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The FA have backed down and decided not to charge Moyesy after his post match Derby comments relating to shite supporter Mark Cluttenburg. After the piss poor performance of the referee on that day, the FA backed their own man and threw the book at Moyesy for a few choice words. Now after realising that Moyesy was probably right in what he said, that the ref was shite and biased, they realised it was fight they could do without as it would highlight Cluttenburg's inefficiency, so they decided to drop all charges. (02/02/08) Unbelievable, but Moyesy has been hit by an FA Charge relating to comments allegedly attributed to him over Mark Cluttenburgs abysmal refereeing performance in the recent Derby match. After sending off two Blues players, letting a shite player off with a chest high assault, then denying Everton a clear cut penalty in the last second of the game, Moyesy was somewhat mystified with Cluttenburg's showing to say the least. Moyesy is hit with a charge, whilst Cluttenburg got a weeks holiday on full pay to re charge his batteries. No doubt while he was lying on the beach reflecting on his piss poor performance, he had time to read Stevie G Laaaa's autobiography. I hope the FA have as well. Bent, your as bent as him, go on put me on a charge tossers !! FA
Spokesman Pontificates: "It is alleged that the
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Derek Mountfield today visited Dave Hickson in Hospital, and he has asked bluekipper to thank all the well wishers and especially the comments posted on the Bluekipper Message Board asking about Dave's well being. Dave has had a comfortable night in Hospital after his heart attack, and is thankfully sat up in bed talking, though he still has a long way to go before a full recovery. Typical of the man though he can't wait to be at the Fulham game in a fortnight, but once again our best wishes to Dave and his family. Get yourself better first Dave, the Blues can wait for now. (25/11/07) Everton Legend Dave Hickson was rushed to hospital prior to yesterday's match against Sunderland after collapsing at Goodison Park. Dave who played for the Mighty Blues in the 1950's works for the Club as a Tour Guide, were he has a wealth of knowledge on the Toffee's. On match days Dave can be seen chatting to the fans in the various hospitality lounges, and having been lucky enough to meet him on several occasions, I can say he is an absolute Gentleman. From all at Bluekipper, get well soon Dave. (25/11/07) |
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The good news is that Everton have secured 7% of the ticket allocation for the forthcoming UEFA Cup tie in Alkmaar, the bad news is because their ground is the size of my back garden that equates to 1200 tickets. The mad scramble will begin again for tickets as no doubt thousands of fans like in Nuremberg and the Ukraine will be out there to cheers the boys on. Everton have set up a ballot for the tickets, starting with 8 away stubs from this season, going down to four as well as being a season ticket holder, and having attended the matches in Ukraine and Nuremberg. Also a letter from the Pope may also swing it, and in the matter of fairness the Archbishop of Canterbury as well. (22/11/07) |
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December 4th 2007, will be another interesting night in Everton's history as the Club hold their 128th AGM. Kirkby or not Kirkby, The Directors Report, and the bit I love Questions from the floor, will all be on the agenda. Another year of accounts have been filed, and Everton's debt have grown larger by £11m to £66m. Bully however has took a knock of £40k on his salary. He now has to scrape by on £426k, the poor sod. Its ok though as the Club grows deeper into the red (I hate that word, but it is relevant), Bully reckons the players deserve their huge salaries, so that's alright then. In short for the uneducated, which in fact is me, the turnover is down, the losses are higher, but with a tin of gloss paint Bully and the boys will work their PR magic. (16/11/07) |
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EVERTON - THE OFFICIAL HISTORY
Tonight Everton FC launched "Everton - The Official History" at a Gala Screening at The Odeon Cinema. Along with former players Alan Irvine, Mick Lyons, Gordon West, Derek Temple, Duncan McKenzie, Jimmy Harris and Ronnie Goodlass, the fans watched this 2 hour masterpiece. The dvd follows the History of the club from St. Domingo to Fred Geary in still photos and old movie film to present day colour footage of David Moyes and Yakubu. It must have been put together as a labour of love. As well as featuring footage from the great FA Cup wins of 1933, 1966, & 1995, there is the expected European Cup Winners cup games against Bayern Munich and Rapid Vienna. It highlights the great players from the clubs past such as Alan Ball, Brian Labone, Alex Young, Graeme Sharp and Duncan Ferguson. Some of the old footage of Dixie Dean is priceless. Each period of the development of the club has time spent on it. There are some great interviews with Everton Legends, as well as some rare footage. The interview with John Bailey regarding a strip-o-gram is legendary. Well done to Darren Griffiths and Mark Rowan and their team for putting it altogether. This is the must buy present for all Evertonians this Christmas. (14/11/07) The dvd is £19.99. Available from http://www.evertonfcdvds.com/ |
