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Feb 29: Everton
were reportedly about to complete the transfer of Stephen Hughes from
Arsenal for the a fee of £3M... but there were problems with the terms of
his release from Arsenal, and Everton say the deal is now dead.
Meanwhile, the club have finally reached
agreement with Slaven Bilic to
terminate his contract due to injury. Bilic returns to Split with a
�1M payoff � less than half the amount of his remaining contract.
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Feb 28: Alex
Cleland faces an operation on his damaged calf muscle which would end
his season.
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Feb 27: After
20 years in the game, Tony Cottee
finally won a "major" honour as Leicester City beat Tranmere
Rovers in the final of the Worthington League Cup.
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Feb 26: Everton travelled down to East London and dealt
with West Ham United in fine style, Nicky
Barmby getting a hat-trick,
and Joe-Max Moore scoring his now customary goal. Everton win FOUR -
nil!
Everton Under-19s were somewhat less
successful, going down 1-4 at Huddersfield.
- Feb 25: Don
Hutchison has been stripped of the captaincy and dropped for the
West Ham match, and put on the transfer list.
Trialist S�bastien Schemmel has returned to Metz after failing to
impress the Bellefield Boys.
- Feb 24: Talks between Everton and Don
Hutchison collapsed for possibly the last time today, after The
Hutch called the club's final offer of an additional £725 per week "a
disgrace" � Don wanted another £5k, and could be on his
way to Sunderland for �3M right this minute...
Everton have confirmed that John
Collins wishes to leave Everton at the end of the season, having
failed to make the desired midfield impact.
- Feb 23: Everton Reserves
travelled to Teesside where they led Middlesbrough until the 80th minute
but it finished 1-1.
- Feb 22: Defender Richard Dunne played the full
match for the Republic of Ireland U-21 squad which lost 1-2 to Czech
Republic tonight. Dean Delaney played in goal for the second half �
when both opposition goals were scored!
Meanwhile, Franny Jeffers was stretchered off with a twisted ankle after
just 8 mins of the England U-21 match against Argentina, and will now be
sidelined for at least three weeks
- Feb 21: has arrived on a
week's trial from French club Metz. The 26-year-old can play in defence
or midfield.
- Feb 20: Everton failed to take full advantage of
possession and territory against the unpleasant John Gregory's Aston
Villa who came to defend, and score on the break. Everton gave away
two soft goals, Joe-Max Moore scoring one clever one, but were unable to
break down the Villains in the 2nd half. It ended 1-2 and Everton
miss out yet again.
- Feb 19: Lots of non-news rhetoric flying around in the
final build-up to Everton's Big Match tomorrow...
Meanwhile, on the field of play, Everton's U-19s
travelled to Coventry and ran up a 3-goal lead in the first half, thanks
to a Carl Howarth hat-trick. But Coventry came back strongly with two
quick goals, the blues holding on to win 3-2.
- Feb 18: Defender Richard Gough is still recovering from
a knock, and is considered a doubt for Sunday's match, as is Villa's
keeper, David James.
- Feb 17: No real surprise that Kevin Keegan avoided
selecting either Nick Barmby or Kevin Campbell for the England squad to
play Argentina.
- Feb 16: Francis Jeffers and Michael Ball have both been
selected for the England U-21 squad to face Argentina at Craven Cottage
on 22 February 2000.
- Feb 15: Everton
Reserves were beating Aston Villa at the AutoQuest
Stadium in Widnes tonight by 1-0 with 8 mins remaining
after an early goal from Leon Osman.
- Feb 14: Walter Smith has taken his
threadbare Everton Squad up
north for a break in the Scottish town of Ayr as he
prepares them for the massive game against Aston Villa
on Sunday.
- Feb 13: John Collins
on the bench � struggling to get a game? Obviously,
he'll be off back to Monaco, then... Or is this more
typical tabloid twaddle from the Sunday People???
- Feb 12: Goals from
Joe-Max Moore and Michael Ball (penalty) set Everton up
well by half-time, but Derby
County made a game of it in the second half
after key substitutions from Jim Smith. It finished
2-1, with Everton moving briefly up to seventh!
- Feb 11: David Unsworth is suspended for
tomorrow's game with Derby County, when Joe-Max Moore
and Cadamarteri are expected to start alongside the
returning Nick Barmby.
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Feb 10: Everton's star midfielder
Mark Pembridge has been
called up for the Wales squad to face the mighty Qatar team in a friendly
later this month.
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Feb 9: Everton's Easter Monday fixture
at Coventry has been brought
forward to Wednesday 15 March, KO: 7:45 pm.
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Feb 8: Everton Reserves
could only draw 1-1 with Barnsley at
the AutoQuest stadium, despite fielding such stars as Ward, Gemmill, Xavier,
and Degn.
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Feb 7: With his two excellent headers at the weekend,
Kevin Campbell has
staked his claim as the season's leading
Everton goalscorer, and has suddenly
jumped up to 5th place in the table of leading Premiership Goalscorers, with
12 so far.
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Feb 6: Everton eventually strolled to a great 3-0 victory over
Wimbledon in the televised Sky match, with
Campbell getting two headers and then setting up Joe-Max Moore for the third
goal.
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Feb 5: Everton's Under-19 team recovered from their FA
Youth Cup exit to win 2-0 in the FA Youth Premier League against Bolton.
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Feb 4: Former Everton goalkeeping legend
Neville Southall might have
played his 977th and last senior game when Torquay United finally pulled
his week-to-week contract, but Paul Jewell has rescued the aging maestro
for duty at Bradford City.
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Feb 3: Lots of team selection speculation and uncertainty for
the weekend, with Barmby suspended, Hutchison suffering from tonsillitis,
Xavier and Collins fit, Jeffers in need of a rest...
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Feb 2: Everton's upwardly mobile youngsters have been stopped
dead in their tracks by Crewe Alexandra, who walked away form Goodison Park
with a 1-0 victory over the Young Blues in the 5th Round of the FA
Youth Cup tonight.
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Feb 1: After failing to get anywhere in Walter Smith's threadbare
squad, full-back Terry Phelan
is set to move to Fulham this week, probably on a free transfer.
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