Leighton Baines
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Hey, sometimes even the most obvious and clichéd headlines are just too darned irresistible. This one, courtesy of everyone’s favourite baggy-trousered Jesus-jostling MC – Hammer, or Stanley Kirk Burrell, in case you were still wondering – clearly refers to the continued trial of German midfielder Thomas Hitzlsperger. That’s a trial in terms of showing Everton…
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A lethargic first-half performance and some dubious refereeing meant that Everton had to settle for a point against a Wigan side who were far tougher than their early season form suggested. An open and incident-packed match encapsulated Everton’s season so far as David Moyes’s men lurched back and forth between periods of sublime attacking football…
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Sir Alex Ferguson once famously said, “Football eh? What a cunt.” Well, something like that anyway, and the strawberry-nosed Scot words reflected the emotions of Evertonians following a veritable ‘ding dong’ battle at Goodison Park on Monday night. It was an odd encounter to sum up afterwards in many ways, because it felt as if…
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How exactly do you go about handing someone their arse? Because that’s what David Moyes’s Everton did to Paul Lambert’s Aston Villa at Villa Park. Would it be something that happens just before kick off? Moyes knocks tentatively on the home side’s dressing room before entering, followed by Steve Round carrying a covered silver serving…
This is not football 
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