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Oct 31: After two successive games without a single card,
Everton's Badboys are back in the spotlight. Davey
Weir's red card means he will miss Chelsea (h) on 20 Nov.
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Oct 30: Everton went off to the Riverside Stadium in
Middlesbrough for another key encounter. But after
another great early goal from Kevin Campbell, it ended 2-1 to Boro with Davey
Weir sent off for holding back Ricard. Meanwhile, the
Under-19s returned to winning ways, beating Sunderland
2-1 away.
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Oct 29: As soon as we acknowledge that something might be actually
happening on the transfer front, reports suggest the Branch deal has fallen
through....
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Oct 28: Bristol City are persistently reported to be in
negotiations with Everton for the possible transfer of Michael Branch, for
a fee of between £500k and £750k.
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Oct 27: Everton are unlikely to do much about
Don Hutchison's contract
– which still has 18 months to run – because his financial demands
are simply unaffordable as the club's debts are mounting again...
Full
Story
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Oct 26: Although the Echo says Everton have no new injury worries,
it is being reported elsewhere that Scot Gemmill was taken off against Leeds
United with a hamstring injury and may consequently miss the Middlesbrough
and Newcastle United matches.
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Oct 25: Everton have taken 27-year-old US striker Joe Max-Moore
on a week's trial. Max-Moore has played 60 times for the US national team
and currently plays for New England Revolution in the Major Soccer League.
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Oct 24: In a fabulous game, Leeds
United, top of the table and on an 11-game winning streak, come to Goodison
for a 4-4 thriller, with Davey Weir levelling the scores for Everton in the
last minute after two superb goals from Kevin Campbell, and one from The
Don in the first half.
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Oct 23: Everton Under-19s remain
unbeaten despite failing to score for the first time this season, drawing
0-0 at Manchester City.
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Oct 22: Another member of Everton's notoriously thin squad
has been allowed out on loan: Terry
Phelan joins Crystal Palace for one month, now that the London club is
once again allowed to complete such deals.Everton have finally admitted that
they are seeking insurance compensation on
Slaven Bilic, who is being
forced to retire from playing professional football.
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Oct 22: In Everton's
120th AGM, Bill Kenwright and Arthur Abercromby were re-elected to the
board of directors, Sir Philip Carter explained how the rest of the Board
were
kept
in the dark by Peter Johnson's whip-hand over the finances, and Walter
Smith blew off some steam about
gross
mis-management of club, including the true tale surrounding the
departure
of Big Dunc.
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Oct 21: Mark Pembridge, who strained his knee ligaments against
Sheffield Wednesday last month, has resumed full training.
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Oct 20: Tommy Johnson limped off at half-time last night in
the Reserves match, suffering a calf injury after
a heavy challenge from Michael Duberry. He is now a doubt for Sunday's clash
with Leeds United.
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Oct 19: Everton Reserves could only
draw 3-3 with a strong Leeds United's second string at the AutoQuest Stadium,
Widnes. In the Takeover Saga, Iranian diamond magnate Hedy
Shor's British representative, Younes Sabet, has now contacted Johnson's
people at Arthur Anderson to make their interest in the club takeover
official. And if you believe the
Daily
Post, a Northwest business consortium going by the name of Project Toffee,
and including Gerry White, is coming out of the shadows to bid £44M
for the Club.
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Oct 18: The bidding finally gets serious, with as many as three
interested groups vying for Peter Johnson's 68% stake in Everton Football
Club Co Ltd.
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Oct 17: A loan move to Birmingham City for
Michael Branch was bizarrely
reversed by Walter Smith who phoned Trevor Francis to tell him Twiggy was
not fit, and that he should return to Merseyside...
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Oct 16: Everton got off to a great start at Highbury, with
a brilliant early free-kick from Collins beating Seaman, but
Arsenal came back with a vengeance and it ended
1-4. Meanwhile, Everton U-19s could only draw
1-1 v Manchester United. And Peter Johnson has apparently accepted an offer
from American Investment Bank, EM Warburg Pincus & Co, subject to negotiating
a contract and completing a due diligence review of Everton's books. But
there are other bids also: this may just be the beginning of the end for
the much-hated Peter Johnson.
