Landon Donovan needs to leave the US to further the beautiful game in his country. This may sound counter intuitive but even as his country rides on a post-World Cup high, soccer still only attracts high numbers of fans through TV – and even then it is watching European Leagues – and especially the Premier League –...
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Top Podcast! Followtonians Podcasts are a brilliant tool, especially for a club with a large, passionate fan base like us. There also very useful for the listener too, as you can fling a podcast onto your MP3 player with the same ease that previous generations put a kettle on. This particular podcast – featuring...
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   He’s done well to come this far considering the state of his foot this time last year. Seamus Coleman’s blistered foot was such an infected mess that it was considered career threatening by Everton’s medical staff. Having glistened in both his handful of appearances for Everton and his part in Blackpool’s promotion charge,...
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Now is the summer of our discontent. Summer is an atrocious time to be an Evertonian. Nails are bitten to the quick, nights are sleepless, and the fevered clamour amongst the gutter press for a full-scale Everton exodus reaches unbearable levels. With Pienaar still flirting with our offer, Arteta a possibility to leave, and...
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David Moyes has continued his strategy of scouting and buying young, promising, but undeveloped, footballers with the acquisition of France U-21 striker Magaye Gueye from RC Strasburg for a fee in the region of £1 mln. The 19-year old was born in the same Paris suburbs that produced the ‘golden crop’ of Louis Saha,...
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If the media reports are correct and Mikel Arteta and his wife Lorena want to return to be closer to their extended family in San Sebastian after discovering that their one year old son Gabriel is partially sighted, then the Everton hierarchy can do only one thing; allow him to leave with their best...
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The return of Gareth Barry to the England midfield is being hailed by the media as though it were the second coming. It is to be hoped that he can indeed deliver a resurrection of English spirits and confidence. What is certain is that he will unshackle the imperious Steven Gerrard and change the balance...
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At least that’s what the press would have us believe. I find it ridiculous that journos on TV and in newspapers are constantly linking Everton players with a move away from the club, it’s as if their shallow paddling pool minds can’t fathom good players playing for Everton. The rote line is similar for every player,...
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I’ve got news for Leighton Baines; if he thinks his comments about feeling homesick have nothing to do with his omission from the World Cup squad he is mistaken. Fabio Capello is a disciplinarian, a strict disciplinarian, some would even describe him as a ‘control freak’. He is also a manager who leaves nothing...
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When Kurt Cobain was a kid he didn’t know what punk sounded like. Not knowing first hand, he made up his own sound, a rangy sloppy grunge quite different from punk. It was like comparing Johnny Giles to Aaron Lennon. I’m in that position with Everton, I don’t have memories of ’66 – I just...
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