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Bill Dean Just
read your wonderful tribute to Bill Dean.
I never seen him play but in 1964 I was a bus conductor travelling through
Kirkby and heading for the Pier Head. a gentleman boarded my bus and went
upstairs. I knew who it was. I had heard about his dislike to "Dixie" it was Bill. I was 29 at the time but I acted like an excited teenager. We chatted and he gave me two autographs. He was just an ordinary guy, no big deal. I can never forget that day. Here was the greatest footballer who ever lived sitting on my bus talking to me. He shook my hand and left the bus heading towards the boats, I then heard Everton had lost 5-1 at chelsea on the radio. "Bill"
I shouted has he walked away, he turned around and I shouted "They
got beat 5-1." Bad Decisions Could Cost Everton I
hope we are compiling a tape of all the refereeing fuck ups to send to
the FA at the end of the season? Apparently pushing a player receiving
Boro Game The defense was very shaky, with Yobo lapsing into his old mistakes. Neville was a disaster. His bad clearance led to the first penalty (very similar to the Yobo clearance against Wigan). Basic mistakes like that, when we were not under pressure, are costing us valuable points. Yes, maybe we should have had a couple of penalties, but if 'Boro had taken half their chances we would have been battered. Our so called "good" start, flatters to deceive. We have won 3 games: Watford(H), Red Shite(H)(who haven't won away) and Spurs(A) - and Spurs have been playing shite. We have not yet played any of the big 3, and we are throwing away home points against the likes of Wigan and Man City. I think we will have our usual lapse of 3 or 4 more games without a win. I really don’t think we will get any more than a draw against Sheffield United. Sorry for sounding pessimistic, but the familiar pattern is re-emerging. Murfthesurf. (19/10/06) The
defence was poor and stupid mistakes cost us the game. Great Penalty save
from Tim Howard, It could have been 5-1 if it wasnt for him. Happy With Players I WAS HAPPY WITH THE GAME AT BORO. THE LADS PLAYED THERE HEARTS OUT. THE REF MADE THE MISTAKES. WE CAN TAKE A LOSS LIKE THAT WITH EASE... MICK OLD BLUE. (19/10/06) January Money Hi, I love the site. I think I'm right in saying that part of the Rooney sale involved a clause whereby if he extends his contract at United, Everton get £1.5 million. Is this correct? Apparently he's begun talks over a new deal, and that money could be added to Kilbane's sale to get a player in January (?). You'd know better, or maybe you could check with Keith Wyness next time you meet. I think all blues will welcome this, if its true! Cheers. Dan. (19/10/06) Future's Bright The news gets better each week, you have to be excited with the reserves waiting in the background to make Everton the strongest I can remember for many years. If we make Europe this year watch out. well done Moyes and staff improving each season what a difference from past shit performances. We can truly say we are on our way back. COYB. John Lea. (19/10/06) Radio Star Excellent
site fellas I check it at least twice a day every day there's always something
new and also loving the fishy section and rumours of who is coming in
etc. Wyness Interview MBE's Interview. Flippin brilliant. Fascinating. Thanks very much. Didn't realise season tickets were down by 2000! blimey. EvertonTV looking at 5000 members though (class!). Hans Cayley. (09/10/06) Apres Bar, Australia Thought I'd let any Bluekipper fans coming over here know that if they get the chance to go to a little place, Palm Cove, in Far North Queensland, they should pop into the Apres Bar and say 'Hello' to Mark the Scouser, a good Blue. I was just up there on hols last week and I was havin a bevvy on Sunday afternoon with the missus and she noticed his wall, which is a bit of a surprise as she follows the Red Shite. Anyway he's got this wall in an Aussie pub devoted to 'The Blues', plus he's a nice lad, so'Bluekipperites' should pop in and say Hello, not a bad pub either, the beers are nice and cold. Best Regards and C'mon you Blues !!! Jimmy Griff. (09/10/06) No Smoking I
am really pissed off about Everton trying to make Goodison a non smoking
ground all these people ever care about is themselves they have no consideration
for the people at Everton who do smoke. A ciggy calms you down when the
match gets tense and there's fans out there who need a smoke otherwise
it gets them angry. I reckon that if all fans were unable to smoke then
