• June 30: Young defender Adam Farley has agreed to a paltry one-year contract with Everton. Doesn't say much about their confidence in him becoming a world-beater! Trabzonspor have called Everton's bluff and raised the stakes on the Campbell deal to £3.5M. The matter may now go to Fifa.
• June 29: The French Connection at Goodison comes to an end as Olivier Dacourt seals his move to Lens for £6.5M. The injury to Tommy Myhre is predictably worse than expected, so Steve Simonsen is likely to start with the tough job of keeping goal against Manchester United on 8 August.
• June 28: Celtic defender Alan Stubbs, continually linked with Everton, will have exploratory surgery today after the results of a routine drugs test at the Scottish Cup Final showed abnormalities indicative of testicular cancer. Kevin Campbell is expected to complete his protracted transfer to Everton today, after Trabzonspor agreed a £3M deal, with ²/₃ on installments .
• Jun 27: Perugia have had a "derisory" bid of £2M for their former player Marco Materazzi firmly rejected by Everton.
• Jun 26: Everton are officially acknowledging that they have accepted a bid of £6.5M from Lens for Olivier Dacourt. The transfer is likely to be completed soon, provided he agrees personal terms. So the certainty that he was joining Arsenal proves to be so much hot air...
• Jun 25: The Turks are due in town to talk turkey (!) about Kevin Campbell's hopefully imminent transfer to Everton.
• Jun 24: The Fixtures are out, and Everton play host to all-conquering Manchester United on the opening day, 7 August. Fiorentina have backed out the pre-season match-up at Goodison Park on 3 August: the visitors will now be PSV Eindhoven.
• Jun 23: Investors in Everton kick off their campaign to raise Everton's profile in the City with a well-received conference at London's Waldorf Hotel. Promising young left-back, Adam Eaton, has been allowed to move to Preston North End for a nominal fee of £5,000 after only being offered a 1-yr contract extension.
• Jun 22: Ibrahima Bakayoko becomes the first player in Walter Smith's clear-out, going back to France on a £4M move to Olympique Marseille.
• Jun 21: Michael Branch was bound over to keep the peace after appearing before the beak on a drunk & disorderly charge...
• Jun 20: Since Olivier Dacourt hasn't yet gone to Arsenal, he must be on his way to... er... Liverpool? Not!
• Jun 19: Who will be the first in Walter Smith's long-touted but so far non-existent clear-out? Now that Adrian Heath is at Sheffield United, he must want, er, Mitch Ward?
• Jun 18: A group of professional and influential Everton fans are pushing forward with their mission to encourage investment in Everton.
• Jun 17: The Dacourt deal with Arsenal is apparently done and dusted, but the Campbell saga looks set to drag on as Kev tries to sort out some personal issues with the Turks.
• Jun 16: Physiotherapist Andy Jones has left after just two seasons to join Charlton Athletic. Andrew is replaced by Steve Hardwick, who arrives from Bournemouth.
• Jun 15:  Former Everton star Adrian Heath has signed a three-year contract to take over as manager of First Division Sheffield United.
• Jun 14:  Following a postal fiasco of Buckley Finch proportions, Everton have extended by two weeks the deadline(s) for discounted renewal of season tickets at the new prices.
• Jun 13:  Yes its Sunday, and its time for more idle tabloid transfer twaddle. Can you say Dean Saunders? Why bother...
• Jun 12:  The Stubbs link just won't die a natural death. He's nearly as ugly as Una – are they perhaps related? Mitch Ward to Barnsley for £0.5M? Maybe... Maybe not.
• Jun 11:  Everton have turned down a £5 million offer from Bordeaux for Olivier Dacourt.
• Jun 10:  The Everton Shareholders are getting ansi following an inconclusive AGM where the club maintained that it could not talk about the stillborn takeover process: according to Takeover Panel rules, the only one allowed to speak is Peter Johnson!
• Jun 9:  Walton MP Kilfoyle has started asking questions about Peter Johnson's illegal ownership of two senior football clubs. David Weir played in Scotland's dramatic 2-3 defeat to the Czech Republic; Scot Gemmill was on the subs' bench.
• Jun 8:  Everton have turned down a bid from Burnley of £300k for Paul Gerrard, and are sticking out for £500k. Steve Simonsen put in a great display for England U-21 to keep a clean sheet in Bulgaria as his team won 1-0.
• Jun 7:  Promising Youth Cup / U-19 midfielder Tony Hibbert has signed a new 3-year contract and teenage defender Adam Farley has agreed a 1-year deal. Neville Southall and Mark Hughes will take joint control of the Welsh national team for the Euro 2000 qualifier against Denmark at Anfield on Wednesday. The pair have been appointed on a temporary basis following the resignation of Bobby Gould.
• Jun 6:  Peter Reid has been named as the new part-time England U-21 coach. Mitch Ward to Barnsley for £0.5M? Maybe... Maybe not.
• Jun 5:  It is being widely reported that Olivier Dacourt's "advisors" have agreed terms with Arsenal, but that Ollie won't actually sign for another fortnight. The fee is reported to be £6M. Steve Simonsen was not even on the bench for England's U-21 3-0 win over Sweden.
• Jun 4:  Ibrahima Bakayoko is the latest to join the list of "Will they? Won't they?" non-movers. A host of French clubs are said to be interested in taking him after just 7 months in the Premiership.
• Jun 3:  Despite the media hype, Everton have received no offers for Olivier Dacourt from Spurs, Arsenal, or anyone else. "He remains an Everton player for the foreseeable future."
• Jun 2:  Francis Jeffers has tonsillitis and has pulled out of the England U-21 Squad. Michael Ball has also withdrawn with a groin problem. He needs a rest and should never have been picked anyway. Steve Simonsen is still involved.
• Jun 1:  Everton have as expected denied any validity to the links for Ruel Fox of Spurs. Even the idiots at TeamTalk have finally twigged there ain't any money for transfers, but will that stop them?

• May 31st: It's the last day of Kevin Campbell's loan spell, and still no meaningful news on the transfer front. Club and agent are no doubt playing brinkmanship to screw the last dinar out of the deal... or to screw the deal.
• May 30th: Manchester City's long trek on the path of recovery back to former glories took a vital step today as Joe Royle's team won a dramatic 2nd Division Wembley playoff final, coming back from 0-2 with a couple of late goals, and winning on penalties after extra time.
• May 28th: Steve Simonsen, Michael Ball and Francis Jeffers have been selected for the England U-21 squad to play Sweden and Bulgaria in June. 
• May 27th: The moment we have all been waiting for: Craig Short finally signs a new 3-yr contract with Everton, having taking months to wangle an extra year of "security" out of the deal. As widely expected, Everton announced ticket price increases of up to 25% for next season.
• May 26th: Tommy Myhre sustained a broken bone in his ankle while training with the Norwegian National side. He will be out of action for 6 weeks.
• May 25th: Today its Graham Stuart in a swap deal for Farrelly and Grant (What?)... Ken Monkou is coming from Southampton (Why?)... Marco Materazzi is still off to Perugia (When?)... Caddy to Bradford City (he is a Yorkie after all)... and Short is still about to sign a new 3-year deal. Oh, and Ollie to Arsenal for £7M. Just remember the rule: One out of Ten... 90% of this is garbage.
• May 24th: Today's rumours include: Bournemouth's Ian Cox for £1M. Tommy Myhre to an unidentified Premiership Club... Michael Ball to Liverpool for £5M.
• May 23rd: The season is over, and the transfer rumours start in earnest, with many Everton players slated to depart in a desperate effort to raise cash for the club.
• May 22th: Mixed feelings for Evertonians as the much-reviled Gary Speed gets another chance for Wembley glory in the FA Cup Final, and Big Dunc makes a surprise but ineffective sub-appearance: his groin injury may not be as serious as has been rumoured, but both ex-Evertonians finished on the losing side as a poor Newcastle fell to Manchester United.
• May 21th: Don Hutchison will miss Scotland's vital Euro 2000 double-header next month – he has a long-standing date to get married in the Jamaica. Scot Gemmill and David Weir are bot tin the Scotland squad. Craig Brown was thinking of picking John Collins for the Scotland squad but Everton moved quickly to quash the idea.
• May 20th: Craig Short could well be signing a 3-year deal after all. Paul Gerrard might be off to Charlton Athletic. The Bakayoyo swap deal for Super Kev may be back on, now that Trabzonspor have given Gordon Milne the elbow. Thomas Myhre played for Norway as they disposed of Jamaica in a 6-0 drubbing.
• May 19th: No sign of much interest in Ollie Dacourt from any French clubs but Middlesbrough and Aston Villa have reportedly had bids of between £5.25M and £5.5M rejected by Everton, who say they are holding out for the full £6M.
