Everton Trophies
Division One winners: 1890-91, 1914-15, 1927-28, 1931-32, 1938-39, 1962-63, 1969-70, 1984-85, 1986-87
Division Two winners: 1930-31
FA Cup winners: 1906, 1933, 1966, 1984, 1995
European Cup-winners Cup winners: 1984-85
Manchester City moved three points clear at the top of the Premier League thanks to a convincing 3-0 win at home over Fulham.
Heading into the Fulham match a lot of questions were being asked about a City side that had lost four of their eight matches in 2012, exiting the FA and League Cups and seeing Manchester United draw level with them on points at the top of the Premier League.
Newcastle’s hopes of taking advantage of Chelsea‘s draw at Norwich were stopped by a five-goal second-half blitz from Fulham as they lost 5-2 at Fulham.
Fulham were poor in the first-hald and it was no surprise that Newcastle scored first thanks to a Danny Guthrie thunderbolt from outside the area.
Not sure what Martin Jol said at half-time, but it was a completely different Fulham side that took the pitch in the second half. Fulham got a hat-trick from Clint Dempsey and penalties from Danny Murphy and Bobby Zamora as the Cottagers picked up three big points.
Good signing for Everton today as they picked up midfielder Darron Gibson from Manchester United for a reported £1million with a further £1million in appearance-related bonuses.
David Moyes gets a 24-year-old international who made 60 appearances for United, but never was able to grab a regular starting position.Gibson has moved to Merseyside for an undisclosed fee on a four-and-a-half-year deal.
“I can see a hunger,” manager David Moyes told evertonfc.tv. “He (Darron) is young and wants to prove himself.”
Gibson said that he was sold on Everton by an unlikely source, former Everton star Wayne Rooney:
Tottenham Hotspurs are continuing their pressure on the Manchester Duo in the top of premier league table after Harry Redknapp’s side successfully defeated Everton 2-0 on Wednesday.
The victory excites Redknapp as with all three points, his team are now level on points with second place, Manchester United, and only three points shy of the leader, Man City.
The day before a match is the media’s time to meet with players and managers to ask questions and talk about team news. For most reporters this is their only opportunity to ask the manager a question. Here are some video’s from today’s conferences involving Roberto Mancini, Andre Villas-Boas, Landon Donovan and Steve Kean:
Roberto Mancini
Andre Villas-Boas
Landon Donovan
Steve Kean
The festive programme kicks off in the EPL on Monday with 14 teams taking to the field to run off the turkey.
Traditionally when you look at the Premier league fixture list at this time of year, the schedulers have taken their time to make sure that teams (and more so fans) don’t have to travel too far. It is also hoped that the added spice of a local derby might also get more fans going to the games. This happens right throughout the English leagues.
The big game in the Premier League this weekend is a clash between Manchester City and Arsenal and City captain Vincent Kompany is confident his side can bounce back to winning ways:
“I definitely have a lot of respect for Arsenal,” Kompany said. “On Sunday, we are looking to do what they have done. They have picked themselves up after a difficult month. The way they have done that is absolutely incredible. I consider them as a top team, who will make a top game of it. But we are a difficult team to beat at home. There is no reason for us to be arrogant about this fixture. Arsenal are a great team. But we can beat great teams.”
Landon Donovan has agreed to join Everton on a two-month loan from MLS side Los Angeles Galaxy.
The agreement, which was reached on Thursday following recent discussions between Everton, LA Galaxy and Major League Soccer, is pending paperwork that needs to be finalised.
Once that is completed, Donovan is set to join Everton over the Christmas period and would be eligible to face Bolton on January 4. The loan deal would last until after the derby against Liverpool on February 25.
Everton boss David Moyes said about the deal:
After a pretty long wait, Everton fans can finally breath a sight of relief over the future of Marouane Fellaini, who finally extended his stay at Goodison Park until 2016.
This news obviously gives a joy for the fans and also manager, David Moyes, who is very keen on seeing Fellaini, continue his career with the Toffees, despite many interesting offers continue to arrive for the 23-years-old Belgium international.
Bafana Bafana and Tottenham play maker Steven Pienaar has admitted that life has not been easy for him since he left Everton. However, Pienaar who has struggled to establish himself as a regular in Harry Redknapp’s starting line up, maintained that he is not about to quit the team just yet.
The 29 year old has featured for Tottenham just 12 times since his £3 million move in January. When interviewed by the Independent, Pienaar maintained that he had no regrets about leaving Everton.
“Regrets? No, not at all,” Pienaar said.
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