John Lundstram's season-long loan at Blackpool has been curtailed at the halfway stage by Everton who will recall him on 3rd January.
Lost in the dramatic unravelling of Everton's season has been the positive adventure that characterised Roberto Martinez's first season in charge. Luke O'Farrell ponders whether, in the face of current adversity, he can bring it back.
The annual analysis of Everton's financial performance from this excellent blog looks at 2013-14
Luke O'Farrell argues, with statistics to support his view, that the Blues are just too nice and need to show some steel.
Roberto Martinez insists that he will not deviate from his footballing philosophy in the face of Everton's poor run of recent form, arguing that to change the team's style of play would be counter-productive. The Blues are on a three-match losing streak and face what the manager describes as a "huge" game at Hull on New Year's Day.
Roberto Martinez provided an update on the condition of a number of his players today and says that he will assess the need to draft in another goalkeeping option to cover Tim Howard's layoff when the transfer window opens.
Matthew Pennington has had his loan spell at Coventry City extended until 7th February after impressing the League One club's manager, Steven Pressley.
Everton's Head of Medicinal Services, Danny Donachie, parted ways with the club last week, it has been revealed.
Leighton Baines has admitted that Everton have to improve after a run of three consecutive defeats that has ratcheted up the pressure on Roberto Martinez's faltering side.
Sources in the US are claiming that Tim Howard is expected to be sidelined for four to six weeks after tearing a calf muscle on Boxing Day. Joel Robles has been deputising for the 35-year-old since replacing him at half-time of the defeat to Stoke and then playing in the disappointing loss to Newcastle yesterday.
Ped McPartland provides his analysis of where things have gone wrong this season and they can be traced back to poor pre-season preparation.
Ed Bottomley retains his faith in Roberto Martinez and suggests sacking him now would be an "amnesiac decision" based on what he achieved last season.
James McCarthy is once again doubtful for Everton's next fixture after being withdrawn at half-time as a precaution against Newcastle yesterday.
Defender Luke Garbutt says that Everton need to stick together and battle their way through the poor run of form that has derailed their push for the top four this season.
It's of no use to Everton but Papiss Cisse has been suspended retroactively after television cameras showed him elbowing Seamus Coleman in the face during the first half of yesterday's match at St James' Park.
Phil McBride asks, Where are Evertons leaders? Where are the characters and big game personalities?
Everton threw away a precious advantage gained through Arouna Kone's first goal in a Blue jersey with calamitous defending that condemned them to a third successive defeat. Papisse Cisse escaped censure for an elbow on Seamus Coleman and then half-volleyed home the equaliser before Emmanuel Rivière capitalised on Aiden McGeady's giveaway to make it 2-1. Ross Barkley's poor touch gifted a third for Jack Colback and though Kevin Mirallas came off the bench to give the Blues a chance with a fine strike, they could not engineer an equaliser in the closing stages.
Roberto Martinez has acknowledged that his Everton side are at a pivotal moment of their season as they look to arrest a worrying run of form.
With their form testing the bounds of crisis and the brief respite from injuries over, Everton play the first of two consecutive away matches that will put Roberto Martinez and his players to a severe test as they struggle to salvage their Premier League campaign. Tim Howard, Phil Jagielka, John Stones and Kevin Mirallas will have injuries assessed but Steven Naismith serves a one-match ban.
Everton crashed to a second successive defeat, their third in four Premier League matches, as Stoke successfully defended Bojan's first-half penalty and intensified the pressure on Roberto Martinez's team. The Blues played with high intensity in an injury-ravaged first half but squandered a couple of good chances either side of going behind. The second period was plagued by increasing uncertainty, though, and only a trio of low shots from distance by Romelu Lukaku and Leighton Baines troubled Asmir Begovic.
Everton face one of the more important matches of Roberto Martinez's reign as they face Stoke City needing to produce a performance and a result that would re-establish their dminishing top-four credentials Kevin Mirallas, James McCarthy and John Stones could all return, though, giving the manager his strongest team selection options so far this season.
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Everton captain Phil Jagielka and forward Steven Naismith have come out in recent days to echo the importance of putting a run of good results together following the season's nadir at Southampton on Saturday.
Merseyside Police and Liverpool City Council have informed the Premier League of their objections to the scheduling of the Goodison derby for an evening kick-off.
Roberto Martinez says that he is concerned about Everton's inconsistent results in recent weeks which have seen the club fall into the bottom half of the table heading into the Festive period. He refuses to rule out a top-four finish, however, citing the unpredictable and wide open Premier League this season.
Francisco Junior has the prospect of getting his career back on track with the chance to impress Celtic on trial this month.
Gareth Barry and Samuel Eto'o are in the starting line-up for Everton's match at Southampton. McCarthy, Hibbert, Osman, Gibson, Atsu and Mirallas are all out injured. Lukaku inadvertently gave Southampton the lead before Pelle scored a soft second goal and it was game over when Yoshida powered in a third goal against a dismal Everton side.
