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WHAT HAS DAVID MOYES EVER DONE FOR US?!

May 24, 2013
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WHAT HAS DAVID MOYES EVER DONE FOR US?!

We gave Moyes an opportunity when we took him from Preston and brought him to Everton. But what did the Scot ever do for us? He gave us our pride back after years in the gutter. Tim Cahill. He bought Tim Cahill. He got us into the top four – qualifying for the Champions League with a little fancied team. Ten teams outspent us that season. OK, I’ll give you the Tim Cahill signing, and getting us into the top four. And consistent top 6 finishes, outside the monied elite we are the best team in the land. Obviously the consistent top 6 finishes! But aside from Tim Cahill,...

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The Fall and Rise of Victor Anichebe

April 14, 2013
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The Fall and Rise of Victor Anichebe

A Partick Thistle player once took a bad knock to his head and was getting treatment, so the story goes, when the physio shouted over to manager John Lambie that the player was concussed, didn’t even know who he was and would clearly have to come off.  Lambie replied, “tell him he’s f*cking Pele and get him back on”. Sometimes it feels like Victor Anichebe is in a similar mental state to that hapless headbangee. I remember when I first heard about Victor Anichebe. He was seemingly inseparable from fellow Royal Blue hope James Vaughan. Somehow though, Anichebe was always the junior partner and I expected less of him. Whereas...

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End Game For Moyes?

March 12, 2013
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End Game For Moyes?

It was the away team that delivered some home truths on Saturday. In a four minute spell they buried our FA Cup hopes. It wasn’t a mugging, rather a machine gunning. And it left everyone angry. Suddenly nothing is certain anymore. Our star player was booed off the field. Our manager seemed half hearted rather than heartbroken after we were dumped out of the cup. Since the final whistle blew, things have become even more chaotic. Our loss lit the Royal Blue touch paper. Phil Neville yesterday belched out a truly rancid sound bite about a top 10 finish being amazing for a club like Everton. Suddenly problems are...

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Moyes Out?

March 6, 2013
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Moyes Out?

I'd happily have Moyes as our manager for another decade, but that was before he couldn't commit to a new contract. Everton may still be married to their manager, but it's troubling that he isn't wearing his wedding ring any more.

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60 Evertonians: #33. Greg O’Keeffe

February 21, 2013
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The Liverpool Echo’s Everton F.C. correspondent was kind enough to answer a few questions for us… Q1.Why Everton?   It’s a family affair. Q2. I remember standing amongst a glum chain gang of fans at Kirkdale train station in the late 90′s, we’d just been beaten at Goodison, the rain was pissing on us, and some cheeky Liverpool fans were laughing and mooning us from the top of the stairs. That was the lowest I felt as an Everton fan. What is your all time high/low as a fan? Low – That’s a hard one because there’ve been more than enough. My dad took me to Wembley in 1989...

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60 Evertonians: #32. Russell Davies

February 12, 2013
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  Name: Russell Davies Bio: A ‘loud-mouthed, opinionated, condescending know-it-all’, according to my missus and she claims to love me! A Jerseyman drawn to the delights of supporting the School of Science, I have managed to indoctrinate both kids and indeed the aforementioned missus in the ways of the Toffee but I have provided very little to the world otherwise. I love trail running and karate (which handily provides two alternative solutions for dealing with over enthusiastic Reds). If I had to sum up my feelings when talking about Everton in one word it would be ‘Pride’. Q1.Why Everton? Now don’t judge me too harshly: 1986-I hadn’t ever really...

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Ross Barkley is NOT the Answer…Yet

January 1, 2013
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Ross Barkley is NOT the Answer…Yet

One swallow does not a summer make. Neither should one fluffed pass an Owl make of Ross Barkley. Twitter is a fun place. Knees jerk and fingers twitch at breakneck speeds. People say what they feel on Twitter – and often they are very angry. It’s a similar phenomenon to road rage – people are free to let off explosions of abuse in their cars because they think they are in a sealed bubble where the outside world can’t hear. For some reason, Twitter engenders the same foamy-mouthed anger – perhaps because you can still stay semi anonymous even when shoveling up abuse. The reactions towards young Ross Barkley...

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Suarez: Would we love him if he was in blue?

October 29, 2012
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Suarez: Would we love him if he was in blue?

1999: When Robbie Fowler got down on his knees at Anfield and snorted the line like it was another type of line:  Liverpool fined him £60,000 October 28, 2012: After Luis Suarez scored against us he made a bee-line for the dug-out, smiling and throwing himself to the floor in a mock dive. It was a move calculated to taunt Everton. It was also a move that confused the waters. Will Liverpool fine Suarez? This is different though. Fowler wasn’t a coke head. Suarez IS a diver. There is no irony in the Suarez celebration. In a parallel universe David Moyes would leap to his feet, ran up to...

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Neville Southall: The Binman Chronicles – Special Signed Limited Editions Available Soon

June 28, 2012
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Neville Southall: The Binman Chronicles – Special Signed Limited Editions Available Soon

‘Ability, dedication, charisma and desire made him the King of Keepers.’  —Joe Royle ‘As good as anyone I have ever seen in all my years in the game – he stands alongside the likes of Gordon Banks and Peter Shilton.’ —Howard Kendall ‘During the mid-1980s, Southall’s superb anticipation and spectacular reflexes made him the finest goalkeeper in the world. He always demanded the best from his Everton team-mates and his rumpled exterior camouflaged his perfectionism.’ —David France Considered among the greatest goalkeepers of all time and one of English football’s defining figures over a career that spanned more than two decades, Neville Southall has for the first time decided to tell...

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“History” and “Buying” the Title…

May 18, 2012
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“History” and “Buying” the Title…

There are few more annoying people on this planet than Ryan Seacrest. The American Idol host sports auto-tuned hair, a spray-on voice, and a cliched chin. Even his assorted platitudes sound botoxed and stiff. Seacrest is at his most irritating when he talks about history. “Ladies and Gentlemen,” booms the reality TV Bard. “Last night we had the most watched show in Idol history“. It’s the last word which grates. It could be changed for countless other terms and it wouldn’t even register on my radar. History is a powerful word. By using history Seacrest implies that American Idol has a long and storied background. It doesn’t, and that’s...

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