• 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.

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