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Oct 15: In a ridiculous move
to placate the International camps in the week before England play
Scotland, Everton's rare Monday Night Sky TV
fixture at Newcastle next month has been brought
forward one day – as if that will make any difference – to
Sunday 7 November at 3pm, and will no longer be televised.
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Oct 14: Rumours abound that a "mystery bid" of £24M is
about to be made by an unnamed financial institution for Peter Johnson's
shares.
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Oct 13: The
Euro
2000 play-offs draw sets up the prospect of at least three Everton
players battling it out for Scotland against England next month for a place
in the finals.
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Oct 12: In a rich twist of irony,
Tony Grant – on loan from
Everton – steps up to score the winner for Peter Johnson's other
club, Tranmere Rovers, in their 3rd Round Worthington Cup tie with Oxford
United, who got there by sinking Everton's second string a few weeks back.
If only....
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Oct 11: Davey Weir
plays for a motley World XI against Manchester United in Sir Alex Ferguson's
Testimonial at Old Trafford. And with Craig Brown crowing about the new force
in his Scotland team, Don Hutchison appears set on deepening the rift with
Everton supporters as he nonchalantly claims his ambition is to play in Serie
A.
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Oct 10: Tommy
Myhre is still not over his injury problems. He has some soreness in
his kicking foot, and is unlikely to be back in action before the end of
October.
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Oct 9: Don
Hutchison was on target for Scotland as they beat Lithuania 3-0 at Hampden
Park. Davey Weir played in defence, but Scot Gemmill was on the bench, with
John Collins out recovering from a rib injury. Meanwhile,
Everton Reserves crashed 0-2 to their Liverpool
rivals at the Autoquest Stadium, Widnes today – their second defeat
in a row after making a good start to the new season. Elsewhere,
Abel Xavier came on as a
sub and scored the vital last goal in a 3-0 victory that puts Portugal into
Euro 2000 as the one of the best runners-up on goal difference. And Slaven
Bilic does not play for Croatia in their 2-2 draw with Yugoslavia.
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Oct 8: Michael Ball
was reduced to an 83rd-min sub for the England U-21 team that beat Denmark
U-21 4-1 at Bradford City. Meanwhile, with no interest being expressed
in John O'Kane, he has been allowed
to leave on a free transfer... but he might not actually go anywhere.
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Oct 7: Danny
Williamson flies to Munich so that Dr Hans Muller Wolfarht can prognosticate
on his long-standing foot problem.
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Oct 6:
Newspaper
reports have Hedy Shor flying in imminently for face-to-face talks
with Peter Johnson to establish a price of Everton shares... Any advance
on £38M? Meanwhile, Scotland qualified for the Euro 2000 play-offs
last night when a first-half penalty against Bosnia was converted by Everton's
John Collins, to give the
Celts a 1-0 win. Collins later assumed the captaincy when Hendry went off
injured. Davey Weir also played, but Scot Gemmill was not in the final 16.
During his match-winning exploits, John Collins aggravated a rib injury,
and has returned to Bellefield for treatment after pulling out of Saturday's
Scotland match with Lithuania..
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Oct 5: Journalist Ian Ross is claiming in
The
Guardian that a stunning new bid for Johnson's Everton shares is -–
you guessed it – just two weeks away. This time, its Manchester University
graduate, Iranian ex-footballer, and international diamond merchant, Hedy
Shor... And while he is sidelined on a 3-match suspension,
Francis Jeffers will have
"minor" surgery to clear up a groin problem.
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Oct 4: Everton Reserves crashed
1-3 to Sunderland in a top of the table clash in the FA Reserve Premier League
– Northern Section last night.
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Oct 3: The silly Sunday story today centers around the rumoured
interest of millionaire DJ Chris Evans and a £50M bid for Peter Johnson's
shares. Terry Venables could also be part of any deal.
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Oct 2: Coventry City are the visitors
to Goodison Park but an early goal from Jeffers seems to settle them too
much. McAllister equalises and it finishes 1-1. The
Under-19 derby with Liverpool kids was postponed.
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Oct 1: Walter Smith has been
deservedly named FA Carling Manager of the Month for September after transforming
Everton's league performances, with 5 wins out of the last 6.