Sylvain Distin took a dig at Luis Suarez's controversial "tackle" in Sunday's derby draw which the French defender feels he was lucky to escape without serious injury.
Liverpool and Arsenal have both been linked with a move for the German international and Schalke 04 midfielder Lewis Holtby; however Everton may be in the driving seat in a pursuit for the 22-year-old talent.
Laughing off the "long ball" jibes by Steven Gerrard following another contentious Merseyside derby, Phil Jagielka suggests that the Liverpool captain's criticism means that Everton are "doing something well".
One of our readers recently came across an article about the Baltimore Memorial Stadium, known affectionately as The Old Gray Lady of 33rd Street (maybe some linkage there!). This stadium was built in 1949 but has since been demolished and the sports facilities relocated to a new postmodern retro stadium.
Kevin Mirallas left Goodison Park on crutches, sparking fears he had suffered a broken a metatarsal bone, but initial tests yesterday are believed to have indicated it is not that serious.
Steven Gerrard may be trying his best to claim that Liverpool were the better side in Sunday's 219th Merseyside derby but the statistics from the game disprove the Reds captain's ridiculous assertion that Everton are a "long ball" team.
Its fair to assume that Osman has firmly established himself as a key member of the Everton squad, no matter which player Moyes brings in.
Martin Jol, manager of Everton's next opponents, Fulham, wants his side to be given the same sort of credit that Everton have received, despite always hanging on Everton's coattails in the Premier League.
A new tell-all by Dutch midfielder Andy van der Meyde details how his wild partying and lascivious lifestyle on Merseyside wrecked his marriage and scuppered his chances of holding down a place in Everton's first team. Signed from Inter Milan for 2M in 2005 on a 4-year deal, he would make only 24 appearances, going down as one of David Moyes's few flop signings.
Phil Neville was the subject of a half-time rollicking from Everton manager David Moyes after the Toffees captain was booked for diving in the Merseyside derby against Liverpool.
Graham Poll says: "I think he should have been sent off for two yellow-card offences. I would have booked him after the first goal when he ran to the Everton technical area and performed a mock dive in front of David Moyes."
Everton boss David Moyes admitted Liverpool's disallowed goal should have stood after a pulsating Merseyside derby at Goodison Park
David Moyes is refusing to be rushed into contract talks and says his future might not be sorted until the end of the season, when his current deal expires.
Everton U18s came from behind to draw at home to West Ham U18s with a second-half penalty from Ryan Ledson after he was hauled down in the area.
Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers has been warned ahead of the Merseyside derby against Everton that his continual berating of match officials will not help his team's cause.
Ross Barkley, out on loan in the Championship, powered Sheffield Wednesday to a rare win with two of their three goals at Ipswich Town today.
In the mid 80s it was one of, if not the biggest derbies in the world. But finance and failure have resulted in both clubs falling from grace, and all that matters now is a win at all costs...
David Moyes' side have an ideal opportunity to see off their bitter rivals on Sunday and it is one that they could well take.
Everton rightly go into the game favourites and there is talk that Marouane Fellaini will be back which is massive for the Toffees.
Back in March, Mirallas turned out for Greek side Olympiakos at bitter Athens rivals Panathinaikos, a notoriously hostile fixture known as the derby of the eternal enemies.
Everton fought back from 2-0 down to level this lively derby encounter at 2-2 by half-time but escaped defeat at the death when Suarez's "goal" was chalked off, apparently for offside deep into injury time. A Baines own goal and a Suarez header had made it 2-0 but Osman and Naismith hit back for the Blues, who lost chief threat Mirallas to injury at the break after a bad tackle by who else? Suarez.
