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Jan 31: The latest
Don Hutchison rumour
doing the rounds is an imminent move to Sunderland... if he does not sign
a generous contract extension with Everton.
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Jan 30: Everton will play Aston Villa at Goodison Park in the
6th Round of the FA Cup on Sunday 20 February at 4pm; the match will be broadcast
live on Sky Tv and around the world....
And David Unsworth picked up his 5th yellow card of the season yesterday;
he will miss the home match with Derby County.
EvertonBadboys
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Jan 29: John Collins missed Everton's critical FA Cup 5th Round
clash with Preston NE but
goals by Unsworth and Joe-Max Moore wrapped it up despite resilient efforts
from the Ducks...
The Everton U-19s beat Middlesbrough
3-0.
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Jan 28: Past-blue Ian Wilson will manage Peterhead, the
latest addition to the Scottish League. And Dave Jones, the beleaguered
Southampton manager, has been given a year off to address his legal defence
of child-abuse charges.
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Jan 27: Sky Tv have induced Everton to bring forward the derby
match with Liverpool to 8 pm on Good Friday, 21 April, much to the extreme
annoyance of many Everton fans who have already made their travel plans for
this highly anticipated match.
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Jan 26: Everton manager Walter Smith has finally signed his
much-heralded contract extension, after a hold-up due to "minor
technicalities"...
Although there has been no official acceptance of Kenwright's bid by Peter
Johnson, it seems that the making of the offer itself is enough to signal
completion of the deal. All media sources are now proclaiming Bill Kenwright
as Everton's new majority share owner, even though the process will not be
completed for at least another month. Congratulations, Bill!
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Jan 25: Everton Reserves beat Manchester United's alternative
first-team squad at the AutoQuest Stadium by a score of 2-1. Tommy Myhre
was in goal, Phil Jevons scored twice, but Joe-Max Moore limped off 5 mins
before the end. Full Report.
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Jan 25: B as in Bid and B as in Billy... As the deadline expires
tonight, Kenwright has reportedly made his formal £20M bid to buy Johnson's
shares, and anyone else's who wants to sell at today's clearance price of
£857.
Liverpool
Echo.
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Jan 24: A planned operation to remove a piece of detached bone
form Tommy Myhre's ankle has
been postponed following the groin injury to
Paul Gerrard at the weekend,
which could keep him out for around three weeks.
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Jan 23: It was almost inevitable that Mr D'Urso should
interpret the new mood of leniency from the FA as his opportunity to book
seven players yesterday, including a 5th of the season for
Nick Barmby. He will now
miss the televised Wimbledon match on 6 February 2000.
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Jan 22: Everton travel down to the Dell for another important
(they are all important!) Premiership match with
Southampton but effectively throw the match
after missing glorious chances in the first half, then gifting two silly
goals to the Saints...
Everton U-19 team are back on the road again after a long winter break, and
celebrate with a 3-0 win at Crewe Alexandra. No report
yet...
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Jan 21: Everton's home match with Newcastle United has been
put back 25 hrs to 4pm on Sunday 19 March, when it will be broadcast live
on Sky TV and around the world.
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Jan 20: With a flood of reserve matches in the next few weeks,
Walter Smith has curtailed any more loan deals for his players – with
the possible exception of Tommy Myhre...
The transfer of yet another much-hyped young Everton superstar,
Michael Branch, has finally
been completed with Wolves paying a fee of £500k, rising to £625k
depending on appearances.
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Jan 19: Everton's young guns won through in a difficult match
against an obdurate Brighton & Hove Albion in the 4th Round of the FA
Youth Cup, captain Peter Clarke scoring the wining
goal, a penalty on 18 mins... Everton are not having
much success convincing their World Cup defender
Slaven Bilic that he is finished.
Slaven knows he can continue to cream >£20k a week from the
club for doing nothing in Croatia, and he seems to have no intention of retiring
gracefully. The lawyers have now been called in... Everton have told Birmingham
City that they cannot take striker
Danny Cadamarteri on
loan to ease their injury crisis. Walter Smith needs him for cover up-front
in his own "paper-thin" squad. However,
Jamie Milligan may
be going out on loan to Darlington...
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Jan 18: The Football League have stepped in to block Crystal
Palace from extending Terry
Phelan's loan until the end of the season – because season-long
loans are limited to players under 23; the Republic of Ireland full-back
is too old at 32!
