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Lawyer out to gazump Lerner with £70m bid By Nick Harris , Published: 16 August 2006 http://sport.independent.co.uk/football/pr...icle1219436.ece "The battle for control of Aston Villa took another twist last night when the London-based lawyer heading the so-called "AV06 consortium" told The Independent his group will be "indefatigable in our efforts to secure the club" from under the nose of the American billionaire Randy Lerner, whose £63m offer has already been recommended to shareholders. Nicholas Padfield QC, a deputy high court judge, pushed the British credentials of his consortium last night amid speculation that a £70m offer is imminent. "This is by no means over," he said. "We are indefatigable in our efforts to secure the club because we have the club's interests at heart. We are not American, and want to fly the flag." what the big attraction at aston villa?

How canny businessmen have seen their football profits soar By Mihir Bose http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtm...17/sfnbos17.xml money for rope?

take a look at :-) http://www.toostupidtobepresident.com/ Top 11 other things Dubya will be doing while hosting a special screening of the film "United 93." (May 30, 2006) 11. Trying to remember what he was doing when he heard the news of the hijackings. 10. Getting the official story straight. 9. Shoring-up his poll numbers. 8. Staying out of Mr. Cheney's way. 7. Wondering if JuJu Fruits are anti-semetic. 6. Waiting for Harrison Ford to save the day (again). 5. Trying-out "the move" on Condi. 4. Shouting warnings at the screen. 3. Discovering that his flight-suit is less comfortable after a couple of hours in a theater seat than it was after a few minutes flight across San Diego Harbor. 2. Wondering what happened to that Osama guy. 1. Making notes for a movie based on his September 11 flights from Sarasota to Barksdale Air Force Base to Offutt Air Force Base to Washington, D.C. called, "Stay Out of Harm's Way."

Do NOT "Misunderestimate" this Disease! CDC warning:The Centers for Disease Control has issued a warning about a new virulent strain of Sexually Transmitted Disease. The disease is contracted through dangerous and high-risk behavior. The disease is called Gonhorrhea Lectim and is pronounced "gonna re-elect 'em". Many victims in the USA contracted it in 2004, after having been screwed for four years.

Homerisms 1) "Now son, you don't want to drink beer. That's for Daddys, and kids with fake IDs." 2) "Marge, it takes two to lie. One to lie and one to listen." 3) "Marge, don't discourage the boy! Weaseling out of things is important to learn. It's what separates us from the animals! Except the weasel." 5) "If you really want something in life you have to work for it. Now quiet, they're about to announce the lottery numbers." 7) "I saw this in a movie about a bus that had to speed around a city, keeping its speed over 50, and if its speed changed, it would explode! I think it was called, 'The Bus That Couldn't Slow Down.'" 8) "I want to share something with you - the three sentences that will get you through life. Number one, 'cover for me.' Number two, 'oh, good idea, boss.' Number three, 'it was like that when I got here.'"

whats puritanism? the haunting fear that someone, somewhere might be having a good time!

Why aren't Baptists allowed to fuck standing up? It might lead to dancing.

The lowest ever English Premier League attendance of 3,039 was at Wimbledon v Everton January 1993. The first englishman to play abroad was Herbert Kilpin, who played in the second division before joining FC Torinese in 1891, then Mediolanum Milano from 1898 to 1900 and Milan from 1900-07. But Kilpin's defining moment came in a Tuscan wine shop in 1899 when, together with five colleagues from a Nottingham lace company, he founded the Milan Cricket and Football Club - now known as AC Milan. "We will wear red and black," said Kilpin. "Red to recall the devil, black to invoke fear."

no worries. this year we'll be 2:0 up with 10 minutes to go.

he got seven last year and had a good finish to the season. a couple of great goals, especially the one against chelsea. i think he lacks confidence and if he can overcome that he will be good.

the match is live on espn out here, 9pm!!! ive reserved the telly.

Watfords new signings. Damien Francis (£1.5m) Chris Powell (free) Tamas Priskin (undisclosed) Danny Shittu (£1.6m they are starting look more like a premiership outfit, and of course theyve been here before. should be a good game on saturday, altho season openers can be very cautious affairs, no-one wants to get off to a bad start. score Everton 2 : watford 1

"Everton star James McFadden has revealed he has agreed a new deal at Goodison Park. McFadden's future at the club had been placed in doubt after contract talks stalled earlier this summer. However, McFadden has now verbally agreed a new three-year deal and is expected to put pen-to-paper when he returns from international duty later this week. The former Motherwell star was happy to end all the speculation over his future. "It's good that it's sorted," said McFadden. "I've always wanted to stay and that's finalised now and hopefully I can get on with my football at Everton." GOOD NEWS.