The first derby of the season is upon us and for Everton it's a first opportunity since that bitter April day to atone for the cup defeat at Wembley and press home the superiority over Liverpool that the League table suggests. Pienaar is suspended and Gibson still out injured but Fellaini (knee) and Hibbert (calf) could be included if passed fit following injury. KO is 1:30pm GMT (Note: BST ends tonight)
The man once famously dubbed "The Scottish Rooney", James McFadden has been signed by Sunderland on a short-term two month contract as he continues to rebuild his fitness since Everton allowed him to become a free agent at the end of last season.
On a very cold Friday night at Rush Green, home of Grays Athletic, Everton U-21s were edged out by West Ham who scored the only goal which came in the 69th minute from Elliot Lees header.
David Moyes has made no bones about his disdain for the antics of Luis Surez, placing the controversial Liverpool striker among a group of players who he fears will drive support from football by "conning their way to results".
The Bosnian War meant Nikica Jelavic grew up playing football instead of going to school, and that might be why he's such a natural goalscorer: I was six when the war started and this might sound strange, and people might find it difficult to understand, but it was the best time of my life. I swear, he said.
Kevin Mirallas believes the return to fitness of scary Marouane Fellaini can land a psychological blow for Everton ahead of Sundays derby.
The chief executive of the South Africa Football Association says that he is keen to sit down with Steven Pienaar and urge the midfielder to reconsider his decision of earlier this month to retire from international football at the age of 30.
In a long and wide-ranging conversation with Roger Bennett of ESPN, Landon Donovan discusses his state of mind as he looks ahead: "I need to determine if I want to play, and if the answer is yes, I need to work out where and for how long." And about how much he loves Everton.
Everton's Chris Long helped England U18s beat Italy this evening as he fired home the first goal in the third minute of their 2-0 victory.
Everton remain hopeful that Marouane Fellaini will recover from a knee injury in time to bolster the midfield for Sundays Merseyside derby with Liverpool. The Belgium international missed the 1-1 draw with QPR and continues to receive treatment on the injury he suffered against Wigan a fortnight ago.
Schalke midfielder Lewis Holtby has again spoken of his love for Everton FC in response to questions about a potential move to the Premier League.
Everton have confirmed that Ross Barkley's loan at Sheffield Wednesday has been extended for another month.
Tim Howard feels Phil Jagielka could play a key role in Sunday's derby after an 'immense' display for the Toffees at QPR.
Goal-line technology has moved another small step closer after the two providers, GoalRef and Hawk-Eye, signed licence agreements with FIFA.The technology is likely be introduced to the Barclays Premier League for the start of next season.
Andre Marriner has been appointed as the match referee for this weekend's Merseyside derby.
Despite going ahead through a smart goal from Vellios, Everton Reserves lost their Under-21 game this evening when Arsenal came back stronger to steal the points. Tony Hibbert got a runout along with Mucha, Hitzlsperger and Oviedo.
As English football slowly wakes up to the realisation that it needs more creative, ball playing midfielders, there is a 31-year-old, born in Wigan, who may feel entitled to wonder what he has to do to be taken seriously as a contender for the national team.
Overall a point was a decent outcome given the red card and our general passing not being up to scratch.
It is being reported that Everton have agreed to extend the Hillsborough loan stay of midfielder Ross Barkley. Sheffield Wednesday manager Dave Jones has confirmed he is staying on a week-to-week arrangement.
Thomas Hitzlsperger has pledged to show manager David Moyes and Everton supporters he warrants a long-term deal at Goodison Park.
David Moyes said referee Jon Moss ruined his side's chances of a fifth win this season in the 1-1 draw at QPR. "Pienaar doesn't even clip the boy. The referee had a poor game today and he had a poor game when he reffed our game at West Brom," said the Everton Manager.
VIctor Anichebe will refuse to wear a Kick It Out T-shirt today even though the Everton striker suffered terrible abuse at the hands of racist fans.
Everton thought they were doing well in the early minutes, winning two corners but QPR broke from the second and Hoillet scored an easy deflected goal. It took 30 mins for Moyes to switch the formation and Distin then scored off the post and keeper after a superb Pienaar free-kick. But that would be the only highlight as Pienaar walked unjustly for a wrong second yellow, and the game degenerated, Jagielka and Howard saving almost certain goals in the second half.
