Jimmy the blue

Thanks for that Bill, just to tempt Mike a little more, he is getting a tad warm, try the Funland

http://www.evertoncollection.org.uk/article?id=ART74553

It is a great read mate. There have been two recent books on the subject, Men from the Hill Country and also Across the park, both are excellent little reads.

Did any of you lot know that we celebrated the 130th birthday of the club using the name Everton FC just before Christmas. On the 23 December 1879 we beat St Peters 6 - 0 in a match played in Stanley Park, even the club missed that one

Yet another total give away clue...................Tinker Dill...................some one get it please

He was due to be introduced at a press conference today, it has been called off due to snow, he can make it but the press can't

Pm or Email please Jim, it gives other people a chance to do it.

E-mail with my guesses on its way mate

Answers on here Bill or PM to you mate?

ZEN FOR THOSE WHO TAKE LIFE TOO SERIOUSLY

1. SAVE THE WHALES. COLLECT THE WHOLE SET.

2. A DAY WITHOUT SUNSHINE IS LIKE, NIGHT.

3. ON THE OTHER HAND, YOU HAVE DIFFERENT FINGERS.

4. I JUST GOT LOST IN THOUGHT. IT WASN'T FAMILIAR TERRITORY.

5. 42.7 PERCENT OF ALL STATISTICS ARE MADE UP ON THE SPOT.

6. 99 PERCENT OF LAWYERS GIVE THE REST A BAD NAME.

7. I FEEL LIKE I'M DIAGONALLY PARKED IN A PARALLEL UNIVERSE.

8. HONK IF YOU LOVE PEACE AND QUIET.

9. REMEMBER, HALF THE PEOPLE YOU KNOW ARE BELOW AVERAGE.

10. HE WHO LAUGHS LAST THINKS SLOWEST.

11. DEPRESSION IS MERELY ANGER WITHOUT ENTHUSIASM.

12. THE EARLY BIRD MAY GET THE WORM, BUT THE SECOND MOUSE GETS THE

CHEESE.

13. I DRIVE WAY TOO FAST TO WORRY ABOUT CHOLESTEROL.

14. SUPPORT BACTERIA. THEY'RE THE ONLY CULTURE SOME PEOPLE HAVE.

15. MONDAY IS AN AWFUL WAY TO SPEND 1/7 OF YOUR WEEK.

16. A CLEAR CONSCIENCE IS USUALLY THE SIGN OF A BAD MEMORY.

17. CHANGE IS INEVITABLE, EXCEPT FROM VENDING MACHINES.

18. GET A NEW CAR FOR YOUR SPOUSE. IT'LL BE A GREAT TRADE!

19. PLAN TO BE SPONTANEOUS TOMORROW.

20. ALWAYS TRY TO BE MODEST, AND BE PROUD OF IT!

21. IF YOU THINK NOBODY CARES, TRY MISSING A COUPLE OF PAYMENTS.

22. HOW MANY OF YOU BELIEVE IN PSYCHO-KINESIS? RAISE MY HAND.

23. OK, SO WHAT'S THE SPEED OF DARK?

24. HOW DO YOU TELL WHEN YOU'RE OUT OF INVISIBLE INK?

25. IF EVERYTHING SEEMS TO BE GOING WELL, YOU HAVE OBVIOUSLY OVER

LOOKED SOMETHING.

26. WHEN EVERYTHING IS COMING YOUR WAY, YOU'RE IN THE WRONG LANE.

27. HARD WORK PAYS OFF IN THE FUTURE. LAZINESS PAYS OFF NOW.

28. EVERYONE HAS A PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORY. SOME JUST DO NOT HAVE

FILM.

29. IF BARBIE IS SO POPULAR, WHY DO YOU HAVE TO BUY HER FRIENDS?

30. HOW MUCH DEEPER WOULD THE OCEAN BE WITHOUT SPONGES?

31. EAGLES MAY SOAR, BUT WEASELS DO NOT GET SUCKED INTO JET

ENGINES.

32. WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU GET SCARED HALF TO DEATH TWICE?

33. I USED TO HAVE AN OPEN MIND BUT MY BRAINS KEPT FALLING OUT.

34. I COULDN'T REPAIR YOUR BRAKES, SO I MADE YOUR HORN LOUDER.

35. WHY DO PSYCHICS HAVE TO ASK YOU FOR YOUR NAME?

36. INSIDE EVERY OLDER PERSON IS A YOUNGER PERSON WONDERING WHAT

HAPPENED.

37.LIGHT TRAVELS FASTER THAN SOUND, WHICH IS WHY SOME PEOPLE

APPEAR BRIGHT UNTIL YOU HEAR THEM SPEAK.

38. NO MATTER WHERE YOU GO, THERE YOU ARE!

It seems highly probable that Owen Coyle will make the move south from Burnley to Bolton. I honestly thought he would remain with Burnley to see the job through, he struck me as that type of guy. Does he believe that he has taken them as far as he can, no money to do anything to improve the side and possibly a substantial increase in pay at Bolton. Its a shame because like many people I have a soft spot for the Clarets, great club history and they always used to produce really good football, it was great to see them back in the top division.

If Coyle does go who will replace him, Alan Irvine anyone? I suspect that they will go for the likes of Curbishley which would IMO be a mistake as he has all the passion of a dead flounder

Jesus , Linderoth or Pembridge wouldnt get in my top 1.000 of all time.

I thought they were tongue in cheek enties Bill, you can add Bernie Wright to that list. What are your top five in your time as a supporter?

