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Preston NE 0 - 1 Everton

Baxter very impressive

Everton were victorious in their third pre-season friendly, beating the Deepdale side with an early goal that Phil Jagielka powered into the net off a superb Jose Baxter corner, soon after the youngster had rattled the Preston crossbar from a free-kick. Van der Meyde played again but not Andy Johnson — creating no end of speculation that he is indeed on his way... More External link

[22 Jul]

Squad Numbers Announced

Arteta now Number 10

Everton have annouced new squad numbers for the team, with a number of "vacancies" held open for the 5 or 6 new players David Moyes says he's hoping to sign before Deadline Day. Phil Jagielka moves to No 6 while Jack Rodwell takes Lee Carsley's old No 26 jersey. More External link

[21 Jul]

Good workout for the Reserves!

Cambridge Utd 4 - 2 Everton

Andy Johnson started the friendly at Cambridge United today, with John Ruddy in goal. Mikel Arteta came off the bench, with the same long list of senior squad absentees meaning that the youngsters got another chance to impress manager and onlookers alike... but they started poorly, allowing Cambridge to score from the kick-off. A brace by Lukas Jutkiewicz, however, put the Blues ahead going into the interval, but Cambridge came back well with three goals in the second half as Moyes rang the changes. Discuss in our mailbag. More

[19 Jul]

EGM Petition Delivered

The Everton shareholders campaigning for an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Club have now got well over the 20% level of shareholder support required to call an EGM. They submitted the petition to the club this morning and the club now have 21 days to confirm the date of the EGM, which should be within a further 28 days of that notice. The EGM should therefore take place in no later than 49 days from today... which means a decision on Destination Kirkby will already have been made. More

[18 Jul]

Yobo's brother released

Back with the family

Relief for Everton's defender Joseph Yobo and his family in Nigeria as kidnappers have released his brother Norum after almost two weeks in captivity. Norum was snatched at gunpoint with three other men on July 5 as they made their way home from a nightclub in Port Harcourt in Rivers State, Nigeria. More External link

[17 Jul]

Sir Terry Leahy

“The Robert Mugabe of Retail”

Perhaps currently the Everton fan with the highest profile amongst fellow Blues, Sir Terry Leahy gets called lots of things. This profile in the Independent last weekend has little to do with football but provides an interesting insight into a variety of contemporay issues the man has to deal with... More External link

[15 Jul]

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The Response Kenwright Should Have Given

Greg Murphy ghost-writes an impressive letter to Kilfoyle

What Direction?

Mick Stanley frets with uncertainty

Forest friendly live on evertonTV

Everton's next pre-season friendly is against Nottingham Forest at the City Ground and it will be streamed live on evertonTV. More

[24 Jul]

Anichebe makes the cut for Nigeria

Victor Anichebe has been confirmed for Nigeria's 22-man squad for the Olympic Games in Beijing next month. The 19 year-old will miss the start of the Premier League season after making the cut from the 26 players who took part in a pre-Games training camp in South Korea. More

[23 Jul]

Wyness: Nothing agreed for Johnson

Everton CEO, Keith Wyness, has moved to counter reports in both the national and local press that a £10.5m bid for Andy Johnson has been accepted from Fulham. AJ was expected to play in the friendly with Preston last evening but left Deepdale before the game. More

[23 Jul]

Interest in Stojkovic dropped

Everton will not be pursuing their interest in goalkeeper Vladimir Stojkovic after the Serb walked out just an hour into what was supposed to be a week-long trial at Finch Farm. More

[22 Jul]

Accrington here we come!

Accrington Stanley have announced that their final Pre-Season warm-up game will be against an Everton Select XI. The game will take place on Wednesday 6 August with a kick off time of 7pm. More

[21 Jul]

Bradley responds

In the typically unseemly name-calling that passes for intelligent discourse between politicians, Warren Bradley has responded to falsehoods and ignorance from MP Peter Kilfoyle regarding Destination Kirkby. More

[19 Jul]

Walton MP changes his tune

In what some might say is an ill-advised and contradictory (in light of these comments regarding the Kings Dock!) letter aired on the Official Site, Peter Kilfoyle, the MP for Walton, says that the proposed Kirkby stadium is Everton's only option and that he is not concerned at the prospect of losing one of the city's oldest and largest businesses to an adjacent constituency. Discuss it here... More

[17 Jul]

Fitness Update

The only good news is that Arteta is back in training. Vaughan is making slow progress; Baines and Hibbert are still recovering from their operations... and the kicker? Tim Cahill will miss the start of the season. More

[17 Jul]

Vlad on trial

Sporting Lisbon goalkeeper Vladimir Stojković is set to start a three-day trial at Finch Farm today with the hope of winning himself a place in Everton's squad for next season. More

[16 Jul]

Big Vic heading east

Victor Anichebe has been named in Nigeria's provisional 26-man squad for next month's Olympic Games in Beijing and hopes to be in the final 22 for their Olympic campaign which starts against The Netherlands on 7th August. More

[15 Jul]

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