• June 30: Young defender Adam Farley has agreed to a paltry one-year contract with Everton. Doesn't say much about their confidence in him becoming a world-beater! Trabzonspor have called Everton's bluff and raised the stakes on the Campbell deal to £3.5M. The matter may now go to Fifa.
• June 29: The French Connection at Goodison comes to an end as Olivier Dacourt seals his move to Lens for £6.5M. The injury to Tommy Myhre is predictably worse than expected, so Steve Simonson is likely to start with the tough job of keeping goal against Manchester United on 8 August.
• June 28: Celtic defender Alan Stubbs, continually linked with Everton, will have exploratory surgery today after the results of a routine drugs test at the Scottish Cup Final showed abnormalities indicative of testicular cancer. Kevin Campbell is expected to complete his protracted transfer to Everton today, after Trabzonspor agreed a £3M deal, with ²/₃ on installments .
• Jun 27: Perugia have had a "derisory" bid of £2M for their former player Marco Materazzi firmly rejected by Everton.
• Jun 26: Everton are officially acknowledging that they have accepted a bid of £6.5M from Lens for Olivier Dacourt. The transfer is likely to be completed soon, provided he agrees personal terms. So the certainty that he was joining Arsenal proves to be so much hot air...
• Jun 25: The Turks are due in town to talk turkey (!) about Kevin Campbell's hopefully imminent transfer to Everton.
• Jun 24: The Fixtures are out, and Everton play host to all-conquering Manchester United on the opening day, 7 August. Fiorentina have backed out the pre-season match-up at Goodison Park on 3 August: the visitors will now be PSV Eindhoven.
• Jun 23: Investors in Everton kick off their campaign to raise Everton's profile in the City with a well-received conference at London's Waldorf Hotel. Promising young left-back, Adam Eaton, has been allowed to move to Preston North End for a nominal fee of £5,000 after only being offered a 1-yr contract extension.
• Jun 22: Ibrahima Bakayoko becomes the first player in Walter Smith's clear-out, going back to France on a £4M move to Olympique Marseille.
• Jun 21: Michael Branch was bound over to keep the peace after appearing before the beak on a drunk & disorderly charge...
• Jun 20: Since Olivier Dacourt hasn't yet gone to Arsenal, he must be on his way to... er... Liverpool? Not!
• Jun 19: Who will be the first in Walter Smith's long-touted but so far non-existent clear-out? Now that Adrian Heath is at Sheffield United, he must want, er, Mitch Ward?
• Jun 18: A group of professional and influential Everton fans are pushing forward with their mission to encourage investment in Everton.
• Jun 17: The Dacourt deal with Arsenal is apparently done and dusted, but the Campbell saga looks set to drag on as Kev tries to sort out some personal issues with the Turks.
• Jun 16: Physiotherapist Andy Jones has left after just two seasons to join Charlton Athletic. Andrew is replaced by Steve Hardwick, who arrives from Bournemouth.
• Jun 15:  Former Everton star Adrian Heath has signed a three-year contract to take over as manager of First Division Sheffield United.
• Jun 14:  Following a postal fiasco of Buckley Finch proportions, Everton have extended by two weeks the deadline(s) for discounted renewal of season tickets at the new prices.
• Jun 13:  Yes its Sunday, and its time for more idle tabloid transfer twaddle. Can you say Dean Saunders? Why bother...
• Jun 12:  The Stubbs link just won't die a natural death. He's nearly as ugly as Una – are they perhaps related? Mitch Ward to Barnsley for £0.5M? Maybe... Maybe not.
• Jun 11:  Everton have turned down a £5 million offer from Bordeaux for Olivier Dacourt.
• Jun 10:  The Everton Shareholders are getting ansi following an inconclusive AGM where the club maintained that it could not talk about the stillborn takeover process: according to Takeover Panel rules, the only one allowed to speak is Peter Johnson!
• Jun 9:  Walton MP Kilfoyle has started asking questions about Peter Johnson's illegal ownership of two senior football clubs. David Weir played in Scotland's dramatic 2-3 defeat to the Czech Republic; Scot Gemmill was on the subs' bench.
• Jun 8:  Everton have turned down a bid from Burnley of £300k for Paul Gerrard, and are sticking out for £500k. Steve Simonsen put in a great display for England U-21 to keep a clean sheet in Bulgaria as his team won 1-0.
• Jun 7:  Promising Youth Cup / U-19 midfielder Tony Hibbert has signed a new 3-year contract and teenage defender Adam Farley has agreed a 1-year deal. Neville Southall and Mark Hughes will take joint control of the Welsh national team for the Euro 2000 qualifier against Denmark at Anfield on Wednesday. The pair have been appointed on a temporary basis following the resignation of Bobby Gould.
• Jun 6:  Peter Reid has been named as the new part-time England U-21 coach. Mitch Ward to Barnsley for £0.5M? Maybe... Maybe not.
• Jun 5:  It is being widely reported that Olivier Dacourt's "advisors" have agreed terms with Arsenal, but that Ollie won't actually sign for another fortnight. The fee is reported to be £6M. Steve Simonsen was not even on the bench for England's U-21 3-0 win over Sweden.
• Jun 4:  Ibrahima Bakayoko is the latest to join the list of "Will they? Won't they?" non-movers. A host of French clubs are said to be interested in taking him after just 7 months in the Premiership.
• Jun 3:  Despite the media hype, Everton have received no offers for Olivier Dacourt from Spurs, Arsenal, or anyone else. "He remains an Everton player for the foreseeable future."
• Jun 2:  Francis Jeffers has tonsillitis and has pulled out of the England U-21 Squad. Michael Ball has also withdrawn with a groin problem. He needs a rest and should never have been picked anyway. Steve Simonsen is still involved.
• Jun 1:  Everton have as expected denied any validity to the links for Ruel Fox of Spurs. Even the idiots at TeamTalk have finally twigged there ain't any money for transfers, but will that stop them?

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