Everton Season Diary: March 1998

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March 1998

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31st: A sozzled Les Jones ambled onto the Goodison Park pitch to protest about the Ref's penalty decision last Saturday... and landed Everton in the dock with charges from the FA under their Rule 24.
30th: Everton reserves also lose to Aston Villa, by a score of 0-2.
28th: Everton without Ferguson are mauled 1-4 by Aston Villa as they fail badly with 11 other First-teamers unavailable.
26th: Everton's transfer deadline swoops are surprising: Peter Beagrie rejoins the club on loan from Bradford City until the end of the season, and Matt McKay a 17-year-old midfielder from Chester City, signs for £250,000. A bid to sign John Spencer permanently is still being negotiated.
25th: Sheffield United tell Howard Kendall that Vasilis Borborkis is not for sale. John Oster and Gareth Farrelly are in their respective Welsh and Irish squads to play friendlies. Danny Cadamarteri and Michael Ball are in the U-18 England squad to play France in the Uefa Championship.
24th: Everton reserves draw 0-0 with Blackburn Rovers reserves at Goodison Park. Ferguson and Spencer are kept out by injury worries. Kendall makes a £1.2M bid for Greek midfielder Vasilis Borborkis of Sheffield United. Nick Barmby played in the England U-21 team defeated 2-0 in Switzerland.
23rd: Everton finally twig that Carl Tiler is suspended. Graham Allen is to be offered a new contract. Everton's kids will play Leeds United (home and away) in The Times FA Youth Cup Semi-Final.
20th: Howard Kendall reportedly chases West Ham's Steve Lomas... Harry Redknapp is having none of it!
19th: Everton beat Ipswich Town 3-2 in The Times FA Youth Cup 5th Round, and now move on to the semi-final.
17th: Everton's interest in Jose Luis Sierra apparently cools after Kendall talks with Chairman Peter Johnson...
16th: Carl Tiler received his 8th yellow card of the season against Blackburn, and will now miss matches against Aston Villa and Spurs.
15th: Howard Kendall whisked the squad away to Cyprus for a bit of a break after the vital win over Blackburn Rovers.
14th: Not an inspiring performance but a very important win as Everton ride a storm from Blackburn Rovers and hold on as 1-0 winners thanks to a headed goal from Mickael Madar.
13th: Everton are apparently considering the signing of Chilean star Jose Luis Sierra from Colo Colo for anywhere from £1.7M to £3M. Sierra has an EC passport, so no work permit nonsense there...
12th: Everton say a quiet farwell to the legend Neville Southall, who moves to Stoke City on a free transfer as Player/Coach after being on loan there for the last few weeks.
11th: Everton reserves were due to play at Leeds United tonight but it might as well have been on the Marie Celeste for all the interest shown in the local papers...
10th: Young Scottish goalie, Neil Alexander of Stenhousemuir, spends a few days training at Bellefield this week.
9th: Everton sign ex-Chelsea front-man John Spencer on a month's loan from Queen's Park Rangers. Slaven Bilic will miss three matches after his red card on Saturday.
7th: Everton press the self-destruct button again, losing 2-1 at Southampton after missing good chances (and a penalty) to then allow 10 men a two-goal lead. Bilic goes for broke with another red card.
6th: Everton reserves lose 2-1 at Birmingham City.
5th: Claus Thomsen is on his way back to Denmark, accepting a £500,000 transfer to AB Copenhagen, and bringing to an end a rather lacklustre career at Goodison Park. West Brom have turned down Kendall's request to sign 31-yr-old striker Bob Taylor on loan. Terry Phelan has had a minor knee operation.
4th: Graham Allen's move to Wigan Athletic has been called off. Dave Watson will negotiate a 1-yr extension to his contract, keeping him at Goodison Park. Michael Ball has signed a new 4½-yr contract.
3rd: Mitch Ward could miss the remainder of the season after being told his damaged ankle ligaments will keep him sidelined for up to eight weeks. Midfielder Danny Williamson has had his foot immobilised for a week in a bid to cure a long-standing problem, while Gavin McCann's ankle injury is improving.
2nd: Howard Kendall has turned down Joe Royle's proposed deal involving Dave Watson, midfielder Claus Thomsen PLUS £5M for Manchester City's Georgiou Kinkladze.... Tony Grant is more than a month away from any action. Terry Phelan has exploratory surgery on his troublesome knee tomorrow. A move to bring Tommy Johnson in on loan from Rangers is thwarted when he gets injured...

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