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Rob Parker | March 8, 2010
Everton skipper’s shame-o-meter packs in
Sadly the TV cameras appear to have missed this cringeworthy celebration that David Brent would have been proud of (if he had made it as a footballer), but OTP has it on good authority from an Everton fan sat behind the goal during yesterday’s match against Hull that Phil Neville celebrated [...]
Rob Parker | March 8, 2010
Toffees boss awards his side an extra goal
Everton manager David Moyes caused some sniggering in the post-match press conference when it emerged he had last track of the score during his side’s thrashing of Hull City. In fact, Moyes needed a bit of convincing that the game had finished at 5-1 and not 6-1 as [...]
Rob Parker | March 5, 2010
Claims that Goodison Park trips but child killer back behind bars
James Bulger’s murderer Jon Venables was sent back to prison for making forbidden trips to watch Everton, according to claims in The Sun today. Venables was given a new identity when he was released and given several conditions under his licence, including that he must [...]
Rob Parker | February 22, 2010
Everton midfielder loves getting his kit off
Jack Rodwell might have seemed to have been overcome by emotion that compelled him to remove his shirt after finding the net against Manchester United, but the Everton youngster is actually rather fond of showing off his biceps.
So much so, in fact, that when he first emerged onto the [...]
Rob Parker | February 20, 2010
Who’s Layton?
Everton fans have started a Twitter hash-tag campaign to get their left-back Leighton Baines into Fabio Capello’s England squad. Unfortunately, they spelt his name incorrectly in the trending tag.
The #LaytonBainesForEngland tag was retweeted by several Evertonians before the spelling error was spotted. The tweeter behind the campaign has since unleashed a new #LeightonBainesForEngland tag [...]
Rob Parker | February 8, 2010
1. It wasn’t what you would call a good send-off.
2. Talking of send-offs, the two players red-carded in the Merseyside derby can feel very hard done by. It must have been a token gesture by Martin Atkinson.
3. That latest round of results has really shaken things up. Who could have envisaged a top four like [...]
Rob Parker | January 18, 2010
Man City leave Goodison Park with no class AND no points
Everton boss David Moyes used his programme notes for Saturday’s game against Manchester City to take a pop at his opponents over last year’s pursuit of Joleon Lescott.
He said: “There is no doubt that Manchester City Football Club treated us with little respect and [...]