it could promote more violence than ever before as more people New Blue My name is Neil Johnson and I am a typical American who never understood soccer or took the time to get to know it. However after thoroughly enjoying the world cup I have decided to give the premier league a shot, much like american sportswriter Bill Simmons. After much research I have decided the Everton is the team for me and look forward to giving it my all. I have just found your site and hope it will guide me through my first season as an Evertonian. any help/advice/guidance you can offer would be much appreciated. thanks, Neil. (09/10/06) Young Players I WOULD LIKE TO SEE DAVE MOYES, BUYING A FEW YOUNG PLAYERS THE LIKES OF OWEN GARVAN OF IPSWICH AND GLENN WHELAN, OF SHEFFIELD WED. THESE TWO ARE GREAT PROSPECTS, AND THEY AND THEY WOULD BE FOR THE FUTURE. JOE BALL. MAIDENHEAD, BERKS. (09/10/06) The Everton Collection Do you know where I can find out how the fund raising for the David France Collection is going. Following a link from your web site last year ( or was it the year before) when the appeal was launched I gave a sizable donation. Since that time I have found it impossible to find out what is happening with the appeal. I am sure there are other Bluekipper regulars who are in the same position. Can Bluekipper use it's contacts to find out how it is going. Pete Watson. (exiled Blue and Bluekipper fan). (09/10/06) Reality As some have already posted on here the Blues have made a decent start and we would all have taken where we are now. Some feel the two draws at home were like defeats and one has mentioned poor decisions that have cost points. I would highlight the Watford penalty as an example where we benefited and further add that a few decisions have gone our way when possible penalties should have been awarded. In short, it evens itself up over the nine months. In the final analysis, we are joint 4th presently and unbeaten. We have a home draw in the next round of the cup, we are above the other lot and hold the bragging rights until at least february. I just hope that we turn the draws in to wins and potential defeats in to draws. We need to be in the top 6 come January when the window opens so that we are deemed to be an attractive option for better players. I am one of those supporters who walked out at the end of the City match disconsolate. That was last week. Tomorrow as Rhett so eloquently uttered is another day. Don. (08/10/06) Everton Vids Just watched
the History of Everton FC video
by Ian Mills. Excellent stuff, Many Thanks Ian. It certainly brought a
lump to the throat and a tear to the eyes! By the way what was the name
of the music used on the video? Best wishes. Chris
Lysaght. Millom, Cumbria. (previously of Moreton, Wirral and also Aigburth,
Liverpool). (08/10/06) There have been rumours circulating that Everton have become a feeder club to Manchester United. This was an article found on fans web site. There
is continuing stories linking Everton FC becoming a feeder club for Manchester
United. These stories have continued unabated for approximately 12 months
without either Manchester United or Everton wishing to either confirm
or refute whether they are true or just malicious rumours. Everton
and Manchester United will eventually refute these allegations but like
most things in life the truth will out, and then it will be very interesting
how the powers-that-be react and punish the two parties. The puzzling question that does need answering is how did Everton Chairman Bill Kenwright agree to once English giant Everton become a laughing stock of English football, Everton once known as the Mersey Millionaires are now nothing other than a down and out also-ran and for Everton Football Club in particular the future looks decidedly bleak. Bill
Kenwright Everton saviour, more like Kenwright the traitor. Craig Walsh. (08/10/06) Arrh! Cahill and Beattie are the best forever and ever. Tara Judd. (05/10/06) BIZARRE LOVE TRIANGLE? - Evertonian Views Wanted Dear Blue Kipper? I’m recently laid up at home after an accident and to help pass some time am keen to get involved with a study of cities around the world where the Irish Diaspora (from both Nationalist and Unionist traditions) have made their home since the early 1800s. As you’d probably expect, many contributors are focussing on places in North America and Australia, others on London and Glasgow, even Santiago and Nairobi, but as yet no one seems to have bagged the great Lancastrian cities of Liverpool and Manchester. Having lived and worked in both towns, I am hoping to fill this important gap in the story of Irish emigration by examining the contribution Irish people and their descendants have made to life in Liverpool and Manchester, the unique influence that the cities have, in turn, had on the island of Ireland and the relationship that the two conurbations themselves have enjoyed/endured over the years. There shouldn’t be much call for spreadsheets or pie-charts, this isn’t being billed as a scientific exercise, more an opportunity to write an anecdote based biography on two great cities where many thousands of Irishmen and women have settled over the past couple of centuries. At school in Belfast, many moons ago, we were taught that ‘Manchester made and Liverpool trade’. ‘Salford lads, Manchester men and Liverpool gentlemen’ were referred to. The Labour Movement’s roots in ‘Cottonopolis’ were compared to the casual working arrangements of the World’s Greatest Port and the civic co-operation that ensured the first passenger railway was built contrasted with the antagonism associated with the construction of the Ship Canal. This rich history may, in part, explain any edge between the cities, but as is often the case with great rivals, it appears that