There are things I dislike to see on a football field. Two of them are embarrassing, schoolboy defending, especially when it is being done by Everton football Club; unfortunately yesterday was the day that we saw much of it. The other is when a footballer of incredible potential is, sadly, selfish on the football pitch. In the case of Dan Gosling on Sunday afternoon,...

With Everton already short of options ahead of last night’s game against high flying Benfica at the Estadio Da Luz , the news announced shortly before kick off that Leighton Baines had withdrawn from the game after picking up an injury in training and would be replaced by debutant Seamus Coleman dealt another blow to optimistic Evertonians hopeful of good result...

With the latest round of Premier League action out of the way, this Thursday sees the welcome distraction of the Europa League as the blues take on Potuguese giants Benfica in their own back yard. If reports in the local press today are proved to be correct, Everton will be backed by the biggest European exodus of Evertonians for 25 years, with the Blues having officially...

A youthful Toffees side ended Bolton’s three game winning streak at the County Ground with a fine 1-0 win. Bolton included first team fringe players Nicky Hunt, Ricardo Vaz Te and Riga in their starting line-up. Everton began well and could have been 1-0 up as early as the second minute.  Good work down the wing by Adam Forshaw ended with him whipping in a fine cross...

Cast you mind back a couple of seasons to the dark dour days of Lee Carseley and Phil Neville in the middle of a five man midfield. Those days when Everton Football Club were hard to break down, but found it oh so difficult to score goals; two albeit very good defensive minded players, but whose visionary skills to deliver a killer pass were limited [sorry Phil]. Then...

On a beautiful mid – October afternoon in L4 with the sun beaming down on the old lady, a crowd of 39,319 gathered to watch a resurgent Everton side look to improve on the 1-1 draw against Stoke in their last fixture and make it 7 games unbeaten against Mick McCarthy’s newly promoted Wolves. Lining up for the blues this afternoon in David Moyes’ preferred...

After what feels like one of the longest international breaks in the history of the beautiful game, this weekend Everton play host to Wolverhampton Wanderers with a rare 3 O’clock kick off on Saturday afternoon at Goodison Park. David Moyes will be no doubt looking to get back to winning ways after the draw at home to Stoke following 5 wins on the spin, hopefully...

Everton this evening played host to Manchester United reserves in this evening’s “home” clash in Widnes at the Halton Stadium. Neil Holden opted for a 4-5-1 formation with Kieran Agard playing the lone striker role, supported from midfield by captain Dan Gosling, while the rest of the midfield was made up by Hope Akpan, Anton Peterlin (in his first start...

After a weary start to the season, Everton now climb to ninth with a Louis Saha strike that condemned the home side to a record seventh straight Premier League loss. Following the two consecutive losses to begin the season, a 6-1 drubbing at the hands of Arsenal and a 1-0 loss to new-comers Burnley, the Toffees have only lost one of their last four Premier League games,...

Portsmouth v Everton Bottom of the table and pointless Portsmouth against a resurgent Everton whove won four of their last five, scoring eleven goals in their last three wins? It appears to be an easy one to call but you have to take into account that two of Evertons high-scoring wins came against an embarrassingly poor AEK Athens and Hulls reserve team, plus despite...