• May 18th: Richard Gough, sprightly 37-year-old ex-Rangers defender – currently of Nottingham Forest and San Jose Clash(!) – has signed for his old boss, Walter Smith, who has put five of the Everton Squad on the transfer list: defender John O'Kane, striker Michael Branch and midfielders Tony Grant, John Oster and Gareth Farrelly.
• May 17th: The season is over, but the soap-opera of Everton's close season is only just beginning. Let's start with the Everton Badboys who top(?) the Fair Play League: 108 yellow cards, 7 reds, and an almost certain £50,000 fine, plus more FA pain and displeasure to come...
• May 16th: Everton simply rolled over and died at The Dell as Davey Jones' relegation-threatened Southampton strolled to safety with an easy 2-0 win.
• May 15th: In an Interview with Craig Short at PlayerTalk, it appears that the potential Bosmanite is holding out for a 4- or 5-year contract from Everton, who have only offered the 30-year-old a rather generous 3 years.
• May 14th: With Kevin Keegan hunting glory as the new England Manager, our very own Paul Bracewell takes over the helm as Manager of newly promoted Fulham.
• May 13th: Old Evertonians Dixie Dean, Tommy Lawton and Joe Mercer were named in the Football's Hall of Fame, along with Alex Young, Alan Ball, Gary Lineker, and Neville Southall.
• May 12th: Brian Kidd was an Evertonian for one season, so we mark the demise of his charges at Blackburn Rovers who are relegated despite – or should that be because of – Jack Walker's steel fortune. Meanwhile, Everton Reserves finish the season in fine style, beating Leicester City by 4-0.
• May 11th: Everton Badboy Don Hutchison, who picked up his 11th yellow card at Chelsea, received a severe slap on the wrist, a £1,000 fine, and was warned about his future conduct at an FA Disciplinary Hearing in Sheffield today.
• May 10th:  Everton Reserves beat reigning Pontins League Premier Division Champions Leeds United by the only goal of the game at Goodison Park, Phil Jevons was the scorer.
• May 9th: Old Evertonians Stuart McCall and Peter Beagrie play vital roles as captain and goalscorer respectively, helping to bring First Division Bradford City back into the top-flight after 77 years. 
• May 8th: Everton secure their 97^th season in the top flight in grand style, beating West Ham United by 6-0, with Kevin Campbell getting a hat-trick for good measure – that makes him the club's leading goalscorer this season with 9 in just 7 matches.
• May 7th: Everton plan to unveil their new kit on 12 May... but its already all over the Internet, and will actually be worn by the players vs West Ham United on Saturday. This is your chance to save the club from financial oblivion: Get yer orders in now!
• May 6th: Olivier Dacourt seems to have put the final nail in his Everton coffin, as he expresses his frustration at broken promises and reportedly says he's returning to France.
• May 5th: The Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corporation have issued a statement ending their business relationship with Bill Kenwright, and terminating any backing for his efforts to put together a bid for Peter Johnson's shares. Kenwright vows to "fight on" for ultimate control of the club and is already talking to two other banking groups. 
• May 4th: Everton's Finances are in a parlous sate, with reports that the overdraft is now at £20M and rising suggesting that some higher-paid players may be sold off in the summer, and ticket prices may also increase significantly.
• May 3rd: Everton Reserves failed in their attempt to overhaul rivals Liverpool in the Pontins League Premier Division, losing by the only goal of the game.
• May 2nd: In the FA Youth Academy Premier League Play-offs, Everton's Under-19 team came up against their Youth Cup nemesis: West Ham, and lost 0-1, thus ending their chance for glory in the inaugural season. However, other sources say it was a 0-0 draw.
• May 1st: An utterly pathetic display by Everton at Chelsea ensured that winning four Premiership matches on the trot remains beyond them. An excellent solo-goal by Franny Jeffers in no way compensated for Walter Smith's tactical negativity and his singular failure to motivate the players for a win. Everton retain a small mathematical risk of relegation.

• Apr 30th: Everton enter tomorrow's match at Chelsea without two key players – Materazzi and Gemmill – who are suspended, plus the usual list of long-term injuries.
• Apr 29th: Kevin Campbell has been voted FA Carling Player of the Month after his six-shooting escapades that have all but saved Everton from the dreaded drop.
• Apr 28th: Everton Reserves get walloped 3-0 at Aston Villa and slip back to sixth place in the Pontins League Premier Division. David Weir, Don Hutchison and Scott Gemmill all play for Scotland against Germany in Bremen, where the Hutch stuns the entire world with his match-winning goal. Michael Ball and Francis Jeffers were on the substitutes bench for England 1-1 draw in Hungary.
• Apr 27th: Everton's Youth Team win the home leg of the FA Youth Cup semi-final 1-0 against West Ham United but fail 1-3 on aggregate. Steve Simonsen sat on the bench for the England U-21 match in Hungary, which finished 2-2. Clifford Finch announces that he will be resigning from Everton's Board of Directors at the end of the season.
• Apr 26th: Everton Reserves beat Birmingham City 3-0 at Goodison Park in the Pontins League Premier Division.
• Apr 25th: Michael Branch has been arrested for being drunk and disorderly in Matthew Street, Liverpool.
• Apr 24th: Everton finally break free from the relegation mire by destroying rivals Charlton Athletic 4-1 in a crucial Premiership run-in match-up, and thereby chalking up a second double for the season. Kevin Campbell got another two goals, bringing his ration to more than 1 per match. The match also signals the start of Everton's live audio commentary via the Internet, courtesy of Virgin.net which was basically a disaster for most punters.
• Apr 23rd: Joe Parkinson has been told he can finally start light training after an agonizing two-year absence.
• Apr 21st:  Wally Smith stands up for Everton Badboy, Ollie Dacourt before the FA Disciplinary Committee on a good day, and comes away with only a £2,500 fine and a smack on the wrist, but NO BAN!!!
• Apr 20th: Everton's Youth Team crash 0-3 in the first leg of the FA Youth Cup semi-final away at West Ham United. But Everton get some good news in the Premiership relegation scrap, with Charlton losing 1-4 to Spurs at home.
• Apr 19th: Everton Reserves beat Nottingham Forest 5-2 at Goodison Park, with Cadamarteri bagging a hat-trick and Michael Branch straining his hamstring. Richard Dunne and Joe Parkinson are back in training after long injury layoffs.
• Apr 17th: Everton travel to St James Park and return with a priceless 3-1 victory over Newcastle United, thanks to two goals from Kevin Campbell, a penalty save from Tommy Myhre off Alan Shearer, and a brilliant first-time volley from Scott Gemmill at the death. That's the first double of the season!
• Apr 14th: Everton Reserves draw 0-0 at home to Blackburn Rovers. Paul Gerrard returned from his long loan spell with Oxford United to take up the Reserves goalie jersey. Gareth Farrelly also got a game after a long layoff due to injury.
• Apr 13th: Everton want to appeal against Marco Materazzi's red card v Coventry but in FA parlance it was only a yellow card offence, so no appeal is possible.
• Apr 12th: Major suspension trouble looms for Everton Badboys in the relegation run-in, where both Materazzi and Dacourt will miss the last three matches. Barmby and Gemmill will also miss a match each. Everton Reserves lose 2-3 at Stoke City. Everton Under-17s lose 1-2 to Watford and are knocked out of the FA Youth Academy National Playoffs
• Apr 11th: Kevin Campbell's two goals win it for Everton against Coventry City, despite the best efforts of the referee Rob Harris to influence proceedings, booking five Everton players and sending off Marco Materazzi after Darren Huckerby dived. Ibrahima Bakayoko scored for the Ivory Coast as they beat Congo 2-0 in the African Nations Cup.
• Apr 10th: The other also-rans down in the Premiership relegation mire – Charlton, Southampton, Notts Forest – all lost today, which  is good news for Everton.
• Apr 9th: Following his inappropriate goal celebration in the Anfield derby last weekend, Liverpool's Robbie "Smackhead" Fowler is awarded a 4-match ban and large fine.
• Apr 8th: Everton's Youth Cup team will meet West Ham who beat Arsenal 4-0 in the replay of their drawn 6th Round tie.
• Apr 7th: Everton Reserves lose badly 2-5 to Sunderland. Nick Barmby's booking v Liverpool was apparently his fifth of the season, although no-one, including our Everton Badboys page, lists more than four yellow cards... If correct, Barmby will miss the trip to Newcastle United on April 17.
• Apr 6th: Everton's Under-17 team finished 4th in Group A of the FA Youth Academy Premier League, and qualify for the national playoffs.