Tbh Mike I think you could be right but in saying that I believe that lad deserves a push and if the player he is deputising for is injured it could come like a kick in the teeth to be left out yet again after earning rave reviews against Spuds. If Donovan plays he could end up packing the midfield.................7 - 1 to us, honest

Every chance imo that if Hibbo's not fit for the Arsenal game Neville will play right back.

 

Sorry.

Don't be sorry Mike just cus you're wrong mate

tbh I doubt if Pip is upto running the full pitch all day following his return from injury, hanging round the middle of the park and barking out orders. We will also be looking for a place play Donovan as well or will his loan start from the bench

We know how we can play against Brum, Forest are fired up by Billy Davies, we at home so it will do me fine, I expect it will be Brum

It's not even like it was a smash and grab either, Leeds fully deserved it. Well done to them.

Yes you're spot on there and I hate Leeds more than any other club...............their fans are total scum as are the majority of their players...............any one remmeber the Battle of GP in the sixties and we carried the can for those pricks

I was told that we had watched him, as Romney says he is not a kid so why is he only showing now, when he went to Leeds he was more of a jobber than anything. Jermaine has a bloody big mouth on him as well, that lack of respect would never help him to become endear by Moyes, not for me and I don't think the gaffer would want him for reasons stated

The boss is without any doubt well aware of the capabilities of both players, Coleman's presence has made Hibbo pull his socks up. SC is a huge talent, he has speed and control crossed with excellent distribution, his was one of the most effective home debuts I have ever seen, and I've seen a few over the years. My Christmas retro shirt carries the lads name. Hibbo is injured, he may need to see a specialist hence Seamus will now get his chance, woe betide him if he slips up because Hibbo will be ready to take the shirt back on his return. The big bonus out of Hibbo's injury is that we will all have a chance to fully assess Seamus full potential.

Lets not forget young Duffy who must soon be given more chances, he was that good against Bate................with lads like these coming through our future is in safe hands lads, don't knock the kids just cheer for them when they get their chance

Ian Caldwwell & Dustin Thomason

The Rule of Four

Man Utd 0 Leeds 1 full time score

end

Got this from the "Play up Pompey" forum, not too sure what it means ........

 

 

 

Right this is aimed at all you worried Pompey fans and excuse the length of this post....information I just downloaded from Companies House

 

1. Club has a secured debt with Barclays Bank from April 2000 (This would be under Mandaric!)

 

2. Club has a secured debt with Coutts & Co (another bank) created 15 July 2009

 

3. Debt to Standard Bank was settled 26 September 2009

 

4. Debt to Singer & Friedlander (an investment company) settled 4 November 2009

 

5. Mortgage created over all our assets in favour of Portpin Limited, a company with the same address as Mark Jacob who was made a director of PFC on 5 October 2009

 

6. PFC is owned 10% by Al Fahim Asia Associates Limited and 90% by Falcondrone Limited

 

None of the companies listed above are registered companies in the UK so I am going to spend the rest of NYE doing some research. At present there is no mention of Ali Al Faraj anywhere at Companies House unless he has an involvement in any of the above companies.

Fascinating that little lot Bill, trouble is that who ever is investigating these companies will almost certainly run into a brick wall as it is normal to show the actual ruling shares to be 'held in a trust' the trustees are just front men for the actual owners, it is legal but makes a total mockery of the 'fit owner test' applied by the PL. For all of you wanting us to be owned by foreigners, no way if these events are anything to go by. I also feel that Brum will have a rude awakening, the guy who has supposedly bought them out didn't have enough to do it last term, now he has been successful, if indeed the money has come from him on top of which a further £40 mil has been promised for transfers, the world is in recession yet he can come up with that sort of money................I'm deeply suspicious

Hi Reece and welcome to Toffee Talk. I'm not sure about other S Africans being on the forum if there are they'll spot your post. As fans we're quite happy to have steven Pienaar here, you must be a big fan of his

From what I have read this morning both are looking for permanent transfers to Well, only a deal needs thrashing out here. I agree with Patto, Ruddy must be a better keeper than Carlo Nash, Bill and myself already are better than him He is young with plenty of time to mature, rather have him here than sell him for buttons. Luke has found his scoring level, Danny Cad is also scoring in Scotland having failed at Div 2 Bradford, last term Luke got booed at Huddersfield because they thought he was gash, unfortunately they could be right

Did anyone spot those New Year fireworks, they were like flares but rose slowly in the sky, a blaze of red then drift for ages on the wind, there must have been fifty or sixty of them crossing the sky. I had never seen them before nor had anyone with me, most went off at midnight,,,,,,,,,,,,,a very impressive free display with these strange 'floaters' being the star attraction

When I was a kid everyone listened out for the tugs on the river sounding fog horns at midnight, times have changed so much

On Catch up tv i watched Tsunami on Camera it was such compelling and shocking TV that i might just watch it again, unbelievable scenes captured on Video by the Tourists who just happened to be there on Holiday, the power of water is Phenominal.

250,000 people dead in less than 2 hours, Islands completely submerged and wiped out, its must watch TV if you have Catch up TV on demand.

This was some of the most harrowing TV I've seen in a long long time. That shot across a bay, the tide had retreated much further than is normal but out on the horizon a wall of water, constantly getting bigger was about to engulf women and children just playing on the beach.............they simple disappeared, shockingly accurate shots

Five all time greats in my lifetime are

1 Alex Young

2 Brian Labone

3 Alan Ball

4 Nevil Southall

5 Kevin Sheedy

Going by what I listened to on the radio there was only one guy in it, Mo

Baines scored the pen and Pieman was upset he couldn't take it.........did my best lads, please some of thwe people some of the time,,,,,,,,,,,,