Everton Season Diary: September 1997

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September 1997

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SEPTEMBER 1997

30th: Parkinson, Branch, Williamson, Short and Farrelly are on the injured list for tomorrow's visit by Scunthorpe.
29th: Andy Hinchcliffe must be considered a surprise inclusion in Glenn Hoddle's England squad for the critical World Cup qualifier in Rome on 11 October.
28th: Eligible to play for no less than five countries, Danny Cadamarteri has committed himself to England, and will join the U-18 squad for the European Championship qualifier in Yugoslavia next month. Duncan Ferguson has sent a letter to Scottish FA, expressing his wish to retire form International football after winning just 7 caps but scoring no goals in an unimpressive career with Scotland
27th: In one of the best games at Goodison Park for a long time, injury-ravaged Everton are hosts to top-of-the-table Arsenal, who lead 2-0 at half-time. But the youngsters strike back to outplay the favourites, with Michael Ball and Danny Cadamarteri scoring to level the game at 2-2. Hinchcliffe is suspended for this match.
26th: The injury list for tomorrow's clash with Arsenal includes Parkinson, Branch, Barmby, Farrelly, Short, Allen, Williamson, and Ferguson.
25th: Everton Badboy, Slaven Bilic, will definitely miss the derby against Liverpool on 18 October, as a result of his double yellow card yesterday. Andy Hinchcliffe is still pondering whether to sign a massive 5-yr, £3M contract at Everton, or to do a Bosman when his current contract expires... Fabrizio Ravanelli has finally moved from Middlesbrough... but NOT to Everton. Thankfully, this ridiculous saga of speculation is now over as the White Feather moves to Marseille for £5M and will never again be "linked" with the Royal Blues... or will he?
September 24th: An Everton team devastated by injuries (10 at the last count) visit Newcastle United and defend stoutly, only to lose by a solitary Rob Lee goal in the 88th minute. Gavin McCann makes his debut (as a sub) but Slaven Bilic is sent off after two innocuous fouls draw yellows from card-happy referee, Graham Poll.
22nd: The injured list now includes: Parkinson, Thomas, Branch, Phelan, Allen, Dunne, and Thomsen, with Williamson, Cadamarteri, Short, and Ferguson classed as "doubtful" for the trip to Newcastle...
20th: Everton host newcomers Barnsley, running out 4-2 winners with a (full) debut goal from Danny Cadamarteri, first Everton goal from John Oster, and a brace from from Captain Speedo. Live commentary is provided on the Internet direct from the Press Box in Goodison Park by Rick "Snaky" Brown and Mike "Mollow" Toal, using the #Everton IRC Channel on DALNet.
19th: Joe Parkinson will have what sounds like a major operation on his knee in what may be the last hope to get his lang-term injury problem sorted... he is expected to be out until at least the New Year. Branch and Thomas are still injured and will miss tomorrow's match v Barnsley.
18th: Everton Reserves beat Birmingham City 2-1. The new Official Everton Website goes online. Ex-Blue, Barry Horne is elected Chairman of the Professional Footballers Association (PFA), succeeding another ex-Blue, Pat Nevin, who has moved from Tranmere to Kilmarnock.
17th: Umbro add to the replica shirt tales by putting part of the logo ribbing on upside down. Solution: change the first-team shirts to match...
September 16th: Everton beat 3rd Division Scunthorpe United 1-0 at Glanford Park in the 2nd Round, 1st Leg of the Coca-Cola Cup, under the public scrutiny of Sky TV. Farrelly gets the goal; Southall is on the bench; Barmby, Grant, and O'Connor are not in the squad.
15th: Branch's pulled hamstring may keep him out for two weeks. Uwe Rosler fails to accept a new contract at Manchester City, but there is no indication that he will join Everton.
14th: The Sunday Telegraph reports that Peter Johnson is looking to sell a 28% stake in Everton FC, leaving him with 40% of the outstanding shares. Ex-Blue Andrei Kanchelskis scores his first goal for Fiorentina (after 8 months!) in a 3-2 win over Bari.
13th: Everton visit Derby County only to lose 1-3 with a goal from Graham Stuart. Neville Southall becomes the first player to record 200 Premiership appearances, but six Everton Bad Boys are booked and Hinchcliffe is sent off.
12th: Dave Watson is doubtful for the game at Derby; Terry Phelan (calf strain) and Tony Thomas (pulled calf) are out injured.
11th: The new replica shirts are finally delivered, just a month after the start of the season. The delay was caused by the difficulty Everton experienced finding a suitable shirt sponsor.
10th: Three Everton players on International duty, with only Bilic playing as Croatia lose 1-3 in Denmark. Phelan and Farrelly were both left on the bench as Ireland beat Lithuania 2-1 in Vilnius. Barmby was not even included in the England squad – see Barmby left out in the cold.
September 9th: Everton Reserves draw 1-1 at Derby County. Joe Parkinson denies the rumours that he will not be playing football for the foreseeable future, despite suffering a setback with his injured knee.
8th: Everton have appointed Andy Jones, formerly with Burnley, as the new physiotherapist for the first team. Les Helm will move on to the "development" side, with the youngsters.
7th: Duncan Ferguson is left out of the Scotland squad that defeats Belarus 4-1 in a match rearranged from yesterday in deference to the funeral for Diana, Princess of Wales. Meanwhile Everton lose 1-4 to Greek club Panathinaikos in a friendly played in Athens.
6th: Slaven Bilic scores the first goal in Croatia's 3-2 defeat of Bosnia. Terry Phelan is left out of the Irish side that beats Iceland 4-2 in Reykjavik.
5th: A South African midfielder, Bradley Muir of Manning Rangers, has reportedly gone on a 10-day trial with Everton. Gareth Farrelly captains the Irish U-21 team but does not impress as they lose 0-1 in Iceland.
4th: Everton Reserves can only draw 0-0 at home to Tranmere Rovers.
1st: Everton are the first visitors to the futuristic Reebok Stadium, new home of Bolton Wanderers, in the Monday Night Sky TV match, which goes ahead in sombre mood after the tragic death of Diana, Princess of Wales, yesterday. The match fizzles out in a 0-0 draw despite some good football from Everton, with Andy Hinchcliffe returning (as a sub) after a 9-month layoff. Hinchcliffe takes over from Unsworth as the club's new PFA official.

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