• Apr 5th: Just what is Walter Smith playing at? He drops Michael Ball and plays Tony Grant! Everton unsurprisingly crash 1-2 at Goodison Park to Sheffield Wednesday after Franny Jeffers scored another excellent goal. But stupid backpassess by Unsworth and Materazzi gift a precious win to The Wednesday. And a solitary goal from Graham Stuart for Charlton away at West Ham lifts the Addicks above Everton, who slide ominously into 18th position.
• Apr 4th: Both Everton badboys Ollie Dacourt and Nick Barmby are walking the disciplinary tightrope tomorrow: Barmby has 4 yellows, Dacourt has 13.
• Apr 3rd: Everton's 5-yr spell over neighbours Liverpool finally ends in predictable fashion with another bizarre team selection which included the useless Michael Branch, and way-too-late substitution by Walter Smith in the160th derby match. Final score: 2-3 with goals from Dacourt and Jeffers. Debuts for Gemmill and Campbell, bringing the total numbers of players used this season to 35 – an all-time club record.
• Apr 2nd:  Everton go into tomorrow's derby missing 11 first-team players: Hutchison (suspended); Bakayoko, Bilic, Collins, Cleland, Dunne, Farrelly, Williamson, Phelan, Parkinson (injured); Gerrard (on loan). Everton Under-19s win the inaugural FA Youth Academy Regional Title, heading Group A by one goal from Manchester United.
• Apr 1st:  Ibrahima Bakayoko is injured and Don Hutchison suspended for the Anfield derby.

• March 31st: David Weir plays in Scotland's 1-2 home defeat by the Czech Republic. Don Hutchison gets his first senior national run out as a 63rd-min substitute for Gary McAllister.
• 29th:  Representatives of HSBC's investment banking arm have been visiting Goodison and Bellefield, as a precursor to the next stage of Bill Kenwright's takeover bid.
• 28th: The Everton U-14's are playing in the Dallas Cup in, er, Dallas, TX. Everton Ladies fail in the League Cup Final against Arsenal at Prenton Park, losing 1-3.
• 27th: Don Hutchison is called up to join David Weir in Craig Brown's Scotland squad but their match against Bosnia is called off. Everton Reserves lose 0-3 at Manchester United, where Mitch Ward makes a comeback from injury.
• March 26th:  Everton called off their friendly trip to the Gulf for a match against a Dubai Select XI. Michael Ball plays a vital part in the England U-21 5-0 demolition of Poland at The Dell, but Steve Simonsen is not even on the bench! Peter Degn played for Denmark U-21 in their 1-2 defeat by Italy. Don Hutchison's red card appeal has been predictably denied: lack of video evidence.
• 25th: Transfer Deadline Day – its not Celtic's Morten Weighorst, who is injured, or ex-Blue Tony Cottee, who's Leicester boss told Walter where to put his £500,000 offer... The new face is Scott Gemmill of Nottingham Forest, joining Everton for a "nominal fee" of around £200,000. Peter Degn is being lined up to play for Everton in the Liverpool Senior Cup Second Round tie with Tranmere Rovers. 
• 24th: The arrival of Kevin Campbell on loan from Turkish club Trabzonspor is confirmed. Another non-achiever, ex-Red Michael Thomas, will thankfully not be joining Everton from Benfica, where he is still owed money. Meanwhile, ex-Evertonian Graham Stuart has stepped back into the Premiership with Charlton Athletic, leaving cash-strapped Sheffield United for £1.1M.
• 23rd: The FA Youth Cup campaign forges ahead with a 1-0 home win over Aston Villa in the 6th Round, thanks to an early goal from recalled first-teamer, Francis Jeffers.
• 22nd: Olivier Dacourt's 13th yellow card yesterday, just three weeks after his FA Disciplinary dressing down, puts him perilously close to incurring the full wrath of the FA.
• March 21st: The realists expected nothing else at Manchester United: losing Bakayoko after 5 mins, and losing the match 1-3 in a 13-min second-half blitz that swamped a very poor Everton team forced by Walter Smith to defend the one point they arrived with. Peter Degn got his debut as a sub.
• 20th: Howard Kendall was fired by Greek club Ethnikos after less than 4 months in charge. Ethnikos are in last place in the Greek first division and 8 points adrift.
• 19th: Cold water has been poured on Bill Kenwright's Everton takeover bid by the spectre of relegation, and the fear that nothing will be sorted until the status of the club for next season has been established.
• 18th: The Nigerian Nonsense takes a new twist as Everton back down, and push the go/no-go decision onto their youth players due to represent England and Eire in the World U-20 Championships next month
• 17th: Everton legend Peter Farrell died yesterday. He played right half and led the Everton team that won promotion in 1953-54.
• March 16th:  Everton Reserves again fail to get a game as Liverpool postpone the match at St Helens. Richard Dunne will miss the Manchester United match on the 21^st following a recurrent hamstring injury.
• 15th: The investment banking arm of one of the biggest banks in the world, the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC), is understood to have assembled a consortium of financial backers prepared to underwrite Bill Kenwright's bid to take over control of Everton FC Co Ltd from estranged and discredited majority shareholder, Peter Johnson.
• 14th: Don Hutchison will miss three vital relegation clashes, starting with the Anfield derby, after he became the latest Everton Badboy to suffer from incompetent refereeing. He may appeal, but we know that does a fat lot of good.
• 13th: A real battle lost by Everton against Champions, Arsenal, who run out 2-0 winners after and getting Hutchison sent off and conning Uriah Rennie into a bizarrely inconsistent display of refereeing.
• March 11th: Fifa may threaten Everton, Leeds United, and Benfica with suspension if they do not release youth players for the World Under-20 Championships in Nigeria next month.
• 10th: Everton battle back from an early goal down to score a vital win 2-1 at Blackburn Rovers with a brace from Ibrahima Bakayoko. Jamie Milligan bags two penalties for England's U-18 team as they beat Andorra 8-0 in Spain.
• 9th: Everton have ended their bizarre and somewhat pointless sponsorship of Dublin club Home Farm Everton, who may now drop the name and revert to being just Home Farm.
• 8th: Jamie Milligan plays for the England U-18 squad in Spain, playing preliminary group qualifying matches against Spain today, Andorra (on the 10th), and Israel (12th) for the European Championship.
• 7th: In the FA Cup 6th Round, Everton travel to Newcastle United without three suspended players: Dacourt, Dunne, and Ball, and end up losing 4-1 after showing the Toonies how to play football for over an hour.
• March 6th:  Fellow strugglers in the mire of the Premiership Table do Everton few favours as they slip to 16th place – just 2 pts ahead of Southampton.
• 3rd: Everton are reportedly withdrawing their young bucks – Dunne, Regan, Milligan, Delaney – from the Eire and England U-18 World Championship teams that are supposed to play in Nigeria next month. Paul Gerrard's loan to Oxford United has been extended to a third month.
• 2nd: At Olivier Dacourt's FA Disciplinary Hearing for his is 11th yellow card, he is given a two-match ban and fined £1,000 for his trouble. The Reserves match against Blackburn Rovers in Widnes has been called off due to a waterlogged pitch. And Everton FC have won the right to redevelop Goodison Park as a shopping outlet, should they chose to move grounds in the future...
• March 1st:  The FA Youth Cup campaign continues at Goodison Park, with a brilliant 3-1 win over Sheffield Wednesday in a 5th Round replay.

• 28th: Incredibly, Everton received no yellow cards at all yesterday – their first card-free match in the entire season!
• 27th:  Everton struggle to a 1-1 draw with Wimbledon at Goodison Park after a great headed goal from Franny Jeffers. Everton were without Don Hutchison, who is suspended, and Ibrahima Bakayoko, who has been called up by Ivory Coast in the African Nations Cup, plus 10 injured first-team players. Newboy Peter Degn caught the flu and missed the match.
• February 26th: Tony Grant joins Everton's ridiculous injury list, pulling his hamstring in training today.
• 24th:  Everton will be heading to Newcastle United in the FA Cup Quarter-finals on 7^th March after the Toon beat Blackburn Rovers 1-0 at Ewood Park. Meanwhile, Jamie Milligan captained the England U-18s v Germany at Stoke's Britannia Ground. Francis Jeffers came of for the last 15 mins.
• 23rd: Young prospect Francis Jeffers is featured in an ITV documentary about Lilleshall: The World at Their Feet.
• 22nd:  Peter Degn has actually been signed on by Everton and transferred for a nominal fee of £200,000. Also, the Everton Supporters Alliance has gathered over 10,000 signatures to a petition demanding that Peter Johnson ends his disastrous involvement with Everton Football Club.
