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Jun 30: Walter Smith completed the
signing of his first acquisition this summer when Alessandro
Pistone completed his medical and sealed a move from Newcastle United
for a fee of �3M.
Nick Barmby: he
seemed to be such a good Evertonian; he kissed the badge with relish, he
seemed to say all the right things... but the latest shocking kick in the
teeth for long-suffering Evertonians is that Barmby wants to cross the park to join
Liverpool!!!
Barmby was placed on the transfer
list with immediate effect, and can expect only total vilification from
the fans who backed him so faithfully for the last four seasons. The
price tag is between �6M and �8M; late on Friday, a Liverpool offer of
around half that amount was rejected by Everton.
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Jun 29: Alessandro
Pistone has agreed personal terms with Everton and is set to complete his
�3M transfer from Newcastle United on Friday.
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Jun 28: Abel Xavier
had a great game for Portugal in the Euro2000 semi-final against France...
until the last few minutes of extra time, when he was adjudged to have
handled on the goal-line. The ensuing converted penalty was the
Golden Goal that carried France into the final, after Xavier had so nearly
headed the winner with just 5 mins left in normal time. So near, yet
so far.
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Jun 28: Steve
Watson and Alessandro Pistone look set to become the
first arrivals in a madcap close-season of the most fervent
transfer speculation imaginable. Everton have
agreed fees of �2.5M and �3M respectively with Aston
Villa and Newcastle United for the two defenders.
Transfers are now dependant on medicals and personal
terms.
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Jun 28: Liverpool
City Council are reportedly opening the door for Everton to have a prime
new stadium in the Kings Dock area of Liverpool.
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Jun 27: Walter Smith has ordered
six of his young guns � Francis Jeffers, Michael Ball, Richard Dunne,
Peter Degn, Phil Jevons and Danny Cadamarteri � to report back for
pre-season training one week ahead of the rest of his squad.
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Kevin Campbell has started light training earlier than
expected following his knee injury.
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Jun 26: Bruce
Rioch, who played less than a season for Everton in the 1970s, has been
appointed manager of Second Division Wigan Athletic.
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Jun 25: Amidst a
whirlwind of wild speculation, Nick Barmby is headed for critical talks
with Walter Smith this week that should determine whether his future lies
at Goodison Park or elsewhere.
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Jun 24: Injury kept Abel Xavier
out of the Portugal team that beat Turkey 2-0 and progressed to the
semi-finals of Euro2000, where they will meet France or Spain.
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Jun 23: Everton
fans are up in arms over a clear case of favouritism and collusion
(bribery?) between Liverpool City Council and Liverpool FC over their
plans to build a 70,000-seater stadium in Stanley Park - an aspect of the
story that won't be carried by the spineless local press...
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Jun 22: Either the
world has gone mad, or new Leicester boss Paul Taylor doesn't know what
he's doing, offering �3M for Birmingham's ex-Everton defender, Gary
Rowett...
Everton travel to Elland
Road for the first match of the new season on 19 August 2000, where
Olivier Dacourt will be keen to preserve the Leeds United hoodoo over The
Toffees...
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Jun 21: Tommy
Myhre kept his second clean-sheet of Euro2000 against
Slovenia, but Norway paid the price for their lack of
attacking flair as Spain scored twice in stoppage time to
beat Yugoslavia 4-3, winning Group C, pushing Norway down
to 3rd place, and out of the tournament.
More
details about the Dixie Dean statue, commissioned by Everton to stand in
the area of Goodison Avenue, where the old houses (and programme shop)
have been recently demolished.
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Jun 20: England
had
one opportunity to progress forward to the quarterfinals: they needed a
result against Romania in Euro2000, and they blew it in
the last 5 mins. Nick Barmby showed why he should
have been on from the start, after getting his usual 15
mins of fame at the end. Sack Keegan!
Injury kept Abel Xavier
out of the Portugal team that beat Germany to put them
bottom of Group A.
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Jun 18: Tommy
Myhre picked the ball out of the Norway net for the first time in Euro2000
when Yugoslavia connived to open the scoring after just 8 mins in
Amsterdam. He didn't put a foot wrong after that, but Norway's
limited creativity was no match for the spoiling tactics of the nasty
cynical artisans from Yugoslavia.
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Jun 17: Nick Barmby finally made
an appearance for England at Euro2000, coming on with 25 mins left in the
second half as a sub for Scholes after Shearer had scored the vital goal
that gave England a very rare victory over their old rivals.
