• 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.

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