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Aug 31: In their second match,
Everton Reserves drew 2-2 with
Bradford City at the Auto Quest Stadium, Widnes. Read our exclusive report.
Meanwhile, Richard Dunne carries much of the blame for letting Yugoslavia
score their first goal in a 2-0 win over Ireland's U-21 team.
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Aug 30: Francis Jeffers and Richard Dunne have
both been added to their respective U-21 International squads for upcoming
games this week.
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Aug 29: Walter Smith will doubtless be pillored
by the asinine idiots at the FA after daring to speak the truth about Andy
D'Urso's diabolical refereeing performance yesterday. Richard Dunne is expected
to miss Everton's next match, away to Sheffield Wednesday.
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Aug 28: Everton's
Under-19 team got off to a good
start in the FA Premier Academy League, beating Sheffield Wednesday 2-0.
John Collins returned against Derby County, but
new Premiership referee Andy D'Urso made himself the focal point as he sent
off Richard Dunne for
two yellow card offences in the first half, and went on to caution 7 other
players. Derby scored after the break and held on despite strong Everton
pressure to win 1-0. Earlier, Everton were drawn away to Oxford United in
the 2nd Round, 1st Leg of the Worthington League Cup, to be played on or
around 15 September.
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Aug 27: Four of Everton's Scottish contingent
– Weir, Collins, Gemmill & Hutchison – have been called up
to the national squad for upcoming games against Bosnia and Estonia.
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Aug 26: Portuguese international midfielder Abel
Xavier, born in Mozambique, is due to arrive on Merseyside from PSV Eindhoven
today for a week-long trial at Everton.
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Aug 25: Everton appear to have hit a rare vein of
consistency, banging in another four goals against
Wimbledon, and jumping up to seventh in the
League, as joint top-scorers with Manchester United.
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Aug 24: Dave Watson is again reported ready to
return to the Everton side, this time against
Wimbledon tomorrow night. John Collins is ruled
out through suspension and Michael Ball may be named as one of the substitutes.
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Aug 23: September 2 is the deadline set by Peter
Johnson for bid submissions for his 68% holding in the club. Bids so far
received include one tabled by vice chairman Bill Kenwright and one from
fan group Investors in Everton.
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Aug 22: Former Everton player Adrian Heath, now
manager of Sheffield United, is reported to be considering a bid for
transfer-listed Michael Branch, Mitch Ward, and Gareth Farrelly.
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Aug 21: Everton clinched their first win of the
season with a 4-1 win against Southampton
at Goodison Park. The Everton goals came from Gough, Jeffers, Campbell and
an own goal from Lundekvam. Former Everton captain Kevin Ratcliffe has resigned
as manager of Chester City after a five-year association. He is apparently
unhappy at the departure of Chester's former chief executive Bill Wingrove.
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Aug 20: Don Hutchison's failure to settle a contract
extension has reportedly attracted the interest of Glasgow Rangers manager
Dick Advocaat. Rangers may be prepared to offer £3 million for the Scottish
international. Meanwhile, Walter Smith has decided against making an offer
for trialist Ronnie Ekelund.
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Aug 19: Dave Watson looks as if he may be ready
to return to the side for this weekend's game against Southampton having
missed the last couple of games through injury.
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Aug 18: Everton teenagers Damian Curran, an outside
left, and John Lester, a central midfielder, have been handed professional
contracts by Everton.
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Aug 17: Slaven
Bilic is enjoying life in Split, whilst Everton continue to pay his huge
wages. Special training with a special trainer... before he makes a run at
another deal with 'Appy 'Arry Redknap.
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Aug 16: A familiar-looking Everton
Reserves team travelled to Newcastle for the first game of their season
in the new FA Reserves Premier League, nd tonked the Toonies by 3-0 with
two goals from Danny Cadamarteri, and one from Phil Jevons. Read our exclusive
match report.
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Aug 15: If he does not hear something soon from Peter Johnson
(who claims there are at least three other bidders), Bill Kenwright will
withdraw his informal bid that would reportedly pay Johnson £19M for
his 68% stake in EFC.
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Aug 14: Everton failed
miserably to take advantage of two spawny penalties, both converted by Unsworth,
as Tottenham Hotspur grabbed a late winner in
a competitive 3-2 tussle at White Hart Lane.
