Mickey Blue Eyes

Blue Kipper's Fanzine Award Winning Columnist.
Gary and the Lads (06-Feb-2012)
HAS GARY LINEKER GONE MAD?
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Mickey Blue Eyes
I ask this question ...Read More
Wigan Away (05-Feb-2012)
NEIL ARMSTRONG LANDS IN WIGAN
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Mickey Blue Eyes
Ever since George...Read More
Raging Bull (01-Feb-2012)
PAMPAS BULL IN A CITY CHINA SHOP
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Mickey Blue Eyes
So the January...Read More
Warming Up (28-Jan-2012)
COLD COMFORT
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Mickey Blue Eyes
If ever we needed a result, it was...Read More
Ill wind (23-Jan-2012)
AN ILL WIND
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Mickey Blue Eyes
It's not something you don't alread...Read More
Unsafe in any shape (19-Jan-2012)
TERRACES: WHERE I STAND
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Mickey Blue Eyes
".......The tom-tom...Read More
Aston Villa V Everton (15-Jan-2012)
WINTER
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Mickey Blue Eyes
Appropriately, the temperature dropped a...Read More
Guilty as charged (08-Jan-2012)
THE LUIS SUAREZ AFFAIR
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Mickey Blue Eyes
If there's one thing as ...Read More
Everton V Tamworth (08-Jan-2012)
A CALIFORNIA YANKEE IN THE COURT OF KING LEAR
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Mickey Blue Eyes
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West Brom V Everton (02-Jan-2012)
VEST BRUM
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Mickey Blue Eyes
One of my long-distance footy memorie...Read More
Swans culled. (22-Dec-2011)
LEON, SANTA'S LITTLE HELPER*
*Due thanks to Alan
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NEW SIGNING! (15-Dec-2011)
UNGLAZED WINDOW
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Mickey Blue Eyes
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Interview with Doctor Denise Barrett-Baxendale (09-Dec-2011)
Like me, most Evertonians I know don't have much knowledge of the Everton in the Community separate charity which operates out of Goodison Park.
So I asked for an interview with C...Read More
Everton team formations (28-Nov-2011)
FORMATION DANCING AND GEORGE BUSH 2
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Mickey Blue Eyes
There are f...Read More
Heathcliff's Revenge (27-Nov-2011)
HEATHCLIFF'S REVENGE
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Mickey Blue Eyes
Saturday's game at the Ree...Read More
Horrible Bruisers (20-Nov-2011)
HORRIBLE BRUISERS
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Mickey Blue Eyes
Saturday morning, bright and ...Read More
Euro League Threat (17-Nov-2011)
A LEAGUE TOO FAR
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Mickey Blue Eyes
Once Britain turned neocon in ...Read More
Gates and Everton. (07-Nov-2011)
GATES
By
Mickey Blue Eyes
No, not the American Bill Gates, Microsof...Read More
The Fix (06-Nov-2011)
THE FIX
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Mickey Blue Eyes
Having missed the home match V Manc United I was anxio...Read More
Everton and Surplus Value (24-Oct-2011)
DAS KAPITAL.* TWICE.
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Mickey Blue Eyes
*Due ...Read More
THE JACKAL? (13-Oct-2011)
THE CARLOS TEVEZ AFFAIR
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Mickey Blue Eyes
A few weeks ago Carlos ...Read More
TV "POWER" (30-Sep-2011)
TV "POWER"
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Mickey Blue Eyes
A few days ago Alex Ferguson gave an...Read More
Anus Horriblus (22-Sep-2011)
ANUS HORRIBLUS
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Mickey Blue Eyes
The home League Cup match with W...Read More
Louis Lament (19-Sep-2011)
LOUIS LAMENT
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Mickey Blue Eyes
I am reliably informed by my young...Read More
Pie Eaters Munched (18-Sep-2011)
PIES? WHAT PIES?