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Jan 17: Everton Reserves finally
took to the pitch at Bradford City tonight after a 2-month layoff, and proceeded
to lose 2-3.
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A loan move for Tommy Myhre to Spanish Liga club Sevilla has fallen through
after Walter Smith rejected the Fifa-mandated restrictions and conditions
requiring a 3-month no-recall deal that would prevent Myhre renewing his
Everton registration with the FA before the March transfer deadline.
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Jan 16: Sunday: speculation day for transfers; today its Ruel
Fox to Everton, and Don Hutchison to Real Madrid...
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Jan 15: Everton played host to Tottenham
Hotspur in the Premiership at Goodison Park today. As usual, Everton
scored first with a good Campbell header, but Spurs immediately replied from
Armstrong and got a spawny second from Ginola. Everton attacked and attacked
but it was not until the 92nd minute that Joe-Max Moore grabbed a priceless
late equaliser!
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Jan 14: The fourth official for the game with
Spurs on Saturday was due to be Rob Harris,
the referee suspended for Tranmere's substitution fiasco against Sunderland
last weekend. Uriah Rennie will now take his place... For Everton, Richard
Gough remains a doubt after training for the first time on Thursday.
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Jan 13: Everton are talking of allowing
Tommy Myhre to go out on loan
again so that he can get senior-level exposure and stake his claim for Norway's
Number 1 jersey in Euro 2000... The chronic foot injury sidelining
Danny Williamson (Who?)
has now replicated itself in his other foot! Renowned fuß-Doktor Hans
Muller Wolfarht is completely mystified...
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Jan 12: Its a slow day today: Richard Gough may or may not
be fit for Saturday... The Don may or may not be finalizing a new contract...
Branch may or may not have actually signed for Wolves...
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Jan 11: Everton's US international, Joe-Max Moore, has
been excused from playing in the Concacaf Gold Cup next month, in order
to better establish his Everton career.
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Jan 10: The transfer of yet another much-hyped young Everton
superstar, Michael Branch, has
been delayed so that he may play for Wolves in their next cup-tie(s) while
he is still technically on loan.
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Jan 9: Everton have been drawn at home to 2nd Division
high-flyers Preston North End in the 5th Round of the FA Cup. The tie should
be played on Saturday 29 January 2000.
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Jan 8: Everton welcomed First Division club
Birmingham City to Goodison Park for the 4th
Round of the FA Cup and made heavy work of it, but finally ran out 2-0 winners
after a brace of penalties from Unsworth.
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Jan 7: The pervasive problem of racist idiots who exist in
all sections of society has again pointed the spotlight on racism amongst
Everton fans. A survey by the Sir Norman
Chester Centre asserts that more Everton fans hear racist remarks
(Guardian
Report). Given the context of the survey, it probably means that Everton
fans are actually more honest about this problem than fans of other clubs.
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Jan 6: Errant youngsters Michael Ball and Richard Dunne are
apparently back in the squad to play Birmingham City in the FA Cup on Saturday
after being disciplined by Walter Smith for missing training on New Year's
Day.
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Jan 5: Lawyers and accountants are due to start their detailed
examination of the books at Goodison Park in the penultimate step, called
due diligence, that should pave the way for Bill Kenwright's £20M takeover
bid to go through.
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Jan 4: With his loan deal extended to 22 January, it seems
Michael Branch is all set to
sign a £500k deal (rising to £650k) with loan club Wolves...
Nick Barmby is nursing
a heavily bruised knee after suffering a vicious feet-first charge from Tim
Flowers that went totally unpunished last night. He is currently doubtful
for Saturday's FA Cup clash with Birmingham City.
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Jan 3: Everton entered the new Millennium in very poor
form, escaping with a draw against the foxes of
Leicester City who went at them more like terriers.
It finished 2-2 after Barmby was lost early on to a horrific charge by Flowers.
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Jan 2: Michael Ball and Richard Dunne both got themselves in
hot water with Walter Smith by not training on Saturday after New Year's
Eve benders, and are being disciplined. Both were fined a week's wages, and
banned from Goodison for the Leicester City match.
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Jan 1: New Year's Eve didn't go too well for
Francis Jeffers. He was
arrested for being drunk and disorderly after going to the aid of Don Hutchison
outside a Liverpool hotel and getting drawn into a fracas. He was held for
four hours in a police cell, and cautioned.
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