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Aug 13: Due to Peter Johnson's continued flouting of league
rules, the Football League have put Andy Williamson, the League's Director
of Competitions, in to oversee the running of Tranmere Rovers, who have been
banned from conducting any more transfer deals with Everton. Yesterday, an
Everton Reserves team including three foreign
trialists played Tranmere Rovers reserves behind closed doors at Bellefield,
winning 1-0 by a goal from Phil Jevons.
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Aug 12: More malicious shenanigans from the Red Echo, as they
make a straight-faced claim – instantly denied – that Formula 1
supremo, Bernie Ecclestone is bidding £30M for Everton. How many red
herrings is that now??? After leaping firmly to the top of our
Everton Badboy table with a double yellow
card at Villa Park, John Collins will now miss the home match v Wimbledon.
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Aug 11: Everton traveled to Aston
Villa where it was back to normal service as another defensive line-up
fails to score, while Villa score three, and Collins is Sent Off!!!
Francis Jeffers, who has
wisely come to his senses and withdrawn his transfer request, came on with
just 17 mins to go: what a waste.
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Aug 10: The Everton U-19 team went to Tranmere today and beat
them 5-2. Visit our Under-19 page for full line-up,
scorers, and brief match report. A Wirral businessman and friend of Peter
Johnson, Gerry White is reported to be planning a rival bid for some of Johnson's
Everton shares. Everton are reportedly giving a trial to 28-year-old French
defender Philippe Brinquin, who plays for First Division side Rennes. Everton
are meanwhile in discussions over the possible signing of trialist Ronnie
Ekelund...
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Aug 9: Bill
Kenwright has made another
Soundbyte
Soliloquy about being in the final stages before making a bid for
Peter Johnson's shares. But there has been no bid yet.Aug 9:
Francis Jeffers claims its not about money: "I don't expect to walk
into the team but I wasn't used much in pre-season and with a few other things
it has left me wondering whether I'm wanted." Not too convincing, Franny.
Get your head sorted.
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Aug 8: With a spirited performance against European
Champions and Treble winners,
Manchester United, Everton
sneak a 1-1 draw in the closing stages after a great headed own-goal by Jaap
Stam!
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Aug 7: In view of Peter Johnson's ownership of Everton and
Tranmere the game's ruling bodies have decreed that players transferred between
the clubs will need the prior approval of the Premier League and Football
League. An independent consultant will work with Tranmere's board, and all
Rover's transactions will require the approval of the Football League.
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Aug 6: The season has not even started but Walter Smith has
already got major problems.
Francis Jeffers apparently
wants a lot more money, and probably will not start against Manchester United:
he is not happy. He is so unhappy, he has asked for a transfer! David
Poppleton,
a less well-known figure from Jeffers' FA
Youth Cup winning team, has gone to Lincoln City on a
3-month loan.
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Aug 5: Mark
Pembridge appears to have finally been signed, for a fee of around
£800k. And Peter Reid has finally secured the transfer of
John Oster to Sunderland for
£1.1M. Ronnie Ekelund has stuck around taking his trial into a second
week.
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Aug 4: The latest on
Slaven Bilic is that he now
wants to go home to Hajduk Split, and is apparently willing to "slash" his
astronomical wages in half to make it happen. Still no firm news on
the signing of Mark Pembridge, who had his medical today. Peter Reid is still
pursuing John Oster but his valuations are too low.
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Aug 3: Everton are expected to sign Benfica's unwanted Welshman,
Mark Pembridge, today or tomorrow for a fee of £850k or thereabouts.
Tonight, Everton play host to
PSV Eindhoven in the
last pre-season match. Kick Off: 8pm BST (19h00 GMT). Meanwhile, Mick O'Brien
has joined Torquay.
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Aug 2: Craig Short
completed his £2.1M transfer deal to Blackburn Rovers. The initial fee
is £1.75M, rising based on appearances. Meanwhile, an Everton XI comprised
of numerous transfer-listed Blues defeated
Burscough 5-2.
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Aug 1: Its silly-season Sunday, so believe these
rumours it if you must:
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Craig Short's move has fallen through – he is carrying a calf injury;
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Tony Grant has been rejected by NEC Nijmegen (who thought he was a striker!)
and will now join Man City for £250k;
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Mark Pembridge's move from Benfica will be completed "shortly";
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Mark Draper of Aston Villa is Walter Smith's next transfer target;
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And, of course, Francis Jeffers is off to Arsenal.
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Oh, and Big Dunc (who's ugly mug fills the August page of Everton's official
calendar) is crocked – again! That one may actually be true!!!
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