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  1. Insanity

    in General Football and Sport Discussion

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    BEIJING – A plague of insanity fueled by an unstoppable psychological and cultural force is spreading throughout China. That force: the FIFA World Cup.

     

    A Beijing soccer fan refused to let the small matter of his house burning down disturb his enjoyment of Tuesday's World Cup match between France and Spain.

     

    A fire broke out in a Hutong in the center of the Chinese capital at 3am local time Wednesday -- kickoff time in Hanover -- and gutted the traditional courtyard dwelling, the Beijing Daily Messenger reported. While the man’s wife promptly rescued their baby, the man grabbed the family’s television and ran out. Once safe, the man began to search for a socket to continue watching the game.

     

    The timing of the matches broadcast from Germany, which is six hours behind China, has forced some Chinese fans to go to great lengths to follow the action.

     

    One man quit his job in Beijing to return to his hometown Chongqing so he could watch the whole tournament uninterrupted.

     

    State news agency Xinhua reported that the 23-year-old's boss at the IT company had offered him a pay rise, but he turned it down flat, saying the World Cup was more important than his job.

     

    The Guangzhou Daily reported that local police were forced to release a thief arrested for stealing a mobile phone when the victim refused to press charges because he did not want to miss the start of a match.

     

    Although there are also many female World Cup fans in China, one man in the southeastern city had to sign a contract with his wife agreeing to do all the housework during the month of the finals so he could watch the matches at night.

  2. The Portuguese Keeper

    in General Everton Discussion

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    he was at united, didnt we have a Brazilian a couple of years back called Ricado? but we never seen him?

     

    just remembered while writing this, it was Rodrigo

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    There was a Spanish keeper at Man Utd called Ricardo. Although Im fairly certain we had that portuguese guy on trial from Sporting Lisbon.

  7. Efc Related Picture On Your Debit Cards

    in General Everton Discussion

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    I noticed that Abbey (The Bank). now do customised Photocards. i.e. your own picture on your debit card. Unfortunately for you lot though you are not allowed to use player pictures (as they are imo, deemed celebrities) so there will be no half naked Arteta cards popping out of your wallets in the near future.

     

     

    http://www.abbey.com/index/abbey_photocard...eguidelines.htm

     

    My question is if you had to choose an image to put on your debit card and it had to relate to Everton in some way, what image would you choose and why?

     

    I think I would opt for this:

     

    http://www.liverpoolpictorial.co.uk/spiton...gaff3/index.htm for obvious reasons :)

  19. Work On Academy Has Started

    in Academy - School of Science

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    Everton chief executive Keith Wyness has revealed exclusively to the relaunched evertonfc.com that building work is now underway on the club's new training facility.

     

    The new training base at Halewood on the outskirts of the city will be completed in time for the return to pre-season training ahead of the 2007/08 campaign.

     

    The multi-million pound facility will be home to the Club's senior squad as well as the Everton Academy and will boast some of the finest training facilities in the world.

     

    Making the training facility a reality was one of the CEO's top priorities when he arrived at Goodison in 2004 and he is delighted that David Moyes and his players will now be able to see progress being made on the building of the training ground.

     

    Wyness told evertontv: "We are about to start work on the building work at the new Academy. We have been working over the last year on the pitches and they are now fully laid.

     

    "We are hoping to be in the new Academy complex next year so we should be in there for the next off season and that is fantastic because we will have the first team and all the youth Academy on the same campus. That will make a big difference as it will also be one of the world's leading academies and will make a big difference in attracting young talent as well.

     

    "It says a lot about where the Club is at right now. We really are pushing the Club forward, breaking the Club transfer record in two consecutive seasons and building this new Academy. When Bellefield was built in 1966 it was the leading facility of its type in the world.

     

    "Once again we are back into that situation and I do sense that as a Club we are on the next curve starting to go upwards and it is not through a lack of effort that we are going to get there."

     

    The new complex will be home to 10 full-size grass pitches on three plateaus, one of which will be floodlit along with an additional floodlit synthetic pitch and specialist training areas for fitness work and goalkeepers.

     

    Inside the training complex there will be extensive changing facilities for both the senior squad and the Academy players, a gym, a synthetic indoor training pitch, hydratherapy pools, a spa and sauna, physiotherapy rooms a media centre and video lounges including a video editing suite.

     

    The state-of-the-art facilities on offer will make Everton a big draw for future signings and will also provide a boost in the development of the Club's Academy players.

     

    Wyness continues: "Weather and construction permitting it will be ready for next summer. I do hope it is not a Wembley situation and I am sure it won't be.

     

    "We have a great project, we will be very proud of it and I think all the fans will appreciate what this Academy can do for us.

     

    "It is so important to have everybody under one roof. There is a bit of a disconnect right now between the youth academy site at Netherton and the first team at Bellefield.

     

    "It is important for those youngsters to rub shoulders with the senior players and see them in training and for the manager to be able to check on the young talent coming through, for communication between scouts and coaches and for everybody to be on the same page.

     

    "It is one of the things identifed in almost the first week I was here and I am so pleased to see that now coming through.

     

    "It is crucial for the future development on the playing side. Not just senior players, even when parents of young kids come to see this they will want to put their child in Everton. For everybody concerned it is very important to have the best environment.

     

    "It is good to finally be at the bricks and mortar stage and as the summer goes on I am sure we will see images of all the hard hats and JCbs as the work gets underway. It is a very exciting time and another major chapter in Everton's history."

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