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Mickey Blue Eyes
Midweek, I paid my first visit...Read More
THE MYTH OF EVERTONIAN ATMOSPHERE (16-Sep-2011)
"For the great enemy of truth is very often not the lie - deliberate, contrived, dishonest - but the myth, persistent, persuasive and unrealistic. Too often we hold fast to the clichés of our forebears. We ...Read More
Autumn Leaves Start To Fall (11-Sep-2011)
AUTUMN LEAVES START TO FALL
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Mickey Blue Eyes
"You know the f...Read More
Everton's Transfer Window (02-Sep-2011)
KLUTZ OF GUNSELS MONTH (2 of 2, then ad infinitum...)
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Mickey Blue Eyes...Read More
Blackburn Rovers 0 Pentangles 2 (28-Aug-2011)
OUR INCREDIBLE SHRINKING MIDFIELD MEN
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Mickey Blue Eyes
Appropria...Read More
Everton 3 Sheffield United 1 (25-Aug-2011)
MO' BETTER BLUES
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Mickey Blue Eyes
Well, that's a slight relief a...Read More
Everton V QPR (21-Aug-2011)
INFIRM OF PURPOSE!
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Mickey Blue Eyes
Well, there's one thing you ...Read More
This Season (07-Aug-2011)
THE BONNY BLUE FLAG, 2011-2012
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Mickey Blue Eyes
"Big wheel k...Read More
TAKE A BREAK (22-Jun-2011)
TAKE A BREAK
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Mickey Blue Eyes
On 15th June this year ...Read More
FIFA's ISLAMOPHOBIA (08-Jun-2011)
FIFA's ISLAMOPHOBIA
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Mickey Blue Eyes
Here we go again. You reall...Read More
SEPP, STILL HAZY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS (02-Jun-2011)
SEPP, STILL HAZY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS
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Mickey Blue Eyes
&nbs...Read More
STATISTICS, WITCHES, DEMONS AND BROOMSTICKS (23-May-2011)
STATISTICS, WITCHES, DEMONS AND BROOMSTICKS
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Mickey Blue Eyes
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The Attack on Neil Lennon (13-May-2011)
THE ATTACK ON NEIL LENNON - A WARNING TO US ALL
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Mickey Blue Eyes
At last n...Read More
SUGAR'S UNSWEETNER (11-May-2011)
SUGAR'S UNSWEETNER
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Mickey Blue Eyes
Last Sunday a...Read More
FOOTBALL AND PLEASURE (08-May-2011)
FOOTBALL AND PLEASURE
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Mickey Blue Eyes
"One half of th...Read More
FOOTBALL AND GOVERNANCE (28-Apr-2011)
FOOTBALL AND GOVERNANCE
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Mickey Blue Eyes
"ALICE: While you t...Read More
YANKEE CAPITALIST BRAND inc. 1 PEOPLE'S CLUB 0 (25-Apr-2011)
YANKEE CAPITALIST BRAND Inc. 1 PEOPLE'S CLUB 0
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Mickey Blue Eyes
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FOOTBALL AND HUMOUR (22-Apr-2011)
FOOTBALL AND HUMOUR
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Mickey Blue Eyes
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TWO HOLES IN BLACKBURN, LANCASHIRE (18-Apr-2011)
TWO HOLES IN BLACKBURN, LANCASHIRE
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Mickey Blue Eyes
How propheti...Read More
WOLVES AT THE BACK DOOR (09-Apr-2011)
WOLVES AT THE BACK DOOR
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Mickey Blue Eyes
This 3-0 away win was a...Read More
FOOTBALL AND THE SUB PRIME AND OTHER SCAMS (07-Apr-2011)
FOOTBALL AND THE SUB PRIME AND OTHER SCAMS
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Mickey Blue Eyes
&nbs...Read More
FOOTBALL AND ----KING SWEARING (05-Apr-2011)
FOOTBALL AND ----KING* SWEARING
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Mickey Blue Eyes
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I'VE NEVER MET A NICE ASTON VILLA (03-Apr-2011)
I'VE NEVER MET A NICE ASTON VILLA
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Mickey Blue Eyes
Footy apart, ...Read More
Suddenly Any Given Summer (21-Mar-2011)