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Jun 17: Abel Xavier
failed to recover from injury and missed this game for Portugal, as the
stars of Group A crept into the Euro2000 Quarterfinals, beating a poor
Romania side with a goal in the 4th minute of stoppage time.
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Jun 16: Everton
are to finally install a giant TV screen at Goodison Park. The
6.4 x 4.8 m screen will be positioned between the Park End and Bullens
Road stands.
Representatives of Everton fans met with Chief Executive Michael Dunford
yesterday. Read Ian
MacDonald's notes here.
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Jun 15: The latest
names to be linked with moves to Everton are Alessandro Pistone and Steve
Stone. A �3M bid for Pistone has reportedly been accepted by
Newcastle. Probably more likely than the ridiculous idea of Chris Sutton
joining Everton... Meanwhile, Leeds are vehemently denying making any bid
for Nick Barmby at �7.5M.
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Jun 13: Tommy
Myhre produced a confident display in goal for Norway as they
scored a tremendous win over the "Cream of Europe"
- a very average Spain side devoid of any bite. He did
become the first casualty of the new 6-second rule, giving
away a free-kick inside his area, but made a handful of vital
stops behind a solid and disciplined Norwegian defence.
Youth
and Reserve
team player, Carl
Regan,
who turned down a new contract at Everton, has completed
a move to 1st Division Barnsley for a nominal initial fee
of around �25k.
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Jun 12: At 2-2 in a fabulous
match, perfect punishment for Kevin Keegan's arrogance and stupidity came
within a minute of his decision to snub Nick Barmby and send on Dennis
Wise as substitute for McManaman, when Portugal broke quickly for Nu�o
Gomes to hammer home a brilliant winner. Abel
Xavier played an excellent game at right-back for Portugal, who now lead
Group A. Heskey: total donkey!!!
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Jun 11: Ireland
beat South Africa 2-1 to claim 2nd place in the US Nike
Cup without Richard Dunne, who was injury in the first
match.
Jun 10: Abel Xavier,
sporting his shocking new peroxide makeover, has been declared fully fit
for Portugal's Euro2000 opening match against England on Monday, as the
competition kicks off in Brussels today.
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June 9: Everton Youth
team goalkeeper, Dean Delaney,
who was released by the Club, has been signed by Port Vale.
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Jun 8: Davey
Weir is recovering from an operation on his Achilles tendon, which closely
follows a hernia op. He is, of course, expected to be fully fit in
time for the new season.
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Jun 7: Nick Barmby
has
rejected a new contract offer at Everton, and is thought to be looking for a
move, although he still has a year left on his existing contract, and ongoing
negotiations are suspended until after Euro2000.
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Jun 6: Ireland,
without Richard Dunne � who was sustained an ankle injury �
but with ex-Evertonians Phelan and
Farrelly, were robbed by a
controversial equaliser from US hosts in the Nike Cup.
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Jun 5: We have been
reassured by the knowledge that Walter Smith is looking at least two
players: a striker and a right-back. But not Peter Lovenkrands of AB
Copenhagen, who just joined Newcastle for �1.25M...
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Jun 4: Richard Dunne
did something for Ireland that he has never done for Everton: he scored in
their 2-2 draw with Mexico in the US Nike Cup in Chicago.
Mark
Hughes is expected to finalise his managerial contract with the Welsh FA
that will allow him to see out his two-year playing contract at Everton.
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Jun 3: Nick Barmby played very well
down the left side for England setting up Hesky's goal in their final
Euro2000 warm-up match, a poor game against Malta, played in Valetta. The score:
2-1, or 6-11 on substitutions!
Tommy Myhre kept a clean
sheet against Italy as Norway surprised their Euro2000 rivals 1-0 in Oslo.
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Jun 2: Wales
manager Mark Hughes lost
3-0 to Portugal in Lisbon; Mark Pembridge
was out injured and Abel Xavier was not
fully fit.
Walter Smith has firmly rebuffed the advances of Jean Tigana in his attempts
to take John Collins to Fulham.
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Jun 1: England Under-21s
crumbled 2-0 to Slovakia tonight in the last
Group B match of MiniEuro200. Francis
Jeffers, largely ineffective, was
substituted after 78 mins. England finished a poor third behind
Italy and Slovakia and are now heading home.