• 21st:  More suspension horror for the FA Cup Quarter-finals as Richard Dunne joins the list of Badboys after getting his 5th yellow card of the season yesterday.
• February 20th:  Everton have lots of chances but cannot repeat the form of last Wednesday, and eventually fall to a one-goal defeat at Leeds United. That makes it just 47½ years since we last won a league match there.
• 19th:  Everton withdraw their appeal over Ollie Dacourt's 11th booking: the video of the incident shows Dacourt making the fractional initial contact with Boro's Paul Gascoigne.
• 18th:  The downside to last night's great victory is suspension for Everton Badboys, Ollie Dacourt (11 Yellows) and Michael Ball (8 yellows).  Both will miss the FA Cup 6th Round tie, although Everton are appealing Ollie's on the grounds that the culprit was really Tony Grant. Everton have signed a pre-contract agreement with Danish midfielder, Peter Degn, who will join the club in July, on a Bosmanite free transfer from Åarhus.
• 17th:  The rearranged home match against Middlesbrough provides a fantastic filip to Evertonians as The Toffees run up a tremendous FIVE-goal victory! David Weir makes his debut as a sub.
• 16th:  Everton's FA Youth Cup campaign totters a little with a desperate late equalizer at Sheffield Wednesday in the FA Youth Cup 5th Round. Meanwhile, Walter Smith has reverted to type, signing yet another central defender, David Weir, from Hearts for £250k.
• February 15th:  Reports suggest that Bill Kenwright is getting closer to finalizing the financial package for Peter Johnson's consideration.
• 14th:  In the FA Cup 6th Round, Everton are drawn away to either Blackburn Rovers or Newcastle United, who slugged out a 0-0 draw today and now replay on the 24th. Don Hutchison misses the Wimbledon (h) match after picking up his 8th yellow card of the season yesterday.
• 13th:  Everton produce a much improved performance in the FA Cup 5th Round against Coventry City, running out 2-1 winners with well-taken goals from Franny Jeffers and Johnny Oster.
• 12th:  Word is that Bakayoko will be dropped to the bench, and Jeffers will retain his place for tomorrow's Cup-tie. Marco Materazzi is still suspended and 10 (yes, TEN!) players in the Everton Squad are out injured.
• 11th:  Anders Limpar (is he still playing?) has joined MLS team Colorado Rapids in the USA. Gareth Farrelly (remember him?) underwent exploratory surgery on his knee yesterday in an effort to find out what's wrong with it.
• February 10th:   Tommy Myhre has an excellent game in goal for Norway as they stifle Italy in a 0-0 stalemate.
• 9th:  The rearranged Reserves match at Aston Villa has been postponed due to a frozen pitch. Gareth Farrelly has now been withdrawn from the Ireland B side but John Oster is expected to play for the Welsh B team.  Francis Jeffers, Jamie Milligan and Carl Regan are in the England U-18 squad to play France; Steve Simonsen plays in goal for the England U-21 squad but Michael Ball is rested; Danny Cadamarteri is ill and was withdrawn.
• 8th: The Echo / Daily Post is claiming that Richard Dunne has accrued 5 yellow cards and will miss the Wimbledon match. The ToffeeWeb Badboy Statistician is not so sure... he thinks its only 4.
• 7th:  Franny Jeffers makes his full debut for Everton in front of the Sky TV cameras at Derby County, and sets up a nice goal for Nick Barmby, but Walter Smith's negativity dominates as Everton fail to sit successfully on that meagre one-goal lead, eventually going down 1-2 to a brace from Deon Burton.
• 6th:  Ten first-team players are ruled out of tomorrow's match: Cadamarteri & Materazzi (suspended); Cleland (suspended & injured); Bilic, Branch, Short, Ward, Phelan, Williamson, Parkinson (injured).
• February 5th:  Everton shareholders have asked the Premier League to investigate Peter Johnson's takeover of the club in 1994, citing a conflict of interest over his simultaneous holding in Tranmere Rovers.
• 3rd:  The depleted Everton Squad suffers another blow as Michael Branch goes down with a recurrence of his hamstring injury.
• 2nd:  A big day for the young guns as Everton smash Swindon Town 5-1 in the FA Youth Cup 4th Round Replay – and Francis Jeffers bagged a hat-trick. Meanwhile, Everton Shareholders Association are proposing a share split in the form of a rights issue at £500 each.
• February 1st:  Peter Johnson has friends in high places... The deadline for him to resolve his dual ownership of Everton and Tranmere Rovers has been extended for a second time. Meanwhile, Everton Reserves catch the goal-famine, falling 0-1 at Leeds United.

• 31st:  Just one card from yesterday's embarrassment, so the Badboys situation is, er, "stable", with three suspended for our next match, at Derby, in front of Sky TV... Arrrrgh!!!
• January 30th:  A critical relegation dogfight goes against Everton as basement club Nottingham Forest win their first game in 5 months. The score: 0-1 at Goodison Park. The goal: Pierre van Hooijdonk, in from the cold. 
• 29th:  Walter Smith should have Richard Dunne, Dave Watson, Olivier Dacourt, and Ibrahima Bakayoko available again, but rumours say he will play only one of these stars from the start.
• 28th:  By some miracle, the Spenno deal is suddenly back on and completed, with John Spencer joining Motherwell for an "undisclosed fee", later acknowledged to be £500k. That means someone backed down; the question is: Who?
• 27th:  The match at Aston Villa for Everton Reserves is postponed to 7 February.
• 26th:  Motherwell can't close the deal on want-away striker John Spencer when Everton refuse to budge from their knock-down price after his 3-month loan spell ends.  Meanwhile, Everton Youth end up with a tough 1-1 draw against Swindon Town in the 4th Round of the FA Youth Cup.
• January 25th: In a moment of madness, Danny Cadamarteri blurts out on the radio that Everton's indiscipline is by order of the tenacious Walter Smith!  Meanwhile, the injury crisis deepens as Slaven Bilic's team of doctors decide to operate on his hip; he could now miss the rest of the season.
• 24th:  Three Everton Badboys will now be suspended for the next Sky TV embarrassment, away to Derby County: Cadamarteri, Cleland, and Materazzi – whose second red card means he also misses the FA Cup 5th Round tie, at home to Coventry City. Meanwhile, Everton Ladies stride forward to the Women's League Cup Final, beating Tranmere 2-1 in the semi-final. And Ibrahima Bakayoko helps Ivory Coast to a 3-0 win over Namibia in the African Nations Cup.
• 23rd:  In the 4th Round home tie of the FA Cup, Barmby slotted the ball home after 38 mins to give Everton a deserved 1-0 victory over a dirty bunch of cheats from Ipswich Town. Their cynical tactics got Materazzi sent off after 46 mins, and Alex Cleland got his calf muscle torn – he'll be out for at least 6 weeks!
• 22nd:  Everton go into their FA Cup 4th Round tie against Ipswich Town without star non-striker Ibrahima Bakayoko, who is off with the Ivory Coast team playing in the African Nations Cup, and without Olivier Dacourt, who is suspended. Meanwhile, the quacks are lining up to probe the nether regions of Slaven Bilic in an effort to identify his mystery injury that hops from groin to hip and back again.
• 21st:  Southampton Manager and ex-Everton player, Dave Jones, has revealed that Peter Johnson offered him the Poisoned Chalice which sits atop the manager's desk at Goodison Park.  But Jones turned it down saying he still had work to do down at The Dell.
• January 20th:  Questionable media reports claim that Everton have slapped a £1M price-tag on wayward striker John Spencer.
• 19th:  Badboy Alex Cleland's stupid double-yellow card means he will miss Everton's next Sky Special away at Derby County. Everton's Reserve match against Nottingham Forest was postponed due to a water-logged pitch.
• 18th:  Everton just can't win. Cleland is dismissed after just 10 mins against Aston Villa. The team defend doggedly but end up losing 3-0 to a very poor opposition side. It just ain't fair! 
• 17th:  Unsworth is suspended and Bilic, Collins, & Short are out injured for the trip to Aston Villa tomorrow. Materazzi is back, but three others – Hutchison, Cadamarteri & Ball – are perched precariously on seven yellow cards.
• 16th: While Liverpool score 7 and Man Utd 6, Everton are considering pushing Don Hutchison forward in an effort to hoodwink those Villa boys... Welcome to the Twilight Zone!
• January 15th: Joe Parkinson has reportedly been told that the cartilage inserted into his knee has taken and is now filling the injured joint. If all goes well, he could resume full training by August.
• 14th:  Peter Johnson apparently thinks the furore over his handing of the Duncan Ferguson debacle has now died down, and he is even thinking about attending matches again! Slaven Bilic will have exploratory surgery in a bid to find out whether his current groin strain is linked to the pelvic injury he sustained in the World Cup and which forced him to miss the first four months of the season.