Every now and then someone asks me to explain the term "Summer Twat" which occasionally finds its way into these opinions.......Well, there is no real explanation. It is an entirely subjectiv...Read More
TIME AND TIDE (10-Mar-2011)
TIME AND TIDE
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Mickey Blue Eyes
Time is the commodity in shortest...Read More
THE SWEET HELL OF 'SUCCESS' (06-Mar-2011)
THE SWEET HELL OF "SUCCESS"
By
Mickey Blue Eyes
And so this bizarre...Read More
READING THE RUNES (02-Mar-2011)
READING THE RUNES
By
Mickey Blue Eyes
Fresh off the back of the usu...Read More
A Whiter Shade Of Stale (27-Feb-2011)
A WHITER SHADE OF STALE
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Mickey Blue Eyes
You could have kidded y...Read More
HOW FIFA AND UEFA (AND OTHERS) ARE TRYING TO STEAL YOUR MONEY
(AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT)
...Read More
Football and 'Love' (15-Feb-2011)
FOOTBALL AND "LOVE"
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Mickey Blue Eyes
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OH I DO LIKE TO BE BESIDE THE SEASIDE (07-Feb-2011)
OH I DO LIKE TO BE BESIDE THE SEASIDE
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Mickey Blue Eyes
Now the "...Read More
EVERTON 1 'COCKNEY' RENT BOYS 1 (30-Jan-2011)
EVERTON 1 "COCKNEY" RENT BOYS 1
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Mickey Blue Eyes
I love the FA C...Read More
CELEBRATING KLUTZ OF GUNSELS MONTH (27-Jan-2011)
CELEBRATING KLUTZ OF GUNSELS MONTH
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Mickey Blue Eyes
As...Read More
FOOTBALL AND DELUSION (30-Dec-2010)
FOOTBALL AND DELUSION
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Mickey Blue Eyes
"delusion...Read More
FAINT LOUIS BLUES (05-Dec-2010)
FAINT LOUIS BLUES
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Mickey Blue Eyes
One of the great bonuses of l...Read More
WORLD CUP WILLIES (02-Dec-2010)
WORLD CUP WILLIES
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Mickey Blue Eyes
I thought I might as well thr...Read More
SCOTCH MIST DESCENDING (29-Nov-2010)
SCOTCH MIST DESCENDING
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Mickey Blue Eyes
Interesting one, this Sc...Read More
ICE STATION CAT (28-Nov-2010)
ICE STATION CAT
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Mickey Blue Eyes
Christ, but it was cold on Satu...Read More
STRIKE A LIGHT (24-Nov-2010)
STRIKE A LIGHT
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Mickey Blue Eyes
As we glumly contemplate the sea...Read More
TIM CAHILL, EVERTON GREAT (19-Nov-2010)
TIM CAHILL, EVERTON GREAT
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Mickey Blue Eyes
"D...Read More
INTERVIEW WITH ROBERT ELSTONE (17-Nov-2010)
INTERVIEW WITH ROBERT ELSTONE
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Mickey Blue Eyes
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WEBB OF DECEIT (15-Nov-2010)
WEBB OF DECEIT
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Mickey Blue Eyes
If there was one game to sum up ...Read More
FOOTBALL AND HEROES (AND VILLAINS) (13-Nov-2010)
FOOTBALL AND HEROES (AND VILLAINS)
By
Mickey Blue Eyes.
"Did yo...Read More
FOOTBALL AND AMBITION (02-Nov-2010)
FOOTBALL AND AMBITION
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Mickey Blue Eyes
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STOKING EXPECTATIONS (31-Oct-2010)
STOKING EXPECTATIONS
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Mickey Blue Eyes
Most of us look forward to most games the...Read More
FOOTBALL AND PROFITS (26-Oct-2010)
FOOTBALL AND PROFITS
By
Mickey Blue Eyes.
"Cui Bono?" (Translated: To whose pr...Read More
ROONEY SYNDROME (22-Oct-2010)
ROONEY SYNDROME
By
Mickey Blue Eyes
So now, after a lot of hoo-ha, Wayne ...Read More
ROYAL BLUES 2,
YANQUI IMPERIALISTA LEVERAGED HEDGE-FUND RUNNING DOGS 0
By ...Read More
DERBY DAZE (06-Oct-2010)
DERBY DAZE
By
Mickey Blue Eyes
"The art of needling is to get s...Read More
FOOTBALL AND PROFESSIONALISM (03-Oct-2010)
FOOTBALL AND PROFESSIONALISM
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Mickey Blue Eyes
"When I was a ...Read More
CLASSY FOOTBALL (28-Sep-2010)
CLASSY FOOTBALL
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Mickey Blue Eyes
When Europeans talk of "class" they usua...Read More
SIBERIA! (26-Sep-2010)
SIBERIA!