Chelsea will this week raise their offer for Arsenal's Ashley Cole to between £22m and £24m after being told their alternative left-back, Lyon's Eric Abidal, would cost almost as much at £21m. (The Independent) well chelski have 20 mill thats say he is. thats a clincher! gotta hand it to arsene, he's a smart negotiator.

every time ive seen him play, (on telly) he's been the outstanding charlton player. i can't see why he is so cheap. we probably wont get him but i think he's as good as most of our midfield, with the exception of arteta, of course.

i think that fergies signing another keeper, just after off loading howard tells us that his services are no long required at manu. i hope he performs well, but because he was dropped by the usa for the world cup, after one game, and the new guy at manu, i'm a bit concerned about whether he is good enough. i hope he is.

i'd love to be there, but its 8,000 miles each way. still the match is on live here and i'll be watching it, for sure!

you can treatment for that kind of minor abberation on the national health now. but hurry, delay can be dangerous!

oh yeah!!! chelsea have just found out that there second choice, if they dont land cole will cost them 21 mill!!! theyve just had a reality check. and as for coles quality, next to rio ferdinand he's the best defender in the country.

its the last chance saloon for andy! but then he seems to like saloons. from sporting life. Dutch winger Andy van der Meyde has been told by Everton boss David Moyes he is on his "last chance" at the club. The 26-year-old found himself in hospital last week after a night out in Liverpool, amid claims his drinks had been spiked. But after he had been discharged from hospital, Moyes issued a club fine on him for being out socialising two days before a match, the Aberdeen friendly last Tuesday. And van der Meyde was involved as a second-half substitute in the 1-0 home defeat by Athletic Bilbao on Saturday. Moyes has told the club's official website, evertonfc.com: "It will be his last chance. If I hear of him stepping out of line again, there will not be another opportunity for him. "We like players to enjoy themselves here and we make sure they do. But it's at the right time and when it suits Everton." Moyes added: "That's why you have a contract and why you agree to club rules. You agree to the things expected of a professional footballer. If Andy doesn't fit into that, I'm sorry, but it won't work for him." But Moyes has been happy with the player's response to the fine, adding: "I would say, though, that he's a good lad, very remorseful and he's determined to show that he can play for Everton. That's what I want him to do. There's a talent and a pedigree there and we want him to succeed."

the team is hungry and determined to prove themselves this season. and they know that they have to. there is no room for complacency or failure. anythng less than a top ten finish and it could be bye bye moyesey. it will probably also mean big changes at board level. on an optimistic note i think that moysey has got the side right. i also think that the board have got a real sense of direction after floundering for years. we will soon know!

wrights stats for last season were very similar to nigel martyns. and stats are a much more accurate way to judge performance for a goalkeeper than they are for a player out in the field. tim howard is an unknown quantity. he didnt last long at manu, and if he doesnt perform here he will probably find himself back in the states at the end of the season.

Bill 'Dixie' Dean! Bill Dean - known as 'Dixie' - was another man who could easily claim to be the best player of his generation anywhere in the world. The pride of Everton FC (whose history is often overshadowed by their neighbours across the park, Liverpool). Probably the most significant thing about Dean was that he is the highest goal scorer in English League history with 60 goals in one season2. This is a record which has lasted over 70 years3. It's fair to say he was instrumental in Everton's title successes of the 1920s and 1930s, and was a good promoter of the club in his later years. He died at Goodison park in 1980 after an Everton v Liverpool Derby. Billy got the nickname 'Dixie' from his dark skin and thick black curly hair, and unsurprisingly for the times - and considering the amount of racism still prevalent in the game today - it was not a nickname he cared for at all. In 1932, Everton were playing at Spurs in front of over 50,000 people in the old First Division. Everton won a throw in and Billy jogged over to take it. As he picked the ball up someone in the crowd shouted 'Wait 'till after the game, then we'll get you, you ni**er ba***rd!'. This emanated from a large bank of fairly packed Spurs terracing. A nearby policeman was going to go into the crowd to arrest the man when Billy said 'No officer, I'll deal with this.' Billy then stepped into the Spurs crowd and knocked the man out with one punch. He emerged back onto the pitch to take the throw-in with a mighty roar of approval from the Spurs fans. Eric Cantona eat your heart out! http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A848621 Here are some more incredible statistics: 60 league goals in one season (1927-28) and 100 goals scored overall that year, including seven hat-tricks. 100 league goals scored before he was 21, 200 league goals in 199 games by the time he was 23. 349 league goals for Everton 37 hat-tricks in his career. 16 international caps, scoring 18 goals. In the 1929/30 season, Dean scored in 12 successive league matches. Highest scorer of goals in Merseyside Derby matches with 19. He averaged 0.94 goals a game: 473 goals in 502 matches. Bill Dean is the only English player ever known to walk off after a England v Scotland game to a standing ovation at Hampden - he was that good. All this despite sustaining serious injuries from a motorcycle accident at the age of 19, only shortly after joining Everton. Finally, at the height of his goalscoring, the marking was getting ridiculous. So much so that, so the legend goes, during one match Dixie ran off the field during play. His marker asked him where was he going and Bill replied 'For a pee. You coming or what?'.

Everton have been English football champions nine times and also have five FA Cup trophies and a Cup Winners Cup to their name. and we are only just startin!