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Everton CEO Keith Wyness has launched a stinging rebuke to Sports Minister Gerry Sutcliffe who dared to say that professional footballers are paid a tadge to much money. Bully is obviously speaking up for the man in the street and the average Evertonian who is delighted that his hard earned mullah finances multi million pound wage bills. I would gladly go without my week in Skegness every year to make sure that footballers are paid handsomely. Bully himself who earnt in excess of £400k as the Blues CEO with bonuses has had a right pop at the Minister in question saying that he should be backing our League not knocking it. I shall remember that tomorrow morning as I travel to work at 6am scraping the ice off my windscreen, wondering whether to go out this weekend or pay my phone bill. On a plus point however, Bully is looking at our New Academy to deliver some stars of the future to take the club forward, and compete with the Chelski's and manures of this world. Well that's if we don't sell our stars of tomorrow. Cynical, you bet, it comes from supporting the Blues for over thirty five years !! Bully says: "We have these players who are plying their craft. What amazed me was that we have a Minister of Sport who would not support the Premier League fully. We have the best league in the world. It is like the Chancellor of the Exchequer talking about the City of London and saying 'lets cap the income of investment bankers'. It wouldn't happen so it is wrong for him to have done that because he should be helping the Premier League consolidate its position at the top and move us forward. Hearing Chelsea talk about fiscal responsibility is a little like me asking my three-year-old to look after the fireworks tonight. They have changed the whole business model in terms of the money being put into the Premier League. Although there are some great points in terms of publicity gained, they have made it difficult for the rest of the teams in the league. The ambition is to be in the top six and sometimes you will push forward and do really well. There is the old cliche of 11 against 11. We have beaten sides from the top four at some stage in recent seasons so we can compete in a given season. One of the key things for us in terms of the future is our Academy. We have just opened a new Academy and that will help us get the young talent through." (06/11/07)
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Mail Reply To Toffeeman Who Mailed The FA Over Clattenburgs Performance: I write in reference to your e-mail concerning the Everton vs Liverpool fixture on Saturday 20 October 2007. The Football Association receives frequent correspondence on individual refereeing decisions across all levels of football as well as on the performance of referees in general. Every supporter will have an opinion on the game’s major talking points and we’re always interested to hear them. Tony Hibbert’s red card: Some supporters have suggested that Liverpool’s Steven Gerrard influenced the decision to send Everton’s Tony Hibbert from the field of play. All decisions on the field of play are made by the referee and regardless of the context it is not for players to influence or advise the referee on a decision. Select Group referees’ performances are assessed by the Professional Game Match Officials (PGMO) and appointments made accordingly (see below). Dirk Kuyt’s challenge on Phil Neville: As supporters will be aware Liverpool’s Dirk Kuyt was booked for the challenge in question. FIFA guidelines aimed at avoiding the “re-refereeing” of matches generally prevent The FA from taking disciplinary action on incidents which are seen and dealt with at the time by the match officials (this includes taking no action). As a general rule, if the match officials see an incident and have jurisdiction to take action, The FA cannot act retrospectively. These guidelines prevent The FA from upgrading/downgrading yellow and red cards based on retrospective advice provided by the match referee. Everton FC penalty appeals Whether a penalty is awarded or not is a decision of the referee guided by assistance from the assistant referee. They are required to make a split second decisions based on what they see. This is subsequently analysed repeatedly by slow motion cameras and panels of football experts. Ultimately, football is a tremendously popular and successful game played worldwide under the fundamental principle that ‘the referee’s decision is final’. Refereeing has been restructured with the aim of continued improvement of the overall standard of refereeing in the professional game. This sees match officials categorised into two groups with the Select Group officiating in the Premier League. The Select Group is the responsibility of Keith Hackett, General Manager of the Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL). Premier League refereeing enquiries should be addressed to Keith Hackett, The Premier League, 30 Gloucester Place, London W1U 8PL or via info@premierleague.com. There is a system in place for monitoring the performance of referees and referee's assistants. This involves referees assessors and reports from club managers. All assessors come from a footballing background and the majority are fully qualified referees themselves. The performances of referees over a season are then taken into consideration when the leagues appoint their referees for the following season. Whilst we can understand the frustration that comes with decisions going against your team The FA are confident that the disciplinary procedures off the pitch as well as the referees on the pitch uphold the Laws of the Game without bias to player or club. We do appreciate all of the feedback we receive from supporters. This feedback is collated and used to build a picture of public opinion and is subsequently fed back internally within the organisation. Please rest assured your comments will form part of this feedback process. Kind regards Alex
