Everton 2014-15
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friedaweed
Me and me girl named Jane
Top Draw 
big eejit
She looks like Alan Gilzean
We have a Plan B now!
I hope plan A was influenced by the Europa Cup and Martinez will just pick his best team next season.
I pity the poor buggers who qualify for the EC this season.
big eejit
She looks like Alan Gilzean
Nice tribute to Sir Philip Carter in today's Guardian.
Sir Philip Carter, the former Everton chairman who died aged 87 this week, still used to fly his fellow board members to Everton away games sometimes even well into his 70s. Not fly in the sense of paying for the club suits to jet out of John Lennon Airport every other week, but rather piloting the plane himself, a regular Maverick.
During the second world war, Carter had served as a pilot, and his passion for aviation came second only to his love of Everton FC. Appointed chairman in 1978, he remains the most successful in the club’s history and famously ignored fans’ pleas to sack Howard Kendall early on in his tenure. His loyalty paid dividends, with Everton then entering their most successful era: winning two league titles, an FA Cup and the European Cup Winners’ Cup, which is still their only piece of continental silverware.
Indeed Carter was never afraid for standing up for what he believed in, and in 1987 instructed the Everton fans that racially abused Liverpool’s John Barnes to “stay away you scum.” Carter will be honoured today at Goodison Park with a minute’s silence, and both Everton and Manchester United are expected to wear black armbands in tribute.
Carter held many other positions, including president of the Football League, a vice-president of the FA, and was pivotal in the formation of the Premier League in 1992, but he will better be remembered for his amiable demeanour, always popping into the dressing room pre-match to wish the players good luck and never too busy to stop and chat to fans – despite his wealth, he was a fitting custodian of The People’s Club. He was a gentleman. RIP.
Sir Philip Carter, the former Everton chairman who died aged 87 this week, still used to fly his fellow board members to Everton away games sometimes even well into his 70s. Not fly in the sense of paying for the club suits to jet out of John Lennon Airport every other week, but rather piloting the plane himself, a regular Maverick.
During the second world war, Carter had served as a pilot, and his passion for aviation came second only to his love of Everton FC. Appointed chairman in 1978, he remains the most successful in the club’s history and famously ignored fans’ pleas to sack Howard Kendall early on in his tenure. His loyalty paid dividends, with Everton then entering their most successful era: winning two league titles, an FA Cup and the European Cup Winners’ Cup, which is still their only piece of continental silverware.
Indeed Carter was never afraid for standing up for what he believed in, and in 1987 instructed the Everton fans that racially abused Liverpool’s John Barnes to “stay away you scum.” Carter will be honoured today at Goodison Park with a minute’s silence, and both Everton and Manchester United are expected to wear black armbands in tribute.
Carter held many other positions, including president of the Football League, a vice-president of the FA, and was pivotal in the formation of the Premier League in 1992, but he will better be remembered for his amiable demeanour, always popping into the dressing room pre-match to wish the players good luck and never too busy to stop and chat to fans – despite his wealth, he was a fitting custodian of The People’s Club. He was a gentleman. RIP.
friedaweed
Me and me girl named Jane
Andy King died today, aged 58 of a heart attack.
He was a cracking player Andy. He'd throw his head at anything
Fedayn
Well-Known Member
He was a cracking player Andy. He'd throw his head at anything
Errr.... that's Andy Gray.......
friedaweed
Me and me girl named Jane
You mean he's not dead?
I drank a dram of my best scotch to him last night. I'll have to do it all again now Andy king dies and Andy Gray gets to live. There's no justice in this world
big eejit
She looks like Alan Gilzean
Watford at home first game of season. Will be interesting. Then we've got a horribly tough start.
http://m.premierleague.com/en-gb/news/article.170615-fixture-list-for-2015-2016-season-released.html
http://m.premierleague.com/en-gb/news/article.170615-fixture-list-for-2015-2016-season-released.html
big eejit
She looks like Alan Gilzean
Interesting article about Mirallas.
My thoughts are we should sell if we could get decent money for him. But that seems to be the sticking point. Not as good as you think you are Kevin?
http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/everton-fc-tough-call-make-9533173
My thoughts are we should sell if we could get decent money for him. But that seems to be the sticking point. Not as good as you think you are Kevin?
http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/everton-fc-tough-call-make-9533173