A fortnight since their frustration at the DW Stadium, Everton are back in action with a trip to Loftus Road to face the bottom club, QPR. Fellaini, Gibson and Hibbert are ruled out so it'll likely be Neville and Osman in midfield again with a change up front behind Jelavic for Moyes to make. KO is 4pm with live coverage on Sky.
Everton Under-18s beat Arsenal 3-1 on Saturday morning with goals from Ryan Ledson and Chris Long and George Waring.
David Moyes says Everton are now entering a challenging part of the season after their outstanding start. Still 4th in the Premier League after today's games, Moyes is expecting it to get a lot tougher as injuries and suspensions start to creep up on his squad.
Marouane Fellaini remains in Belgium as he recovers from the knee problem that ruled him out of his countrys World Cup qualifying double-header against Serbia and Scotland last week.
Everton held what they are now calling the Fans' Conference 2012 at Goodison Park on Friday night. Over 100 fans attended by special invite to Season Ticket holders of over 10 years standing; they met with Leighton Baines, Phil Jagielka, Robert Elstone and Graeme Sharp.
David Moyes has said he owes a debt of gratitude to Wayne Rooney and believes the former Everton prodigy wishes to return to Goodison Park later in his career.
Everton have finally signed Thomas Hitzlsperger on a short-term contract after a four-week trial with the club. The former German international midfielder's deal runs until January, pending international clearance from Fifa, and is unlikely to play in the first team just yet.
It was 10 years ago today that Wayne Rooney burst into the imagination of football fans as an immense 16-year-old prodigy with Everton when he fired a brilliant winning goal past Arsenal's David Seaman at Goodison Park but are the years taking their toll?
Kevin Sheedy is back at work at Everton after recovering from successful bowel cancer surgery and is thankful for all the support he received from Club and fans alike during what was a "torrid time".
The next Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) takes place in South Africa at the start of 2013. Evertons Steven Pienaar wont be involved after retiring from international football, and Victor Anichebe admits that club football is the priority for him too.
Leighton Baines has surprisingly been dropped by Roy Hodgson for the World Cup qualifier against Poland, with Ashley Cole reinstated at left back despite the Everton man's impressive display against San Marino on Friday.
Magaye Gueye will not be in South Africa in January for the Africa Cup of Nations after the Confederation of African Football awarded Saturday's second-leg playoff qualifier to Ivory Coast. The match had to be abandoned with Senegal down 2-0 when their supporters rioted in the stands.
Apostolos Vellios scored both goals as an Everton side shorn of internationals beat Huddersfield Town 2 - 0 in a friendly at Finch Farm earlier today.
Today marks a historic moment for one of the founder members of the Football League, the Premier League, and one of the oldest clubs in world football. Yes, today is the 125th anniversary of Everton's first ever competitive match. It was on 15 October 1887 that Everton lost to Bolton Wanderers in a hotly disputed FA Cup 1st Round match that was ordered to be replayed because of the opposition fielding an ineligible player.
Darron Gibson has moved a step closer to returning to action after a positive scan on his injured thigh today.
Despite being in the top four as they attempt to surpass their best ever start in the Premier League, Everton are one of the teams ignored in the latest set of live fixtures to be broadcast terrestrially in the UK by ESPN with eight more games scheduled through the end of December 2012.
The original arrangement for Ross Barkley to go out on a one-month loan with Sheffield Wednesday was put in place on 14 September 2012. Does this mean he will be coming back to the Finch Farm fold next week? Or has his loan deal been extended?
A somewhat unexpected suggestion made in this blog has the scintillating form shown by Kevin Mirallas potentially blocking the 'annual' arrival of Landon Donovan on loan this season...
