Andy Johnson made his first appearance for the Blues, and left the pitch in his grundies after he found himself defrocked at the final whistle. Andy had five or six chances to net, but found an inspired Bury keeper in the form of Alan Fettis. A brace from Big Vic, and one from Micky Arteta, got the Blues off to a winning start.

Andy says: "The fans were brilliant today and they are the main reason I signed for the club. They had to persevere with me a little bit because I missed a few chances, which is disappointing. But it is only the first game of pre-season and I am delighted to get 90 minutes under my belt.

We have only been working with the football for two or three days so I am confident the goals will come.

I was happy with my movement but I have got to get my timing now and we will do a bit more finishing in training but I am confident the goals will come anyway. It was a good performance, we passed the ball well. Towards the end of the first-half the boys started to get tired but everyone is delighted they got 90 minutes. It was difficult conditions but the fans were brilliant. They turned out in their hundreds and were tremendous." (16/07/06)

Everton Are Rumoured To Be Wearing This Kit Against Bury Everton have a third kit. The colour has been described in some quarters as baby shit yella, spew colour, but the official stance will be mustard. Lets hope they wear this one, as they never wore last season's sunshine yellow one.

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