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Nov 30: Walton MP Peter Kilfoyle has been blowing his top in
frustration over the impotence of the football authorities in dealing with
Peter Johnson's blatant breaching of their rules on dual club ownership.
Full
Story... Kevin Campbell was voted Merseyside Footballer of the Year in
a Moat House Hotel ceremony last night.
Echo
Report
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Nov 29: Lots of non-news today: Bilic may retire, Joe-Max
may get his work permit; Tommy Myhre may stay with Rangers;
Tony Grant may start on Saturday; there may be a takeover
announcement; Francis Jeffers may be voted Young Merseyside Player
of the Year... blah, blah, blah.
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Nov 27: Everton played Aston
Villa to a dreadful 0-0 draw with a "completely forgettable
first half", and it was little little better in the second. Its now 7 matches
and 2 months without a win...
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Nov 26: Everton's high-flying Under-19 team were brought
crashing down to earth with their first defeat of the season, at home, to
... Liverpool! Arrrghh! Full Report.
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Nov 25: Tommy Myhre keeps a clean sheet for Rangers as they
beat Borrusia Dortmund 2-0 in the Uefa Cup at Ibrox... With one month of
this loan deal still to run, Tommy
Johnson has returned to Celtic following a decision by Walter Smith not
to pursue a permanent transfer... Meanwhile,
Terry Phelan's loan deal
with Crystal Palace has been extended to a second month.
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Nov 24: Paul
Gerrard has agreed new terms in a 3-year extension to his Everton contract,
with 18 months still to go. The new deal now runs through mid-2004.
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Nov 23: Sheffield United manager Adrian Heath has resigned
amid some sort of rumpus at Bramhall Lane... Despite rabid speculation, the
3rd Round FA Cup Tie at Exeter City will not be switched to Goodison Park...
Walter Smith has come to the rescue of his old club Rangers as they face
a goalkeeper crisis: Tommy
Myhre has moved north on a one-month loan and will play in the Uefa
Cup against Borussia Dortmund on
Thursday.... Everton Reserves
lost 1-0 to Middlesbrough tonight at the AutoQuest Stadium, Widnes.
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Nov 22: Michael Branch hasn't gone on a month's loan to Bristol
City – he's gone to Wolves! – the fifth player in our "thin" squad
to be temporarily playing elsewhere... Everton slip to 12th in the
Premiership as Coventry beat Aston Villa 2-1
today.
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Nov 21: After the FA Cup Third Round draw, made today, Everton
will travel to Exeter City. Ties to be played on 11 December or thereabouts...
Its taken a while, but Everton Badboy, Don Hutchison
finally picked up his dreaded 5th yellow card against Chelsea. He will miss
the visit to Manchester Utd in a fortnight...
Danny Cadamarteri, on
loan at Fulham, was sent off – for stamping on Jason McAteer!
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Nov 20: Francis Jeffers returned to play the full 90 mins
against Chelsea, setting up Campbell's goal which
would have been a winner but for some silliness from Dunne and Cleland that
allowed Chelsea to grab a last minute equalizer, despite being down to 10
men after Leboeuf had walked. 1-1 final score.... The Inaugural Meeting of
Everton Fans' Trust took place in
The Sandon, Oakfield Road, at 11:30am.
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Nov 19: John
Collins has announced he is retiring from International football after
making 58 appearances for Scotland, and scoring 12 goals...
John O'Kane has followed Gareth
Farrelly on a month's loan with Bolton Wanderers.
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Nov 17: In Part II of the Battle of Britain, its first blood
to the Scots as Don Hutchison heads home after 29 mins of a first half were
Scotland have dominated at Wembley....
Dave Watson has undergone
surgery on a knee problem, and will be out of action for at least a month.
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Nov 16: Everton's Under-19
team carried on their superb record, defeating Bolton Wanderers 3-1 away
in Accrington Stanley, of all places! .... Don "The Hatchet" Hutchison
is a doubt for Wednesday's Battle of Britain, Part II.... Meanwhile,
Francis Jeffers thinks he
is ready to return against Chelsea on Saturday – the match will be televised
*Live* around the world; kick off:
15h00 GMT.... And ex-Everton captain Kevin Ratcliffe has been appointed manager
of Third Division Shrewsbury.
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Nov 15: Ex-Everton player, Gary Megson, has been replaced as
manager of Second Division Stoke City by Icelander Gudjon Thordarson, following
the takeover of the Potters by an Icelandic consortium.
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Nov 14: Gareth
Farrelly scores for Bolton with his first touch of the ball as he starts
his loan spell in surprising style.... And Fulham are being quoted a £2M
price tag for super striker
Danny Cadamarteri...