common ground divides the most and in recent years that tends to mean football and music, those touchstones of youth, which serve not only to make the cities the special places they are to millions around the globe, but also reinforces and extends an age old rivalry in the process. Having both suffered generations of economic decline, it’s thanks in no small part to achievements on the pitch and in the recording studio, that the cities continue to punch well above their respective demographic weights and while these days, the cities themselves may struggle to conjure a million and one residents between them, they’ve surely still plenty more than a million and one stories to tell. So if you have an angle on any aspect of Liverpool life past or present, a family tale that you’re willing to dust down, a sense of the city’s relationship with Ireland (and England) or an opinion on happenings down the other end of the Lancs, it would be great if you could spare the time and pass them on. From founder members to the move across Stanley Park, Town Hall bomb plots to Town Hall ballots, the Great Transport Strike to a great Dixie Dean strike, Matthew Street in 63 to Upper Parliament Street in 81, Luftwaffe raids to Papal visits, Gwladys Street to Bullens Road, John Conteh to Shay Neary, the School of Science to the School of Tropical Disease, Derby games to City of Culture, The Bunnymen to Frankie Say, Orange marches to Ceilidh bands, County Road cutters to Cilla Black’s gnashers, Aintree on Ladies day to Bootle on Paddy’s day, Gladstone to Hatton, The Blue House to The Philharmonic, the scoreboard at Old Trafford to Platt Lane at Maine Road, The Mardi to The Grafton, Kendall to Walker, back chat to phone-in, poet to playwright, The Quad to Cream, Rotterdam to the UEFA Ban, Pickwicks to Erics, the Big House to Blue Coat, Bayern to Villareal , Halle Berry’s mam to Bob Marley’s dad, Scotty Road to Penny Lane, Cains to able. Whether it be first hand, second hand, twentieth hand, any experiences, anecdotes or theories that you are willing to share would be welcome, however short (or dismissive) they may be. All sources used be credited. Cheers. Ollie McLoughlin, Holylands, Belfast 7. (05/10/06) Contact
Ollie via ollie.mcloughlin@hotmail.co.uk Tickets For Luton Myself,
my daughter and her best friend have season tickets in the Lower Gwladys
Street. The girls are 16yrs and 17 years and have a concession on their
season ticket in the 16-21 year age group. Yet for such a big game as
LUTON in the Carling Cup they are classed as adults and expected to pay
the full whack. These are two kids still at school and not earning surely
concessions should apply all season round for all games. I bet the stadium
is only half full for this mouthwaterer. Great site lads.
Rollo Torpey.
(05/10/06) Be happy with our unbeaten start Well
it didn't take long for the Kipper e-mails to get abusive against the
manager again did it? At the start of the season if you had said to me: "In October we will be 5th in the table, unbeaten and 3 nil winners over the RS" I would have been more than happy with what would have been a really good start to the season. It's October, we're 5th in the table, we're unbeaten and we hammered the RS (thanks again to West Country Blues for making it possible for me to get to the game). So, why am I not ecstatic? It is without a doubt a very good start. So, why am I not walking around with a smug grin on my face talking about the possibility of Champions League football next season? It's a weird feeling. I can't help feeling that the draws against Wigan and Manchester City were more like defeats. To give up a lead twice and to concede in the 94th minute is soul destroying. Not to mention the scandalous offside goal at Newcastle. What's the point? It's hard enough to pick up points in the Premiership without the officials getting it so very very wrong. It was an absolute disgrace. A shameful episode. That should have been 3 points not 1. Those 2 points could be the difference between Champions League or UEFA cup. Uefa cup or nothing. Or dare we say it Championship or Premiership football next season. Does that moron of a linesman (sorry, referee's assistant) care? Of course not. It's just too frustrating for words. The important thing is to take the positives and build on them. The new signings are performing well and settling in and, lets face it, we are unbeaten. We're in a European position and we hammered the RS. I may not be feeling as happy as I should, but at the end of the day, it could be much much worse and we haven't really got anything to moan about (ask my best mate, he's a Wolves fan). Lets just build on this good start and hopefully we'll be planning a few trips on the continent come the summer. Keep up the good work BK. Spencer Bishop. (05/10/06) Dear Sir I
wish to protest strongly against Bluekipper's repeated depiction of a
certain Mr Stretford with a photograph of a snake. This is a gross insult
to the integrity of all snakes. Kindly desissssssst from this behaviour
and use a picture of a rat or some other more appropriate species in future.
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