• 28th: Incredibly, Everton received no yellow cards at all yesterday – their first card-free match in the entire season!
• 27th:  Everton struggle to a 1-1 draw with Wimbledon at Goodison Park after a great headed goal from Franny Jeffers.  Everton were without Don Hutchison, who is suspended, and Ibrahima Bakayoko, who has been called up by Ivory Coast in the African Nations Cup, plus 10 injured first-team players. Newboy Peter Degn caught the flu and missed the match.
• February 26th: Tony Grant joins Everton's ridiculous injury list, pulling his hamstring in training today.
• 24th:  Everton will be heading to Newcastle United in the FA Cup Quarter-finals on 7^th March after the Toon beat Blackburn Rovers 1-0 at Ewood Park.  Meanwhile, Jamie Milligan captained the England U-18 v Germany at Stoke's Britannia Ground. Francis Jeffers came of for the last 15 mins.
• 23rd: Young prospect Francis Jeffers is featured in an ITV documentary about Lilleshall: The World at Their Feet.
• 22nd:  Peter Degn has actually been signed on by Everton and transferred for a nominal fee of £200,000. Also, the Everton Supporters Alliance has gathered over 10,000 signatures to a petition demanding that Peter Johnson ends his disastrous involvement with Everton Football Club.
• 21st:  More suspension horror for the FA Cup Quarter-finals as Richard Dunne joins the list of Badboys after getting his 5th yellow card of the season yesterday.
• February 20th:  Everton have lots of chances but cannot repeat the form of last Wednesday, and eventually fall to a one-goal defeat at Leeds United. That makes it just 47½ years since we last won a league match there.
• 19th:  Everton withdraw their appeal over Ollie Dacourt's 11th booking: the video of the incident shows Dacourt making the fractional initial contact with Boro's Paul Gascoigne.
• 18th:  The downside to last night's great victory is suspension for Everton Badboys, Ollie Dacourt (11 Yellows) and Michael Ball (8 yellows).  Both will miss the FA Cup 6th Round tie, although Everton are appealing Ollie's on the grounds that the culprit was really Tony Grant. Everton have signed a pre-contract agreement with Danish midfielder, Peter Degn, who will join the club in July, on a Bosmanite free transfer from Åarhus.
• 17th:  The rearranged home match against Middlesbrough provides a fantastic filip to Evertonians as The Toffees run up a tremendous FIVE-goal victory! David Weir makes his debut as a sub.
• 16th:  Everton's FA Youth Cup campaign totters a little with a desperate late equalizer at Sheffield Wednesday in the FA Youth Cup 5th Round. Meanwhile, Walter Smith has reverted to type, signing yet another central defender, David Weir, from Hearts for £250k.
• February 15th:  Reports suggest that Bill Kenwright is getting closer to finalizing the financial package for Peter Johnson's consideration.
• 14th:  In the FA Cup 6th Round, Everton are drawn away to either Blackburn Rovers or Newcastle United, who slugged out a 0-0 draw today and now replay on the 24th. Don Hutchison misses the Wimbledon (h) match after picking up his 8th yellow card of the season yesterday.
• 13th:  Everton produce a much improved performance in the FA Cup 5th Round against Coventry City, running out 2-1 winners with well-taken goals from Franny Jeffers and Johnny Oster.
• 12th:  Word is that Bakayoko will be dropped to the bench, and Jeffers will retain his place for tomorrow's Cup-tie. Marco Materazzi is still suspended and 10 (yes, TEN!) players in the Everton Squad are out injured.
• 11th:  Anders Limpar (is he still playing?) has joined MLS team Colorado Rapids in the USA. Gareth Farrelly (remember him?) underwent exploratory surgery on his knee yesterday in an effort to find out what's wrong with it.
• February 10th:   Tommy Myhre has an excellent game in goal for Norway as they stifle Italy in a 0-0 stalemate.
• 9th:  The rearranged Reserves match at Aston Villa has been postponed due to a frozen pitch. Gareth Farrelly has now been withdrawn from the Ireland B side but John Oster is expected to play for the Welsh B team.  Francis Jeffers, Jamie Milligan and Carl Regan are in the England U-18 squad to play France; Steve Simonsen plays in goal for the England U-21 squad but Michael Ball is rested; Danny Cadamarteri is ill and was withdrawn.
• 8th: The Echo / Daily Post is claiming that Richard Dunne has accrued 5 yellow cards and will miss the Wimbledon match. The ToffeeWeb Badboy Statistician is not so sure... he thinks its only 4.
• 7th:  Franny Jeffers makes his full debut for Everton in front of the Sky TV cameras at Derby County, and sets up a nice goal for Nick Barmby, but Walter Smith's negativity dominates as Everton fail to sit successfully on that meagre one-goal lead, eventually going down 1-2 to a brace from Deon Burton.
• 6th:  Ten first-team players are ruled out of tomorrow's match: Cadamarteri & Materazzi (suspended); Cleland (suspended & injured); Bilic, Branch, Short, Ward, Phelan, Williamson, Parkinson (injured).
• February 5th:  Everton shareholders have asked the Premier League to investigate Peter Johnson's takeover of the club in 1994, citing a conflict of interest over his simultaneous holding in Tranmere Rovers.
• 3rd:  The depleted Everton Squad suffers another blow as Michael Branch goes down with a recurrence of his hamstring injury.
• 2nd:  A big day for the young guns as Everton smash Swindon Town 5-1 in the FA Youth Cup 4th Round Replay – and Francis Jeffers bagged a hat-trick. Meanwhile, Everton Shareholders Association are proposing a share split in the form of a rights issue at £500 each.
• 1st:  Peter Johnson has friends in high places... The deadline for him to resolve his dual ownership of Everton and Tranmere Rovers has been extended for a second time. Meanwhile, Everton Reserves catch the goal-famine, falling 0-1 at Leeds United.

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