• 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.
• 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...
• 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.
• 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.
• 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
• 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.
• 1st:  Everton are once again bottom of the Fair Play table, having picked up 11 yellow cards in the first three games.

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