Everton's typically compact defence looked ragged in the first half against Wigan, leading talkSPORT to claim that this will tempt David Moyes into giving Shane Duffty a crack at senior Premier League football. They provide stats and facts on this "20-year-old defensive powerhouse" who is "threatening to oust Everton's senior defenders this season..."
Kevin Mirallas scored in Belgium's 3-0 win over Serbia; Leighton Baines and Phil Jagielka were part of England's 5-0 win over San Marino. John Heitinga played for Holland as they beat Andorra 3-0.
Everton may have lost Marouane Fellaini to injury while on international duty with Belgium, but Kevin Mirallas had no such worries. The striker sealed a clinical victory in a tough looking away encounter to Serbia.
It's 10 months since Conor McAleny made his brief but impressive debut for Everton at Arsenal. He's been out injured for a couple of months with damage to his ankle ligaments but McAleny is quietly building on his reputation as one to watch, after recently signing a new two-year deal at Goodison Park, and believes he can provide Everton with different attacking options in the strikers' department.
Leighton Baines started again for England tonight in their 5-0 win over San Marino, keeping Ashley Cole out of the starting line-up, and Phil Jagielka also kept his place in what was a a routine World Cup qualifying win for the Three Lions. Elsewhere, Kevin Mirallas scored a late third for Belgium in their win over Serbia, while Seamus Coleman and Ireland were hammered 6-0 by Germany.
Heitinga says he might be close to signing a new Everton deal, insisting he is happy with life at Goodison Park, believing David Moyes's side can secure European football for next season after a strong start to the new campaign.
With the derby game at Goodison Park just two weeks away, David Prentice raises an interesting question in his Echo column: Who will referee the Merseyside derby?
Jack Rodwell has declared he is glad he joined Manchester City from Everton and rejected suggestions that young English players do not get a fair chance at the Etihad Stadium.
Everton's Seamus Coleman has been handed a starting berth at right back for Ireland by manager Giovanni Trappatoni for tomorrow's World Cup qualifier against Germany. It will be the 24 year-old's first competitive start for his country.
Leighton Baines admits rivalry with Ashley Cole for England place has driven Everton performances this season.
Quick answer: One is unemployed and the other has won the Premier League Manager of the Month Award
Marouane Fellainis knee injury could prompt David Moyes to make a swift decision on the future of Thomas Hitzlsperger.
"Im a Sheffield United boy, so my hero was Brian Deane, and then, when I fell back into defence, it was Phil Jagielka." says Kyle Walker.
ToffeeWeb readers have voted Marouane Fellaini as Everton player of the month for September, the second month in a row that the Belgian has won our monthly poll.
Phil Neville has said he wants to become a manager when he retires from playing. He told the Daily Telegraph: "The bottom line is that I want to be a coach. I want to be a manager. That's my love."
Update Marouane Fellaini is a doubt for the rest of the October schedule after picking up a knee injury. The Belgian FA claim that the midfielder will be sidelined for three weeks which would mean he will miss the game against QPR, and possibly the derby, as well as his country's next two World Cup qualifiers but Everton are not putting a timescale on his absence until they can assess the injury when he returns to Finch Farm on Monday.
Everton boss David Moyes has been named Premier League manager of the month for September as the club continued their impressive start to the season. Everton suffered their first defeat of the campaign, and drew with Newcastle before scoring six times in wins over Swansea and Southampton. The club are fourth in the table, five points behind leaders Chelsea.
John Heitinga and Apostolos Vellios have both been nominated for awards at the Northwest Football Awards, the winners of which will be announced next month.
Gabriel Marcotti assesses Everton's battle to break through the glass ceiling with a business model that he views and fundamentally flawed
Trialist Thomas Hitzlsperger pressed his case for a contract at Everton after playing for the U21s side in their 2-0 win at Norwich this evening.
Jan Mucha has announced his decision to retire from international football at the age of just 29.