• 13th: Walter Smith has approached Steve Bruce at Sheffield United with a view to bringing back striker Graham Stuart, probably in a player exchange. Billy Kenwright has reportedly offered Smith a cool £5M for him to buy a new striker.
• 12th:  Tommy Myhre is the Premiership's leading clean-sheet keeper, with 11 so far this season. John Ebbrell, now with Sheffield United, has been forced to retire from the game due to a chronic ankle injury.
• 11th:  Joe Parkinson is in Sweden for yet another verdict on his dodgy knee... let's face it: he's crocked.
• January 10th: Just one yellow card yesterday, but it was Badboy Ollie's 8th. He misses the FA Cup tie with Ipswich Town. Everton, along with Blackburn, Derby and Chelsea – but not media-darling glamour Champions Arsenal – have reportedly been sent letters by the FA, warning them about their poor disciplinary records.
• 9th:  Everton, without Marco Materazzi, who is suspended (and still injured), drift to yet another 0-0 draw (the 7th at home out of 11 matches!) against Leicester City in the increasingly poor FA Carling Premiership. Meanwhile, Mikael Madar thumbed his Gallic nose at Walter Smith by scoring on his debut for Paris St Germain...Quelle domage!
• 8th: Everton trumpet the demoralizing news that there will be no expensive new transfers in to Goodison Park before the end of the season...  Money is as tight as ever, and we are amazingly being told the Everton Squad is "too big" – 35 players is NOT big enough!
• 7th:  Walter Smith has brought young Italian Giuseppe Fratelli over from Serie B side Torino for a week's trial.
• 6th:  At Goodison Park, Everton's Youth destroy Manchester United 4-0 in the FA Youth Cup 2nd Round replay.
• January 5th:  Everton reserves enjoy a good journey to Preston North End, winning 2-0 with goals from Branch and Jevons.
• 4th:  In the draw for the 4th Round of the FA Cup, Everton are the penultimate ball out of the bag and they will face Ipswich Town at Goodison. 
• 3rd:  Badboy David Unsworth's yellow card yesterday was his eighth of the season.  He will miss the match at Aston Villa on the 18th.
• 2nd:  Everton's 1999 FA Cup campaign kicks off with a nervy 3rd Round tie at Bristol City which is not settled until the last 5 mins, when Bakayoko comes up with a brace, including a 25-yd screamer from a free-kick.
• January 1st:  Not such a Happy New Year, with the news that Marco Materazzi is definitely out of tomorrow's vital FA Cup tie. He is suffering with an injured shoulder. Craig Short is also out, and Ibrahima Bakayoko is rated as "doubtful", but Dave Watson should be back, and John Collins may play his last match before surgery.

• 31st:  Peter Johnson has been given some extra time by the league authorities to sort out his club ownership position. A sale of his interest in Tranmere Rovers is though to be imminent.
• December 30th:  John Collins has been suffering with a tiny broken bone in his foot for the last six months. Collins may be sidelined for up to two months to gain a full recovery.
• 29th:  Evertonians bid farewell to Mickael Madar. The enigmatic Frenchman joins Paris St Germain on a free transfer. John O'Kane should be back from Burnley after completing his two-month loan spell. Craig Short will be out for 3 or 4 weeks with a recurrence of a calf injury early in yesterday's match.
• 28th: Utter disaster as Everton fail to take advantage of their dominance, then crash and burn 1-4 to Tottenham Hotspur as defensive incompetence gifted Chris Armstrong with an undeserved hat-trick.
• 27th:  Marco Materazzi's eighth Yellow Card yesterday means an automatic one-match suspension. He will miss the vital New Year clash with Leicester City.
• December 26th: Half-way through the season and a dismal Boxing Day match against a poor Derby County sees Everton unable to score at home yet again – the 6th 0-0 homer of the season. Yellow cards for Materazzi, Unsworth and Myhre.
• 24th: Conflicting rumours suggest that Bill Kenwright is close to making a substantial bid for a major chunk of Peter Johnson's shares in Everton.
• 23rd:  Danny Williamson is back in training after a long battle with injuries.
• 22nd:  Peter Johnson is believed to be close to a deal on selling his interest in Tranmere Rovers. This must be completed by the end of December to avoid problems from the Leagues' governing bodies.
• 21st:  Elton John has the audacity to use Nick Barmby as an example of the the inflated transfer fees impacting the modern game.
• December 20th:  John Collins was suffering from after-effects of the flu when he missed most of yesterday's match, and now has a pending foot operation on hold over the Christmas period.
• 19th:  Everton lose 1-2 away at West Ham United, without suspended players Ball and Dunne. Meanwhile, Everton's Youth Team – current holders of the FA Youth Cup – started their defence of the trophy by gaining a creditable 2-2 draw away to Manchester United in the 2nd Round.
• 18th:  Flu and injuries mean Everton are without Bakayoko, Watson, Short, and others for the West Ham match. Paul Gerrard has gone on a month's loan to Oxford United, with a 24-hr recall option.
• 17th: Tony Thomas is confirmed as a Motherwell player, Everton having agreed to release him for a transfer fee of just £125,000.  In a parting jester, Thomas reportedly takes a mean-spirited swipe at the club he followed as a lad.
• 16th: The Reserves extend their unbeaten run to 8 games with a 3-0 win at Derby County, and move above Sunderland to take 2nd place in the Pontins Premier League, behind a rampant Manchester United. However, youth star Michael O'Brien injured his knee ligaments and will be out for up to 3 months.
• December 15th: Lots of talk about the South African connection, with Evertonian Ian Kilbride interested in investing his Spirit/Appleton money in Peter Johnson's shares. Fears also that he could just be a Johnson muppet.
• 14th: The latest casualty of Everton's financial mis-management is the Youth Academy at Netherton, where signing of the main construction contract is being put on hold.
• 13th:  Marco Materazzi was missing from yesterday's line-up as a disciplinary move following a training ground incident on Friday.  It seems that Marco Materazzi was feeling tense as he worried about his unhappy wife, and came in a bit heavy on a few of the youngsters in training. Smith punished him after he would not back down.
• 12th: Everton beat bottom club, Southampton, 1-0 with a great goal from Bakayoko, after he missed a number of chances.  Bilic, Madar, Unsworth and Dacourt all get to play but Materazzi is surprisingly absent.
• December 11th: Neville Southall has moved form his job as Huddersfield Town's goalkeeping coach to join Torquay United as their stand-in keeper.
• 8th: More pointless action for Bilic, Madar, Barmby, Farrelly, and the rest of the Everton Reserves all-stars as Aston Villa get a 0-0 draw at the AutoQuest Stadium in Widnes.
• 7th: The ridiculous speculation that Everton would sign anyone, let alone Dean Saunders, has abated now that the Sheffield United player has gone to join Benfica – for £500k.
• 6th: Cards for badboys Ball and Dunne yesterday mean they will both be suspended when Everton visit West Ham on 19 December. In the draw for the FA Cup 3rd Round, Everton travel to Bristol City early in the New Year...
• December 5th:  Everton dominate Chelsea at Goodison Park, creating many chances, but it ends up 0-0. Unsworth is suspended for this one, but Bilic still does not play. Ball picks up a 5th yellow band Richard Dunne gets sent off with a double yellow. Wise was sent off for Chelsea earlier in the first half.
• 4th: Tony Thomas turns down a move to Motherwell after failing to agree personal terms.
• 3rd: Everton have agreed a fee of £150,000 with Motherwell in exchange for Tony Thomas, who has had just one sub appearance this season.
• 2nd: Everton reserves have beaten Birmingham City 2-1. Appearances by Slaven Bilic and Nicky Barmby, returning from injury, as well as Mickey Madar, helped Phil Jevons to grab both goals.
• December 1st: It will likely take some time for Peter Johnson to divest his massive 68% shareholding in Everton, but rumours abound of new consortia or other financial backing for life-long Evertonian Bill Kenwright to take full control of the club in the near future.

• November 30th: A tumultuous day in Everton's recent chequered history starts with a long-awaited statement from the Board of Directors, acknowledging that the panic sale of Duncan Ferguson last week had been completed behind the back of Manager Walter Smith. Then the news that so many Evertonians had been desperate to hear: Peter Johnson finally steps down as Chairman, but he remains on the Board as non-executive director. Sir Philip Carter becomes Chairman, with Bill Kenwright appointed as Vice-Chairman.
• 28th: Everton prove there is life after Duncan Ferguson, with Danny Cadamarteri scoring both goals in an excellent 2-1 win away to Charlton Athletic. Meanwhile, Duncan does the business for Newcastle United, scoring two goals on his debut at St James Park.