Three of Evertons February fixtures have been rescheduled for live television broadcast, while the game at Arsenal has been moved to 1st March, also for live coverage.
Having chalked up their fifth win of the League season and stepped back into the top half of the table, Everton head south to Southampton looking to build some momentum heading into the Festive programme. Kevin Mirallas and Leon Osman are ruled out with injury but Gareth Barry is in contention again following suspension, James McCarthy has a 50% chance of being passed fit and John Stones is a possible starter after two and a half months out.
Evertons next Blues On Tour event will see 200 fans get free coach travel to this weekends Premier League clash with Southampton.
Kevin Mirallas has not sustained any significant damage to his ankle and should be fit for the Festive programme while Leon Osman won't need surgery on a foot injury, the manager has revealed.
As expected, the Premier League's Dubious Goals Panel has elected to credit Everton's third goal against QPR last Monday as an own goal by Nedum Onuoha.
Steven Naismith has put pen to paper on a three-year extension to his Everton contract that ties him to the club until 2019. The new deal is recognition of his impressive form under Roberto Martinez where he has flourished in a central attacking role behind Romelu Lukaku.
An inspirational teenager whose passion for Everton drove her to make a difference in the Walton community was given a festive surprise by Romelu Lukaku when she was named Everton's latest Blue Hero.
Steven Naismith says that Ross Barkley should be given the time and room to develop without the burden of expectation that usually gets put on the nation's young stars. The 21 year-old made the headlines again with his impressive goal and all-round display against QPR on Monday night but his Scottish teammate warns that it may be a few years before Barkley achieves consistency in his performances.
Leon Osman may require an operation to correct an unspecified foot injury according to a report by MailOnline.
Everton have announced the six new members of the club's Fans' Forum following a recent vote by supporters.
Muhamed Besic has spoken of how much he enjoyed his first win as a starting Everton player and his desire to improve and become the "perfect player".
Tim Howard says that he has instructed his publisher to amend future editions of his autobiography to remove accusations that his compatriot Brad Friedel put obstacles in the way of him obtaining a work permit when he first signed for Manchester United.
"I have decided to take Brad at his word," Howard says in a statement.
Updated Kevin Mirallas will have to wait another couple of days to find out the full extent of his ankle injury, although there are indications that he hasn't suffered serious damage.
Two second-half goals by Huddersfield Town U21s at the John Smith's Stadium ended Everton U21s' interest in the competition.
Everton will face Young Boys of Switzerland in the Europa League Round of 32 after being paired with them in today's draw in Nyon.
Evertonians can meet Blue Santa and his reindeer on Monday when Goodison Park will be transformed into a winter wonderland for the Club's dedicated Blue Crimbo fixture.
With 10 days' rest and no Europa League hangover to disrupt preparations, Everton have another chance to restart their sputtering Premier League campaign with a fixture against QPR in the Monday night game at Goodison Park. John Stones is unlikely to feature but Steven Naismith, James McCarthy and Darron Gibson will have their fitness assessed for possible selection.
Everton returned to winning ways in the Premier League but the scoreline masked what was, at times, another tentative performance from Roberto Martinez's team. A Ross Barkley rocket opened the scoring after 33 minutes and Kevin Mirallas doubled the lead with a deflected free kick shortly before half time. Rob Green turned Steven Naismiths header onto Onuoha and into the net early in the second half to make it 3-0 but Bobby Zamora tapped in to set up an unnecessarily nervy finish that saw Mirallas stretchered off with an ankle injury at the end.
John Stones could make his highly anticipated return from ankle surgery as soon as the match against Queens Park Rangers on Monday after Roberto Martinez revealed that the 20 year-old is already back in training. Stones has been sidelined since early October after damaging ligaments in the game at Old Trafford against Manchester United.
Roberto Martinez says that he learned a lot from his young players in the narrow 1-0 defeat to Krasnodar this evening.
Time is running out for supporters to have their say on who should become the next six members of the Everton Fans' Forum.
Everton officials are advising supporters to arrive as early as possible for Thursday's game against FC Krasnodar (kick off 8.05pm).
Everton sign off from their Group H commitments on Thursday evening with the dead rubber against Krasnodar where Roberto Martinez will use the occasion to play some of his promising young players and a couple of long-term absentees. Arouna Kone, Bryan Oviedo, Steven Pienaar, Luke Garbutt and Tyias Browning are all likely to start while the likes of Ryan Ledson could also figure.
Everton handed a full senior debut to Ryan Ledson and blooded Kieran Dowell, Chris Long and Gethin Jones off the substitutes' bench but Roberto Martinez's experimental side was edged by Ricardo Laborde's first-half goal. The Colombian caught the home defence cold and beat the wandering Robles from the angle while Sinitsyn in the Russians' goal denied Arouna Kone from the Blues' best chance in the second period.
