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Two left feet win it for Everton

November 21, 2011
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EVERTON 2 (Jagielka 44, Baines pen 83) – WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS 1 (Hunt pen 37) In the end it was all down to the slight, unassuming, modest figure of Leighton Baines, the man who possesses the most potent left foot seen in these parts since Kevin Sheedy was in his pomp. Just a few minutes after Everton, in the shape of the freshly minted Marouane Fellaini, conceded an unnecessary, but definite penalty, it was Baines with a whipped left footed free-kick who picked out England team-mate Phil Jagielka allowing him to power an unstoppable header past Hennessey for the vital pre-halftime equalizer. One feels that if Wolves had escaped to their changing...

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60 Evertonians: 14.Kirsty McHale

December 17, 2010
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60 Evertonians: 14.Kirsty McHale

Kirsty McHale Bio: – Kirsty is a 23-year-old Scouser, and somehow survived a rough upbringing of growing up in Anfield and watching Walter Smith teams. She was sucked in by Everton as an 8-year-old after Daniel Amokachi’s one-man show in the 1995 FA Cup semi-final. She went to her first game the following season, and to the detriment of her bank account (and in recent years, her liver) she hasn’t looked back. Q1. Why Everton? I was chosen! My dad’s a massive blue, as is the entire side of his family, so I literally didn’t have a say in the matter. Q2. I remember standing amongst a glum chain...

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Capello’s Jagielka Mistake

May 12, 2010
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Capello’s Jagielka Mistake

  World Cup 2010: England twitter.com/dixiessixty Fabio Capello announced England’s 30 man provisional World Cup squad and made one big mistake – neglecting to call up Phil Jagielka. There were two rumours surrounding Fabio Capello’s choice of players. The first was that he wasn’t going to pick unfit players, and the second was that he preferred specialist players over those that excelled in multiple positions. Neither of these rumours about Capello’s proclivities turned out to be strictly true. Firstly, while the Italian didn’t pick the injured Hargreaves or Lescott – he did pick injury addled Ferdinand, Barry and Ledley King. Secondly, while word was spread that Capello liked specialist players,...

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Everton out of luck but in the mix

March 29, 2010
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WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS 0 – EVERTON 0 Alan Ball once humorously and presciently observed, “I’m not a believer in luck, but I do believe you need it.” And of course luck does tend to even itself out over a season; witness Drogba’s header rebounding off the back of Saha’s head to give Everton a share of the points at Stamford Bridge. So the wailing and gnashing of teeth which has followed the game at Molineux should be tempered by the knowledge that although clear scoring opportunities were missed – notably by Osman, Saha and Gosling – at least chances were created, and created without Arteta, Everton’s most inventive, progressive, player....

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Everton tactics simple – go for the Sporting jugular!

February 24, 2010
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While Everton were beating Manchester United in style last weekend their Europa League opponents, Sporting Lisbon, were slugging out a goalless draw at Olhanense in the Portugese Liga. Sporting’s league form remains poor and were it not for their late, and gifted, penalty at Goodison last week Everton would be firm favourites to progress to the last 16 on Thursday night. In a clear statement of intent and impressive demonstration of the deep pool of talent now available to him, David Moyes has taken to Portugal one of the strongest squads the club has seen in at least twenty years. Boarding the plane were: Howard, Nash, Turner, Baines, Yobo,...

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Saturday: a mere footnote to our history

February 8, 2010
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All Englishmen know of Agincourt, of Crecy and Trafalgar, battles which are engraved on our hearts. These victories, achieved against overwhelming odds, inspire us even today and at the time were the bricks which built our nation to a greatness unsurpassed in the annals of history. Contained within each of these shuddering encounters are vignettes of sadness, piquant tales of valiant toil which ended in death or setback, but which did not detract from the brilliant colour of the eventual victory. That one of King Henry’s closest companions and greatest warriors Edward duke of York died at Agincourt is now a long forgotten footnote, that England lost perhaps its...

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Everton out to Birmingham: their mirror image

January 24, 2010
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EVERTON 1 (Osman 56) – BIRMINGHAM CITY 2 (Benitez 7, Ferguson 40) A vastly improved second half performance and a beautiful cameo performance from substitute Mikel Arteta were not enough to make up a two-goal half time deficit. During the first 45 minutes Everton were well off the pace: where against City last week they were sharp, here they were dull, where against City they played to feet, here they hoofed the ball forward, where against City they contested every ball, here they stood off and allowed Birmingham too much space. The visitors scored as early as the seventh minute when the home defence was undone by a long...

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