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Mickey Blue Eyes
Some facts are beyond dispute: Beyoncé has a ...Read More
HAS THE FOOTY INTERNET TAKEN US AS FAR AS IT CAN? (21-Sep-2010)
HAS THE FOOTY INTERNET TAKEN US AS FAR AS IT CAN?
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Mickey Blue Eyes
I was living...Read More
PUNCHLESS AND BROODY (19-Sep-2010)
PUNCHLESS AND BROODY
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Mickey Blue Eyes
Well, not too much to report about the pi...Read More
CROWDS SEEN (14-Sep-2010)
CROWDS SEEN
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Mickey Blue Eyes
"Men think in herds, go mad in herds, but reco...Read More
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE (12-Sep-2010)
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE
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Mickey Blue Eyes
I had a bad feeling on Saturday, pre-match....Read More
PAL JOEY (06-Sep-2010)
PAL JOEY
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Mickey Blue Eyes
The title is taken from a 1957 American film starring...Read More
CLUB V COUNTRY (04-Sep-2010)
CLUB V COUNTRY
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Mickey Blue Eyes
Football is one of my hobbies and I en...Read More
SEAMUS, T'BE SURE (01-Sep-2010)
SEAMUS, T'BE SURE, T'BE SURE...... IS IT Y'SELF THAT'S IN IT?
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Mickey Blue Eyes
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SUNDAY PEST (29-Aug-2010)
SUNDAY PEST
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Mickey Blue Eyes
Well, it doesn't get much more painful than defeat...Read More
FOOTBALL AND FEELINGS (27-Aug-2010)
FOOTBALL AND FEELINGS
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Mickey Blue Eyes
"Men who are unhappy,...Read More
BRUMMY BOOT BOYS (22-Aug-2010)
BRUMMY BOOT BOYS
By
Mickey Blue Eyes
Yes, yes, I know Wolverhampton isn't in Birmi...Read More
MAMMY BLUE (18-Aug-2010)
MAMMY BLUE
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Mickey Blue Eyes
We couldn't wait for the season to start. And once ...Read More
SEASON PREVIEW 2010-2011. (08-Aug-2010)
SEASON PREVIEW 2010-2011
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Mickey Blue Eyes
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HOW DOES YOUR EVERTON HISTORY MEASURE UP? (26-Jul-2010)
HOW DOES YOUR EVERTON HISTORY MEASURE UP?
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Mickey Blue Eyes
Ever...Read More
WORLD CUP IFFY......BUT VIVA ESPANA! (12-Jul-2010)
WORLD CUP, MOSTLY IFFY....BUT ¡VIVA ESPAÑA!