US sport television channel GolTV has announced that they have acquired the rights to broadcast Everton's matches with pre- and post-game coverage from evertontv.
Ross Barkley says that he fears being unfairly labelled as a "diver" following the incident involving Kevin Nolan in the win over West Ham and his subsequent yellow card against Manchester City.
Christian Atsu is looking to Thursday's match against Krasnodar as an opportunity to stake a claim for greater involvement in Everton's first team if he is selected to start by Roberto Martinez. The Ghanaian has made only fleeting appearances for the Blues so far this season but is hoping he will get some playing time in the Europa League "dead rubber" against the Russian side.
Everton Football Club has formed an exciting partnership with Global Football America to give Stateside fans greater access to all things royal Blue.
updated Everton have another home draw for the Third Round of FA Cup after being paired with West Ham United, who they will play on Tuesday 6 January 2015, Kick-off at 7:45 pm.
Everton Under-18s travelled to Stevenage for the Third Round of the FA Youth Cup this evening and progressed after scoring twice in extra time.
Ex-Everton forward, Landon Donovan, went out in the best way possible, winning his final game before retirement and lifting the MLS Cup.
A Liverpool-born soldier who will spend Christmas away from home as he serves his country has become the latest Evertonian to be named a Blue Hero.
The draw for the Third Round of FA Cup will be made before the televised game tonight, Live on BBC Two from 7pm. Everton are number 16. Ties are to be played the weekend of 3rd and 4th January 2015.
Roberto Martinez talks to The Hearld in Scotland, about Celtic, Naismith and other stuff in this two-part interview.
Kevin Mirallas has indicated that his desire to play Champions League football will be a key factor in whether or not he decides to extend his current contract with Everton.
Everton fell to their second defeat in a week as Yaya Toure's spot kick and a superb late stop by Joe Hart proved enough for the Champions. The soft penalty award against Phil Jagielka was one of a number of inconsistent decisions by referee Andre Marriner but chances for the Blues were limited until Manchester City keeper Joe Hart turned Romelu Lukaku's volley past the post with a fingertip save.
Roberto Martinez says that he sees nothing to gain from venting and criticising his players following a poor result, insisting instead that, for him, managing based on "aspiration" rather than condemnation yields better results.
Muhamed Besic has revealed that he knew he wanted to sign for Everton instead of taking up other offers he received following the World Cup after speaking with Roberto Martinez.
England International John Stones has been back to school to surprise a very special young Evertonian whos been chosen as Everton FC's next Blue Hero.
Arouna Kone will get the opportunity to complete his year-long rehabilitation from a serious knee injury when he starts in Thursday's Europa League match against Krasnodar.
Evertonians can meet Blue Santa and his reindeer later this month as Goodison Park is transformed into a winter wonderland for the Club's dedicated Blue Crimbo fixture.
Everton get an opportunity to re-establish their top-four credentials when they make the short trip to Manchester this weekend hoping to atone for two poor results over the past week. Antolin Alcaraz is fit again and could come in to avoid Sylvain Distin playing a fourth match in nine days but James McCarthy, Darron Gibson and Steven Naismith are all unlikely to figure.
Antolin Alcaraz will be available for selection this weekend after making a rapid recovery from a shoulder dislocation.
In his new autobiography, The Keeper, Tim Howard claims fellow US goalkeeper Brad Friedel actively tried to block his move from the New York MetroStars to Manchester United in 2003, an accusation Friedel denies.
Roberto Martinez said that his team "lacked energy" in the 1-1 draw with Hull City, a consequence, he feels, of Everton's busy schedule that has seen them play three times in a week.
Everton officials are advising supporters to arrive as early as possible for tonight's game against Hull City.
Roberto Martinez has praised Kevin Mirallas's return to form after being out of the side for almost two months with a severe muscle injury.
Everton's hopes of qualifying for Europe via the league took another significant hit at Goodison Park as Hull City shut down Roberto Martinez's much-vaunted passing game and battled out a 1-1 draw. Sone Aluko sauntered past Sylvain Distin in the 59th minute to cancel out Romelu Lukaku's first-half opener and Everton could find no other way through a determined Tigers rearguard, to the mounting frustration of the home crowd.
Voting to select new members to the Everton Fans' Forum is underway.
With two contrasting away fixtures behind them, Everton return to Goodison Park for their third game in six days with the visit of Hull City. Darron Gibson is ruled out and will almost certainly be joined on the sidelines by James McCarthy, but Steven Naismith will be given until the last moment to prove he is over his own hamstring problem before Roberto Martinez names his team.
Conor McAleny scored a late goal to seal a dramatic 3-2 win for Everton U21s against Sunderland U21s under the floodlights at Goodison Park this evening. The game looked to be heading for a draw after the visitors had twice come back to cancel out goals by Arouna Kone and Bryan Oviedo but McAleny fired home with two minutes to go to give David Unsworth's side the points.
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