Honours ended even at the DW Stadium as an interesting tactical joust focused predominantly on two attacking left wing backs ended frustratingly in just a point
David Moyes bemoaned the performance of the officials during his side's 2-2 draw against Wigan on Saturday. Wigan striker Arouna Kone was offside for Maloney's near-post cross. "I think we had a really rough day with the decisions today," he told reporters.
David Moyes feels that his current squad is the best he has had since the 2004-05 team that earned a shot at Champions League qualification via a fourth-place finish and is challenging his players to match that side's consistency.
Steven Naismith has been handed a two-match ban by Fifa after a disciplinary panel found him guilty of elbowing Serbia's Srdjan Mijailovic while playing for Scotland last month.
Everton take their impressive League form to the DW Stadium this weekend to face a Wigan side who have yet to win in front of their home fans so far this season. Gibson and Hibbert are again ruled out through injury and Naismith will undergo a late fitness test, so Moyes could name an unchanged starting XI. KO is 3pm. [TV]
The Battle of the DW ended all-square but Everton will feel cheated by very poor officiating yet again, starting with Wigan's opening goal, clearly offside. Jelavic leveled it almost immediately heading in Pienaar's lob/shot but Heitinga was roasted as the clever Kone set up an unstoppable Di Santos shot. The Blues struggled to contain Wigan for the rest of the half and Moyes acted to replace Heitinga with Distin at the break. A determined second-half fight-back seemed doomed to fail thanks to dreadful refereeing but a late penalty lashed home by Baines at least saved a point.
SKy Sports have revealed the 21 Premier League games that will be screened live in December and early January, with Everton's home game against Chelsea (30th Dec) and their trip to Newcastle (2nd Jan) among them.
Phil Neville believes that teammate Phil Jagielka could benefit most from John Terry's recent decision to retire from international football, particularly in partnership with Joleon Lescott. If youre looking for a partnership," the Everton skipper says, "then Jagielka and Lescott is probably the best weve got.
As if more proof were needed of Everton's maturation to a more dynamic and attacking style of play this season, the statistics show that the Blues have produced the most shots of any team in Europe so far and only the Manchester sides have picked up more points since January.
Wigan is next up for an Everton side looking to maintain their fantastic early season form with a win prior to signing off for the international break. Moyes and Martinez are both tactical tweakers and as a consequence margins are usually tight when the pair go head to head and its unlikely this weekends joust will be any different.
You can forgive Brian Phillips for not qualifying his description of Everton as a big club surviving on small- to medium-size resources because this is a well-written article extolling David Moyes's record at Everton.
Tim Howard believes that finishing in the top four is a "difficult but viable" proposition for Everton this based on their impressive start to the season. The American is cautiously optimistic about the Blues' chances of repeating their feat of 2005 when they surprised the Premier League by snagging a Champions League qualifying spot.
Seamus Coleman had an excellent game for Everton at right-back on Saturday as they defeated Southampton by three goals to one in the Premier League. The 23-year-old has been linking well with Kevin Mirallas on Evertons right flank as David Moyes tries to replicate Leighton Baines and Steven Pienaar on the left.
Steven Pienaar has announced his decision to retire from international football, citing the rigours of playing for club and country. Pienaar sent messages to South Africa's coach, Gordon Igesund, and the SAFA informing them of his decision, one that means he will not be taking part in the Africa Cup of Nations in January.
Leon Osman is reveling in Everton's form since the start of the season, a run of form that has lifted them into second in the table and has been underpinned by some wonderful football.
Everton's newest star Kevin Mirallas admits that life so far at Goodison has surpassed his own expectations as he continues to build towards full fitness. He also believes his the Blues's sights should be set higher even than just Europa League qualification.
Evertons rather ace start to the season continued to blossom in a solid victory against an easy on the eye if slightly wet behind the ears Southampton side.
Andi Thomas at Football365 notes how David Moyes and the players in his team, including Leon "Iniesta of the North", are remarkably less annoying than the football stereotypes.
Big Nev talks about his autobiography, The Binman Chronicles
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