which is not PJÂs strongest point. The vote is by the fans and that says it all, well done skipper, hereÂs to bigger things next season.
32 Posted 21/05/2015 at 19:33:53
33 Posted 21/05/2015 at 19:40:17
Just a question, how much have you spent this year on going away and in Europe? IÂm at about ٠k I reckon and IÂm not looking for an apology.
34 Posted 21/05/2015 at 19:52:33
35 Posted 21/05/2015 at 19:51:57
A proper Everton player who played nearly 400 times. I remember him playing both centre half and centre forward.
And of course the diving header against Leeds for a 3-2 win.
36 Posted 21/05/2015 at 20:01:42
HeÂs definitely had a hard time of it in recent weeks.
38 Posted 22/05/2015 at 07:33:49
39 Posted 22/05/2015 at 12:56:03
40 Posted 22/05/2015 at 13:13:52
Similar to Dave Watson and others before and since, he knows his position and even if his footballing skills are below the level of some others his positional sense and ability to form partnerships makes him a better player than many seem to believe.
A captain doesn't have to rant and rave to get the best out of his team-mates so long as the other players have respect for him, and when Jags leaves Goodison he will be missed a lot more than any other of our most recent players.
Ratcliffe and Jags have scored at Anfield, how many other Everton captains have done that? - I haven't researched the answer but I reckon there aren't too many.
41 Posted 22/05/2015 at 13:33:50
Dave Watson, Kevin Campbell, Roy Vernon, Peter Farrell, Dixie Dean, Harry Makepeace and Jack Taylor.
There have been others who have gone on to be captain who have scored namely Alan Ball and Gary Speed.
Mind you Rats's goal was a huge rick by Grobelaar who could have thrown his cap on it to save the shot.
43 Posted 22/05/2015 at 14:27:06
44 Posted 22/05/2015 at 14:42:10
Let's hope so it's only happened 5 times in the last 50 years.
45 Posted 22/05/2015 at 17:04:49
46 Posted 22/05/2015 at 17:06:34
47 Posted 23/05/2015 at 08:17:10
48 Posted 26/05/2015 at 13:18:49
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1 Posted 21/05/2015 at 08:26:48
Glad to see Duncan getting an award too.
And does anyone know whatÂs wrong with Bill Kenwright (no nasty comments please)?