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Nov 13: US International Striker
Joe-Max Moore has signed
a 3½-year contract with Everton, but he will require a work permit before
he can play... Everton Reserves crashed
2-4 to a strong Manchester United team at Gigg Lane.... And in the Euro 200
playoffs, Everton's Braveheart trio of Collins, Weir and Hutchison
did their best for Scotland but failed to prevent England taking a 2-0
lead for the Second Leg.
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Nov 12: Francis
Jeffers has suffered a setback to his hopes for a speedy return to first
team action. It is now unlikely that Jeffers will be available for the
forthcoming Chelsea game.
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Nov 11: A
Black Watch poster is circulated
in Liverpool, announcing the formation of
Everton Fans' Trust and its
associated action group. An Everton Select squad travelled north to
Kilmarnock for Ally Mitchell's Testimonial
tonight, which finished 1-1 after Tommy Johnson scored in the sixth minute.
In other news, Gareth
Farrelly has joined Bolton Wanderers on a month's loan.
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Nov 10: Reports from the USA suggest that
Joe-Max Moore is signing
a 3½-year contract with Everton. However, he will require a work
permit... Joe Parkinson
has been forced to accept the sad truth that many feared: his football career
is over. We will be preparing a fitting tribute on ToffeeWeb. Meanwhile,
read what Joe himself says at the
Official
Everton Site.
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Nov 9: Franny Jeffers should start in the Testimonial at Kilmarnock
on Thursday. But Michael Ball has
been withdrawn from the England U-21 squad and could be sidelined for 2 or
3 weeks with a hamstring problem.
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Nov 8: Tommy
Myhre played his first match for six months in a young Everton team
that failed to score against Tranmere Rovers during 120 minutes of a Liverpool
Senior Cup quarter-final, going out 2-3 on penalties.
Full Report. At the weekend, Clifford
"Buckley" Finch, despised and discredited ex-director of Everton, tried to
deflect accusations of gross mismanagement away from his good friend of 25
years, Peter Johnson, by claiming that past Everton managers have wasted
money on poor transfers. Sorry, Buckley: it just ain't so. Six bookings
yesterday, but thankfully no suspensions as a result for our
Everton Badboys. However, Michael Ball (hamstring)
and Alex Cleland (thigh strain) are added to the lengthening
injury list.
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Nov 7: Everton travelled to the Northeast and scraped a creditable
1-1 draw with Newcastle United. Duncan Ferguson
missed a few good chances for the Magpies in the first half before Alan Shearer
scored from the spot, but Kevin Campbell saved the day for the Blues with
a diving header – his fourth goal in three games!
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Nov 6: Everton's Under-19s confirm
they are back to winning ways with a 3-1 victory over Crewe.
Full Report. Meanwhile, Everton hang on
to 10th place in the Premiership Table after
today's results. The latest twist in the takeover
saga reported in the Financial
Times is that Philip Green, who bought out Sears, is backing Billy
Kenwright's non-bid of £21M for Johnson's shares. And Danny Cadamarteri
scores for Fulham on his loan debut... but the they lose 2-1
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Nov 5: Abel
Xavier and Scot Gemmill
should both be fit to play Newcastle United
on Sunday, but Gemmill has been left out of the Scotland squad to face England
next week.
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Nov 4: Read a detailed analysis of the
takeover morass that pulls no punches, from
The Independent. Danny Williamson is making a second trip to German foot
doctor Hans Muller Wohlfahrt in an effort to cure his long-term injury. Joe
McAlpine, one of Everton's youth players who was found guilty of a silly
prank – nicking hubcaps in Glasgow – has had his contract terminated
for a "breach of club discipline."
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Nov 3: Danny
Cadamarteri has sealed a one-month loan deal with Fulham, while the other
loaner, Tony Grant, will be returning
from Tranmere Rovers, where he has been out with injury (surprise, surprise!).
Ex-Evertonian Brian Kidd has been sacked as Blackburn Rovers manager after
their dismal start to life in the Nationwide.
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Nov 2: The Everton lads are drawn away to Norwich City in the
Third Round of the FA Youth Cup. Ties to be played
by 11 December. Warburg Pincus have pulled out of any bid for Johnson's shares,
probably as a result of their due diligence exercise. Everton are to play
at Kilmarnock in a testimonial for Ally Mitchell, on Thursday 11 November.
Kick Off: 7:30 pm GMT. The Reserves travelled
to Barnsley and got back to winning ways with a 4-2 victory. Goals came from
Tommy Johnson (2), Milligan & Cadamarteri but Tommy Myhre did not
make an appearance for Everton.
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Nov 1: Joe-Max Moore returned to the States after a flying
visit last week; he will need a work permit if Walter Smith is to pursue
his signature.