News Archive – Aug

Deadline Day another bust for weakened Everton

31/08/2023

The completion of Everton's summer transfer business once again came down to the final day but it was outgoings that dominated the headlines with no more new signings arriving before the deadline.

Sheffield United vs Everton

31/08/2023

Everton have been boosted ahead of their trip to Sheffield United this weekend by the news that Dwight McNeil has resumed full training after recovering from an ankle injury.

New boys save shocking Everton from cup humiliation

30/08/2023

Beto scored on his Everton debut and Arnaut Danjuma struck an 88th-minute winner as the Blues got themselves out of jail against Doncaster Rovers following one of the worst first-half performances in living memory.

🎙ToffeeWeb Podcast: ‘Beat Poetry’

29/08/2023

Lauding the signing of Beto; looking back at the defeat to Wolves; discussing the pros and cons of selling Alex Iwobi; highlighting which part of the team needs to be strengthened most urgently next; and previewing Sheffield United (A)

Carabao Cup — Round 2

29/08/2023

Just two games out of Round 2 are being shown on UK television this week: Tuesday 29 August 202320:00 Salford City v Leeds Utd — Sky Sports  Wednesday 30 August 202320:00 Doncaster Rovers v Everton — Sky Sports  

Black or yellow, Your Time is Up!

28/08/2023

The #AllTogetherNow online movement is calling for Evertonians to wear something black or yellow to signify their protest at the ongoing gross mismanagement of Everton Football Club

Don’t panic!

28/08/2023

Everton 0 – 1 Wolves Up at 5:30 with breakfast, lunch and dinner all prepared the night before. The dogs popped out for a quick one and I was on the road by 6:20. Such is our support we had a 77-seater double-decker coach from Devon with maybe half a dozen spare seats – not […]

Falling the Wrong Side of the Margins

27/08/2023

The Blues were left to count the cost of missed chances as, just like the opening day, the visitors found the decisive goal to render the effort from Everton meaningless by the final whistle

Ex-ref Mike Dean admits to waiving VAR decision for ‘mate’ Anthony Taylor

25/08/2023

In a stunning admission, former Premier League referee Mike Dean has openly admitted to not recommending that Anthony Taylor review an incident on the pitch-side monitor in a match between Tottenham and Chelsea last season because he didn’t want to make an already “tough” game more difficult for his “mate”. In a confession that is […]

Premier League — Matchweek 3

25/08/2023

This weekend sees 5 out of the 10 Premier League games broadcast live in the UK: Friday 25 August 202320:00 Chelsea v Luton Town — Sky Sports  Saturday 26 August 202312:30 Bournemouth v Tottenham Hotspur — TNT Sports 117:30 Brighton & Hove Albion v West Ham Utd — Sky Sports Sunday 27 August 202314:00 Sheffield […]

The Last Chance Saloon

25/08/2023

  So here we are entering the last week of the summer transfer window. The fact we haven’t signed a striker, the critical business, means that we really have walked into the Last Chance Saloon.  Worse still, we are at the bar and telling the barman we want a drink, no, we need a drink, […]

Everton vs Wolves

24/08/2023

Everton return to Goodison Park this weekend to face Wolves for what will be their second home game of the season still searching for their first goal and points of 2023-24.

Everton agree fee with Udinese for Beto

24/08/2023

Everton have reportedly increased their offer for Beto and now met Udinese's valuation of the striker, with a medical scheduled for this weekend before the final paperwork is completed on a €30m transfer.

Is Our Man Just a Gofer?

24/08/2023

I wasn’t the gofer, but he had a relative who knew what the life of a gofer was all about. Dodgy dealings, enormous bank loans, tax evasion, false accountancy, bribery and underhand profit transfer theft was often carried out at his behest.

Villarreal Revisited

24/08/2023

Eighteen years ago today (24 August 2005), we boarded a flight to Valencia from Stanstead, in the hope that Everton could overcome a 2-1 first-leg deficit in the third qualifying round of the Champions League against Spanish side Villarreal. The meagre allocation of 1,100 tickets for an August game on one of the Costas meant […]

MSP Sports Capital withdraw from Everton talks

23/08/2023

Everton appear to be back at square one with regard to desperately-needed change at boardroom level with the news that MSP Sports Capital have stepped away from talks around taking an investment position in the club.

The (Thick and) Thin Blue Line: Part Two

23/08/2023

John Daley's latest Epistle to The Evertonians traces football, family and fatherhood through three generations of Goodison faith and godly misfortune, Part Two

Champagne at Highbury

22/08/2023

Tommy Lawton recalls in his own words the Arsenal v Everton game at Highbury in September 1938

Andy Rankin passes aged 79

22/08/2023

Former Everton goalkeeper Andy Rankin, who played for the Blues in the 1960s and 1970s, has died.

Creeping Anxiety and a Social Dilemma

22/08/2023

Emotions are already running high after Everton's bad start. Neither the actions of a tiny few nor a media waiting to pounce are helping

Dyche dismayed by ‘soft’ Everton

21/08/2023

Sean Dyche said he was surprised by the nature of Everton’s heavy defeat to Aston Villa, admitting that he thought he and his staff had largely eradicated the team's psychological collapses

The Merry-Go-Round from Hell

21/08/2023

Round and round and round we go. A change in manager, a couple of new players. Hope followed by disappointment then humiliation and despair. This is the lot for Evertonians, it seems.

Pathetic Everton are thrashed at Villa Park

20/08/2023

The alarm bells are ringing early and loudly for Everton after they were hammered 4-0 by Aston Villa on the back of a shambles of a performance where they gifted their hosts two goals from throw-ins.