• 27th: Walter Smith has clarified that John Collins will be the team vice-captain, and will wear the armband in Waggy's absence. Howard Kendall's move to take over as coach of Spanish Division 2B side, Jerez, has been put on hold because foreign coaches are not allowed in that division.
• 26th: Gavin McCann's long-touted move to Sunderland is completed for a paltry £500k, adding to the fears that Peter Johnson is stripping Everton of its assets. Walter Smith explains how Peter Johnson kept him in the dark about Ferguson's transfer, and announces that veteran club servant, Dave Watson, will wear the captain's armband from now on. Duncan Ferguson gives the fans a lasting memory of his love for them and the club in a rare interview with the Daily Post. Meanwhile, John O'Kane has returned to Burnley for a second month on loan.
• November 25th: Michael Branch, on loan with 2nd Division Manchester City, plays for a Nationwide U-21 Select team in Italy, and in true Everton style he misses the best chance of the match in a 1-1 draw.
• 24th: Goodison's own Braveheart – the team captain, talismanic iconic and belligerent striker, Duncan Ferguson – is no longer an Everton player. After passing a medical at Newcastle United this afternoon, Ferguson is to be paraded as Ruud Gullit's first acquisition (for £8M) to play along side Alan Shearer and in front of Everton's previous captain, Gary Speed. Walter Smith was blind-sided by the move which Peter Johnson orchestrated behind the manager's back, leaving the vast majority of Everton fans seething with anger and frustration.
• 23rd: Michael Ball's fiercely-struck penalty proved to be the only difference between two Premiership strugglers. Everton, without Duncan Ferguson and Marco Materazzi (both suspended), held off a fierce second-half barrage from Newcastle United to finally secure victory in a home league match this season. It was a fifth yellow card for Danny Cadamarteri and he now misses the home match v Southampton. Goodison Park is listed as one of 16 Category 'A' football grounds in England (capacity over 40,000) that meets the criteria for potential use as a World Cup venue.
• 22nd:  The squad for tomorrow's match is: Myhre, Short, Ball, Watson, Unsworth, Bilic, Cleland, Dunne, Dacourt, Collins, Hutchison, Oster, Cadamarteri, Bakayoko, Grant, Simonsen, Milligan.
• November 20th:  Francis Jeffers and Jamie Milligan are in the England U-18 squad to play Israel. There has apparently been some interest in Everton's large squad from other clubs, but Walter Smith has not received any reasonable offers, and will not be providing any cut-price deals.
• 19th:  Michael Ball has signed a "lucrative" 5-yr contract with Everton.
• 18th:  Francis Jeffers and Jamie Milligan are in the England U-18 squad to play Andorra in Israel. John Oster is in the Wales U-21 squad traveling to Portugal, and Richard Dunne plays for the Ireland U-21 team in Yugoslavia.
• 17th:  Everton Reserves can only draw 1-1 at home to bottom club Stoke City, in the Autoquest Stadium, Widnes. Meanwhile, Steve Simonsen and Michael Ball started for England's U-21 squad that lost 0-1 to Czech Republic at Ipswich. Danny Cadamarteri came on as a sub.  And the Stadium Debate takes a new turn with news that Peter Johnson may be prepared to hold a second vote on Everton's stalled ground-move proposals.
• 16th:  Francis Jeffers and Jamie Milligan are in the England U-18 squad to play Spain in Israel. David Unsworth's 5th Yellow card yesterday means he will miss the match v Chelsea.
• November 15th:  Everton travel to Coventry City and present a humiliating display to a worldwide television audience, losing 0-3 while hardly putting together a single decent piece of football.
• 14th:  Everton go into tomorrow's match with another four badboys on the edge of earning suspensions. Ball, Cadamarteri, Unsworth and Collins are on 4 yellow cards.
• 13th:  Paul Gerrard, Everton's second reserve keeper, has turned down a loan deal with Celtic. Tony Thomas has also rejected a loan spell at Port Vale.
• 11th:  Everton start poorly against First Division leaders Sunderland, giving up a first-half goal in the 4th Round of the Worthington League Cup, but they pull level with a great free kick from John Collins.  After extra time, its the dreaded penalties where Everton finally lose out, 4-5 in Sunderland's favour, with Oster and Bakayoko missing theirs.
• November 10th:  Walter Smith, reputedly short on cash, has turned down Joe Royle's £750k bid to make Michael Branch a permanent fixture at Manchester City.  Craig Short has turned down a move to Nottingham Forest after Everton accepted their £2M bid.
• 9th:  Out of five yellow cards against Arsenal yesterday, the 5th of the season for badboys Ferguson and Materazzi mean they will miss the match against Newcastle in a fortnight. Peter Johnson may be in more trouble with the authorities as the Charities Commission investigates some potentially dubious property deals.
• 8th:  Everton make virtually no impact on Arsenal, who saunter back from Champions League defeat in Kiev to a typical 1-0 victory after the benefit of their extra rest day. Jamie Milligan gets his debut as sub, and Simonsen is on the bench for the first time.
• 6th:  Four Everton Badboys – Ferguson, Unsworth, Materazzi, and Ball – are on the brink of suspensions if they pick up a fifth yellow card in Sunday's match.
• 5th:  The transfer speculation continues even though Everton apparently have no money available. Celtic's Simon Donnelly is the latest player who will most likely not be coming to Goodison Park.
• 4th:  Mickael Madar attracts interest from French sides, Bastia and Metz
• 2nd:  Everton Reserves keep up their good form with a 2-0 win at Leicester City.  Mickael Madar has turned down the chance of a loan at Wolves, and Walter Smith has rejected a bid for Gavin McCann from Port Vale.
• November 1st:  There are fears that disgruntled fans throwing empty plastic pop bottles onto the Goodison pitch, in protest of blatantly biased refereeing by Peter Jones, will be labeled by the FA as malicious and heinous criminals.

• 31st:  Everton's best attacking football of the season is neutralized by a rampant Manchester United who hit hard on the break to take a flattering 4-1 victory home from Goodison Park. Duncan Ferguson scored Everton's first league goal of the season at home.
• October 30th:  Mitch Ward picked up an injury against Middlesbrough, and is out for two weeks.  Bakayoko has a sore ankle but is expected to play tomorrow.
• 29th:  Joe Royle has persuaded Everton to let Michael Branch go on a month's loan to Manchester City. Meanwhile, supposed Everton target, Port Vale's Gareth Ainsworth, has gone to Wimbledon for £2M.
• 28th:  Everton dominate in the 3rd Round tie at Middlesbrough, with goals (yes!) Ferguson, Bakayoko, and Hutchison taking them through 3-2 in extra time.  In the 4th Round, Everton are drawn at home to Sunderland.
• 27th:  John Spencer has gone on a month's loan with Motherwell, with a view to making his a permanent move.
• 26th:  Peter Johnson has issued a detailed statement in response to the scurrilous and irresponsible press reports that his financial involvement with Tranmere Rovers breaches FA Rules. In short: it does not.
• October 25th:  Press reports are claiming that Peter Johnson is in serious trouble with the football authorities because he has substantial financial interests in more than one club: Everton and Tranmere Rovers.  
• 24th:  Olivier Dacourt and Marco Materazzi are back in the side, but both get booked as Everton extend their unbeaten run to 9 matches at Sheffield Wednesday, with yet another 0-0 draw.
• 22nd:  John O'Kane, unable to make any impression on Walter Smith, has gone on loan at Burnley.
• 21st:  Everton reserves win their last match at Goodison Park 2-1, before switching to the AutoQuest Stadium in Widnes. Visitors Preston North End hardly tested new goalie Steve Simonsen, as Michael Branch made an impressive comeback from long-term injury by scoring both goals.
• October 20th:  Gavin McCann is rumoured to be among the players who may leave soon to help provide funds for Walter Smith.
• 19th:  The lack of width on Everton's right side was bemoaned by Walter Smith as he revealed that the club's spending spree is now over.
• 18th:  Dave Watson, derby Man of the Match at nearly 37 years old, reckons that Premiership defendants like him have the measure of young Michael Owen, and simply defend deep.
• 17th:  Liverpool visited Goodison Park for a dire and dull 0-0 draw in the home derby match, with Ibrahima Bakayoko making his debut; Tony Grant and Mitch Ward making comebacks from injury.
• 16th:  Steve Watson is NOT joining Everton, because he has joined Aston Villa for $4.25M. Walter Smith's attentions are reportedly switching to Steve Stone of Nottingham Forest.
• October 15th:  Craig Short is doubtful for Saturday's derby match; he has a viral infection and has missed training this week.