Howells | Customer Relations Officer Brian
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The Blues have sold out their Nuremberg allocation for our UEFA Cup tie in Germany on November 8th. Queues formed early on Tuesday morning, and by close of play Wednesday night the full allocation had sold out. UEFA rules state that at least 5% of the grounds capacity must be made available for travelling supporters, Everton secured 6.7%. As normal a lot of fans have missed out, but unlike the shite the club have tried to be transparent in releasing details of were our allocation went. For some bizarre reason though only percentage wise, so its left up to us to work out the maths. I may be wrong but I get it to about 2,700 tickets for the Blues, on a 43,000 capacity, which I am told is Nuremberg's European capacity. This is different to their League capacity, which is 46,780. (League Capacity Source: Nuremberg's FC own website) *19%
to Official Everton Supporter Clubs Where there's a will there's a way and I am sure that with most flights selling out, and boats and coaches packed, around 5,000 Evertonians will be out there for this one. There may be some Blue all around the ground me thinks !! (24/10/07)
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Blue Bill like us all wants to see a trophy at Goodison this season, and hopefully with the Blues fighting on four fronts his wish may come true. We have to go back to May 1995 to when the FA Cup was last in our possession, but with the UEFA Cup as well this season to fight for, anyone will do. Blue Bill says: "I have always been a great lover of cup competitions. One of the greatest memories of my Everton life was in 1966 when - as every Evertonian knows - it wasn’t about England winning the World Cup but Derek Temple and Mike Trebilcock scoring those goals. I will never forget what a day that was at Wembley nor the joy that subsequent visits have brought us. The period in the mid-1980s, when it seemed as if we had a season ticket, was one of the happiest times of my life. I know that David is at one with me on this when I say we are desperate to bring some silverware back to Goodison Park again and a trip to Wembley or even down the road to Manchester next May (for the Uefa Cup final) would be a great boost to us all. It is great to be in the hat for three trophies right now and to feel the excitement, like we all did at 11am last Tuesday, when the balls were being pulled out for the UEFA Cup draw, is something we hope can continue for a long time." (13/10/07) |
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Joe Royle has taken over from the late Alan Ball as Patron of the Everton Collection Charitable Trust. Big Joe both played and managed the Blues, and his honoured to take the mantle on from the late great Bally. The Charitable Trust has recently been granted Heritage Lottery Funding which means that they are a huge step closer to acquiring the Collection complete from Dr. David France. Joe Royle says: "As an Evertonian I know the importance of history to our club. I have obviously followed the Charitable Trust's activities with great interest over the past two years and was elated when they gained Lottery funding to acquire the David France Collection. I am delighted to be the Trust's patron following a great Everton icon like Alan Ball. This next phase of the campaign and the emergence of the Everton Collection as the greatest collection of football memorabilia in the world is all important to me, the Charity and to Evertonians everywhere." (09/10/07) |
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Bluekipper had heard a whisper last week that Blue Bill and his financial backer Robert Green were in talks with a mystery man over selling the Blues. Now a few Sunday rags have reported that the mystery man is South African, and furthermore that he is a Blue at heart. Blue Bill and partner Robert Earl we are told were contacted by Blue's fans acting as intermediaries for the South African consortium who are keen in investing some of their rand in the club. Watch this space as they say. Whilst researching this story we have been told by a fella' down at the shops that Nelson Mandela, nor Sean Pollock have nothing to do with the proposed takeover of the Blues. (08/10/07) |
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The Everton Squad have landed safely in Kharkiv ahead of their clash with the Mentalists on Thursday evening. The Blues landed in a sunny Ukraine after the three and a half hour flight, as they try and get the better of Metalist and progress through to the UEFA Cup Group Stages. AJ, Mikky and Leon all traveled, but Tommy Grav, Shandy, Tiny and Vaughny all stayed behind on Merseyside were no doubt they will be cheering their team mates on the box. Traveling
Party: Tim Howard, Stefan Wessels, John Ruddy, Tony Hibbert,
Phil Jagielka, Phil Neville, Joleon Lescott, Joseph Yobo, Alan
Stubbs, Nuno Valente, Leighton Baines, Leon Osman, Mikel Arteta,
Lee Carsley, Steven Pienaar, Bjarni Vidarsson, James McFadden,
Andrew Johnson, Yakubu, Victor Anichebe, Lukas Jutkiewicz, Moyesy,
Baz Rathbone, Jimmy Martin, Darren Griffiths, A Chef, Some Bloke
Who Speaks Ukrainey, My Mate Ted, Arthur Bovis and
Harold from Neighbours.
