It was my first visit to the Reebok and continued my record of not seeing us win away since Wrexham in 2002, as we lost 3-2.
With 11 first team players out and zero creativity in the team it was never going to be a classic game for the purist, but by the half hour mark [...]

Tonight is the night we can really test our European pedigree.  Benfica are European ever presents who have proven a challenge to top teams in the Champions League.  However despite this they crashed out of last years UEFA Cup in the group stage after failing to win a game.
After two hugely disappointing draws against relegation [...]

Before I start I managed to forget my glasses last night, so I’m writing this report under the assumption that nothing happened in the Park End half of the pitch.
Moyes announced that our new Russian was going to start his first game, and after eagerly awaiting my first chance to see him properly, knowing he [...]

Fulham Vs Everton
Venue: Craven Cottage
Kick Off: 16:15
 
The international break is finally over and we’re back in action today for the first time since that last minute winner against Wigan.
 
It seems a long time ago that we were all glued to Sky Sports News and the official site waiting for news of any signings on deadline [...]

The road to Wembley, the chance to walk down Wembley Way, to look up at the arch, to sing with your family, friends and fellow fans to support your team in a final, that’s the pinnacle of every football fan’s dreams. Unfortunately that is a dream that doesn’t become reality for many fans due to [...]

Now that the £22million sale of Lescott has finally gone through, there are discussions of how much Moyes will get, who we’ll sign and people wondering if we’re going to make big money signings.  Unfortunately that’s unlikely to happen.
With the fee reportedly at around £22million, 10% of the profit, around £1.7million, will be going to [...]

Everton have finally entered the market by signing a Russian winger whose name I can’t afford to get put on the back of my shirt.
The Russian international, apparently a long term target of Moyes, is unlikely to join up with the Everton team until September as he remains in Russia to finalise his Visa before [...]

I’m sure I’m not the only one who feared the worst on Thursday night, dark memories of Metalist and Bucharest were playing in my head, and the prospect of another year with European football being thrown away in August seemed very likely, and I was once quite an optimistic Evertonian. Our performance in our [...]

Here it is again, our annual struggle in the early stages of Europe.  I’m sure no one needs reminding of our previous qualifying matches, and I’m sure no one wants to see it repeated again, and with our opponents having already demolished Aberdeen in the previous round, I’m sure quite a few people will be [...]

Why I expected anything different I don’t know, but our dreadful performance has really knocked out the optimism which foolishly crept into my mind this time yesterday.  At a time many will be blaming the Lescott saga or the board, this is a problem that has been around for some 8 seasons now.  Out of [...]