• 14th:  Jamie Milligan scored 2 goals in the England U-18's 4-2 drubbing of Italy in Rome. At the FA's insistence, Everton's Premiership clash with Arsenal is moved back 24 hours to Sunday 8 November, ostensibly to help Arsenal's European campaign, but much to Walter Smith's annoyance.
• 13th:  Michael Ball gets his third cap in England's U-21 win 5-0 in Luxemburg.
• 12th:  Everton unveil Walter Smith's fifth major signing: 21-year-old Ivory Coast striker Ibrahima Bakayoko, transferred from Montpellier Hérault for a fee of £4.5M.
• 11th:  Today's Sunday Speculation links Jason Koumas, 19-year-old Tranmere midfielder, with a move to Everton... at some unspecified time in the future.
• October 10th:  Everton Reserves beat Liverpool 2-0 in the mini-derby, with goals from Phil Jevons and Mickael Madar. Tony Grant and Mitch Ward are both in action after their long-term injuries.
• 9th:  Michael Ball gets his second cap in the England U-21's 1-0 win over Bulgaria; Simonsen was on the bench.
• 8th:  Richard Dunne has signed a new 4-yr contract with Everton, and hopes to be back in the First Team by Christmas.
• 7th:  Joe Parkinson's chronic injury woes took another dive with the news that he is now suffering hernia problems.
• 6th:  The transfer of Ibrahima Bakayoko to Everton is all but final following Michael Dunford's trip to France. Yoko is due to be formally unveiled at Goodison Park next week. Slaven Bilic reports back to Bellefield after taking a six-week rest-cure in Croatia to help his hip/groin injury recover.
• October 5th:  Everton Reserves drew 1-1 at Blackburn Rovers, with Tony Grant getting a run out... John Collins has been forced to pull out of the Scotland squad due to a recurring problem with a chipped toe.
• 4th:  Walter Smith has called off his quest to sign Steve Watson from Newcastle United.
• 3rd:  Olivier Dacourt is back in side to seal a great 2-1 win at Wimbledon, with excellent goals by Cadamarteri and Ferguson, but Ollie was gutted when he drew the dreaded Yellow Card in the last minute, as he will now miss the derby.
• 2nd:  Everton have been granted a work permit for Ivory Coast striker Ibrahima Bakayoko – hopefully the final step in bringing the exciting goalscorer from the French league to Goodison Park.
• October 1st:  The manager of Everton's highly successful Ladies Team has called it a day after 15 years.  Billy Jackson has ended on a high after leading his lasses to their FA Premier League Championship last season.  Assistant manager, Keith Marley takes over.

• 30th: Everton's loos (!) get ranked a dubious 51st after a survey of all the 92 League clubs by the Football Fans' Guide to establish the, er, "Bog Standard"
• 29th: Carl Tiler became the first of Howard Kendall's bargain buys to find a new home, transferring to Premiership new-boys Charlton Athletic for £700,000. Long-term Everton director Sir Desmond Pitcher has resigned from the board. Nick Barmby has suffered a problem from his summer hernia op, and may be out for a the next month.
• 28th:  FA Youth Cup stars Jamie Milligan and Francis Jeffers have been included in the latest England under-18 squad.
• 27th: Its Sunday, which means transfer twaddle: Expect the imminent arrival of Vicenza's Pasquale Luiso, Steve Watson from Newcastle, and Gio Kinkladze from Ajax. Oh, and Michael Ball is off to Arsenal for a paltry £4M. Yea, right!
• 26th:  Everton are drawn away to Middlesbrough in the Worthington League Cup 3rd Round – to be played in the week of 26 October.  Olivier Dacourt is sorely missed (suspended) for the visit of Blackburn Rovers who drudge out a dire 0-0 draw at Goodison, with Martin Dahlin getting an early bath for spitting at and/or elbowing Man of the Match, Marco Materazzi.
• September 25th:  Carl Tiler will miss tomorrow's match with a calf strain, but Craig Short could be back in contention. Ex-chairman Sir Philip Carter has been appointed Deputy Chairman under Peter Johnson.
• 24th:  Marco Materazzi's red card last night means he will miss the match with Liverpool on 17 October.
• 23rd: Everton come back from an early goal in the return leg of their 2nd Round Worthington League Cup tie with Huddersfield Town, winning 2-1with goals from Olivier Dacourt and Marco Materazzi, who was later sent off. Everton completed the long-touted signing of 19-year-old goalkeeping sensation, Steve Simonsen from Tranmere Rovers for around £3.3M.  Graham Allen was part of the deal, going the other way for an estimated value of £500k.
• 22nd: Youth Cup stars Phil Jevons, Jamie Milligan, and Carl Regan have all been offered full professional contracts at Everton. Bilic is resting his mystery injury for another week... It has now moved from his groin to his hip!
• 21st: Everton Reserves crash 0-3 at Sunderland.  No other details yet...
• September 20th: George Pilkington and Peter Clarke, two of the 16 young players graduating today from the FA's National School at Lilleshall, will be joining Everton. Montpellier indicate that Bakayoko could soon be an Everton player.
• 19th: Everton travel to Middlesbrough, and rescue a point with a stunning comeback after half-time when Ball converts a penalty won by substitute Cadamarteri, and Collins chalks up his first goal for Everton in a 2-2 draw.
• 18th: The arrival of Steve Simonsen at Everton is expected next week, now that Tranmere Rovers have signed Dutch keeper John Achteberg on a free transfer from FC Utrecht.
• 17th:  The Protti deal is off after family matters intervene to keep the Italian star home with his new-born baby.
• 16th:  The rash comments of Peter Johnson are reported to have triggered consternation amongst the players, with John Spencer taking umbrage at the suggestion that he was a poor-quality transfer.
• September 15th:  Everton struggle to impose their superiority over a feisty Huddersfield Town team, drawing 1-1 with a flicked header by Watson in the 2nd Rnd (1st Leg) of the Worthington League Cup.
• 14th:  Peter Johnson is flustered into admitting that he did indeed withhold funds from Howard Kendall, citing the transfers of Farrelly and Spencer to prove the poor quality of Kendall's buys.
• 13th:  Rumours surface of Granada's potential interest in an Everton buy-out, to the tune of £100M.
• 12th:  Despite a stirring performance, Everton fail to break down the resolute Leeds United defence, and Dacourt ends up going off with 2 yellow cards in the 0-0 draw. He will now miss the match against Blackburn Rovers.
• 11th:  Bilic and Short are still out injured for tomorrow's match, but Spencer and Tiler have recovered from the 'flu.
• September 10th:  Everton are reportedly applying for a work permit for Ivory Coast international, Ibrahim Bakayoko, after agreeing a fee of £4.5M with his club Montpellier.
• 9th:  Walter Smith insists he wants to add to his attacking options, not deplete them, rubishing reports of Dunc's imminent departure to Middlesbrough.
• 8th:  Perhaps Duncan Ferguson had a point to prove after 3 goal-less matches so far. He did it by hammering in two excellent goals to bring Everton's first win of the season, away at Nottingham Forest.
• 7th:  Confusion surrounds the possible arrival of Igor Protti on a 1-year loan deal from Lazio.
• 6th:  Everton are strongly rumoured to be in pole position to sign star 19-year-old Tranmere Rovers goalkeeper, Steve Simonsen, for a record fee in the range of £3.5M
• September 5th:  John Collins gets injured playing his 53rd match for Scotland as they draw their Euro 2000 qualifier 0-0 in Lithuania. Thomas Myhre is on the subs bench for Norway as they beat Latvia 3-1. Everton Reserves crash 0-2 at home to Manchester United.
• 4th:  John Oster sees red again when he is dismissed for pushing an Italian player as Wales lose their U-21 match 1-2. Michael Ball makes his U-21 debut for England in a 2-0 win over Sweden.
• 2nd: Francis Jeffers and Jamie Milligan both score goals past fellow Everton Youth player, Dean Delaney – in goal for the Republic of Ireland – as England U-18s chalk up a 5-0 win.
• September 1st:  Everton are once again bottom of the Fair Play table, having picked up 11 yellow cards in the first three games.
  

• 29th:  A very disappointing performance by Everton at home to Tottenham Hotspur, when Les Ferdinand (yet again!) exploits the poor Everton defence to secure a 1-0 win.
• 28th:  Graham Allen has joined Tranmere Rovers on a month's loan.
• 27th:  Everton are drawn away to Huddersfield Town in the 2nd Round (1st Leg) of the Worthington Cup.
• 26th:  Joe Parkinson's return is still a long way off: he has more surgery set for December, and hopes to start light training next March.