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Mickey Blue Eyes
...Read More
GO DO THAT VUVU THAT YOU DO SO WELL (20-Jun-2010)
GO DO THAT VUVU THAT YOU DO SO WELL
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Mickey Blue Eyes
When I first heard vuvuzue...Read More
FOOTBALL'S DARKNESS AT NOON (PART 3) (02-Jun-2010)
FOOTBALL'S DARKNESS AT NOON
PART 3 of 3
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Mickey Blue Eyes
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FOOTBALL'S DARKNESS AT NOON (PART 2) (31-May-2010)
FOOTBALL'S DARKNESS AT NOON
PART 2 of 3
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Mickey Blue Eyes
...Read More
FOOTBALL'S DARKNESS AT NOON (PART 1) (29-May-2010)
FOOTBALL'S DARKNESS AT NOON[1]
PART 1 of 3
...Read More
INTERVIEW WITH ROBERT ELSTONE (26-May-2010)
INTERVIEW WITH ROBERT ELSTONE
By
Mickey Blue Eyes
Last Wednesday 19th May 2010, to Goodison Park...Read More
THE FIRE NEXT TIME (09-May-2010)
THE FIRE NEXT TIME*
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Mickey Blue Eyes
So......eighth it was, then, much as the r...Read More
WILD AT ROVERS (18-Apr-2010)
WILD AT ROVERS
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Mickey Blue Eyes
This has been one weird season. For the first t...Read More
Irons in the Fire (05-Apr-2010)
IRONS IN THE FIRE
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Mickey Blue Eyes
Poor West Ham. Not only does their main stand have the wo...Read More
VILLA SYNDROME (02-Apr-2010)
VILLA SYNDROME
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Mickey Blue Eyes
I wasn't at all surprised to hear the latest ru...Read More
The Mounting Stream (29-Mar-2010)
THE MOUNTING STREAM
By
Mickey Blue Eyes
Computers are almost indispensable for day-to-day work th...Read More
Wan For All Season (21-Mar-2010)
WAN FOR ALL SEASON
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Mickey Blue Eyes...Read More
Football and Morality (07-Feb-2010)
“We know no spectacle so ridiculous as the ...Read More
ALEX PARKER, GENTLEMAN (15-Jan-2010)
The recent sad death of Alex Parker at 74 triggered a flood of recollection for Evertonians of a certain age. And, as usual, recollection has lit...Read More
THE STORY SO FAR (10-Oct-2009)
Autumn in its first days.......a break for international games..........the Kirkby decision imminent.............an appropriate time for a hitchhiker's assessment of the season so fa...Read More
FOOTBALL AND HATRED (30-Aug-2009)
"I hate all sports as rabidly as a person who likes sports hates common sense."
"The mob man, functioning as citizen, gets a feeling that he is really important ...Read More
GOODBYE, JOLEON. WHAT A PITY. (24-Aug-2009)
I might as well have my tuppence worth on the Joleon Lescott saga. If your local has been like mine, then the world and his wife will have had their say already. And most ...Read More
SOUTH AMERICAN DIARY Part 3 (09-Jul-2009)
Day Ten, Monday, 29th June 2009. Time for Paul, John and me to say farewell to Santiago and make our way to the airport for LAN flight number 445 at 14:...Read More
SOUTH AMERICAN DIARY Part 2 (29-Jun-2009)
Day Three, Monday 22nd June 2009. Today was set-up for a visit to the two separate CD Everton administrative offices. These are in the city centre, not ...Read More
SOUTH AMERICAN DIARY Part 1 (26-Jun-2009)
"Sunset and evening star, And one clear calls for me! And may there be no moaning of the bar, When I put out to sea." ALFRED, LORD TENNYSON, "Crossing the Bar" (1889).
...Read More
KENNY AND JAKE LOSE THEIR DOCUMENTARY CHERRY (20-Jun-2009)
If you haven't already seen it, I suggest you watch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPf-xhJkx7U, student Kenny...Read More
(ANOTHER) WATERSHED FOR MIKKY (14-Feb-2009)
Meantime, in the circumstances we will do well if we hold onto sixth place and manage a semi- or final place in the FA Cup. However badly we performed at the start of the season ...Read More
MOYESY'S BALANCE SHEET (07-Jan-2009)
"It was the genius of Proust to take for granted that every appearance is either deception or subject to misinterpretation and that the only gift the killer Time bes...Read More
THE REALITY OF FOOTBALL GLORY (16-Dec-2008)
"To children ardent for some desperate glory, the old Lie: Dulce et decorum est Pro patria mori." WILFRID OWEN, 'Dulce et decorum est' (1963 ed.).
There ...Read More
Blue Kipper Diary
Date
Event
Venue
12 Feb 12
Sunday Lunch & Goodison Tour
Goodison Park, Hospitality Lounge
24 Feb 12
Battle Of The Meseyside Legends
Goodison Park, Executive Lounge
01 Mar 12
Everton Sports Dinner 2012
Crown Plaza
22 Mar 12
Everton Hall of Fame Dinner 2012
Adelphi Hotel, Merseyside
11 May 12
Alan Ball Tribute Night
Devonshire House Hotel, Edge Lane
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