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Stuart
(30')
Euell (68')
Konchesky (83')
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Walter Smith finally went for the Radzinski - Moore partnership
up front but it lasted barely 10 mins.
Radzinski was in action early on with a great shot that
brought a superb save from Kelly. But the effort cost
massively as Radzinski picked up a groin injury that had him
labouring badly; a patently unfit Duncan Ferguson came on in
his place after just 11 mins.
Scrappy stuff ensued, with Everton showing little
shape and looking tired. So a goal conceded after 30
mins came as no real surprise... and the scorer? Graham
Stuart.
Another dreadful tackle by Gemmill came as a fright
considering his yellow card for an equally bad one early
on. An absolutely dreadful first half with both teams
playing awful football was a blessed release when it finally
ended. But what can Walter Smith do to change
this? Gascoigne and Tal?? Ahem,
But no changes at half-time for Everton, who were quickly
pinned back by a Charlton team with blood in their
nostrils. Naysmith was one of many who were having a
stinker.
The nail was firmly hammered home in the __ minute when
Jason Euell sprinted through the stretched Everton defence and
fired home. Walter Smith's belated response was to bring
Paul Gascoigne on in place of Niclas
Alexandersson.
A blatant penalty for Everton was then turned down when
Kelly missed the ball and went straight through Naysmith, but
Barber ordered a throw-in. Joe-Max Moore then created
something from nothing but it was fractionally wide.
It wasn't all over though: poor defending by Naysmith let
Konchesky in who volleyed home an excellent goal. 0-3.
An utterly dismal display overall sunk Everton to their fourth
straight defeat, and an awful sucking sound from the lower
places in the table. It looked as if the blunt
home truths spoken by Gravesen had sucked the life and
belief out of the team...
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FA Premiership 2001-02, Game #20
3:00pm Saturday 29 December 2001
Goodison Park, Liverpool
Referee: Graham Barber (Tring) |
Att: 31,131
Position: 13th
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Everton: |
Simonsen; Watson, Xavier, Weir,
Naysmith; Alexandersson (69' Gascoigne), Gemmill, Unsworth,
Blomqvist (79' Tal); Moore, Radzinski (11' Ferguson). |
Gerrard, Stubbs |
Unavailable: Campbell,
Gravesen, Pembridge, Pistone (injured); Nyarko (loan) |
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Charlton |
Kiely, Young, Fish, Costa, Powell, Jensen
(86' Bart-Williams), Stuart (71' Konchesky), Parker, Robinson,
Euell, Lisbie. |
Ilic, Johansson, Fortune. |
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Everton: |
Royal Blue shirts; white shorts; blue
socks. |
4-4-2 |
Charlton: |
Red shirts; white shorts; red socks |
4-4-2 |
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Everton: |
Gemmill (5') |
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Charlton: |
Costa (45'), Lisbie (62'), Young (75') |
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Premiership
Scores |
Saturday |
Arsenal |
2-1 |
Middlesbro |
Aston Villa |
1-1 |
Tottenham |
Blackburn |
0-1 |
Derby |
Bolton |
2-2 |
Leicester |
Everton |
0-3 |
Charlton |
Ipswich |
5-0 |
Sunderland |
Newcastle |
1-2 |
Chelsea |
Sotton |
0-1 |
Leeds |
West Ham |
1-1 |
Liverpool |
Sunday |
Fulham |
2-3 |
Man Utd |
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Pos |
Team |
Pts |
1 |
Arsenal |
39 |
2 |
Newcastle |
39 |
3 |
Leeds |
38 |
4 |
Liverpool |
37 |
5 |
Man Utd |
36 |
6 |
Chelsea |
33 |
7 |
Tottenham |
28 |
8 |
Aston Villa |
28 |
9 |
Charlton |
26 |
10 |
Sunderland |
26 |
11 |
West Ham |
25 |
12 |
Fulham |
24 |
13 |
Bolton |
24 |
14 |
Everton |
23 |
15 |
Blackburn |
22 |
16 |
Middlesbrough |
19 |
17 |
Southampton |
19 |
18 |
Derby |
19 |
19 |
Ipswich |
18 |
20 |
Leicester |
15 |
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Match Preview
Three tough matches and three tough results, as Everton turn
in another dismal Christmas report card... But perhaps all
that can change with the visit of Charlton Athletic to
Goodison Park.
Thomas Gravesen limped off with an ankle injury just three
minutes into the Boxing Day clash and is rated doubtful for
the weekend. Kevin Campbell, Mark Pembridge and
Alessandro Pistone are also sidelined but Alan Stubbs could be
ready to return after recovering from a thigh strain.
Duncan Ferguson is still some way off match fitness and a
starting place, despite his late appearance as a substitute,
but Danny Cadamarteri is back from a brief stint at Barnsley
and could make a surprise return to the Blues' first team
squad.
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