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Delayed kick offs, thousands outside Goodison, and the Blues are blaming the Royal Mail for not getting the tickets to the punters in time, for tonight's UEFA Cup tie at home. The Club are assuring us the fans that the Royal Mail will be dragged over the coals for their part in tonight's ticketing fiasco. Managers at the Royal Mail have been told to wear a thick book down their pants tomorrow as some harsh punishment is said to be meated out to them. Bluekipper are being told that the Pony Express was used in a bid to save some cash. Whoever has a word with them, can you ask were my Who's Greatest Hits is, as I ordered it form Virgin over a month ago now, and still no sign. Club Statement Reads: "We need to know precisely what happened – and once we have established all the salient facts we will let our supporters have them. Safety is always our primary concern and whilst it was hugely regrettable that we had to put back the kick-off, we had to be absolutely certain that everyone got into the stadium safely." (20/09/07)
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Everton have been drawn away to Sheffield Wednesday in the third round of the Carling Cup. The game at Hillsbrough will be played the week commencing 24th September 2007. Wednesday are currently bottom of the Championship with no points. No wonder with Francis Jugears Jeffers up front. Former Blue Kipper player of the season Steve Watson also plays for the Yorkshire club. (01/09/07) |
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Brain Labone's widow Pat Labone has took up the Secretary's Role for The Everton Formers Players Foundation, the registered Charity that her husband and ex Everton Skipper Brian help set up. The Foundation raises money through charity events to help former Blues who need a little bit of financial assistance if life has not treated them to good when their playing days are over. Everton Chaplain the Most Reverend Harry Ross is delighted that the Labone name is back once again within the walls of Goodison Park. Pat Labone says: " It is very emotional for me. There’s no two ways about it. But I wanted to do something in Brian’s memory because he was so attached to the club – it was his passion – and this helps me feel a little bit closer to him. I have to say that I’m absolutely amazed at the amount of effort and work that goes into running the Foundation. Rachelle (our daughter) and I were given such tremendous support over Brian’s funeral by the Foundation,” Pat added. “Harry Ross, in particular, was an absolute tower of strength to us and I’ve never forgotten that kindness. I just thought if I could help in any way at all – even if it was shuffling papers and putting them in date order or something – I would." Reverend Ross says: " We’re delighted to have her on board. Pat’s new role is to bring the expertise that she has – which are organisational abilities, secretarial skills and her own personality, which is well known to the fans – plus the opportunity to have a Labone working with the club once again." (27/08/07) More Details On Former Players Foundation
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With the debate still raging over the future site of Everton's proposed new ground, it may have gone unnoticed in certain quarters that Everton are about to leave Bellefield their old training ground of many years. In a few weeks Moyesy will take his first team squad to a purpose built training facility in Finch Lane Knowsley, and with that in mind Everton today put in an application to Liverpool City Council proposing to build seventy large detached homes on what will soon be their old Training Facility. The nine acre site is situated in upmarket West Derby and the prospect of new homes in the area are upsetting some local residents. The profit however made by the cub will go straight into the coffers for any new stadium regeneration. A Liverpool Planning Statement says: "Not withstanding its recent successes, the club has a need to generate income to invest in its infrastructure and secure its future growth. This is increasingly necessary if the club is to maintain its current status and continue to function effectively within the highly competitive Premier League. The value generated by redevelopment of Bellefield would be injected straight back into the club for its proposed stadium regeneration strategy." (20/08/07)
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