• August 25th:  Everton announce an operating profit of just under £1M, turning around a loss of £2.89M from the previous season.  The Reserves mark up a 2-0 win away at Nottingham Forest, with Phil Jevons scoring both goals.
• 23rd:  Richard Dunne is on crutches  with a foot injury, and Danny Williamson faces an extended period of recuperation after an operation on his injured foot.
• 22nd:  Early-season promise evaporates in the heat of Filbert St, as Everton are shredded by a stunning 1st-half surge from Leicester City, with Tony Cottee opening the scoring in an easy 2-0 win.
• 21st: Walter Smith's much publicized campaign to sign Mario Stanic falls through when Parma refuse to release him, despite a £4.5M bid.  Former Everton championship winner Alan Harper has returned to Goodison and will help Colin Harvey coach the club's youngsters.
• August 20th:  The saga of prodigal son, David Unsworth, finally ends as Peter Johnson finds some extra fat in the farcically protracted wranglings with Aston Villa.  Slaven Bilic is out for a few weeks with his troublesome thigh strain.
• 19th:  Young goalkeeper, John O'Toole, has gone on loan to non-league Barrow-in-Furness.
• 18th:  Mickael Madar gets a 3-match suspension for his red-card indiscretion at the pre-season "friendly" against Fortuna Sittard. The Reserves are in action at home to Derby County, the match ending in a 1-1 draw with a goal from Gavin McCann.
• 17th:  Unsworth makes a reluctant debut for Aston Villa reserves as his move to Everton is still in limbo... Neville Southall moves on to Doncaster Rovers.
• 16th:  Chris Woods, the goalkeeping coach, is registered as a player to provide cover for Thomas Myhre and Paul Gerrard.
• August 15th:  The new season kicks off at Goodison Park with a disappointing 0-0 draw against Aston Villa the new star John Collins missing a penalty after just 8 mins. David Unsworth is ironically suspended for this match, along with Francis Jeffers.
• 14th:  Both Slaven Bilic (groin strain) and Tony Grant (minor knee op) are likely to miss tomorrow's season opener.
• 13th:  Slaven Bilic revealed that he turned down lucrative offers from Real Madrid, Inter Milan, and Juventus, to stay at Everton, where he is impressed with the influx of new blood.
• 12th: There is heavy speculation that Mario Stanic will join his Croatian teammate at Everton.
• August 11th:  The Unsworth saga takes another twist as he returns to train with Aston Villa.
• 8th: In their last pre-season "friendly", Everton suffer an acrimonious 0-2 defeat at Fortuna Sittard, with Mickael Madar being sent off!
• 7th: Everton are slapped with a fine of £50,000 (suspended for one season), for last season's bad-boys' indiscretions which led to the Premiership's highest number of yellow and red cards, breaching FA rules!
• 6th: The fiasco of David Unsworth's transfer back to Goodison has become stalled, perhaps by Peter Johnson's reluctance to match Aston Villa's pass-on deal
• August 5th:  Everton played out a 0-0 draw against Belgian 1st Division side, St Triuden.  Many papers are running with a story that Everton have agreed a fee of £3.5M for Steve Simonsen, the 19-year-old goalkeeping sensation at Prenton Park.
• 4th:  Michael Ball has been included in the England U-21 squad which assembles for a 3-day get-together later this month.
• 2nd:  Everton win the first 45-min game 2-0 against Español in a mini-Tournament to celebrate the centenary of Standard Liège. They then draw 0-0 with hosts, Standard Liège, and lose the penalty shoot-out.  However, they win the Tournoi de Gala trophy on goal difference!
• August 1st:  Everton crash 1-3 to AZ Alkmaar in the first match of their Holland-Belgium pre-season tour.

• 31st:  The return of Everton's prodigal son seems certain as David Unsworth agrees to re-signs for £3M, plus "expenses", after just 6 days at Villa Park – much to the displeasure of snubbed Villa manager, John Gregory.  A reshuffle of Squad Numbers is announced, just a few days after the Premiership squad list was published.
• July 30th: A 22-man Everton squad leave for their pre-season tour of Holland and Belgium, with strong reports that David Unsworth will move back to Goodison Park after spending just a week with the Villains!
• 29th:  Finally, after what seems like weeks of anticipation, Scotland's midfield ace, John Collins, signs for Everton in a £2.5M transfer deal from Monaco.  Chris Woods joins Everton as goalkeeping coach, and may still be registered as a player.
• 28th:  Everton's second pre-season friendly at Port Vale is anything but friendly, with the Blues losing by a goal and new boys, Alex Cleland and Marco Materazzi, both blotting their copy-books.
• 27th:  The much-touted signing of young French midfield prospect, Olivier Dacourt from Strasburg, was completed today for a fee of £3.8M.  
• 26th:  The Republic of Ireland, with Everton stars Richard Dunne and Dean Delaney, are Uefa U-18 Champions after defeating Germany on penalties following a 1-1 draw in the final.
• July 25th:  Everton draw 1-1 in their first pre-season friendly against Kevin Ratcliffe's Chester City, with Spencer scoring.
• 23rd:  David Unsworth moves from West Ham to Aston Villa for the astounding sum of £3.5M.
• 22nd:  Ian Snodin has been appointed as manager of Doncaster Rovers.
• 21st:  Danny Williamson is struggling to restart fitness training after a mystery injury to his leg ligaments.
• July 19th:  Everton defender Richard Dunne plays for the Republic of Ireland Youth squad in their 5-2 win over Croatia to open the European Championship; Dean Delaney is sub-goalie. Michael Ball and Danny Cadamarteri play in England's opening 2-1 win over the hosts, Cyprus, with Bally setting up the first goal via one of his long throws.
• 18th:  The Goodison-for-Ever-ton movement held a 2-hr meeting yesterday with Peter Johnson, discussing the latest ground-move options.  Both the Club's banker's and the GFE's architects have finalised their respective feasibility studies but neither have yet been made public.
• 17th:  Neville Southall joins the coaching staff at Tranmere Rovers. Meanwhile, the return of David Unsworth from West Ham is being strongly touted.
• 16th:  John Collins, long-time Everton target, decides to stay at Monaco for another year and see out his contract.
• July 15th:  Walter Smith makes his first signing: Marco Materazzi, a tall centre-back from Perugia in Serie A, for around £2.8M.  Andrei Kanchelskis moves from Fiorentina to Rangers for £5.5M.
• 14th:  World Cup hero Slaven Bilic earns himself a two-week respite from pre-season training.
• 13th:  Everton's new away strip is paraded:– white with dark blue trimmings, and a One 2 One logo without the red bit!
• 12th:  Despite the absence of Laurent Blanc, who hit Slaven Bilic in the face during the semi-final, France thrash Brazil to lift the World Cup.
• 11th: Slaven Bilic shrugs off the incessant booing of the idiotic French, and helps Croatia beat the Dutch 2-1 to win 3rd Place in the 1998 World Cup.
• July 10th:  The latest crop of players "linked" with Everton includes David Hopkin, Wim Jonk, Dario Simic, and our old friend, Andrei Kanchelskis.  
• 9th:  Croatia's stunning run in the World Cup ended last night in the semi-final as they fell 1-2 to hosts, France.  Slaven Bilic got involved in an incident with Laurent Blanc which ended in Red Card tears for the Frenchman.  Meanwhile, Everton are trying to diffuse shareholders' unrest by combining the EGM with the AGM, brought forward to September.
• 8th:  Most of the Everton players return to Bellefield for the start of pre-season training, and to meet their new management team.  Dave Watson has been promoted to player coach, displacing Viv Busby who now leaves the club. Bellefield is to undergo a £25,000 face-lift to brighten the place up a bit.
• July 6th:  The flagging interest in Everton season tickets has apparently been rekindled by the news of Walter Smith's appointment. Sales have now jumped to 15,000.
• 4th:  The Croatians storm ahead in the World Cup by beating the Germans 3-0 in an impressive quarterfinal performance, with Slaven Bilic playing an excellent role anchoring their back line.
• 3rd: Although new manager, Walter Smith, denies that he will be strengthening the squad immediately, the usual merry-go-round of transfer speculation continues: Lee Carsley, Alan Stubbs, Colin Hendry, Paul McGregor, Mario Stanic, Davor Suker, Luigi Appoloni, Allesandro Costacurta, Mark Draper, John Collins, and Lee Sharpe have all been "linked" with Everton.
• July 1st: In a startling swoop, Everton have snatched Rangers manager Walter Smith from under the noses of Sheffield Wednesday, appointing Smith and his assistant Archie Knox as the new Everton management team. As a result, caretaker-manager Adrian Heath has left the club, but Viv Busby remains on the coaching staff.

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